Federal Register December 21, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on December 21, 2004

Agriculture Department (9)
Arctic Research Commission (1)
Central Intelligence Agency (1)
Commerce Department (1)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (13)
Environmental Protection Agency (4)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (3)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (3)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Interior Department (4)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Mediation Board (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Small Business Administration (1)
Surface Transportation Board (3)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (2)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (6)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Agriculture Department > AMS Voluntary Shell Egg Grading Regulations-Facilities and Equipment The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the regulations governing the voluntary shell egg grading program. The revisions will add definitions that describe the official identification and packaging of shell eggs; provide that grading ser...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Availability of an Environmental Assessment for Field Testing Equine Influenza Vaccine, Live Canarypox Vector We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Equine Influenza Vaccine,...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Hazelnuts grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and Washington; Establishment of Final Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2004-2005 Marketing Year This rule establishes final free and restricted percentages for domestic inshell hazelnuts for the 2004-2005 marketing year under the Federal marketing order for hazelnuts grown in Oregon and Washington. The final free and restricted percentages are...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Kiwifruit grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Kiwifruit Grown in California; Decreased Assessment Rate The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee (committee) for the 2004-05 and subsequent fiscal peri...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Onions grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Onions Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon; Relaxation of Handling and Import Regulations The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which relaxes the size requirement for pearl onions, relaxes the minimum grade and size requirements for cipolline onion varieties, and updates t...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Delegation of Authority This document delegates the authority given to the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to administer section 101(k) of the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1988, more commonly know...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Citrus Canker; Quarantined Areas We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the citrus canker regulations by updating the list of areas in the State of Florida quarantined because of citrus canker. The interim rule was necessary to prevent the spre...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Arctic Research Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Arctic Research Commission Notice of Meeting Arctic Research Commission	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Central Intelligence Agency

Title	Type	Published
Central Intelligence Agency Notice of Decennial Review of Operational Files Designations The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA or Agency) is soliciting comments regarding the historical value of, or other public interest in, the CIA files designated by the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) pursuant to the CIA Information Act of 1984.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Commerce Department

Countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Honey from Argentina: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on honey from Argentina for the period January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. If the final results remain the same as the prelimi...	Notice	Dec 21, 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 Denial of Commercial Availability Request Under the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) On October 12, 2004, the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., on behalf of Bernette Textile Co, LLC of New York, NY, alleging that certain colored open end spun yarns ranging in size from 6/1 to 18/1 English co...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Reporting requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reporting Levels and Recordkeeping The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) has adopted several amendments to its contract market and large trader reporting rules (reporting rules). First, with regard to contract reporting levels, the Commission has raised existin...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Defense Department

