March 8, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register March 8, 2005

View all documents issued on March 8, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

165 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 8, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Dates (domestic) produced or packed in

Title Type Published
This rule modifies the requirements for approved manufacturers of date products under the marketing order regulating the handling of domestic dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California. The marketing order is administered locally by the...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Grapes grown in

Title Type Published
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the California Desert Grape Administrative Committee (committee) for the 2005 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.015 to $0.0175 per 18-pound lug of grapes handled. The committee locally admin...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Onions (Vidalia) grown in

Title Type Published
This rule increases the assessment rate and changes the assessable unit established for the Vidalia Onion Committee (Committee) for the 2005 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.12 per 50-pound bag or equivalent to $0.10 per 40-pound carton of Vidal...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Pears (winter) grown in

Title Type Published
This decision proposes amending the marketing agreement and order (order) for winter pears grown in Oregon and Washington, and provides producers with the opportunity to vote in a referendum to determine if they favor the changes. The amendments are...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title Type Published
We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by removing a portion of Orange County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas and by removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. This action is necessary t...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Trade adjustment assistance; applications, petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) is seeking applicants for the following vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council: Whale Watching (Member), Education (Alternate), and Business and Industry (Member and Alternate). Applicants...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS will accept applications to receive quota share (QS) and processor quota share (PQS) for the Crab Rationalization Program (Program) from participants in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) king and Tanner crab fisheries through June 3, 20...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

International fisheries regulations:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes to adjust the regulations governing the trade of tuna and tuna-like species in the North and South Atlantic Ocean to implement recommendations adopted at the 2004 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92- 463 as amended by Public Law 94-409, Public Law 96-523, Public Law 97- 375 and Public Law 105-153), we are giving notice of a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
NOAA publishes this notice to announce the availability of a Proposed NOAA Policy and Process for Creating and Managing Cooperative Institutes for public comment.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce is announcing a thirty day publi...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary of Education requests comments on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that the Secretary proposes to use for the 2006-2007 award year. The FAFSA is completed by students and their families and the information submitted...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
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 Mar 08, 2005
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 Mar 08, 2005
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 Mar 08, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
ANR Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Alpena Power Generation, L.L.C
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Enbridge Pipelines (KPC)
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Energy Transfer Fuel LP
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Florida Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Great Lakes Gas Transmission L.P.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
North Baja Pipeline, LLC
Notice Mar 08, 2005
North Baja Pipeline, LLC
Notice Mar 08, 2005
North Baja Pipeline, LLC
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Overthrust Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
A Firm Storage Service Agreement with Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) for Summer service pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule FSS; a Firm Storage Service Agreement with CP&L pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule FSS; a Firm Storage Service Agreement with Elk River Public Utility District (Elk River) pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule FSS; a Firm Storage Service Agreement with Elk River pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule FSS; a Firm Storage Service Agreement with NUI Energy Brokers, Inc. (NUIEB) pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule FSS; a Firm Storage Service Agreement with Washington Gas Light Company (WGL) pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule FSS; an Interruptible Loan Service Agreement with Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. (Constellation) pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule ILS; an Interruptible Storage Service Agreement with Constellation pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule ISS; an Interruptible Storage Service Agreement with Duke Energy Marketing America, L.L.C. (DEMA) pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule ISS; and an Interruptible Storage Service Agreement with Eagle Energy Partners I, L.P. (Eagle) pursuant to Saltville's Rate Schedule ISS (collectively, the Service Agreements).
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Southern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Trailblazer Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Viking Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Potential new wholesale transmission services; technical workshop
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Principles for efficient and reliable reactive power supply and consumption; technical conference
Notice Mar 08, 2005
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB), Savannah River. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the F...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Natural gas interchangeability
Notice Mar 08, 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 EPA is planning to submit the following existing, approved, continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

