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[Federal Register: August 6, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 151)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VII]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06au03-142]

                  CONTENTS

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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Oranges and grapefruit; grade standards, 46433-46434
Prunes (dried) produced in--
    California, 46436-46439
PROPOSED RULES
Milk marketing orders:
    Pacific Northwest et al., 46505-46509
Processed fruits, vegetables, and processed products; inspection and
          certification, 46504-46505
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee, 46568

Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Food and Nutrition Service
See  Food Safety and Inspection Service
See  Forest Service
See  National Agricultural Statistics Service
See  Rural Business-Cooperative Service
See  Rural Telephone Bank

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Gentically engineered organisms and products:
    Introductions of plants genetically engineered to encode compounds
            for industrial use; permit requirements, 46434-46436
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee, 46568-46569

Antitrust Division
NOTICES
Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:
    Mountain Health Care, P.A., 46663-46664

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46643-46645
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Associate Director for Science, 46645

Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau
NOTICES
Temporary protected status program designations:
    Liberia, 46648-46651

Coast Guard
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46651-46653

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

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
African Growth and Opportunity Act; determinations:
    Kenya, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swasiland, Namibia, and Zambia;
            handloomed, handmade, or folklore articles, 46590-46591

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Foreign futures and options transactions:
    Application exemption--
        ASX Futures Exchanges Proprietary Ltd.; correction, 46446
PROPOSED RULES
Commodity Exchange Act:
    Customer funds investment, 46516
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
    Chicago Mercantile Exchange--
        Live cattle, 46591

Defense Department
PROPOSED RULES
Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):
    TRICARE program--
        Individual Case Management Program withdrawn, Persons with
                Disabilities Program renamed Extended Care Option
                Program, and other administrative amendments, 
                  46526-46535

Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Schedules of controlled substances; production quotas:
    Schedules I and II--
        Proposed 2003 aggregate, 46664-46666

Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Rare Isotope Accelerator research and development projects, 
              46591-46593

Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:
    Volatile organic compounds (VOC); equipment leaks in petroleum
            refineries; CFR correction, 46489 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air pollution control:
    State operating permits programs--
        Kansas, 46489-46491 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    Maryland, 46487-46489 [HTML] or [PDF]
    North Carolina, 46479-46484 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Pennsylvania, 46484-46487 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural
          commodities:
    Spinosad, 46491-46500 [HTML] or [PDF]

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PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution control:
    State operating permits programs--
        Kansas, 46538-46539 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans:
    Preparation, adoption, and submittal--
        8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard;
                implementation, 46536 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    Maryland, 46537-46538 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Pennsylvania, 46537 [HTML] or [PDF]
Human testing; standards and criteria, 46535-46536 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Air programs:
    State implementation plans; adequacy status for transportation
            conformity purposes--
        New Mexico, 46601-46602 [HTML] or [PDF]
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Science Advisory Board, 46602-46604 [HTML] or [PDF]
                            46604-46606 [HTML] or [PDF]
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    State and Tribal Assistance Grants; special projects and programs,
            46606 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Science Advisory Board, 46606-46607 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Dow AgroSciences LLC, 46609-46613 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Interregional Research Project (No. 4), 46613-46616 [HTML] or [PDF]
                                            46616-46619 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Syngenta Crop Protection, 46619-46623 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Interregional Research Project (No. 4), 46607-46609 [HTML] or [PDF]
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    New chemicals--
        Receipt and status information, 46623-46630 [HTML] or [PDF]
Water supply:
    Public water supervision program--
        Pennsylvania, 46630 [HTML] or [PDF]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Office of Equal Opportunity, Director; Section 508 complaints
            processing, 46630-46631

Executive Office of the President
See  Science and Technology Policy Office

Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Eurocopter France, 46443-46444
    Pratt & Whitney Canada, 46441-46443
    Rolls-Royce plc, 46444-46446
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Cessna, 46514-46516

Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Access charges--
        National Exchange Carrier Association; election requirements;
                biennial review, 46500-46502
Television broadcasting:
    North Carolina and South Carolina, 46502
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46632-46633
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46634-46635
Television broadcasting:
    Cable television systems--
        Video programming delivery; market competition status; annual
                assessment, 46635-46638
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Nextel Partners, 46633-46634

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Critical Energy Infrastructure Information, 46456-46460 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Indian Tribes; consultation in commission proceedings; policy
            statement, 46452-46456 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Connecticut Valley Electric Co. Inc., et al., 46596-46599
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Northern Power Corp., 46599-46600 [HTML] or [PDF]
Hydroelectric applications, 46600-46601
National Register of Historic Places:
    Programmatic agreement for managing properties; restricted service
            list--
        Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC, 46601
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., 46593
    El Cap II, LLC, 46593
    Fox Energy Co., LLC, 46593-46594
    Gulf States Energy Investments L.P., 46594
    Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C., 46594
    Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., 46594-46595
    Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 46595-46596
    Northeast Generation Co., 46596 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Occidental Chemical Corp. et al., 46596

Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
    Maryland Transportation Department, 46675-46676

Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46638-46639
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 46639-46640
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46640
Permissible nonbanking activities, 46640

Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46640-46642
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Bureau of Consumer Protection, Director, 46642

Financial Management Service
See  Fiscal Service

Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
    Diamond State Insurance Co. et al.; termination, 46679
    SCOR Reinsurance Co.; termination, 46679
    Universal Surety of America; termination, 46680

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Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Critical habitat designations--
        Vernal pool crustaceans and plants in California and Oregon,
                46683-46732 [HTML] or [PDF]
                46733-46782 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Florida manatee; additional protection areas, 
	46869-46917 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Wild Bird Conservation Act:
    Non-captive-bred species; approved list; additions--
        Blue-fronted Amazon parrots from Argentina, 
		46559-46567 [HTML] or [PDF]

Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Human drugs:
    Drug products withdrawn from sale for reasons other than safety or
            effectiveness--
        Benztropine Mesylate tablets et al., 46645-46646
    Proprietary drug names evaluation for confusion potential;
            medication errors minimization, 46646-46647
Meetings:
    Febrile neutropenia and antifungal combination therapy; clinical
            trial design; workshop, 46647

Food and Nutrition Service
RULES
Food distribution programs:
    State processing of donated foods; CFR correction, 46434

Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Microbiological Criteria for Foods Advisory Committee, 46569-46570

Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Committees--
        Modoc County, 46570

Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:
    Karunakaran, Thonthi, Ph.D., 46642

Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment--
        National Evaluation Center, 46647-46648

Homeland Security Department
See  Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau
See  Coast Guard

Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46653-46656

Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Minerals Management Service
See  National Park Service
See  Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Partnership transactions involving long-term contracts; accounting
            method, 46516-46526
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 46680

International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Barium carbonate from--
        China, 46577-46579
    Coumarin from--
        China, 46579-46580
    Fresh garlic from--
        China, 46580-46582
    Heavy forged hand tools from--
        China, 46582
    Stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from--
        Taiwan, 46582-46590
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Pasta from--
        Italy, 46571-46577

International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46663

Justice Department
See  Antitrust Division
See  Drug Enforcement Administration

Labor Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46666-46667
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act; 2002 FAIR Act Inventory,
            46667

Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    OCS Connect; e-Government Initiative, 46656-46659 [HTML] or [PDF]

National Agricultural Statistics Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46570-46571

National Credit Union Administration
RULES
Credit Unions:
    Organization and operations--
        Loan interest rates, 46439-46441

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Belted frontal barrier crash test; maximum test speed and
                phase-in schedule, 46539-46546

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        Integral lap/shoulder safety belts; rear seats requirement,
                46546-46559
NOTICES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Nonconforming vehicles--
        Importation eligibility; determinations, 46676
Motor vehicle theft prevention standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    DaimlerChrysler Corp., 46676-46678

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Gulf of Alaska groundfish, 46502-46503

National Park Service
RULES
Vehicles and traffic safety:
    Motor vehicle operation under influence of alcohol or drugs, 
              46477-46479 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 46659-46660
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Coronado National Memorial, AZ, 46660-46661 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Bandelier National Monument, NM, 46661-46662 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA, 46662-46663 [HTML] or [PDF]

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Fee schedules revision; 94% fee recovery (2003 FY)
    Correction, 46439

Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council
NOTICES
Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program; mainstem amendments
          adopted, 46667-46668

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
    International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union-Pacific
            Maritime Association Pension Plan; special withdrawal
            liability rules; approval, 46668-46672

Public Debt Bureau
See  Fiscal Service

Rural Business-Cooperative Service
PROPOSED RULES
Guaranteed loanmaking:
    Secondary market sales; fiscal and transfer agent, 
	46509-46514 [HTML] or [PDF]

Rural Telephone Bank
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 46571

Science and Technology Policy Office
NOTICES
National Science and Technology Council; research business models;
          information request, 46631-46632

Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Securities:
    Broker-dealer exemption from sending financial information to
            customers, 46446-46452
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 46674
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 46673-46674

State Department
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
    Fragments from the Temple Mount of Herod the Great: Archeology News
            from the Holy Land, 46674-46675
The Romanovs Collect: European Art from the Hermitage, 46675

Statistical Reporting Service
See  National Agricultural Statistics Service

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
RULES
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
    Montana, 46460-46477 [HTML] or [PDF]

Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Waybill data; release for use, 46678
Railroad services abandonment:
    SWKR Operating Co., 46678-46679 [HTML] or [PDF]

Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See  Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Thrift Supervision Office
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Bank Mutual Co., 46680-46681

Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Federal Railroad Administration
See  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Transportation Labor-Management Board, 46675

Treasury Department
See  Fiscal Service
See  Internal Revenue Service
See  Thrift Supervision Office

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 46683-46867

Part III
Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 46869-46917

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