Federal Register January 27, 2005 (Volume 70)

Agencies Publishing on January 27, 2005

Agriculture Department (2)
Commerce Department (11)
Defense Department (4)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (5)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Export-Import Bank (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (2)
General Services Administration (3)
Health and Human Services Department (12)
Homeland Security Department (4)
Housing and Urban Development Department (2)
Interior Department (5)
International Trade Commission (5)
Labor Department (1)
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Management and Budget Office (1)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Personnel Management Office (3)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
State Department (6)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (4)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Eastern Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Idaho Falls, ID Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Caribou-Targhee National Forests' Eastern Idaho Resource Advisory...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Coral Reef Conservation Program Administration The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Iron Construction Castings From Brazil, Canada and China; Solid Urea From Russia and Ukraine; and Potassium Permanganate From China; Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results of Sunset Reviews of Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Orders Final results; time limits extension	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice from Brazil; Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is initiating a changed circumstances administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) from Brazil (see Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Frozen Concentrated Or...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Federal Consistency Appeal by Luz Torres DeRosa From an Objection by the Puerto Rico Planning Board This announcement provides notice that the decision record has been closed for an administrative appeal filed with the Department of Commerce by Luz Torres DeRosa.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Federal Consistency Appeal by Fernando E. Otero Rodriguez From an Objection by the Puerto Rico Planning Board This announcement provides notice that the decision record has been closed for an administrative appeal filed with the Department of Commerce by Fernando E. Otero Rodriguez.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA External Review of NOAA's Ecosystem Research and Science Enterprise The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere has requested the NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to conduct an external review of NOAA's ecosystem research and science enterprise. The SAB is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 first seasonal allowance of the pollock interim total allowable catch (TAC) for Statistical A...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Workshops The SEDAR process for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper consists of a series of three workshops: a data workshop, an assessment workshop, and a review workshop. The data and assessment workshops are completed. This document announces the schedule for th...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a working meeting, which is open to the public.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Pelagics Plan Team; Public Meeting The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council(Council) will hold a meeting of its Pelagics Plan Team (PPT) to discuss overfishing of Pacific bigeye tuna and to develop recommendations for future management. The agenda for the meeting can be found un...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Changes To Implement the Patent Fee Related Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Consolidated Appropriations Act), revises patent fees in general, and provides for a search fee and examination fee that are separate from the filing fee, during fiscal years 2005 and 2006. This final rule r...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board The Defense Science Board Task Force on Test and Training Sub- scale and Full-scale Aerial Targets will meet in closed session on February 8-9, 2005, March 14-16, 2005, and April 13-14, 2005, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. The Task Fo...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Defense Department Defense Science Board The Defense Science Board Task Force on Management Oversight of Acquisition Organizations will meet in open session on January 31- February 1, 2005, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. This Task Force should assess whether all major acquis...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Defense Science Board The Defense Science Board Task Force on 2005 Summer Study on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Weapons of Mass Destruction will meet in closed session on January 31-February 1, 2005; March 8-9, 2005; April 4-5, 2005; May 3-4, 2005; June 1-2, 2005; and June...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Defense Department Defense Science Board The Defense Science Board Task Force on Transformation: A Midcourse Assessment (Summer Study 2005) will meet in closed session on February 14-15, 2005; March 24-25, 2005; April 11-12, 2005; and May 10- 11, 2005, at IDA, 4850 Park Center Drive, Room 6...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Smaller Learning Communities Program The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education proposes priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria for a special competition under the Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program. The Assistant Secretary may use these pr...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, as Amended by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 The Secretary announces plans to hold the fifth of a series of public meetings to seek comments and suggestions from the public prior to developing and publishing proposed regulations to implement programs under the recently revised Individuals with...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC AES Western Wind, L.L.C., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC AEP Power Marketing, Inc., AEP Service Corporation, CSW Power Marketing, Inc., CSW Energy Services, Inc., Central and South West Services, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing AEP Power Marketing, Inc., et al.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Energy Department > FERC California Independent System Operator Corporation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Compliance Filing California Independent System Operator Corp., et al.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Clark Fork and Blackfoot, LLC; Order Dismissing Application, Issuing Notice of Intent To Accept Surrender of License, and Providing Opportunity for Comments Clark Fork and Blackfoot, LLC	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Energy Department > FERC PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Assessment of Compliance Assistance Projects (Renewal), OMB Control Number 2020-0015, EPA ICR Number 1860.03 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Region 7 Lead Education and Awareness Project in St. Louis, MO, EPA ICR Number 2161.01 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request f...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Request for Nominations to the National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to fill vacancies on the National and Governmental Advisory Committees to the U.S. Representative to the North American Co...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Georgia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision Georgia has applied to EPA for Final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA proposes to grant final authorization to Georgia. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of...	Proposed Rule	Jan 27, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Georgia: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision Georgia has applied to EPA for Final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to qualify for Final autho...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Executive Office of the President

