Federal Register December 30, 2004 (Volume 69)

Agencies Publishing on December 30, 2004

Agency for International Development (1)
Agriculture Department (8)
Commerce Department (4)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (17)
Environmental Protection Agency (6)
Executive Office of the President (3)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Health and Human Services Department (28)
Homeland Security Department (7)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (2)
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (1)
International Trade Commission (2)
Labor Department (11)
Library of Congress (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
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National Labor Relations Board (1)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (5)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (3)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (3)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (4)

Agency for International Development

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agency for International Development Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Administrator has determined that renewal of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid for a two-year period beginning January 22, 2005, is necessary and in the public interest.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
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 the gypsy moth program.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Child nutrition programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Procurement Requirements for the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and Special Milk Programs This rule proposes to amend the regulations governing procedures related to the procurement of goods and services in the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program and Special Milk Program to remedy deficiencies identified in audits and...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Agriculture Department > FNS Summer Food Service Program for Children; Program Reimbursement for 2005 This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSP). These adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index and are required by the statute...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Revised Notice of Intent, Land Management Planning This notice revises the previous notice of intent to prepare an evironmental impact statement for the Southern Rockies Lynx Amendment published on June 30, 2000 (Volume 65 number 127, pages 40601 through 40606) to add the White River National Forest...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Meeting Notice Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 016-393) the Black Hills National Forests' Crook County Resource Advisor...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Milk marketing orders:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Milk in the Arizona-Las Vegas Marketing Area; Tentative Partial Decision on Proposed Amendment and Opportunity To File Written Exceptions to Tentative Marketing Agreement and to Order This tentative partial decision adopts on an interim final and emergency basis, a proposal that would eliminate the ability to simultaneously pool the same milk on the Arizona-Las Vegas milk order and any State-operated milk order that has marketwide...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Agriculture Department > AMS Milk in the Pacific Northwest Marketing Area; Decision on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreement and to Order This document proposes to adopt as a final rule, order language contained in the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2004, concerning pooling provisions of the Pacific Northwest Federal milk order. This document also s...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Onions grown in

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Onions Grown in South Texas; Decreased Assessment Rate This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) for the 2004-05 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.03 to $0.02 per 50-pound equivalent of onions handled. The Committee locally administers the mar...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Commerce Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > TA The United States-Russia Innovation Council on High Technologies (ICHT) The Technology Administration invites nominations of individuals representing high technology business in the United States for appointment to five vacancies on the U.S.-Russia Innovation Council on High Technologies. The U.S. Department of Commerce...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Overfishing Determination for Bigeye Tuna This action serves as notice that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has determined that overfishing is occurring Pacific-wide on bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), and requests the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council and the...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements This notice revises and updates the Department of Commerce (DOC) Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements published in the Federal Register (66 FR 49917) on October 1, 2001, as amended on October 30, 2002 (67 FR 66109...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meetings The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Protected Resources Committee; its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; its Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) Reauthorization Committee; its...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List products and a service previously furnished by such agenc...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a product and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies. Co...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Director, 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 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming teleconference meeting of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (the Council) and is intended to notify the general public of their opportunity to listen as the counci...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Elk River Windfarm, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Indian River Power Supply, LLC; Notice of Competing Application Accepted for Filing With the Commission Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Cranberry Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Offer of Settlement Cranberry Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.; Notice of Negotiated Rate Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Compliance Filing Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Portland General Electric Company; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation Portland General Electric Co.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Complaints filed:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC BP West Coast Products LLC and ExxonMobile Oil Corporation, Complainants v. SFPP, LP, Respondents; Notice of Complaint BP West Coast Products LLC et al.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Energy planning and management program:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Parker-Davis Project-Post-2008 Resource Pool The Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), published a notice of proposed procedures and call for applications, Parker-Davis Project--Post-2008 Resource Pool in the Federal Reg...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Crown Landing, LLC; Notice of Technical Conference Crown Landing, LLC; technical conference	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Gulfterra Texas Pipeline, LP; Notice Of Technical Conference Gulfterra Texas Pipeline, LP; technical conference	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Energy Department > FERC Market Based Rates for Public Utilities; Notice of Technical Conference Market based rates for public utilities; technical conference	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Recodification and SIP Renumbering of the New Mexico Administrative Code for Albuquerque/Bernalillo County The EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Governor of New Mexico on May 2, 2003. The submittal revises the numbering and format of New Mexico's Albuquerque/Bernalillo County SIP and contains no substa...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Recodification and SIP Renumbering of the New Mexico Administrative Code for Albuquerque/Bernalillo County The EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Governor of New Mexico on May 2, 2003. The submittal revises the numbering and format of New Mexico's Albuquerque/ Bernalillo County SIP and contains no substantive chan...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA has no objections to the proposed action, but did request clarification on the criteria that will be used in making future decisions for site-specific locations. EPA also recommended that the EIS discuss the existence of multiple species habitat...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Weekly receipts	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Exposure Modeling Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting The Exposure Modeling Work Group (EMWG) will hold a one-day meeting on January 11, 2005. This notice announces the location and time for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Environmental Protection Agency Board of Scientific Counselors, Mercury Subcommittee Meetings-Winter 2005 Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of three meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Mercury Subcommittee.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Assignment of Functions Implementing the HELP Commission Act HELP Commission Act; assignment of functions implementing (Memorandum of December 8, 2004)	Presidential Document	Dec 30, 2004
Executive Office of the President Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act Jerusalem Embassy Act; suspension of limitations (Presidential Determination No. 2005-14 of December 15, 2004)	Presidential Document	Dec 30, 2004
Executive Office of the President Waiver of Restrictions on Providing Funds to the Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority; waiver of restrictions on providing funds (Presidential Determination No. 2005-10 of December 8, 2004)	Presidential Document	Dec 30, 2004

