February 25, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register February 25, 2005

View all documents issued on February 25, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

149 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 25, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the above-named Agencies to request an extension for the currently approved information collection in support of the servicing of Community and Direct Busi...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Plumas County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold meetings on February 25 and March 25, 2005 in Quincy, California. The purpose of the February 25 meeting is to review the Plumas County Fire Assessment and Strategy, discuss project monito...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

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We are amending the citrus canker regulations by updating the list of areas in the State of Florida quarantined because of citrus canker. To reflect the detection of citrus canker in an area adjacent to but outside of one current quarantined area in...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Trade adjustment assistance; applications, petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On November 29, 2004, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the preliminary results of the new shipper reviews of the antidumping order on honey from the People's Republic of China (69 FR 69350). These reviews cover four export...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Oversight Committee in March, 2005. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if a...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 interim t...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 interim t...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

International fisheries regulations:

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The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), on behalf of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes annual management measures governing the Pacific Halibut fishery which are approved by the Secretary of State. This acti...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

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The SEDAR process for the Caribbean Yellowtail Snapper and Spiny Lobster consists of a series of three workshops: a data workshop, an assessment workshop, and a review workshop. This is the eighth SEDAR cycle. The data workshop is completed. This is...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP).
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Ecosystem Committee will meet by teleconference; 907-271-2896.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The benchmark assessment of the South Atlantic black sea bass stock, completed in 2003 by SEDAR 2, will be updated with recent data during an assessment workshop to be held in Beaufort, NC.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Notice of Withdrawal of the Request for Panel Review by the complainants, the panel review is terminated as of February 17, 2005. A panel has not been appointed to this panel review. Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure fo...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Trade adjustment assistance eligibility determination petitions:

Title Type Published
To give all interested parties an opportunity to comment.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
This action adds 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 deletes from the Procurement List products previously furnished by such agenc...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
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 services previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) (PRA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requests comments on a proposed request for an extension of its PRA approval to conduct surveys to determine customers' lev...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), 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 ag...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), 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 ag...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Critical Homeland Installation Protection will meet in closed sessions on February 23, 2005, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA. The Task Force will access best practices for protecting US...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Navy is proposing to exempt the records contained in the Privacy Act system of records notice N12410-2, entitled `NCIS Training Academy Records. The exemption (5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(6)) is intended to preserve the objectively and/or...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is proposing to exempt those records contained in DCIFA 01, entitled "CIFA Operational and Analytical Records" when an exemption has been previously claimed for the records in another Privacy Act system of recor...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Army is proposing to add an exemption rule for the system of records A0195-2c USACIDC, entitled `DoD Criminal Investigation Task Force Files'. The exemption ((j)(2)) will increase the value of the system of records for criminal...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation is being established in consonance with the public interest and in accordance with the provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the "Federal Advisory Committee Act," Title 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2. This adviso...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

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This DAB meeting will focus on the status of the Reserve Forces outlook, the ESGR strategic plan and support of the Reserve Forces Retention efforts through ensuring supportive employee relations.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee will meet in closed session at the Pentagon on March 10, 2005 from 0900 to 2000 and March 11, 2005 from 0845 to 1500. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary of D...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Roles and Authorities of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering will meet in open session on February 24, 2005; March 14, 2005; April 18, 2005; May 16, 2005; and June 8, 2005, at SAI, 3601 Wilson Boul...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Red Lessons Learned will meet in closed session on March 16-17, 2005, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. This Task Force will assess what useful information can our adversaries learn from U.S. milit...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Force Protection in Urban and Unconventional Environments will meet in closed session on SAI, 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. February 16-17, 2005; March 9-10, 2005; April 27-28, 2005; and May 25-26, 2005...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Munitions System Reliability will meet in closed session on March 30-31, 2005, at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA. On March 30, 2005 from 8:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. the Task Force meeting will be open. Sh...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Strategic Strike Skills will meet in closed session on March 9-10, 2005; April 20-21, 2005; and May 12-13, 2005, in Arlington, VA. The Task Force will assess the future strategic strike force skills needs...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Air Force proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Army is proposing to add an exempt system of records to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The exemption ((j)(2)) will increase the value of the system of re...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to add an exempt system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Army is proposing to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Navy proposes to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The Navy is proposing to exempt the system of records to protect the objectivity...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Army is proposing to amend the Preamble to its Compilation of Privacy Act systems of records notices by updating the telephone number of the POINT OF CONTACT.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Department of the Army is proposing to amend a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education proposes a priority, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria under the Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program. The Assistant Secretary will use the priority, requirements, defin...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection package to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The package requests a three-year extension of its "Procurement Reporting and Record...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Off-the-record communications
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), this document announces that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and B...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approves the sections 111(d)/129 State Plan submitted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) on September 16, 2004. This State Plan is for implementing and enforcing provisions at...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the sections 111(d)/129 State Plan submitted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on September 16, 2004. This State Plan is for carrying out and enforcing provis...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005
EPA is notifying the public that it has received negative declarations for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) units from Forsyth County, Mecklenburg County, and Buncombe County, North Carolina, and Chattanooga-Hamilton County,...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