Aid of civil authorities and public relations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Apprehension and Restraint This action removes 32 CFR part 503 published in the Federal Register, March 20, 1963 (28 FR 2732). The rule is being removed because it is now obsolete.	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project, San Diego County, CA; Correction The Department of the Navy published a document in the Federal Register on November 1, 2004, announcing its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project, San Die...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Law enforcement and criminal investigations:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Absentee Deserter Apprehension Program and Surrender of Military Personnel to Civilian Authorities This action removes 32 CFR part 630 published in the Federal Register July 26, 1996 (61 FR 39073). The rule is being removed because it is now obsolete and does not affect the general public.	Rule	Dec 21, 2004
Defense Department > USA Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision The Department of the Army proposes to revise its regulation concerning motor vehicle traffic supervision. The regulation prescribes policies and procedures on motor vehicle traffic supervision on military installations in the continental United Stat...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors will meet to make such inquiry, as the Board shall deem necessary into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and academic methods of the Naval Aca...	Notice	Dec 21, 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 21, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Reimbursement for Costs of Remedial Action at Active Uranium and Thorium Processing Sites This Notice announces the Department of Energy (DOE) acceptance of claims in FY 2005 from eligible active uranium and thorium processing sites for reimbursement under Title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. For FY 2005, Congress has appropriated ap...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Tariff Filing Alliance Pipeline L.P.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff El Paso Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Mojave Pipeline Company; Notice of Propsed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Mojave Pipeline Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; Cascade Natural Gas Corporation; Order Granting Authority To Import Natural Gas From Canada The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) gives notice that it issued DOE/FE Order No. 2051 granting Cascade Natural Gas Corporation authority to import up to .5 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually from Canada, over a term of five years that began on N...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Natural gas exportation and importation:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Fossil Energy; Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C., Marathon LNG Marketing LLC, Alliance Canada Marketing L.P., Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Cannat Energy, Inc., Sempra Energy Resources, National Fuel Gas, Distribution Corporation, Northwestern Corporation, doing business as NorthWestern Energy, Pemex Gas Y Petroquimica Basica; Orders Granting Authority To Import and Export Natural Gas, Including Liquefied Natural Gas The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during November 2004, it issued Orders granting authority to import and export natural gas, including the import of liquefied natural gas. These Orders are summarized in t...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Department of Energy's Fleet Alternative Fueled Vehicle Acquisition In compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Order 13149, this notice announces the availability of the Fiscal Year 2003 report which summarizes the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) compliance with the annual alternative fueled veh...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Technology Performance and Product Information To Support Vendor Information Summaries, EPA ICR Number 2154.02, OMB Control Number 2050-0194 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts, Chemical and Radionuclides Rules (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1896.05, OMB Control Number 2040-0204 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 21, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal), ICR Number 1692.05, OMB Number 2060-0340 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 to renew an existing appro...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revisions to the Arizona State Implementation Plan, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department; Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District; Disapproval of State Implementation Plan Revisions, Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP) and revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portion of the C...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission SES Performance Review Board Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of members of the PRB for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Board reviews the performance appraisals of career and non-career senior executives. The Board ma...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Committee on Ocean Policy Ocean Policy, Committee on; establishment (EQ 13366)	Presidential Document	Dec 21, 2004
Executive Office of the President Renewal of Trade Agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam; renewal of trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 2005-11 of December 10, 2004)	Presidential Document	Dec 21, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Parties Asked To Refresh the Record Regarding a Petition by the New York State Public Service Commission Seeking Broad Delegated Authority To Make Area Code Changes Outside the Context of Area Code Relief Planning The Commission invites New York State Public Service Commission (NYPSC) to update the record pertaining to its petition seeking delegated authority to make area code changes outside the context of area code relief planning and invites interested part...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Second Audit Letter and Notice of Cancellation to Certain Licensees in the Paging and Radiotelephone Service and Certain Licensees Operatng on 929-930 MHz Exclusive Private Carrier Paging Channels In this document the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) announces it mailed its second audit letter and notice of cancellation to licensees that did not respond to the first inquiry. The audit involves site-specific licenses operating under...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Television broadcasting:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Services; Children's Television The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for rules published at 61 FR 43981 (August 27, 1996). Therefore, the Commission announces that 47 CFR 73.673 and 47 CFR 73.3500 are effective January 2,...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

