Federal Register December 22, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on December 22, 2004

Agriculture Department (5)
Commerce Department (10)
Defense Department (5)
Education Department (2)
Election Assistance Commission (2)
Environmental Protection Agency (14)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Export-Import Bank (1)
Federal Election Commission (2)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (4)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (1)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (10)
Labor Department (13)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Securities and Exchange Commission (12)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (2)
Transportation Department (8)
Treasury Department (7)

Agriculture Department

Domestic Sugar Program:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > CCC Domestic Sugar Program-2005-Crop Sugar Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice which sets forth the establishment of the sugar overall allotment quantity for the 2004 crop year (FY 2005) which runs from October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005. Although CCC already...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Power Fire Restoration; Eldorado National Forest, Amador County, CA In October of 2004, the Power Fire burned approximately 16,993 acres on the Eldorado National Forest and on private timberlands. The project area for this analysis is the approximately 13,611 acre portion of the Power Fire on National Forest lands wi...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Program Continuation Notice is hereby given for proposals for FY 2005 grant funds under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). FSMIP anticipates that approximately $1.3 million will be available for support of this program in FY 2005. States interested...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Public Meeting of the Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board Date Charge The Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board (NFAB) has changed its January meeting date to Monday, January 10, 2005 to ensure a quorum is present. The agenda includes member consideration of the Black Hills National Forest 1997 Land and Resource M...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida; Change in the Minimum Maturity Requirements for Fresh Grapefruit This rule reduces the minimum maturity requirements for fresh grapefruit under the marketing order for Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida (order). The Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee), which locally administers...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Commerce Department

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; 2005 and 2006 Proposed Harvest Specifications for Groundfish; Correction This document corrects a proposed rule to implement 2005 and 2006 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This document corrects er...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Threatened Status for Southern Resident Killer Whales We, the NMFS, have completed an update on the status review of Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Based on the review of the best available scientific and commercial information, including new data,...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Administrative Committee will hold public meetings in January 2005. The agenda topics for these meetings can be found under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP). The AP will receive reports on the status and health of the shrimp stocks as well as a report on the biological and economic aspects of the...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings along with the Council's Administrative Policy Committee, Data Collection Committee, Habitat Protection Committee, Mackerel Management Committee, Reef Fish Management Committe...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting This notice responds to the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2002, Public Law 107-372, which requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to solicit nominations for membership on the Hydrographic Services Revi...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish and Scallop Oversight Committees in January, 2005. Recommendations from these committees will be brought to the full Council for formal consideratio...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Ad Hoc Bycatch Committee in January, 2005 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this g...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold meetings of its Commercial, Recreational, Subsistence/Indigenous, and Ecosystem and Habitat Advisory Panel members throughout the western pacific in January and February 2005.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Commerce Department > NOAA Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Coral Reef Ecosystem Plan Team (CREPT) in Honolulu, HI.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Lower Snake River Reservoirs Navigation Maintenance, in the States of Washington and Idaho Lower Snake and Clearwater Rivers, WA and ID; reservoirs navigation maintenance; correction	Correction	Dec 22, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel The Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP) will meet to discuss National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) activities. All sessions of the meetings will remain open to the public.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Postsecondary education:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Higher Education Programs The proposed regulations will remove all references to points in the selection criteria the Department of Education (Department) uses to evaluate applications submitted under the higher education discretionary grant programs. We are proposing this ac...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Election Assistance Commission

Title	Type	Published
Election Assistance Commission Sunshine Act Notice The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development Committee") has scheduled a plenary meeting for January 18 & 19, 2005. The Committee was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 15361(b)(1), to act in the public interest to assist the Execu...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Help America Vote Act:

Title	Type	Published
Election Assistance Commission Publication of State Plans Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act Pursuant to sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107-252, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be published in the Federal Register material changes to HAVA State plans previously...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Appendix A-Test Methods; Method 301 for the Field Validation of Pollutant Measurement Methods From Various Waste Media This action proposes to amend procedures for validating alternative emissions test methods, to rewrite the EPA's Method 301 in plain language, reorganize the method for clarity, correct technical errors, and revise the technical procedures. The revis...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2005 EPA is proposing to allocate essential use allowances for import and production of class I stratospheric ozone depleting substances (ODSs) for calendar year 2005. Essential use allowances enable a person to obtain controlled class I ODSs as an exempt...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Availability of Federally-Enforceable State Implementation Plans for All States Section 110(h) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990 (the "Act"), requires EPA by November 15, 1995, and every three years thereafter, to assemble the requirements of the Federally-enforceable State Implementation Plans (SIPs) in each State and to...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by MycoLogic, Inc., to conditionally register the pesticide products Chontrol Paste and CP-PFC 2139 and an application submitted by Woodstream Corporation to conditionally register the p...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Buprofezin; Notice of Filing an Amended Pesticide Petition to Increase Tolerances for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pyriproxyfen: Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations EPA has granted or denied emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions or denials were granted during the period July 1, 2004 to September 30...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Issuance of Experimental Use Permits EPA has granted experimental use permits (EUPs) to the following pesticide applicants. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Bacillus pumilus GB34; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pesticide Bacillus pumilus GB34 when used as a seed treatment in or on all food commodities. An exemption is also granted for such residues on...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Revised Guidance on Procedures for Submission and Review of CERCLA Section 106(b) Reimbursement Petitions Section 106(b)(2) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(2), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), allows any person who has complied w...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Guidelines on Awarding Section 319 Grants to Indian Tribes in FY 2005; Request for Grant Proposals for Watershed Projects EPA is publishing, in this notice, guidelines for awarding Clean Water Act section 319 nonpoint source grants to Indian Tribes in FY 2005. Once again Congress has authorized EPA to award nonpoint source pollution control grants to Indian Tribes under...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Water pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category for Operations Located in the Eastern Portion of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG460000) and Record of Decision On December 9, 2004, the Regional Administrator of EPA Region 4 (the "Region") reissued the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for operators located in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the eastern portion of th...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Final Modification of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Discharges From Construction Activities; Notice Today's action provides notice of modification of permit conditions specific to construction activities covered under EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Construction Activities...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Wright Brothers Day, 2004 Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7856)	Presidential Document	Dec 22, 2004