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

Title Type Published
EPA is revising the format for materials submitted by Pennsylvania that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into its State implementation plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this format change have all been previously submitted by Pennsylvania an...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA has environmental concerns about the proposed project's impacts to wetlands, water quality, air quality, stormwater management, noise, cumulative impacts, and leaking underground storage tanks. ERP No. D-FHW-J40168-UT Rating EC2, 11400 South Proj...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Weekly receipts
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Meeting:

Title Type Published
The EPA is convening four public workshops to provide training for affected parties responsible for reporting during the 2006 Inventory Update Rule (IUR) information collection. The workshops will focus on the instructions for reporting. These instru...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

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The Tribal Pesticide Program Council (TPPC) will hold a 2 and 1/2-day meeting, beginning on March 16 and ending on March 18, 2005. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting, and sets forth the tentative agenda topics. One Tribal Ca...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments, preliminary risk reduction options, and related documents for ametryn, a triazine herbicide, and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public also is encouraged to sugg...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments and related documents for the pesticide Dimethipin, and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public also is encouraged to suggest risk management ideas or proposals to...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces availability and starts a 60-day public comment period on the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents for the pesticide active ingredients carboxin and oxycarboxin. The RED represents EPA's formal regulatory assessme...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces the availability of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the pesticide active ingredient imazalil. The RED represents EPA's formal regulatory assessment of the human health and environmental data base of im...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide thiram. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the thiram docket. EPA has reviewed thiram through the...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

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

Title Type Published
EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of January 7, 2005 (70 FR 1357) (FRL-7694-5), establishing a tolerance exemption for peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea, and wheat. This document is being issued to correct the in...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission addresses a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by Petitioner Hands On Video Relay Services, Inc. (Hands On) on December 29, 2004. Hands On requests a Declaratory Ruling that is "Brown Bag Rewards Program," offered...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Antilles Wholesale Co. et al.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Copacabana Enterprises Group, Inc., et al.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Uniworld Cargo Shipping Lines, LLC
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Government Publishing Office logo Government Publishing Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Depository Library Council
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice invites nominations of members to the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel). Seven vacancies will exist on the Panel as of March 31, 2005. The purpose of the Panel is to review the APC groups and the...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award approximately $11,000,000 (total costs) for a one-year project period to the Florida Department of Children and Families....
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document cancels the withdrawal of the "Notice for the Solicitation of Proposals for the Private, For-Profit Demonstration Project for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)" published in the Federal Register on November 26, 20...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances Program
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Increase knowledge and skills of disadvantaged minority students under-represented in biostatistics, epidemiology, and occupational safety and health
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Medicaid and Medicare:

Title Type Published
This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from October 2004 through December 2004, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice provides...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This notice finalizes the procedures proposed in the Federal Register on December 24, 2003 (68 FR 74607). It establishes the procedures for maintaining the lists of codes that were included in the national coverage determinations (NCDs) that were ann...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This final rule provides a mechanism for us to expeditiously make changes to the durable medical equipment regional carrier (DMERC) service area boundaries without notice and comment rulemaking. Through this mechanism, we can change the geographical...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces changes to the geographical boundaries of the four Durable Medical Equipment (DME) service areas applicable to future awards of the Medicare Administrative Contracts (MACs). We identify which States and territories are assigned...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice informs interested Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) sponsors and Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations of an opportunity to participate in the Part D Reinsurance Payment Demonstration beginning in contract year 2006.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, section 10(a) (Pub. L. 92-463), this notice announces a meeting of the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education (the Panel) on March 22, 2005. The Panel advises and makes recomme...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
National Center for Health Statistics Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Feb 25, 2005
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice requests individuals interested in serving on the Area Maritime Security Committee--Central California (Los Angeles-Long Beach) (CCAMSC) to submit their resumes to the Captain of the Port (COTP)/Federal Maritime Security Coordinator (FMSC...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to remove an established security zone in the port of Port Lavaca-Point Comfort. Under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, owners or operators of local facilities are required to take specific action to improve...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Public and Indian housing:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would make several revisions to the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program allocation formula authorized under section 302 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- Determination Act of 1996. Through the IHBG Program,...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005

Safety and soundness:

Title Type Published
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is issuing a proposed regulation that would set forth safety and soundness requirements with respect to mortgage fraud reporting in furtherance of the supervisory responsibilities of OFHEO un...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Members of the public are invited to participate with Transalta Centralia Mining LLC in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America in Lewis County, Washington.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations found at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508, notice is hereby given of the availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Im...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The County of Volusia (Applicant) seeks to renew and amend incidental take permit (ITP) TE811813. The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued this ITP on November 22, 1996, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2) (c) of the National Environmental PolicyAct (NEPA) of 1969, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, notice is hereby given that the Winnemucca Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is i...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces the cancellation of a meeting of the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG). The TAMWG affords stakeholders the opportunity to give...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
A five acre parcel of public land near the town of Gerlach, in Washoe County, Nevada, has been examined and found suitable for sale utilizing direct sale procedures.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oregon State Office is proposing supplementary rules for public lands within the States of Oregon and Washington. The rules are needed in order to protect the area's natural resources and provide for public health...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Upon request of respondents Alcoa Inc. and Northwest Alloys, the Commission has determined to conduct a portion of its hearing in the above-captioned investigation scheduled for February 23, 2005, in camera. See Commission rules 207.24(d), 201.13(m)...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-day notice of information collection under review: ARCOS Transaction Reporting--DEA Form 333.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
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 contin...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Notice Feb 25, 2005

