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[Federal Register: August 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 148)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VI]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr01au03-130]


                  CONTENTS

[[Page III]]

Agriculture Department
See  Commodity Credit Corporation
See  Forest Service
See  Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See  Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45211-45213

Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
          Disabled

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45242-45245

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
RULES
Medicare:
    Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems and 2004 FY rates,
            45345-45672
Medicare and Medicaid:
    Hospital inpatient rehabilitative facilities prospective payment
            system and 2004 FY rates, 45673-45728

Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Chesapeake Bay, MD--
        Chesapeake Bay and tributaries; safety and security zones,
                45164-45165
        Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal; safety and security
                zone, 45165-45167
PROPOSED RULES
Anchorage regulations:
    Florida, 45190-45192
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee, 45264-45265

Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
PROPOSED RULES
Nonprofit agencies; annual certifications; due dates, 45195-45196
NOTICES
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 45217-45218

Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45213

Comptroller of the Currency
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Agency Strategic Plan (2003-2008 FY), 45313-45314

Defense Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45223
Meetings:
    Capabilities for Domestic Response to Terrorist Attacks Involving
            Weapons of Mass Destruction Advisory Panel, 45223-45224
    Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Scientific
            Advisory Board, 45224
Travel per diem rates, civilian personnel; changes, 45224-45229

Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Meredith, George Minor, II, M.D., 45280-45281

Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Postsecondary education--
        Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, 45229-45230
    Special education and rehabilitative services--
        Children with Disabilities Technical Assistance and
                Dissemination to Improve Services and Results Program,
                45230
Meetings:
    Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation National Committee,
            45230-45231

Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general
          wage determination decisions, 45281-45282

Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, KY, 45231

Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollution control:
    Federal operating permits program--
        California agricultural sources; application deadline
                extension, 45167-45168 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
    Idaho, 45192-45195 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 45238-45239 [HTML] or [PDF]

[[Page IV]]

        Weekly receipts, 45237-45238 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Science Advisory Board, 45239-45240 [HTML] or [PDF]

Executive Office of the President
See  Presidential Documents
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States

Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Cessna, 45176-45177

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45231-45232
Hydroelectric applications, 45236-45237
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Public utility market-based rate authorizations; terms and
            conditions investigation, 45237
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ACN Utility Services, Inc., 45232-45233
    D.E. Shaw Plasma Trading, L.L.C., et al., 45233
    Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC, et al., 45233
    Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.C.C., 45234
    Moraine Wind LLC, 45234
    PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 45234
    Rayo Energy LLP, 45235
    Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 45235-45236
    Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 45236

Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45240

Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 45241
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 45241

Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Delta smelt; 5-year review, 45270-45271 [HTML] or [PDF]
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 45269-45270 [HTML] or [PDF]

Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Human drugs:
    Patent extension; regulatory review period determinations--
        SPECTRACEF, 45245-45246
Medical device user fee rates, 45246-45249
Prescription drug user fee rates, 45249-45252
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    180-day exclusivity when multiple abbreviated new drug applications
            are submitted on same day, 45252-45256
    Medical devices--
        Implantable middle ear hearing device, 45256-45257
    Mercury compounds in drugs and foods; list, 45257

Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, 45213-45214 [HTML] or [PDF]
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Forest Legacy Program Implementation Guidelines, 45214-45215

Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  National Institutes of Health
See  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    HIV/AIDS Presidential Advisory Council, 45241-45242

Homeland Security Department
See  Coast Guard
See  Transportation Security Administration

Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Public and Indian housing:
    Public Housing Capital Fund Program funds; obligation and
            expenditure, 45729-45731 [HTML] or [PDF]

PROPOSED RULES
Public and Indian housing:
    Over-income families; public housing agencies discretion in
            treatment, 45733-45735 [HTML] or [PDF]

NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Facilities to assist homeless--
        Excess and surplus Federal property, 45317-45343

Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
See  National Park Service
See  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Watches, watch movements, and jewelry:
    Duty-exemption allocations--
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana
                Islands, 45177-45180

Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Magnetic tape processing for Forms 940 and 941; discontinuance, 45314