Export-Import Bank

Title	Type	Published
Export-Import Bank Economic Impact Policy Greece; U.S. equipment, technology, and services exports to photovoltaic modules fabrication facility; finance application	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Filing Documents by Priority Mail, Express Mail, and Overnight Delivery Service The Federal Election Commission requests comments on proposed changes to its rules regarding the timely filing of designations, reports, and statements. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 added Priority Mail, Express Mail, and delivery by an o...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Corporate and labor organization activity:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Payroll Deductions by Member Corporations for Contributions to a Trade Association's Separate Segregated Fund The Federal Election Commission requests comments on proposed amendments to its rules regarding contributions to the separate segregated fund ("SSF") of a trade association by employee- stockholders and executive and administrative personnel (collect...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Federal Home Loan Bank Members Selected for Community Support Review The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2004-05 fourth quarter review cycle under the Finance Board's community support requirements regulation. This notice als...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreements Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations Ace Forwarding et al.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants Fidelity Logistics Corp. et al.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License; Reissuance Universe Freight Brokers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Federal Trade Commission

Fair Credit Reporting Act:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Charges for Certain Disclosures The Federal Trade Commission announces that the ceiling on allowable charges under section 612(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") will increase from $9.00 to $9.50 on January 1, 2005. Under 1996 amendments to the FCRA, the Federal Trade Com...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Federal claims collection:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act The FTC is making adjustments to certain civil penalty amounts within its jurisdiction, as required by law. These adjustments reflect inflation since the penalty amounts were last adjusted.	Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control; Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Surveillance in South Africa-Developing Community-Level Strategies that Work, Request for Applications (RFA) DD05-011 Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Environmental Health Specialist Network, Program Announcement Number (PA) 05013 Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Conference Call Meeting Immunization Practices Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute on Aging	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ATSDR Availability of a Guidance Manual for the Assessment of Joint Toxic Action of Chemical Mixtures and Nine Interaction Profiles CD-ROM [Final Documents] and Two Interaction Profiles [Drafts for Public Comments] This notice announces the availability of the Guidance Manual for the Assessment of Joint Toxic Action of Chemical Mixtures and nine interaction profiles CD-ROM prepared by ATSDR [final documents]. This notice also announces two additional interactio...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Program FEMA gives notice of the availability of the Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Program (the "Program") for Fiscal Year 2005. The Program will provide a single award of $1.5 million for a cooperative agreement with an eligible organization to condu...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request: Loan Guarantee Recovery Fund The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Interior Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Alaska Resource Advisory Council 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) Alaska Resource Advisory Council will meet as indicated...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Native American human remains, funerary objects; inventory, repatriation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Lassen National Forest, Susanville, CA, and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Anchorage, AK Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE Notice.	Notice	Dec 22, 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 22, 2004