General Services Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Governmentwide Relocation Advisory Board The General Services Administration (GSA) is announcing the public meetings of the Governmentwide Relocation Advisory Board for 2005. The Board is examining a wide range of management issues related to relocation polices. Its first priority is to rev...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Food additives:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Food The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of a source of fast (high energy) neutrons to inspect containers that may contain food. This action is in response to a petition filed by Sci...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability The Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability will meet to review progress and solicit additional comments from the Committee regarding numerous recommendations made over the past year. Specifically, the Committee will hear updates and disc...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget (OMB): OMB Control Numbers: 1625-0106 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one Information Collection Report (ICR)--1625-0106, Unauthorized entry into Cuban territorial waters formerly, "Unauthorize...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Homeland Security Department > TSA Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements: Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Registered Traveler (RT) Pilot Program; Satisfaction and Effectiveness Measurement Data Collection Instruments The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, has submitted a request for the renewal of an existing information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone; Gulf of Alaska, Sitkinak Island, Kodiak Island, AK The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the Gulf of Alaska, east of Sitkinak Island, Kodiak Island, Alaska. The zone is needed to protect persons and vessels operating in the vicinity of the safety zone during a rocket launch from...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zones; Gulf of Alaska, Narrow Cape, Kodiak Island, AK The Coast Guard is establishing two temporary safety zones in the Gulf of Alaska, in the proximity of Narrow Cape, Kodiak Island, Alaska. These zones are needed to protect persons and vessels operating in the vicinity of the safety zones during a roc...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security and Safety Zone; Protection of Large Passenger Vessels, Portland, OR The Captain of the Port, Portland, OR, will suspend enforcement of the Large Passenger Vessel Security and Safety Zones that were created by a final rule published in the Federal Register on September 12, 2003. The zones provide for the security and...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Notice of Proposed Information Collection In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collections of information under 30 CFR parts 750 and 877 which relate to s...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule To List the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly as Endangered With Critical Habitat We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on September 6, 2001 (66 FR 46575), to list the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti) (butterfly) as e...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations Pending nominations	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations Pending nominations	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested 60-Day notice of information collection under review: ARCOS transaction reporting--DEA Form 333.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

National cooperative research notifications:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Association of Blood Banks American Assocation of Blood Banks	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee 37 International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-National Electronic Distributors Association National Electronic Distributors Association	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Labor Department

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA Publication of Year 2004 Form M-1 With Electronic Filing Option This document announces the availability of the Year 2004 Form M-1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of this new form is attached. It is substantively identical to the 2003 Form...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Robotic and Human Exploration of Mars Strategic Roadmapping Committee; Meeting In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Robotic and Human Exploration of Mars Strategic Roadmapping Committee.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Meetings of Humanities Panel Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington,...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

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National Mediation Board

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Mediation Board Administration of National Railroad Adjustment Board Functions and Activities-Fee Proposal The National Mediation Board (NMB) extends an invitation to interested parties to attend an open meeting with the Board and its staff on Tuesday, January 11, 2005. The Board meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. The meeting will be held in...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Consideration of Issuance of Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, Proposed No Significant Hazards Consideration Determination, and Opportunity for a Hearing Pacific Gas Electric Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Indiana Michigan Power Company; Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Indiana Michigan Power Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Extension of Public Comment Period: Louisiana Energy Services National Enrichment Facility The NRC is extending further the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed National Enrichment Facility (NEF) in Lea County, New Mexico (NUREG-1790). The notice of availability of the DEIS appeared in...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filing Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), with the concurrence of the other Commissioners, intends to establish the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies to assist the Commissio...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Joint industry plan:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Joint Industry Plan; Solicitation of Comments and Order Granting Summary Effectiveness To Request To Extend the Operation of the Reporting Plan for Nasdaq-Listed Securities Traded on Exchanges on an Unlisted Trading Privilege Basis, Submitted by the Pacific Exchange, Inc., the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. and To Extend Certain Exemptive Relief Pacific Exchange, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organization; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to the Listing and Trading of Contingent Principal Protected Notes Linked to the Performance of the Standard and Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Providing $5 Quotation Spread Parameters for Quotations Submitted Electronically to ANTE and Correcting an Inaccurate Paragraph Designation American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Granting Approval to a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. To Amend Its Rules Regarding Limitations on Designated Primary Market-Makers Putting Into Effect Stop and Stop-Limit Orders Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to an Interpretation of Rule 3350 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change To Amend NASD Rule 9522 (“Initiation of Eligibility Proceeding; Member Regulation Consideration”) To Give Member Regulation the Authority To Approve the MC-400 Applications of Statutorily Disqualified Persons Who Will Be Engaged Solely in Clerical and/or Ministerial Activities National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Small Business Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Region IV North Florida District Advisory Council; Public Meeting Florida	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB The Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Rail Lines of Columbiana County Port Authority in Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, OH, and Beaver County, PA Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
DOT, STB San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company-Discontinuance Exemption-in Kern County, CA Sunset Railway Co. San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB East Penn Railway, Inc.-Modified Rail Certificate East Penn Railway, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Policy Staff Committee:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Trade Policy Staff Committee; Request for Public Comment on Review of Employment Impact of United States-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement Negotiations The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) gives notice that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Labor (Labor) are initiating a review of the impact of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the Unite...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Trade Representative, Office of United States Trade Policy Staff Committee; Request for Public Comment on Review of Employment Impact of United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Negotiations The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) gives notice that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Department of Labor (Labor) are initiating a review of the impact of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the Unite...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Angoon, AK This action proposes to establish new Class E airspace at Angoon, AK. There is no existing Class E airspace to contain aircraft executing instrument approaches at Angoon Seaplane Base. Adoption of this proposal would result in the establishment of Cl...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Kotzebue, AK This action revises Class E airspace at Kotzebue, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP). This Rule results in additional Class E surface area airspace at Kotzeb...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Approval Of Noise Compatibility Program for Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, CA The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by Santa Clara County, California under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, as amended, (Public Law 93...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Raytheon Aircraft Company Model MU-300 and MU-300-10 Airplanes and Model 400 Airplanes; High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) These special conditions are issued for Raytheon Aircraft Company Model MU-300 and MU-300-10 airplanes and Model 400 airplanes modified by Beechjet TECH. These modified airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state...	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement for the Tucson Urban Corridor in Tucson, AZ The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the City of Tucson, Department of Transportation (TDOT), intend to prepare an Alternatives Analysis (AA) and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act...	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Exemption petitions, etc,;