Azerbaijan; extension of waiver under the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992 (Presidential Determination)

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Extension of Waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act with respect to Assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan No. 2005-18 of January 13, 2005	Presidential Document	Jan 27, 2005

Palestinian Authority; imposition and waiver of sanctions (Presidential Determination)

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Implementation of Section 603 and 604 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228) No. 2005-17 of January 7, 2005	Presidential Document	Jan 27, 2005

Export-Import Bank

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Export-Import Bank Notice of Open Special Meeting of the Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee (SAAC) of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Export-Import Bank) The Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee was established by Public Law 105-121, November 26, 1997, to advise the Board of Directors on the development and implementation of policies and programs designed to support the expansion of the Bank's financ...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Federal Election Commission

Special elections; filing dates:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Filing Dates for the California Special Election in the 5th Congressional District California has scheduled a special general election on March 8, 2005, to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the Fifth Congressional District held by the late Representative Robert Matsui. Under California law, a majority winner in a speci...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Rule Concerning Disclosures Regarding Energy Consumption and Water Use of Certain Home Appliances and Other Products Required Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“Appliance Labeling Rule”) The Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") amends its Appliance Labeling Rule ("Rule") by publishing new ranges of comparability to be used on required labels for compact and standard- sized clothes washers. The Commission is also making several tec...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Interlocking directorates:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required by the 1990 amendment of Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 prohibits, with certain exceptions, one person from serving as a director or officer...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; GSAR Provision 552.237-70, Qualifications of Offerors Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved infor...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
General Services Administration General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Industrial Funding Fee and Sales Reporting Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration, has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved info...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
General Services Administration General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; GSAR Clause 552.237-71, Qualifications of Employees Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Program Development Through Technical Assistance Collaboration With the National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD); Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee (formerly the Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee); Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > FDA From Concept to Consumer: Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Working With Stakeholders on Scientific Opportunities for Facilitating Development of Vaccines, Blood and Blood Products, and Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies; Public Workshop; Reopening of the Comment Period The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until January 27, 2006, the comment period for the notice of public workshop and request for comments published in the Federal Register of August 31, 2004 (69 FR 53077). FDA is reopening the comment...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel: Grants for Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health, Request for Applications (RFA) OH-05-001 Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Correction to a Notice of Meetings Health Services Research Initial Review Group; correction	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH List of Drugs for Which Pediatric Studies Are Needed The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is providing notice of a "List of Drugs for Which Pediatric Studies Are Needed." The NIH developed the list in consultation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pediatric experts, as mandated by the...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Notice of Appeal By designation of the Administration for Children and Families, a member of the Departmental Appeals Board has been appointed as the presiding officer for an appeal of the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) disapproval of an amendment to...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Submission for New Information Collection, DHS Individual Complaint of Employment Discrimination Form (DHS 3090-1) The Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reducti...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Nonimmigrant classes:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Petitions for Aliens To Perform Temporary Nonagricultural Services or Labor (H-2B) An H-2B alien is someone who comes temporarily to the United States to perform temporary nonagricultural labor or services. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), after consulting with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of State (DO...	Proposed Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Implementation of Sector Baltimore The Coast Guard announces the stand-up of Sector Baltimore. The Sector Baltimore Commanding Officer has the authority, responsibility and missions of the prior Activities Commander, Captain of the Port (COTP), Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection (OC...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Regattas and marine parades:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Local Regulation; Annual Gasparilla Marine Parade, Hillsborough Bay, Tampa, FL The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the regulations regarding the Annual Gasparilla Marine Parade, Hillsborough Bay, and Tampa, FL. This action is necessary because the Parade will be held on January 29, 2005, instead of the first Saturday in Feb...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of Matching Program: Matching Tenant Data in Assisted Housing Programs Pursuant to the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Guidance on the statute, HUD is updating its notice of a matching program involving comparisons between income data prov...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Public and Indian housing:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Extension of Minimum Funding Under the Indian Housing Block Grant Program This interim rule provides authority for Indian tribes to receive a minimum grant amount under the need component of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Formula for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006. The minimum funding provision currently in effect in HU...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Interior Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) 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) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet a...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Interior Department Invasive Species Advisory Committee Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide advice to the National Invasive Species Council, as a...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Relocation/Change of Address/Office Closure; Montana Notice is given that on February 24, 2005, the Bureau of Land Management's Lewistown Field Office will relocate/move to a new location at 220 Cattail Drive.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action, Direct Sale of Public Lands, Lawrence County, SD; Correction The Bureau of Land Management published a document in the Federal Register of August 28, 2003, concerning a Notice of Realty Action for a Direct Sale of Public Lands. The document contained an incorrect legal description.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming This notice publishes the Approval of the Tribal-State Compacts between the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Comanche Nation, Miami Tribe and the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Cancellation of Government in the Sunshine Meeting.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
International Trade Commission Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Automotive Measuring Devices, Products Containing Same, and Bezels for Such Devices; Notice of Issuance of a Limited Exclusion Order and a Cease and Desist Order Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order in the above-captioned investigation.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
International Trade Commission Certain Frozen or Canned Warmwater Shrimp and Prawns From Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand, and Vietnam Various countries	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
International Trade Commission Certain Stainless Steel Plate From Belgium, Canada, Italy, Korea, South Africa, and Taiwan Revised schedule for the subject reviews.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Labor Department