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > BLS Proposed Collection, Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > BLS Proposed Collection, Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > DOL Minimum Wages for Federal and Federally Assisted Construction; General Wage Determination Decisions Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Alphatech, Inc, Fletcher, NC; Notice of Termination of Investigation. Alphatech, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX; Notice of Revised Determination on Remand BMC Software Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Burrows Paper Corp., et al.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Cherry Electrical Products, Waukesha, IL; Notice of Termination of Investigation Cherry Electrical Products	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Hamilton Sundstrand, Grand Junction, CO; Notice of Termination of Investigation Hamilton Sundstrand	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Invista S.a.r.l. et al.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA JVS Fabrics, New York, NY; Notice of Termination of Investigation JVS Fabrics	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Oxford Automotive, Alma, MI; Notice of Termination of Investigation Oxford Automotive	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Set Enterprises, Warren, MI; Notice of Termination of Investigation Set Enterprises	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Thermal & Interior, Vandalia Operations Of Delphi Corporation, Vandalia, OH; Notice of Termination of Investigation Thermal Interior Vandalia Operations of Delphi Corp.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Minor Correction Amendments for FY2004 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to correct several miscellaneous errors in the NRC Rules and Regulations. This document is necessary to inform the public of these corrective changes to NRC regulations.	Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Amergen Energy Company, LLC; Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact AmerGen Energy Co., LLC	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Meeting Notice The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene a tele- conference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on January 18, 2005. The topic of discussion will be "Update to Medical Event Criteria Definition." Durin...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to the Amendment of Exchange Rule 153 and Amendment No. 1 Thereto American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the American Stock Exchange LLC To Amend Its Minor Rule Violation Plan American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated Relating to Borrowing and Lending by Registered Persons Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Chicago Stock Exchange, Incorporated Relating to Manual Execution of Orders and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval to Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Relating to a Fee for the NYSE Alerts Datafeed New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Incorporated Relating to the Implementation of a New Order Audit Trail System Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to the Implementation of a New Order Audit Trail System Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto Relating to a New Order Modifier Entitled “Proactive if Locked Reserve” Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. Relating to Phlx Regulation 5, Visitors and Applicants Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Establish a Directed Order Process for Orders Delivered to the Exchange Via AUTOM Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department HR/REE-Office of Recruitment, Examination, and Employment; 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS-3091, Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, OMB # 1405-0143 The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. T...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Department of State Acquisition Regulation This proposed rule makes three changes to the DOSAR. It revises the DOSAR to: Formalize Department policy regarding the application of the Small Business Act to contracts awarded by domestic contracting activities where contract performance takes pla...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Finding of No Significant Impact and Summary Environmental Assessment-Tornillo-Guadalupe New International Bridge, County of El Paso, TX Tornillo-Guadalupe New International Bridge, El Paso County, TX; international vehicular and pedestrian bridge; construction, operation, and maintenance	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Permian Basin Railways, Inc.-Acquisition of Control Exemption-West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc. Permian Basin Railways, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
DOT, STB Permian Basin Railways, Inc.-Acquisition of Control Exemption-Arizona Eastern Railway Company, Inc. Permian Basin Railways, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 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; Initiation of Environmental Review of U.S.-Oman Free Trade Negotiations; Public Comments on Scope of Environmental Review This publication gives notice that, pursuant to the Trade Act of 2002, and consistent with Executive Order 13141 (64 FR 63169) (Nov. 18, 1999) and its implementing guidelines (65 FR 79442), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Trade Representative, Office of United States Trade Policy Staff Committee; Initiation of Environmental Review of U.S.-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Free Trade Negotiations; Public Comments on Scope of Environmental Review This publication gives notice that, pursuant to the Trade Act of 2002, and consistent with Executive Order 13141 (64 FR 63169) (Nov. 18, 1999) and its implementing guidelines (65 FR 79442), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > BTS Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Activity Under OMB Review; Airline Service Quality Performance In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of cur...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Announcement of FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 145-RSTP (Draft), Repair Station Training Program This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on AC 145-RSTP that provides guidance on eligibility, application, and selection for the repair station training program.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eagle Aircraft (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Model Eagle 150B Airplanes The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Eagle Aircraft (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Model Eagle 150B airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the port and starboard undercarriage attach bracket for unwelded areas and replace the attach br...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135 and -145 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes. This AD requires modification of the pitch trim system, which includes replacing certain components of the system with new or ser...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; GE Aircraft Engines (GE) CF34-3A, CF34-3A2, CF34-1A, CF34-3A1, CF34-3B, and CF34-3B1 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GE CF34-3A, CF34-3A2, CF34-1A, CF34-3A1, CF34-3B, and CF34-3B1 series turbofan engines. This AD requires removal from service of certain high pressure compressor (HPC) forward spools, at the...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Teledyne Continental Motors (Formerly Bendix) S-20, S-1200, D-2000, and D-3000 Series Magnetos The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) (formerly Bendix) S-20, S-1200, D-2000, and D-3000 series magnetos equipped with impulse couplings. That AD currently requires replacing rive...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee Meeting This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ATSRAC).	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Brokers of Household Goods by Motor Vehicle FMCSA seeks comments on whether additional regulations for property brokers of household goods (HHG) in interstate or foreign commerce are necessary and, if so, what these regulations should include. We have granted a petition from the American Movin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Technical Amendments The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is amending its regulations to incorporate a number of technical and conforming amendments. They include clarifications and corrections of typographical errors.	Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Optional 10-Year Writeoff of Certain Tax Preferences This document contains final regulations relating to the optional 10-year writeoff of certain tax preference items under section 59(e) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The final regulations affect taxpayers who utilize section 59(e) for the optio...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Section 1374 Effective Dates These temporary regulations provide guidance concerning the applicability of section 1374 to S corporations that acquire assets in carryover basis transactions from C corporations on or after December 27, 1994, and to certain corporations that termin...	Rule	Dec 22, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Section 1374 Effective Dates In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that provide guidance concerning the applicability of section 1374 to S corporations that acquire assets in carryover basis transacti...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the State of California) An open meeting of the Area 7 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Reven...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the States of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia) An open meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.	Notice	Dec 22, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted via teleconference. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service...	Notice	Dec 22, 2004

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