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years the information collections contained in the Commission's amended telemarketing rule at 47 CFR 64.1200(c)(2)(i)(D). FCC announces t...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Federal Communications Commission Disruptions to Communications The Federal Communications Commission announces the effective date for Part 4, Disruptions to Communications, and the amendments to Sec. 63.100, Notification of service outage, which also contain information collection requirements subject to approva...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS, Labor Department > EBSA, Health and Human Services Department > CMS Final Regulations for Health Coverage Portability for Group Health Plans and Group Health Insurance Issuers Under HIPAA Titles I & IV This document contains final regulations governing portability requirements for group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan. The rules contained in this document implement changes made to...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS, Labor Department > EBSA, Health and Human Services Department > CMS Request for Information on Benefit-Specific Waiting Periods Under HIPAA Titles I & IV The Departments invite comments about benefit-specific waiting periods. This solicitation is to ensure that the public can provide input into any criteria used to determine whether a benefit-specific waiting period utilized by a group health plan or...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Treasury Department > IRS, Labor Department > EBSA, Health and Human Services Department > CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Health Coverage Portability: Tolling Certain Time Periods and Interaction With the Family and Medical Leave Act Under HIPAA Titles I and IV These proposed rules would clarify certain portability requirements for group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan. These rules propose to implement changes made to the Internal Revenue...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Chlortetracycline The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to add the approved withdrawal time to the limitations to conditions of use for chlortetracycline Type C medicated feeds for chickens when fed at the 500 gram per ton leve...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Tilmicosin The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Elanco Animal Health which provides for revised reproductive safety labeling of tilmicosi...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Biological product licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Nonclinical and Clinical Datasets; Notice of Pilot Project The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), is seeking volunteers to participate in a pilot project involving the evaluation of various analysis tools to facilitate the use of electronic datasets for a...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Universal Reagents, Inc.; Revocation of U.S. License No. 0887 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the revocation of the biologics license (U.S. License No. 0887) issued to Universal Reagents, Inc., (URI) for the manufacture of Source Plasma. A notice of opportunity for a hearing on a proposal t...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments programs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS CLIA Program; Continued Approval of the American Association of Blood Banks for Deeming Authority This notice announces the re-approval of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) as an accrediting organization for clinical laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) program. The initial exemption was pu...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Food additives:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of acidified sodium chlorite solutions as an antimicrobial agent on finfish and crustaceans. This action is in response to a petition filed b...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Youth Violence Prevention through Community-Level Change Youth Violence Prevention Through Community-Level Change Program	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Medicaid and Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Quarterly Listing of Program Issuances-July 2004 Through September 2004 This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from July 2004 through September 2004, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice provides in...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2005 Rates; Correcting Amendment In the October 7, 2004 Federal Register (69 FR 60242), we published a correction to the final rule that appeared in the August 11, 2004 Federal Register entitled "Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fis...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Rates; Wage Index Tables and Corrections This document corrects technical errors that appear in the final rule with comment period published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2004 entitled "Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2005 Payment Ra...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Approval of the National Committee for Quality Assurance Deeming Authority for Medicare Advantage Local Preferred Provider Organizations This final notice announces the approval of the National Committee for Quality Assurance for deeming authority as a national accreditation program for local preferred provider organizations that wish to participate in the Medicare Advantage program.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Modifications to Managed Care Rules This interim final rule with comment period corrects a technical error made in the August 22, 2003 final rule "Modifications to Medicare Rules" (68 FR 50840).	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Timeline for Publication of Medicare Final Regulations After Proposed or Interim Final Regulations This notice implements section 902 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which establishes a general 3-year timeline for publishing a Medicare final regulation after a proposed regulation or an interim final r...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Corrections This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the July 30, 2004 Federal Register, entitled "Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities--Update--Notice."	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program: Meeting of the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups (Panel)-February 23, 24, and 25, 2005, and Re-chartering of APC Panel on November 8, 2004 In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), this notice announces the first biannual meeting of the Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Panel for 2005. The purpose of the Panel is to review...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Town Hall Meeting on the Fiscal Year 2006 Applications for New Medical Services and Technologies Add-on Payments Under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System Scheduled for February 23, 2005 This notice, in accordance with section 503 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), announces a Town Hall meeting to discuss fiscal year (FY) 2006 applications for add-on payments for new medical services...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis Meeting Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Connecticut River, CT The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the Amtrak Old Saybrook-Old Lyme Bridge, mile 3.4, across the Connecticut River, Connecticut. Under this temporary deviation, ef...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Newtown Creek, Dutch Kills, English Kills, and Their Tributaries, NY The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the drawbridge operation regulations for the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge, mile 3.4, across English Kills at New York City, New York. Under this temporary deviation the br...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Chincoteague Channel, Chincoteague, VA The Coast Guard proposes to change the regulations that govern the operation of the SR 175 Bridge, at mile 3.5, at Chincoteague, Virginia. The proposal would require hourly openings of the draw from 6 a.m. to Midnight year-round; except from 7 a.m. t...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, area projects impacting safety on the Houston Ship Channel, and various other navigation safe...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Ports and waterways safety:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone; Chicago River Main Branch, Chicago, IL The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the demolition of the Chicago Sun-Times Building. This safety zone is necessary to protect vessels and persons from potential falling debris during the demolition phase of the Chicago Sun-Ti...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Homeland Security Department > USCG Regulated Navigation Area; East Rockaway Inlet to Atlantic Beach Bridge, Nassau County, Long Island, NY The Coast Guard is re-establishing a temporary regulated navigation area (RNA) that was in effect from 6 December to 10 December, until 10 March 2005. The area of this RNA covers the entrance of East Rockaway Inlet to the Atlantic Beach Bridge, Nassa...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Vessel inspection:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Inspection of Towing Vessels In the recently enacted Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004, the Congress directed the Coast Guard to add towing vessels to the list of vessels subject to inspections, and to consider the establishment of a safety management system ap...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Housing and Urban Development Department