M
Management and Budget Office

Reports and guidance documents; availability. etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requests comments on a draft guidance document entitled Improving Government Charge Card Management. The draft guidance, located at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ omb/financial/fia--travel.html, consolidates and...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and NASA policy and p...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to OMB for approval the information collections described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

Title Type Published
The PBGC proposes to amend its regulations to provide a rule for computing liability under section 4063(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") when there is a substantial cessation of operations by an employer as describe...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title Type Published
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 Feb 25, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Academic Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition to administer the United States-East Timor (USET) Scholarship Program and the United States-South Pacific (USSP) Scholarship Program. Elig...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) U.S. Business Internship Program for Young Middle Eastern Women. Public and private...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Surface Transportation Board proposes to adopt 1.029 (2.9%) as the measure of average change in railroad productivity for the 1999-2003 (5-year) period. This proposal is a revision to the proposal published on February 2, 2005, at 70 FR 5509-10....
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Generalized System of Preferences:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) received petitions in 2004 to modify the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP program and to modify the GSP status of certain GSP beneficiary developing c...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement in section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces the intention of the FMCSA to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of a new information collection...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
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 Feb 25, 2005
This action confirms the new effective date for the establishment of Class D and E4 airspace at Olive Branch, MS and the amendment of Class E5 airspace at Memphis, TN. The construction of a new Federal contract tower with a weather reporting system w...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
This notice proposes to amend Class E5 airspace at Parsons, TN. The Beech River Regional Airport is being constructed at Parsons, TN. As a result, airspace must be established to contain the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Runw...
Proposed Rule Feb 25, 2005

Airline service quality performance reports:

Title Type Published
The Department is publishing the following reporting directive regarding the reporting requirements that are contained in the OST final rule on "Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport."
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Saab Model SAAB SF340A and SAAB 340B series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections for wear of the brushes and leads and for loose rivets of the direct current (DC) starte...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Short Brothers Model SD3-60 series airplanes. This AD requires, for certain airplanes, repetitive inspections for cracking of the balance weight brackets of the elevator trim tabs, and re...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for Cessna Aircraft Company Model 501 airplanes modified by Garrett Aviation Services. These airplanes will have novel and unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworth...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 135/EUROCAE Working Group 14: Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System.
Notice Feb 25, 2005
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 189/EUROCAE Working Group 53: Air Traffic Services (ATS) Safety and Interoperability Requirements.
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, requires that agencies that maintain a system of records publish a notice in the Federal Register of the existence and character of the system of records. In accordance with the Privacy Act, DOT is...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Technical standard orders:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of, and requests comments on proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C139, Aircraft Audio Systems and Equipment. The proposed TSO is for audio systems designers, manufacturers, and installers seeking a TSO autho...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces the availability of, and requests comment on, a proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO) on aircraft clamps. The TSO prescribes minimum performance standards that aircraft clamps must meet to be identified with the making "TSO-C1...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces the availability of, and requests comments on, a proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO) on nickel- cadmium and lead-acid batteries. These batteries power aircraft equipment (emergency and standby systems, plus engine or APU sta...
Notice Feb 25, 2005
This notice announces the availability of, and requests comments on, proposed Technical Standard Order (TSO)-C154a, Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Equipment Operating on the Frequency of 978 MHz....
Notice Feb 25, 2005

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 25, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 25, 2005
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 25, 2005
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 25, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Cuban assets control regulations:

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (the "CACR"), to clarify the meaning of the term "payment of cash in advance," which is used in the...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Estate and gift taxes:

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This document contains final regulations amending the regulations under the gift tax special valuation rules to provide that a unitrust or annuity interest payable for a specified term of years to the grantor, or to the grantor's estate if the granto...
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Income taxes:

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This document contains final regulations that clarify that qualified REIT subsidiaries, qualified subchapter S subsidiaries, and single owner eligible entities that are disregarded as entities separate from their owners are treated as separate entiti...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
This document contains final regulations relating to the application of the unified partnership audit procedures to disputes regarding the ownership of residual interests in a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC). These regulations will af...
Rule Feb 25, 2005
This document contains final regulations regarding reorganizations under section 368(a)(1)(E) and section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code. The regulations affect corporations and their shareholders.
Rule Feb 25, 2005

Meetings:

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This notice announces six information-gathering public meetings to be held at various locations on behalf of a financial education national strategy working group of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (Commission), established by the Fin...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. I section 10(d), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and 5 U.S.C. section 552b, the Government in the Sunshine Act, a report summarizing the closed meeting activities of the Art Advisory Panel during 2004 has been prepare...
Notice Feb 25, 2005

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