International Trade Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Watches, watch movements, and jewelry:
    Duty-exemption allocations--
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana
                Islands, 45177-45180
NOTICES
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests, 45218-45219
    Five-year (sunset) reviews--
        Initiation of reviews, 45219-45220

International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45276
Import investigations:
    Crawfish tail meat from--
        China, 45276

[[Page V]]

    Screen printing machines, vision alignment devices, and component
            parts, 45276-45277
    Stainless steel wire rod from--
        Various countries, 45277-45279
    Tool holders, tool sets, and components, 45279-45280

Justice Department
See  Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    BNZ Materials, Inc., et al., 45280 [HTML] or [PDF]

Labor Department
See  Employment Standards Administration

Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Caribou County, ID; North Rasmussen Ridge phosphate mine, 
              45271-45272 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Timbered Rock Fire Salvage and Elk Creek Watershed Restoration, OR,
            45272-45273 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Councils--
        Northwest California, Northeast California, Central California,
                and California Desert District, 45273-45274

Legal Services Corporation
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45282

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 45168-45169

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:
    Welch, Jon; petition denied, 45308-45309
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 45309-45311

National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45257-45258
Meetings:
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 45258
    National Institute on Aging, 45258-45259
    Scientific Review Center, 45259-45261

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Northern rockfish, 45170-45171
    Atlantic highly migratory species--
        Vessel monitoring systems, 45169-45170
Space-based data collection systems; policies and procedures, 
            45160-45164 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Atlantic highly migratory species--
        Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and sharks, 45196-45210 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Incidental take permits--
        Humboldt County, CA; Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District
                habitat conservation plan, 45220-45222 [HTML] or [PDF]
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Vessel monitoring systems; pilot program, 45222
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 45222-45223 [HTML] or [PDF]

National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects:
    Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, MA
            --
        Inventory from Middlesex and Worcester Counties, MA, 
                  45274-45275

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Byproduct material; domestic licensing:
    Portable gauges; security requirements, 45172-45176 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Regulatory guides; issuance, availability, and withdrawal, 45282-45283

Office of United States Trade Representative
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States

Postal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Domestic Mail Manual:
    Bulk Bound Printed Matter; mailer requirements of entry;
            destination delivery unit rate, 45192

Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Iraq; continuation of national emergency (Notice of July 31, 2003),
          45737-45739

Railroad Retirement Board
RULES
Railroad Retirement Act:
    Retirement age
        Correction, 45315

Rural Business-Cooperative Service
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program, 45215-45216

Rural Utilities Service
RULES
Environmental policies and procedures, 45157-45160 [HTML] or [PDF]

Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
    Exemption applications--
        JF International Management Inc. et al., 45283-45284
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 45284-45298
    International Securities Exchange, Inc., 45298-45299
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 45299-45300

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Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Minnesota, 45300-45301

Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Social security benefits and supplemental security income:
    Vocational rehabilitation services, employment services, or other
            support services programs; benefit payments to
            participating individuals, 45180-45190
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45301-45302

State Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Middle East Partnership Initiative, 45302-45304

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45261-45262
Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories meeting
          minimum standards, list, 45262-45264
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Prevention, Traumatic Stress and Special Programs Division, 45264

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45275-45276

Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    CSX Transportation Board, 45311 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Indiana Rail Road Co., 45311-45312 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 45312-45313 [HTML] or [PDF]

Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
World Trade Organization:
    Dispute settlement panel establishment requests--
        Antigua and Barbuda; cross-border provision of gambling and
                betting services, 45306-45307
        Brazil; U.S. subsidies to upland cotton, 45307-45308
        Canada; wheat exports and imported grain treatment, 45304-45306

Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board

Transportation Security Administration
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 45265-45269

Treasury Department
See  Comptroller of the Currency
See  Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45313

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Housing and Urban Development Department, 45317-45343

Part III
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
         Services, 45345-45672

Part IV
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
         Services, 45673-45728

Part V
Housing and Urban Development Department, 45729-45731

Part VI
Housing and Urban Development Department, 45733-45735

Part VII
Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents, 45737-45739

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