Community planning and development programs; consolidated submissions:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Revisions and Updates To Consolidated Plan This proposed rule would amend the consolidated plan regulations of state and local governments to make clarifying and streamlining changes that are expected to make the consolidated plan of state and local jurisdictions more results-oriented and use...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Interior Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group's Air Quality Task Group In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Air Quality Task Group (s...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group's SocioEconomic Task Group In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) Socioeconomic Task Group...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico United States Section; Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for Clean Water Act (CWA) Compliance at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP), San Diego, California This announces the availability of the DSEIS that assesses the potential environmental impacts of the construction and operation of a range of treatment and disposal alternatives for the SBIWTP to achieve compliance with the CWA. Situated in the Unit...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on polychloroprene rubber fro...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Pet Food Treats; Notice of Decision Not To Review an Initial Determination Terminating the Investigation as to Respondent TsingTao U.S. Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination (ID) issued by the presiding administrative law judge (ALJ) in the above- captioned investigation terminating the investigation...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA ETA-9000 Report on Internal Fraud Activities; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA ETA-9016 Report on Alien Claimant Activity; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department Office of the Solicitor; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Equal Access to Justice Act 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 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; OMB Approval for Work-Flex State Plan Submission and Reporting Requirements 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 con...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > DOL Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Adjustment assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Alexvale/Kincaid Furniture, a Subsidiary of La-Z-Boy, Administrative Offices, Taylorsville, NC; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening Alexvale/Kincaid Furniture	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Arista Beaver Brook Circuits, Bethel, CT, Notice of Termination of Investigation Arista Beaver Brook Circuits	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Arrow Electronics, Inc., Sun Valley, CA; Notice of Termination of Investigation Arrow Electronics, Inc.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA California Cedar Products Company, Stockton, CA; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration California Cedar Products Co.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Coats American, Inc., Sevier Plant, Marion, NC, El Paso Distribution Center & Customer Service Center, El Paso, TX, Sparks Distribution Center, Sparks, NV, and Old Fort Transportation & Distribution Center, Old Fort, NC; Notice of Termination of Investigation Coats American, Inc.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Interdynamics, Inc., et. al.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Library of Congress

