February 23, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register February 23, 2005

View all documents issued on February 23, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

120 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 23, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field planting of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lysozyme. This environmental assessment...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field planting of rice plants genetically engineered to express the protein lactoferrin. This environmental assessm...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Co...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Melons grown in

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule suspending, for the 2004-05 fiscal period, the minimum grade, quality, maturity, container, pack, inspection, assessment collection, and other re...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Spearmint oil produced in

Title Type Published
This rule amends a prior interim final rule that increased the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil produced in the Far West that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers during the 2004-2005 marketing year. The prior interim final...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2005
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 Feb 23, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2005
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to the Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. ("AARQ") on February 14, 2005. The Certificate has been amended eight times. The most recent previous...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Export Administration regulations:

Title Type Published
This final rule removes all reference in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to the supplement containing the list of persons denied export privileges ("Denied Persons List" (DPL)) because no such supplement exists in the Code of Federal Regu...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the interim 2005 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the following applicants have applied in due form for a permit (File No. 1522) or modification to a permit (Permit No. 1356) to take loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles for purposes of scien...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting ocean...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title Type Published
Issuing a directive to the Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection establishing limits and reinstating textile visa requirements.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
Notice Feb 23, 2005
This is a notice of the deadline dates for receipt of State applications for Award Year 2005-2006 funds under the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) and Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP) programs. The LEA...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
This notice has been issued under the authority of Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2160). The Department is providing notice of a proposed "subsequent arrangement" under the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Civ...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
The Department of Energy published a final rule on January 26, 2005, establishing 10 CFR Part 824 to implement section 234B of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. This document corrects an inadvertent omission in one sentence of the final rule.
Rule Feb 23, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2005
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Green Mountain Power Corp.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., LP
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Pinelawn Power, LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Trunkline LNG Co., LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act) and natural gas companies (Natural Gas Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending its regulations to provide for electronic notification of Commission issuances to service list recipients. In most instances, the Commission will now send such notices by e-mail. This change will i...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Enbridge Pipelines (KPC)
Notice Feb 23, 2005
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced i...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Regional transmission planning and expansion to facilitate fuel diversity; technical conference
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Title Type Published
This action supplements EPA's December 22, 2004, notice of proposed rulemaking (69 FR 76655). In proposing essential use allocations for calendar year 2005, EPA published an incorrect number for the quantity of controlled substances to be allocated t...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2005

Air quality implementation plans:

Title Type Published
To preserve the air quality in national parks and other areas that are meeting the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for nitrogen dioxide (NO<INF>2</INF>), EPA is reevaluating the increments for NO<INF>2</INF> that were first established...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2005

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

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Requesting the nomination of experts for the Science Advisory Board (SAB) Arsenic Review Panel.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title Type Published
Mississippi 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 a...
Rule Feb 23, 2005
Mississippi 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 Mississippi for RCRA Clusters IV through X. In...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2005

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of February 2, 2005, concerning EPA's Tolerance Reassessment Decision (TRED) for the pesticide Methyl Eugenol. This document is being issued to correct typographical error in the DATES section of the previo...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA has granted or denied emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions or denials were granted during the period October 1, 2004 to Decmeber...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

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

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
In this Document the Media Bureau announces mandatory electronic filing via the Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS) for FCC Form 321, Aeronautical Frequency Notification.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation CC):

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors is amending appendix A of Regulation CC to delete the reference to the Detroit branch office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and reassign the Federal Reserve routing symbols currently listed under that office to the head...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
On November 3, 2003, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published for comment proposed revisions to the Nurse Practitioner and Nurse-Midwifery Education Program Guidelines (Guidelines) for use in the Advanced Education Nursing Gr...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final regulation that appeared in the Federal Register of December 9, 2004 (69 FR 71562). The document issued a final regulation that requires the establishment and maintenance of records by pers...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 the continuation of an information colle...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Indiana (FEMA-1573-DR), dated January 21, 2005, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Indiana (FEMA-1573-DR), dated January 21, 2005, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of West Virginia (FEMA-1574-DR), dated February 1, 2005, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the I Street Drawbridge across the Sacramento River, mile 59.4, at Sacramento, CA. This deviation allows the bridge to remai...
Rule Feb 23, 2005
The Coast Guard proposes to change the drawbridge operating regulations governing the operation of the Chatham Highway Bridge, mile 0.2, across the Mitchell River at Chatham, Massachusetts. This proposed change to the drawbridge operation regulations...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Alaska Native claims selection:

Title Type Published
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Igiugig, Native Corporation. The lands are located in Tps. 11 and...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of the Devils River Minnow Draft Recovery Plan. The Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli) is known to occur in streams in Kinney and Val Verde Counties, Texas, a...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Hunting and fishing:

Title Type Published
CFR correction
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice of realty action involves a proposal for a 20 year renewable commercial lease to the State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries. The lease is intended to authorize the maintenance and operation of a fish hatchery o...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Japan
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ's") initial determination ("ID") terminating the investigation as to one patent claim.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Aladdin Industries, LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Dorby Group
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Gemini Textile Screenprint, Inc. et al.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Glenshaw Glass Co.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Pfaltzgraff Co.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Rehau Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Spang and Co.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Springs Industries
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Tee Jays Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Venture Industries
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Trade adjustment assistance; training and employment guidance letters to State workforce agencies
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Title Type Published
21st Century Technologies, Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2005
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
New York Stock Exchange
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: J Visa Waiv...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Meetings:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) will hold a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2005, at its offices in Washington, DC, to provide interested persons an opportunity to express their views on the subject of rail rate ch...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the portion of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 known as the 9/11 Commission Implementation Act of 2004, the Office of the Secretary, DOT, is establishing a committee to develop, through negotiated rulemaking p...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2005

Meetings:

No documents available.

Pipeline safety:

Title Type Published
On January 5, 1993, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) issued an interim final rule establishing oil spill response planning requirements for onshore oil pipe...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
This document withdraws a notice and request for comments that was published in the Federal Register on February 2, 2005 (70 FR 5510) that solicited comments on proposed regulations (REG-154000-04) relating to Diesel Fuel and Kerosene Excise Tax and...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations under section 1374 that provide for an adjustment to the amount that may be subject to tax under section 1374 in certain cases in which an S corporation acquires assets from a C corporation in an acquisition t...
Rule Feb 23, 2005
This document contains amendments to regulations relating to the capitalization of interest expense incurred in sale and leaseback transactions under the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA) safe harbor leasing provisions. The regulations affect...
Rule Feb 23, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to United States Code, Title 31, section 5135 (b)(8)(C), the United States Mint announces the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) public meeting scheduled for March 15, 2005. The purpose of this meeting is to advise the Secretary of t...
Notice Feb 23, 2005
This notice advises all interested persons of two public meetings of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
Notice Feb 23, 2005
An open meeting of the Earned Income Tax Credit Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Committee will be discussing issues pertaining to the IRS administration of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Notice Feb 23, 2005

U
United States Sentencing Commission

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 994(a), (o), and (p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States Sentencing Commission is considering promulgating certain amendments to the sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and commentary. This notice sets forth t...
Notice Feb 23, 2005

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