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[Federal Register: August 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 161)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VI]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20au03-147]
CONTENTS
[[Page III]]
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50150-50151
Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Foreign Agricultural Service
See Forest Service
See Natural Resources Conservation Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
Animal health status of foreign regions; recognition requirements,
50053-50054
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
Nursery stock regulations; update, 50039-50048
Army Department
See Engineers Corps
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
Australia; National Serology Reference Laboratory; laboratory
quality assurance programs for testing in countries
supported by Global AIDS Program, 50151-50152
Brazil; HIV/AIDS/STD monitoring, evaluation and other
government program support; improvement and expansion,
50152
Ethiopia; HIV/AIDS/STD/TB prevention and control activities,
50152-50153
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
Part B drugs; payment reform, 50427-50452
Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50153
Commerce Department
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile apparel categories:
North American Free Trade Agreement--
Cashmere and camel hair yarns, 50126-50127
Defense Department
See Engineers Corps
Employee Benefits Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50193-50194
Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
Allegheny Ludlum, 50194
Alpha Thought/Provider Business Services, 50194-50195
Chevron-Texaco, 50195
e-Gain Communications Corp., 50195
Firestone Tube Co., 50195-50196
Fishing Vessel (F/V) NORTH RUNNER, 50196
Jonathan Reid, Inc., et al., 50196-50197
KC Fisheries, Inc., 50197
National Steel Corp. et al., 50197
Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp., 50198
Wiegand Appliance Division, Emerson Electric Co., 50198
Meetings:
Native American Employment and Training Council, 50198-50199
Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50127-50128
Meetings:
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, ID,
50128-50129 [HTML] or [PDF]
Northern New Mexico, 50129-50130 [HTML] or [PDF]
Engineers Corps
PROPOSED RULES
Enforcement:
Permit regulations; Class I administrative civil penalties;
inflation adjustment, 50108-50111
Environmental Protection Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50131-50134 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air pollution control:
State operating permit programs--
Arizona, 50134-50135 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances National
Advisory Committee, 50135 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
Interregional Research Project (No. 4), 50138-50143 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 50136-50137 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
AgraQuest, Inc, et al, 50143-50144 [HTML] or [PDF]
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
Chemical Recovery Systems Site, OH, 50144-50145 [HTML] or [PDF]
[[Page IV]]
Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States
Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
Digital flight data recorder upgrade requirements; correction,
50069
Airworthiness directives:
Boeing, 50061-50064
Learjet, 50057-50058
McDonnell Douglas, 50058-50061
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 50064-50067
Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH, 50055-50056
Airworthiness standards:
Transport category airplanes--
Thermal/acoustic insulation materials; improved flammability
standards; correction, 50054-50055
Class D and E airspace, 50068-50069
Class E airspace; correction, 50222
PROPOSED RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
Hawaii; air tour operators; correction, 50085-50087
Class E airspace, 50081-50085
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
Normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes--
Airplane originally certified to Joint Aviation Regulations-
Very Light Airplane Standards; Part 23 type
certfication, 50209-50210
Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:
Raleigh County Memorial Airport, WV, 50210
Aviation insurance:
Premium war risk insurance, 50210
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Horizontally launched vehicles and reentries of reentry vehicles;
licensing launches, 50210-50211 [HTML] or [PDF]
Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
Local exchange carriers, low-volume long distance users, and
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
Access charge reform and price cap performance review, 50077
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50145-50146
Common carrier services:
Video relay services for depositions and other legal proceedings;
communication services for deaf, 50146-50147
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 50147
Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
National Flood Insurance Program:
Flood map changes, 50289-50425
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Hydro Technology Systems, Inc., 50131 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
MISO Advisory Committee and Board of Director; FERC staff
participation, 50131
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Crossroads Pipeline Co., 50130
Northwest Pipeline Corp., 50130-50131
Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
Cargo Carriers Ltd., et al., 50147-50148
Draft Cargoways India Private Ltd.; correction, 50148
Eastern Trans Line, Inc., et al., 50148
Federal Procurement Policy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
Cost accounting standards--
Employee stock ownership plans sponsored by Government
contractors; costs accounting, 50111-50120
Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
Change in bank control, 50148
Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 50148-50150
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group, 50178
Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
Sucrose oligoesters, 50069-50073
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50153-50155
Meetings:
Blood Products Advisory Committee, 50155
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Food labeling--
Trans fatty acids in nutrition labeling, nutrient content
claims, and health claims, 50155-50156
Foreign Agricultural Service
RULES
Farmers Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, 50048-50053
Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