Satellite royalty funds:

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > COLC Rate Adjustment for the Satellite Carrier Compulsory License The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing the voluntary negotiation period for the purpose of determining the royalty fees for analog signals to be paid by satellite carriers under the satellite carrier compulsory license.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee; 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 NASA Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Universe Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee; 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 NASA Universe Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

National Credit Union Administration

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Community Development Revolving Loan Fund for Credit Unions The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will accept applications for participation in the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund's Loan Program throughout calendar year 2005, subject to availability of funds. Application procedures for qua...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

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National Labor Relations Board

Senior Executive Service:

Title	Type	Published
National Labor Relations Board Appointments of Individuals To Serve as Members of Performance Review Boards Performance Review Board; membership	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Personnel Management Office

Health benefits, Federal employees:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Modification of Two-Option Limitation for Health Benefits Plans and Continuation of Coverage for Annuitants Whose Plan Terminates an Option The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule modifying the prohibition against Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) plans offering more than 2 options and also modifying what happens when an annuitant's health plan terminates...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Thereto and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to Amendment Nos. 4 and 6 to the Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.'s Sale of Its Interest in the American Stock Exchange LLC to The Amex Membership Corporation American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Relating to Advertisements of Municipal Fund Securities Under MSRB Rule G-21 Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change by National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Relating to the Listing and Trading of Performance Leveraged Upside Securities Based on the Value of the Index National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. To Amend Exchange Rules 440B (“Short Sales) and 440C (“Deliveries Against Short Sales”) New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

State Department

Biometric Visa Program:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Deployment of the Biometric Visa Program for the Collection of Biometric Identifiers of Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Applicants Nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applicants; biometric identifiers collection	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Notice of Meeting; United States International Telecommunication Advisory Committee Meeting on Preparations for the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Study Group 2 Meeting and Preparations for the CITEL Permanent Consultative Committee II Meeting in Guatemala International Telecommunication Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Presidential permits:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Notice of Receipt of Application for Presidential Permit To Expand the Mariposa Port of Entry at Nogales, Arizona Border Trade Association Foundation; commercial cargo lanes construction, operation and maintenance at Mariposa Port of Entry, Nogales, AZ	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.-Lease and Operation Exemption-South Buffalo Railway Company Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board is granting a petition for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10902 for Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., a Class II rail carrier, to lease and operate an approximately 2-mile segment of ra...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Act of 1974:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Petitions Under Section 302 on the Valuation of Chinese Currency; Decisions Not to Initiate Investigations The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined not to initiate investigations under section 302 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to petitions addressed to the valuation of Chinese currency because initiation of investigations would...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