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

Title Type Published
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Kern County Air Pollution Control District (KCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions concern the emission of particulate matter (PM-10) from wood co...
Rule Mar 08, 2005
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Kern County Air Pollution Control District (KCAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions concern the emission of particulate matter (PM-10) from wood combustion and the...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
EPA is revising the format of 40 CFR part 52 for materials submitted by the State of South Dakota that are incorporated by reference (IBR) into its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The regulations affected by this format change have all been previous...
Rule Mar 08, 2005
The EPA invites public comment on its proposal to approve Washington State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted to EPA by the State of Washington on September 20, 2001, September 26, 2001 and November 22, 2004. The revisions consist of chang...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title Type Published
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA), allows EPA to authorize State hazardous waste management programs if EPA finds that such programs are equivalent and consistent with the Federal program and provide adequate enforcement o...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE), Department of Energy, under an Interagency Agreement with EPA, will organize and conduct a workshop to seek expert opinion on...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), announces two meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Drinking Water Subcommittee.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government agencies and employees:

Title Type Published
Management and Budget, Office of; climate change reporting activities, assignment of certain functions to the Director (Memorandum of February 18, 2005)
Presidential Document Mar 08, 2005

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.

Title Type Published
Florida Cable Telecommunications Association, Inc. et al.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission proposes rules to implement Section 202 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 ("SHVERA"), which creates Section 340 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"), and amends th...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Open Market Committee:

Title Type Published
Domestic policy directives
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Premerger Notification Office of the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the Department, is issuing this Formal Interpretation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act to rep...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act:

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission is amending the premerger notification rules, which require the parties to certain mergers or acquisitions to file reports with the Commission and with the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor's address for Wellmark International.
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the research community that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is requesting applications for competitive supplemental grants from the seven Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) for which i...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The Indian Health Service published a document in the Federal Register on January 19, 2005. The document contained one error.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Medicare:

Title Type Published
Medicare beneficiaries and, under certain circumstances, providers and suppliers of health care services, can appeal adverse determinations regarding claims for benefits under Medicare Part A and Part B under sections 1869 and 1879 of the Social Secu...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Mar 08, 2005
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Scientific Review Center
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
This notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), announces that the Department of Health and Human Services is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the inventions embodied in U.S. Patent Appli...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The changing dynamics of emerging technology, and the complexity of genetics require an assessment of the state of the art in newborn screening and a perspective on the future directions such programs should take. In 1999, the American Academy of Ped...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
TSA invites public comment on currently approved information collection requirement abstracted below that will be submitted to OMB for renewal in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The Department of Homeland Security, Border and Transportation Security Directorate, DHS has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
This notice announces that TSA has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR describes the nature of the inform...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title Type Published
This notice announces HUD's intention to sell certain unsubsidized multifamily and healthcare mortgage loans, without Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insurance, in a competitive, sealed bid sale (MHLS 2005-1). This notice also describes generall...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The following applicants have applied for scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
John Massaro (Applicant) requests an incidental take permit (ITP) pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended (Act). The Applicant anticipates take of the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coeru...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), confirm the non- economic exclusions made to our previous final rule (August 6, 2003, 68 FR 46683, effective September 5, 2003), which designated critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Powder River Regional Coal Team (RCT) has scheduled a public meeting for April 27, 2005, to review current and proposed activities in the Powder River Coal Region and to review pending coal lease applications (LBA).
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
This final rule removes a suspension notation from our regulations pertaining to the Kentucky regulatory program (the "Kentucky program"). The suspension prohibited the issuance of new financial guarantees by the Kentucky Bond Pool because of insuffi...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The public land described in this Notice in the Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, has been examined and found suitable for conveyance for recreational or public purposes under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City Field Office, announces the temporary closure of selected public lands under its administration in Lyon, Storey, Churchill, Carson, Douglas, Mineral, Washoe and Nye Counties. By agreement with the Las...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'s Royal Gorge Field Office is proposing supplementary rules. The proposed supplementary rules would implement three decisions from the Gold Belt Travel Management Plan, approved August 18, 2004. These supplementary...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office is implementing supplementary rules to regulate conduct on specific public lands within Escalante Canyon in Montrose and Delta Counties. The rules apply to the following Escalante Canyon...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
In accordance with title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 8364.1 notice is hereby given that all the below listed land, administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is closed to the discharge of firearms for the purpose of target shoo...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
This notice closes certain public lands in Yellowstone County, Montana, to target shooting with firearms. This restriction is necessary for the management of actions, activities, and public use on certain public lands that may have, or are having, ad...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title Type Published
A Notice of Intent to prepare a Resource Management Plan for public lands and resources in Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah counties, Utah was published in the Federal Register, volume 66, No. 48, Monday, March 12, 2001. This supplements that notice with...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title Type Published
This order withdraws 1,960.10 acres of public land from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years for the Bureau of Land Management to protect wild horse and wildlife habitat, and watershed, recreation, cultural, and scenic values within the...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 08, 2005