Aliens; temporary employment in U.S.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Post-Adjudication Audits of H-2B Petitions in All Occupations Other Than Excepted Occupations in the United States An H-2B nonimmigrant is admitted temporarily to the United States to perform temporary nonagricultural labor or services. The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (DOL or ETA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) simu...	Proposed Rule	Jan 27, 2005

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Management and Budget Office

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office Acquisition Advisory Panel Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the Acquisition Advisory Panel established in accordance with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 will meet on February...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

National Credit Union Administration

Credit unions:

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Loan Interest Rates The current 18 percent per year federal credit union maximum loan rate is scheduled to revert to 15 percent on March 9, 2005, unless otherwise provided by the NCUA Board (Board). A 15 percent ceiling would restrict certain categories of credit and ad...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Rulemaking petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (dated August 2, 1993, Docket No. PRM-20-22) submitted by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (the District or the petitioner). The petitioner requested that NRC amen...	Proposed Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Personnel Management Office

Excepted service:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Homeland Security Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations on Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (generally known as "VSIPs" or "buyouts"). These final regulations explain how an agency requests authority from OPM to offer Voluntary S...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Pay administration:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Pay Administration (General) The Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations to implement a provision of the Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2004, which established a new form of compensatory time off for time spent by an employee in a travel status away f...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
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	Jan 27, 2005

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission AIG SunAmerica Asset Management Corp., et al.; Notice of Application Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 12(d)(3) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act, and under section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organization; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 by the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Relating to Trading, Either by Listing or Pursuant to Unlisted Trading Privileges, Commodity-Based Trust Shares and Trading, Pursuant to Unlisted Trading Privileges, iShares® COMEX Gold Trust Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Basquiat" Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 [79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Max Ernst: A Retrospective” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 [79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre" Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Youth Leadership Program for Bosnia and Herzegovina The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for Youth Leadership Program for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Partnerships for Learning (P4L) Thematic Youth Projects Initiative: Linking Individuals, Knowledge and Culture (LINC) The Youth Programs Division, Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, announces an open competition for projects under the P4L Thematic Youth Projects Initiative. Public and private non-profit organizations meeti...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Announcement of Meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee The International Telecommunication Advisory Committee will meet in February, March, April, and May to prepare for meetings of CITEL Permanent Consultative Committee I (PCC I), CITEL Permanent Executive Committee (COM/CITEL) and ITU World Telecommuni...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Surface Transportation Board