Williamette Provincial Advisory Committee, 50122
Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See Children and Families Administration
See Food and Drug Administration
Homeland Security Department
See Federal Emergency Management Agency
[[Page V]]
Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50156-50157
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Information Officer
and Chief Procurement Officer, 50157
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and
General Deputy Assistant for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner, 50157-50161
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget, 50176-50178
HUD officials in HUD offices other than Office of Housing,
50173-50174
Office of Housing--
Multifamily housing and health care programs, 50161-50167
Single family housing programs, 50167-50173
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, 50175-50176 [HTML] or [PDF]
Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
See National Park Service
Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
Loss corporations; interest distributions; cross reference;
Correction, 50087
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50215-50216
Meetings:
Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 50216-50217
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board,
50122-50123
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
Softwood lumber products from--
Canada, 50123
International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
Ironing tables and parts from--
China, 50190
Justice Department
See National Institute of Corrections
Labor Department
See Employee Benefits Security Administration
See Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50193
Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
Resource Advisory Councils--
Arizona, 50179
Management and Budget Office
See Federal Procurement Policy Office
Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50211-50212
Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:
LA FEMME DE LA MER, 50212
PERSISTENCE, 50212
PRIME TIME, 50212-50213
SANCHA, 50213
TUNACIOUS, 50213-50214
Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Royalty management:
Crude oil produced from Federal leases; valuation and reporting
provisions, 50087-50108
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
Occupant crash protection--
Advanced air bag rule; future air bags designed to create less
risk of serious injuries for small women and young
children, etc.; correction, 50077-50079
National Institute of Corrections
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Satellite/Internet broadcasts, 50190-50193
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
Arrowtooth flounder, 50079-50080
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands king and tanner crab and Coast
of Alaska scallop and salmon, 50120-50121 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Marine mammals:
Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
Navy Department; Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low
Frequency Active sonar operations, 50123-50124
Permits:
Scientific research, 50124-50125 [HTML] or [PDF]
50125-50126 [HTML] or [PDF]
National Park Service
RULES
Special regulations:
Saguaro National Park, AZ; designated bicycle routes, 50073-50077
[[Page VI]]
NOTICES
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act:
Review Committee dispute resolution findings, recommendations,
etc.--
Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts and Bernice Pauahi
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hi, 50179-50180
Native American human remains, funerary objects; inventory,
repatriation, etc.:
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 50181-50182
Humphrey Center for American Indian Studies, Central Lakes College,
Brainerd, MN, 50182-50183
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR; correction, 50183
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California,
Berkeley, CA, 50183-50184
Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, MA, 50184-50186
University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 50186-50189
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadephia, PA, 50189-50190
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Central Sonoma Watershed, CA, 50122 [HTML] or [PDF]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50199
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Portland General Electric Co., 50199-50200 [HTML] or [PDF]
Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States
Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50200
Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials transportation:
Emergency Response Guidebook 2004; development; comment request,
50453-50455
Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
American Stock Exchange LLC, 50200-50203
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 50203-50204
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 50204-50205
Pacific Exchange, Inc., 50205-50206
Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50206
Disaster loan areas:
Pennsylvania, 50207
Tennessee, 50207
Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
A & R Line, Inc. and Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp., 50214 [HTML] or [PDF]
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp. and J.K. Line Inc.,
50214-50215 [HTML] or [PDF]
Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Free Trade Area of the Americas Secretariat; permanent site location;
candidate cities notification of interest request,
50207-50208
Trade Policy Staff Committee:
U.S. trade in services of accession to European Union of Austria,
Finland, and Sweden; market access implications; comment
request, 50208-50209
Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Maritime Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Research and Special Programs Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
Treasury Department
See Internal Revenue Service
Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 50217-50221
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
National Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES)
Plan; department's health care planning process,
50223-50288
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Veterans Affairs Department, 50223-50288
Part III
Homeland Security Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
50289-50425
Part IV
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 50427-50452
Part V
Transportation Department, Research and Special Programs
Administration, 50453-50455
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