March 28, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register March 28, 2005

View all documents issued on March 28, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

115 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 28, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the National Agricultural Library's intent to reque...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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We are amending the regulations by adding the Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Sonora, and Yucatan to the lists of regions considered free of classical swine fever (CSF). We have conducted a series of risk evaluations and have determined tha...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Rural Development announces the availability of up to $22.8 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year (FY) 2005 to purchase renewable energy systems and make energy improvements for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Of the $...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Pistachios grown in

Title Type Published
This rule invites comments on the establishment of reporting requirements authorized under the California pistachio marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of pistachios grown in California and is administered locally by the Adminis...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 2005

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

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We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations to make changes to the list of areas or fields regulated because of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat. We are adding certain areas in La Paz, Maricopa, and Pinal Counties, AZ, and Riverside County, CA,...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Prunes (dried) produced in

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This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Prune Marketing Committee (committee) under Marketing Order No. 993 for the 2004-05 and subsequent crop years from $4.00 to $6.00 per ton of salable dried prunes. The committee locally admin...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Spearmint oil produced in

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This rule further amends prior interim final rules 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. This rule increas...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Export administration regulations:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is reviewing the recommendations contained in the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General Report entitled "Deemed Export Controls May Not Stop the Transfer of Sensitive Technology to Foreign N...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the first seasonal apportionment of the 2005 Pacific halibut bycat...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This notice announces that OESD is soliciting 1- to 3-year proposals for environmental literacy projects. Funded projects will further NOAA's education goals articulated in the NOAA Education Plan http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/NOAA--Ed--Plan.pdf. Funding...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO), 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Ste. 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814, has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Paiute Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., LP
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Power rate adjustments:

Title Type Published
This action is to extend the existing Rate Schedules PD-NTS1, INT-NTS1, DSW-SD1, DSW-RS1, DSW-FR1, DSW-EI1, DSW-SPR1, and DSW-SUR1 for the Desert Southwest Customer Service Region (DSW) network integration transmission services (NTS) for the Parker-D...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Privacy Act:

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As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, the Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing a notice of a proposed amendment to an existing system of records and the deletion of a...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act" or "CAA"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Environmental Defense and American Lung Association (jointly re...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

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

Title Type Published
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the State of Texas. This revision includes the Post 1996 Rate-of- Progress (ROP) plan, adjustments to the 1990 base year emissions inventory, and ROP Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title Type Published
South Carolina 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 South Carolina. In the "Rules and Regulation...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 2005
South Carolina 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 Fina...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Today's notice makes available for public comment the draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico for public review and comment. This draft permit is being published to meet one of EPA's key action items in the Conce...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Food additives:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of December 23, 2004 (69 FR 76844). The document amended the food additive regulations by establishing a new maximum permitted energy level of x r...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that ACIPHEX (rabeprazole sodium) delayed-release tablets, 10 milligrams (mg), were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination will allow FDA to approve abb...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces the first meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group mandated by section 1014 of the Medicare Modernization Act.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in cooperation with the Drug Information Association (DIA), is announcing a public meeting to solicit views and provide an interactive forum for discussion of stakeholders' perspectives about, and experiences w...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given that the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold its seventh meeting. The meeting will b...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by Pub. L. 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, we are publishing a notice of a computer matching program that OCSE will conduct on behalf of itself and the District...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Using a Centralized IRB Process in Multicenter Clinical Trials." The draft guidance is intended to assist sponsors, institutions, institu...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of summaries of medical and clinical pharmacology reviews of pediatric studies submitted in supplements for PARAPLATIN (carboplatin), TRUSOPT (dorzolamide), CAMPTOSAR (irinotecan),...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Boating safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is correcting the preamble to a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 18, 2005 (70 FR 13102). The final rule expands the number of conditions that a State may require in order for owners to obtain vessel numbering...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Ports and waterways safety:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing safety and security zones around waterfront areas in New London, Connecticut during the Congressionally-mandated third Top Officials exercise. These zones are necessary to provide for the safety and security of partici...
Rule Mar 28, 2005
The Coast Guard proposes to make permanent the 1994 suspension of the crash stop requirements in our tanker escort rules.
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 2005

