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[Federal Register: December 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 247)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VII]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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CONTENTS
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Agriculture Department
See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See Food and Nutrition Service
See Forest Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Chronic Wasting Disease Heard Certification Program:
Captive deer and elk; interstate movement requirements, 74513-74529
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74545
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
Africa and Caribbean; antiretroviral therapy programs for HIV-
infected persons; rapid expansion, 74589
Public Health Conference Support; prevention, 74584-74589
Meetings:
Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens
Advisory Committee, 74589-74590
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
RULES
Medicare:
Rural health clinics--
Participation requirements, payment provisions, and Quality
Assessment and Performance Improvement Program
establishment, 74791-74818
Medicare and medicaid:
Physicians referrals to health care entities with which they have
financial relationships; effective date partial delay
extended, 74491-74492
NOTICES
Medicare:
Clinical diagnostic laboratory services; negotiated national
coverage determinations; code list maintenance procedures,
74607-74613
Intermediary, carrier, and durable medical equipment, prosthetics,
orthotics, and supplies regional carriers; performance
criteria and standards, 74613-74621
Medicare and medicaid:
Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing,
74590-74607
Meetings:
Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups Advisory Panel,
74621-74622
Medicare--
Ambulance Condition Codes; town hall meeting, 74622-74623
Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
Minnesota and Wisconsin, 74477-74479
Ports and waterways safety:
Ninth Coast Guard District--
Barges loaded with dangerous cargoes; reporting requirements;
regulated navigation area, 74479
PROPOSED RULES
Anchorage regulations:
Madeline Island, WI, 74536-74537
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Recreational boating safety projects, programs, and activities,
74625-74627
Commerce Department
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See Industry and Security Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile and apparel categories:
Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; short supply requests--
Shirting fabrics for use in blouses, 74554-74556
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Contract market proposals:
Chicago Merchantile Exchange--
Live cattle and feeder cattle, 74556-74557
Comptroller of the Currency
RULES
National banks:
Authority provided by American Homeownership and Economic
Opportunity Act, and other miscellaneous amendments
Technical correction, 74467
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
RULES
Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel rules and procedures:
DART royalty funds; alternative methods for filing claims filing,
74481-74483
Customs and Border Protection Bureau
NOTICES
Commercial laboratory accreditation:
SEA, Ltd., 74627-74628
SGS North America, Inc., 74628
Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74557-74558
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Innovation and improvement--
Charter Schools Program, 74558-74563
Employee Benefits Security Administration
NOTICES
Employee benefit plans; individual exemptions:
Aetna Life Insurance Co. et al.; technical correction, 74648-74649
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Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 74649
Charmilles Technologies Manufacturing Corp., 74649
Eljer Plumingware, Inc., 74649
Farnsworth Fibre Corp., 74649
NW Services, Inc., 74649-74650
OBG Distribution Co., LLC, 74650
Piedmont Bottling & Vending, Inc., 74650
S. Lichtenberg & Co., Inc., 74650
Supreme Elastic Corp., 74650
Telect, 74650
Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Active uranium and thorium processing sites; reimbursement for costs of
remedial action, 74563-74564
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74564
Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:
Coral Canada US Inc., 74564-74565 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
Oak Ridge Reservation, TN, 74565
Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollution control:
Prevention of significant deterioration; approval and promulgation
of implementation plans, 74483-74491 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program; participation by businesses
in procurement under financial assistance agreements
Public hearings, 74537-74538 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74574-74575 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Agency statements--
Weekly receipts, 74575-74576 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
Scientific Counselors Board, 74576 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
Woodstream Corp. et al., 74576-74578 [HTML] or [PDF]
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
Broad Brook Mill Site, CT, 74578-74579 [HTML] or [PDF]
Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States
Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness standards:
Aircraft engines--
General Electric Model CT7-8A, -8A5, -8B, -8B5, -8E, -8E5, -8F,
and -8F5 engines, 74469-74471
Class D airspace, 74471-74472
Class E airspace, 74474-74477
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd., 74532-74534
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
Propeller instructions for continued airworthiness, 74694-74695
Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:
Front Royal-Warren County Airport, VA, 74695
Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport, CO, 74695
Airport noise compatibility program:
Noise exposure maps--
Bolton Field Airport, OH, 74695-74696
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 74696-74697
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
Allegheny County Airport Authority, PA, et al., 74697-74698
Inyokern Airport, CA, 74698
Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
Rural health care support mechanism, 74492-74504
Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities;
telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services,
74504
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
Rural health care support mechanism, 74538-74541
Radio stations; table of assignments:
Arkansas and Tennessee, 74542
North Carolina, 74542
Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 74579
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., et al., 74571-74572
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Saltville Gas Storage Co. L.L.C., 74572-74574 [HTML] or [PDF]
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
California Independent System Operator Corp., 74565-74566
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co., 74566-74567
Dominion Transmission, Inc., 74567
Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C., 74567-74568
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 74568
Northern Natural Gas Co., 74568-74569
North Jersey Energy Associates, A Limited Partnership, 74568
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 74569-74570
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., 74570-74571
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 74571
Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, VA, 74698-74699 [HTML] or [PDF]
Jefferson and Park Counties, CO, 74699 [HTML] or [PDF]
Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 74579-74580
Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
Colonial Trade Co., Inc.; correction, 74580
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor carrier safety standards:
Driver qualifications:
Burke, Lee A.; vision requirement exemption applications,
74699-74703
Federal Reserve System
RULES
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; implementation:
Fair credit reporting provisions (Regulation V), 74467-74469
PROPOSED RULES
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; implementation:
Fair credit reporting provisions (Regulation V), 74529-74532
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
Change in bank control, 74580
Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; implementation:
Fair credit reporting provisions, 74467-74469
PROPOSED RULES
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; implementation
Fair credit reporting provisions, 74529-74532
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74580-74582
Fair Credit Reporting Act:
Disclosure charges, 74582
Prohibited trade practices:
General Electric Co., 74582-74584
Food and Nutrition Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74546-74547
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Puerto Rico,
Pepsi-Cola Manufacturing International, Ltd.; soft drink and
juice beverage concentrate manufacturing plant, 74549
Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY, 74547-74548 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
Eastern Washington Cascades and Yakima Provincial Advisory
Committees, 74548-74549
Resource Advisory Committees--
Lassen County, 74549
Mineral County, 74549
Southwest Oregon Province Advisory Committee, 74549
Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Competitive and other 2004 FY grant programs preview; comprehensive
review and application information; correction, 74623
Meetings:
National Health Service Corps National Advisory Council, 74623
Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Advisory Committee,
74623
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Health Professions and Nurse Education Special Emphasis Panel;
annual report, 74623-74624
Maternal and Child Health Research Grants Review Committee; annual
report, 74624
Homeland Security Department
See Coast Guard
See Customs and Border Protection Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
National Infrastructure Advisory Council, 74624-74625
Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74628-74633
Industry and Security Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee, 74550
Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
See Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Limited English proficiency guidance to recipients of Federal
financial assistance; comment request, 74633-74643
Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Estate and gift taxes:
Gross estate; election to value on alternate valuation date,
74534-74535
NOTICES
Meetings:
Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 74710-74711
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy Counties, TX; Lower Rio Grande Flood
Control Project, 74650-74651 [HTML] or [PDF]
Sierra and Dona Ana Counties, NM, and El Paso County TX; Rio Grande
Canalization Project, 74651-74652 [HTML] or [PDF]
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
Polychloroprene rubber from--
Japan, 74551-74552
Polyester staple fiber from--
Korea, 74552-74553
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Antidumping and countervailing duties:
Administrative review requests, 74550-74551
Labor Department
See Employee Benefits Security Administration
See Employment and Training Administration
Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
Alabama, 74643 [HTML] or [PDF]
Wyoming, 74643-74645 [HTML] or [PDF]
Library of Congress
See Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Mexico and United States, International Boundary and Water Commission
See International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and
Mexico
Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74645-74648
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:
Tang, Jing; petition denied, 74703-74708
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
Atlantic highly migratory species--
Atlantic shark, 74745-74789 [HTML] or [PDF]
Bluefin tuna, 74504-74512 [HTML] or [PDF]
Northeastern United States fisheries--
Summer flounder, 74512
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions--
Domestic fisheries; exempted fishing permit applications,
74542-74544 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
State programs--
Intent to evaluate performance, 74553-74554
Permits:
Marine mammals, 74554
National Science Foundation
NOTICES
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978; permit applications, etc., 74652
Meetings:
Earthscope Science and Education Advisory Committee, 74652-74653
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74653
Meetings:
Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 74654-74655
Source Term Modeling Peer Review Committee, 74655
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., 74653-74654 [HTML] or [PDF]
Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States
Patent and Trademark Office
RULES
Trademark cases:
Madrid Protocol Implementation Act; rules of practice--
International applications and registrations; trademark-related
filings, 74479-74481
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
Systems of records, 74655-74657
Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Health benefits, Federal employees:
New enrollments or enrollment changes; standardized effective
dates, 74513
Postal Service
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 74657
Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Investment advisers and investment companies:
Compliance programs, 74713-74730
PROPOSED RULES
Investment companies:
Mutual fund transaction costs; disclosure, 74819-74828
Securities and investment companies:
Breakpoint discounts by mutual funds; disclosure, 74731-74743
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
Deregistration applications--
Mutual Investment Fund of Connecticut, Inc., et al.,
74657-74658
Order applications--
Midland National Life Insurance Co. et al., 74659-74663
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
American Stock Exchange, LLC, 74663-74664
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 74664-74676
National Securities Clearing Corp., 74677-74678
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 74678-74689
Options Clearing Corp., 74689-74690
Pacific Exchange, Inc., 74690
Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel; teleconference,
74690-74691
State Department
NOTICES
Art objects; importation for exhibition:
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race, 74691
Gauguin Tahiti, 74691
Playing with Fire: European Terracotta Models (1740-1840),
1740-74692
Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective, 74692
Missile technology proliferation activities; sanctions:
Macedonian entities, 74692
[[Page VII]]
Nonproliferation measures imposition:
Macedonian entities, 74692-74693
Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Six County Association of Governments, 74708-74710 [HTML] or [PDF]
Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Trade Policy Staff Committee:
U.S.-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement--
Environmental impact review, 74693-74694
Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
See Transportation Statistics Bureau
Transportation Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74710
Treasury Department
See Comptroller of the Currency
See Internal Revenue Service
Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 74711-74712
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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Securities and Exchange Commission, 74713-74730
Part III
Securities and Exchange Commission, 74731-74743
Part IV
Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
74745-74789
Part V
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 74791-74818
Part VI
Securities and Exchange Commission, 74819-74828
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