National cooperative research notifications:

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/or con...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice modifies the scope of recognition of certain Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs) primarily as a result of the withdrawal of certain test standards by the standards developing organizations.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Robotic and Human Lunar Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Search for Earth-Like Planets Strategic Roadmap Committee.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Presidential Libraries. NARA uses the Committee's recommendations on NARA's implementation...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are extending the compliance dates for non-accelerated filers and foreign private issuers that were published on March 1, 2004, in Release No. 33-8392 [69 FR 9722] for certain amendments to Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Mar 08, 2005
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Mar 08, 2005
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 08, 2005
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 08, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Culturally significant objects imported 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 Mar 08, 2005
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 Mar 08, 2005

Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000:

Title Type Published
The Department of State (the Department) is the lead Federal agency for implementation of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Convention) and the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The International Telecommunication Advisory Committee will meet in March, April, and May to prepare positions for the next meeting of the ITU Council Working Group on the International Telecommunication Regulations (WGITR). Members of the public wil...
Notice Mar 08, 2005
The International Telecommunication Advisory Committee announces additional April meetings to prepare positions for the next meeting of the ITU-T Study Groups 11 (Signalling requirements and protocols), 13 (Next Generation Networks), and 15 (Optical...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) \1\ has filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 10901 for authority to acquire and operate approximately 368 miles of railroad lines (referred to as the "Core Lines") that are owned by the State of South Dakota (the State).\2...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This document proposes adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109E helicopters. This proposal would require, within 5 hours time-in-service (TIS), locating relay K7212 and its associated cable in the overhead pa...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A320 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require post-maintenance bleeding of accumulated air from, or ground functional testing of, the ram air turbine (RAT)...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-102, -103, -106, -201, -202, -301, - 311, and -315 airplanes. This proposed AD would require operators to install torque tube catchers on the control colu...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all EMBRAER Model ERJ 170 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require inspecting the engine fire handles of the overhead panel in the cockpit, and replacing the engine fire handles...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
This document proposes superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model EC 155B, SA-365N and N1, AS-365N2, and AS 365 N3 helicopters. That AD currently requires inspecting the hydraulic brake h...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Anthropomorphic test devices:

Title Type Published
On December 8, 2004, NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register that proposed to amend 49 CFR part 572 to add specifications and qualification requirements for a 5th percentile adult female test dummy for use in ve...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document denies a petition for rulemaking submitted by Mr. Richard T. Ince of C & J Technology Inc., to amend provisions of the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) for rearview mirrors pertaining to the test procedure for school bus dr...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
Based on the agency's evaluation, NHTSA denies the petition for rulemaking from Mr. Kazyaka of TVK Industries, Inc. to amend our safety standards to require the shift patterns on vehicles equipped with manual transmissions to be illuminated and to in...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire
Notice Mar 08, 2005
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2004 and 2005 Porsche Carrera GT passenger cars that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federa...
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act, which reorganized the Department's pipeline and hazardous materials safety programs into the new Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), th...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 08, 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 Mar 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 08, 2005

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title Type Published
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to establish the 27,500-acre Fort Ross-Seaview viticultural area in western Sonoma County, California. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wine...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005
In response to an industry request, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau extends the comment period for Notice No. 29, Proposed Realignment of the Santa Lucia Highlands and Arroyo Seco Viticultural Areas, a notice of proposed rulemaking publi...
Proposed Rule Mar 08, 2005

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to (TD 9176), which were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 (70 FR 3475). These final regulations would modify the circumstances under which certain forms of distribution previously avail...
Rule Mar 08, 2005
This document corrects temporary regulations (TD 9164) that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 17, 2004 (69 FR 75455) concerning requirements for employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) holding stock of Subchapter S corporation...
Rule Mar 08, 2005

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