Privacy Act:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2005, at 70 FR 14477 which gives notice that the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) proposes to add a new system...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Privacy Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is correcting a notice of proposed rulemaking that was published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2005, at 70 FR 14427 which gives notice that DHS is concurrently establishing a new system of records purs...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 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 emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
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 28, 2005
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 Mar 28, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by Section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201(b), and to the regulations adopted as 43 CFR 3410, all interested parties are hereby...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act and its implementing regul...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

Title Type Published
The MMS announces the availability of the proposed Notice of Sale for proposed Sale 196 in the Central GOM OCS. This Notice is published pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c) as a matter of information to the public. With regard to oil and gas leasing on the...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Protraction diagram plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plats of the amended protraction diagrams of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, (30) days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: National Judicial Reporting Program (NJRP).
Notice Mar 28, 2005
30-day notice of information collection under review: categorical assistance progress report.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
30-day notice of information collection under review: Investigator integrity questionnaire.
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title Type Published
McCook, NE
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment assistance:

Title Type Published
Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Black Decker et al.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Citation Corp.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Fisher Scientific Co.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Hamilton Sundstrand et al.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Hollister, Inc.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Jones Apparel Group et al.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Levi Strauss Co.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Mastercraft Fabrics, LLC
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Nokia
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Pfaltzgraff Co.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Phoenix Millwork
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Seneca Foods Corp.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Shane-Hunter, Inc.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Stant Manufacturing, Inc.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Sussex Zinc Plating, Inc.
Notice Mar 28, 2005
TI Automotive, LLC
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Weyerhaeuser
Notice Mar 28, 2005
Wiremold/Legrand
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), announces the availability up to $5 million for grants to eligible Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) that have demonstrated successfully the ability to form working...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

Title Type Published
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is amending its final regulations concerning group registration of published photographs to limit to 750 the number of photographs that may be identified on continuation sheets submitted with a single a...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

M
Marine Mammal Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Marine Mammal Commission (Commission) will hold the fifth meeting of its Advisory Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals (Committee) 19 to 21 April, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, in the William O. Douglas Room of the Commission's headquarters, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC, begi...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Nevada, MO.
Rule Mar 28, 2005
This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revises Class E airspace at Ozark, MO.
Rule Mar 28, 2005
Class E airspace; correction
Correction Mar 28, 2005
This action proposes to raise the ceiling of Restricted Area 2211 (R-2211), Blair Lakes, AK, from the current 18,000 feet above mean sea level (MSL) to Flight Level (FL) 310. The expanded airspace is required to fulfill United States Air Force (USAF)...
Proposed Rule Mar 28, 2005

Aircraft:

Title Type Published
The FAA is delaying the effective date of the final rule requiring each repair station to have an approved training program. This action is necessary because applicable guidance material is not yet available to assist repair stations in developing th...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A310 series airplanes; and Model A300 B4-600, B4- 600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model C4 605R Variant F airplanes (collectively called A300-600). This AD requir...
Rule Mar 28, 2005
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain British Aerospace Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes. That AD currently requires a one- time measurement of the thickness of the outer links o...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of a June 24, 2003 final rule that incorporated improved test dummies and updated procedures into Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213 and extended the standard to child restraints reco...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Eugene Airport, Mahlon Sweet Field under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 part CFR 158).
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Yellowstone Regional Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158).
Notice Mar 28, 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 Mar 28, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 2005
The OCC, Board, FDIC, and OTS (collectively, "we" or "the agencies") are adopting, in final form, without change, the joint interim rule that was published for comment in the Federal Register on July 8, 2004. This joint final rule conforms our regula...
Rule Mar 28, 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 28, 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 28, 2005

Iranian transactions regulations:

Title Type Published
The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is revising the Iranian Transactions Regulations to clarify the applicability of certain general licenses to brokers and dealers in securities.
Rule Mar 28, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The OCC, Board, FDIC, and OTS (the agencies) request comment on their proposal to revise the classification system for commercial credit exposures. The proposal will replace the current commercial loan classification system categories "special mentio...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Office of General Counsel (OGC), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Of...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice Mar 28, 2005
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Mar 28, 2005

Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to exclude from income and net worth computations in the pension and parents' dependency and indemnity compensation programs benefits or payments received pursuant...
Rule Mar 28, 2005

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