World Trade Organization:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding Countervailing Duty Measures Concerning Certain Products from the European Communities The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that the European Communities ("EC") has requested the establishment of a dispute settlement panel under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organizati...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Trade Representative, Office of United States WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding United States-Provisional Antidumping Measures on Shrimp From Thailand The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that on December 9, 2004, Thailand requested consultations with the United States under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ("WTO Agreemen...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Minority Resource Center; Notice of Request for New Data Collection; In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), OSDBU invites public comment on a public information collection, which will be submitted to OMB for approval. Copies of the public information collection may be obtained...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review 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 the...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Renewal From the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of Four Current Public Collections of Information In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the FAA invites public comment on four currently approved public information collections which will be submitted to OMB for renewal.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Ketchikan, AK This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Ketchikan, AK. The existing Class E airspace is not sufficient to contain aircraft executing all instrument procedures at Ketchikan Airport. Adoption of this proposal would result in the revision of...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Beluga, AK This action proposes to establish new Class E airspace at Beluga, AK. There is no existing Class E airspace to contain aircraft executing instrument approaches at Beluga Airport. Adoption of this proposal would result in the establishment of Class E...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 170 Series Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all EMBRAER Model ERJ 170 series airplanes. This AD requires revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) to include certain operational instructions and prohibit dispatch of any flight with the...	Rule	Dec 30, 2004
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1, -1A, -1B, -7, -7A, -7B, -9, -9A, -11, -15, -15A, -17, -17A, -17R, -17AR, -209, -217, -217A, -217C, and -219 Turbofan Engines The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT8D-1, -1A, -1B, -7, -7A, -7B, -9, -9A, -11, -15, -15A, -17, -17A, -17R, -17AR, -209, -217, -217A, -217C, and -219 turbofan engines. This proposed AD would require...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Dassault Aviation Model Falcon Fan Jet, Falcon Fan Jet Series D, -Series E, -Series F airplanes; and Mystere-Falcon Model 20-C5, -20-D5, -20-E5, -20-F5, and -200 Series Airplanes; High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) These special conditions are issued for Dassault Aviation Model Falcon Fan Jet, Falcon Fan Jet series D, -series E, -series F airplanes; and Mystere-Falcon Model 20-C5, -20-D5, -20-E5, -20-F5, and -200 series airplanes modified by Premier Air Center....	Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Hazardous Materials: Safety Requirements for External Product Piping on Cargo Tanks Transporting Flammable Liquids RSPA is proposing to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to prohibit flammable liquids from being transported in unprotected product piping on existing and newly manufactured DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. If adopted as proposed,...	Proposed Rule	Dec 30, 2004

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting FRA announces the next meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics will include remote control locomotives, the Foster-Miller, Inc., study on medical...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OCC Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Interest rates:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Renegotiation Board Interest Rate; Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act For the period beginning January 1, 2005 and ending on June 30, 2005, the prompt payment interest rate is 4.250 per centum per annum.	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Dec 30, 2004

Federal Register December 30, 2004

Agencies Publishing on December 30, 2004

Agency for International Development

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Agriculture Department

Child nutrition programs:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Meetings:

Milk marketing orders:

Onions grown in

Commerce Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Education Department

Meetings:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Complaints filed:

Energy planning and management program:

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Health and Human Services Department

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Biological product licenses:

Clinical Laboratories Improvement Amendments programs:

Food additives:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Medicaid and Medicare:

Medicare:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Meetings:

Ports and waterways safety:

Vessel inspection:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Community planning and development programs; consolidated submissions:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Interior Department

Meetings:

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Library of Congress

Satellite royalty funds:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

National Credit Union Administration

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Senior Executive Service:

Personnel Management Office

Health benefits, Federal employees:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Social Security Administration

State Department

Biometric Visa Program:

Meetings:

Presidential permits:

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

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Trade Act of 1974:

World Trade Organization:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Airworthiness standards:

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National Labor Relations Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States