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance New York Airbrake Corp.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Canadian National Railway	Notice	Dec 21, 2004
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Union Railroad Co.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Food safety regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Safeguarding Food From Contamination During Transportation RSPA is proposing to address the safe transportation of food and food products in commerce by referencing in its regulations requirements of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Coupled Products, Inc., Denial of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance Coupled Products, Inc.	Notice	Dec 21, 2004

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8858 and Schedule M 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 21, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8879 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 21, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 2001-56 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 21, 2004

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Revised Regulations Concerning Section 403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Contracts; Correction This document corrects a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of proposed rulemaking by cross-reference to temporary regulations (REG-155608-02) that was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 (69 FR 67075). The proposed...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Student FICA Exception This document contains final regulations providing guidance regarding the employment tax exceptions for student services. These regulations affect schools, colleges, and universities and their employees.	Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Section 707 Regarding Disguised Sales, Generally; Correction This document contains a correction to proposed regulations which were published in the Federal Register on Friday, November 26, 2004 (69 FR 68838). The proposed regulations relates to the treatment of transactions between a partnership and its partn...	Proposed Rule	Dec 21, 2004

Federal Register December 21, 2004

Agencies Publishing on December 21, 2004

Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Hazelnuts grown in

Kiwifruit grown in

Onions grown in

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Arctic Research Commission

Meetings:

Central Intelligence Agency

Commerce Department

Countervailing duties:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Reporting requirements:

Defense Department

Aid of civil authorities and public relations:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Law enforcement and criminal investigations:

Meetings:

Education Department

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Natural gas exportation and importation:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Senior Executive Service:

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Common carrier services:

Television broadcasting:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

General Services Administration

Meetings:

Health and Human Services Department

Food additives:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Ports and waterways safety:

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

National Register of Historic Places:

Justice Department

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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N National Mediation Board

Meetings:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Joint industry plan:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration

Meetings:

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

T Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Policy Staff Committee:

Transportation Department

Airport noise compatibility program:

Airworthiness standards:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

N
National Mediation Board

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States