Motor carriers:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Motor Carrier Bureaus-Periodic Review Proceeding The Surface Transportation Board is correcting its notice served on December 13, 2004, and published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2004, to inform the public that Board authorization has not expired for the bureau agreements of two motor ca...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements; 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 review and comme...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property Monroe Regional Airport, Monroe, LA The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at Monroe Regional Airport under the provisions of section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Opportunity To Self-Correct Annual Authorizations for Commercial Air Tour Operators Over National Parks and Tribal Lands Within or Abutting National Parks On October 25, 2002, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published the final rule for Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 136, National Parks Air Tour Management (67 FR 65662). The rule became effective on January 23, 2003. In a...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes, that requires operators to revise the Airworthiness Limitations section (ALS) of the Instructions for Continued Airworthin...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D-209, -217, -217A, -217C, and -219 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT8D-209, -217, -217A, -217C, and -219 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires torque inspection of the 3rd stage and 4th stage low pressure turbine...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Raytheon Aircraft Company 90, 99, 100, 200, and 300 Series Airplanes This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-01-04, which was published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2005 (70 FR 1169) and applies to certain Raytheon Aircraft Company 90, 99, 100, 200, and 300 series airplanes. We i...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce plc RB211 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce (RR) plc RB211-535E4-37, RB211-535E4-B-37, and RB211-535E4-B-75 series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive ultrasonic inspections of insta...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement: St. Clair County, MI The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed improvements to the United States Port of Entry plaza for the Blue Water Bridge in St. Clair County, Michigan.	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Hazardous materials:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders This is to notify the public that RSPA has determined that a number of DOT specification compressed gas cylinders seized by the State of Maine, Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP), may have been marked as requalified in accordance with the...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Motor carriers:

No documents available.

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 05-10-C-00-PLN To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Pellston Regional Airport, Pellston, MI The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC at Pellston Regional Airport under the provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lives Saved by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Their Costs; Technical Reports This notice announces NHTSA's publication of three technical reports estimating how many lives have been saved by vehicle safety technologies meeting the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and their costs. The reports' titles are: Lives Saved by...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > FS Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: Financial Institution Agreement and Application Forms for Designation as a Treasury Tax and Loan Depositary and Resolution The Financial Management Service, 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. By this no...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Veterans Affairs Department

Loan guaranty:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Loan Guaranty: Implementation of Public Law 107-103 This document affirms, with one modification, an amendment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loan guaranty regulations implementing sections 401 through 404 of the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001. The amendment incorpor...	Rule	Jan 27, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans; Cancellation of Notice of Meeting Homeless Veterans Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 27, 2005
Veterans Affairs Department Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

Privacy Act:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e), notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the system of records entitled "National Prosthetic Patient Database (NPPD)-VA" (33VA113) as set forth in the Fe...	Notice	Jan 27, 2005

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Agencies Publishing on January 27, 2005

Agriculture Department

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Commerce Department

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Defense Department

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Executive Office of the President

Azerbaijan; extension of waiver under the FREEDOM Support Act of 1992 (Presidential Determination)

Palestinian Authority; imposition and waiver of sanctions (Presidential Determination)

Export-Import Bank

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Federal Election Commission

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Federal Reserve System

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Federal Trade Commission

Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in labeling and advertising:

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General Services Administration

Health and Human Services Department

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Homeland Security Department

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Regattas and marine parades:

Housing and Urban Development Department

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Interior Department

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Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

International Trade Commission

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Labor Department

Aliens; temporary employment in U.S.:

M Management and Budget Office

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National Credit Union Administration

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Personnel Management Office

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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State Department

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Surface Transportation Board

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Transportation Department

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