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[Federal Register: December 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 247)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VI]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr27de04-127]

                  CONTENTS

[[Page III]]

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Health Services Research Initial Review Group Committee, 77250

Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Lamb promotion, research, and information order; referendum procedures,
          77569-77575
NOTICES
Lamb promotion, research, and information order; referendum, 
            77575-77576

Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Farm Service Agency
See  Forest Service

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77269-77270

Army Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77235-77236

Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77250-77251
Native American programs:
    Social and economic development strategies, language preservation
            and maintenance, and environmental regulatory enhancement;
            policies and procedures, 77251-77255

Coast Guard
RULES
Ports and waterways safety:
    Delaware River--
        Philadelphia, PA; safety zone, 77140-77141
PROPOSED RULES
Pollution:
    Great Lakes; regulation of non-hazardous and non-toxic dry cargo
            residues discharges, 77147-77148
NOTICES
Drug testing; covered crewmembers random testing rate, 77260-77261

Commerce Department
See  Industry and Security Bureau
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Institute of Standards and Technology
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77177

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile and apparel categories:
    Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; commercial availability--
        Woven 100 percent cotton napped fabrics, 77231-77232
    Chinese imports; safeguard actions, 77232-77233

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 77233

Defense Department
See  Army Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77233-77235
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions,
            and approvals, 77235
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

Employment and Training Administration
RULES
Aliens:
    Labor certification for permanent employment in U.S.; new system
            implementation, 77325-77421

Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77271-77272

Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    District of Columbia, 77149-77150 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230 [HTML] or [PDF]

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

Farm Service Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77175

[[Page IV]]

Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Pyrotechnic signaling device requirements, 77595-77599
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Rolls Royce plc, 77144-77146
Class E airspace, 77146-77147
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77309
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
    Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, PA, et al., 77309-77311
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Aircraft rescue and fire fighting mobile live fire training
            simulators; policy statement, 77311-77313

Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing
            Act of 2003 and Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991;
            implementation--
        Consumer protection from unwanted mobile service commercial
                messages, 77141-77143
    Spectrum use; elimination of barriers to development of secondary
            markets, 77521-77559
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Spectrum use; elimination of barriers to development of secondary
            markets, 77559-77568
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77246-77248

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Complaints filed:
    Alaska, et al., 77236-77237
    Anadarko Petroleum Corp., et al., 77237
    ISO New England Inc., et al., 77237
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Vista del Sol LNG Terminal LP et al., 77238-77239 [HTML] or [PDF]
Hydroelectric applications, 77239-77246
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    ISO New England Inc., et al., 77236

Federal Reserve System
RULES
Home mortgage disclosure (Regulation C):
    Depository institutions; asset-size exemption threshold increase;
            staff commentary, 77139-77140
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 77248
Federal Open Market Committee:
    Domestic policy directives, 77248

Fish and Wildlife Service
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
    Findings on petitions, etc.--
        Kern brook lamprey, 77152-77158 [HTML] or [PDF]
        Pacific lamprey, etc., 77158-77167 [HTML] or [PDF]
        Southern Idaho ground squirrel, etc., 77167-77173 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
    Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, WI, 77261-77262
Endangered and threatened species and marine mammal permit
          applications, 77262-77263 [HTML] or [PDF]
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 
        77263-77264 [HTML] or [PDF]

Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77255-77258
Food additives:
    Dietary supplements; premarket notifications; new dietary
            ingredient notifications; comment request, 77258-77259
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Eldorado National Forest, CA, 77175-77177 [HTML] or [PDF]

General Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77248-77249
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions,
            and approvals, 77235

Geological Survey
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

Health and Human Services Department
See  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
See  Children and Families Administration
See  Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77249-77250

Homeland Security Department
See  Coast Guard
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Infrastructure Advisory Council, 77259-77260
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77261

Industry and Security Bureau
NOTICES
Export privileges, actions affecting:
    Talyi, Yaudat Mustafa, 77177-77181

Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Geological Survey
See  Land Management Bureau
See  Minerals Management Service

[[Page V]]

Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Partnerships; disguised sales
        Correction, 77324

International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Drafting machines and parts from--
        Japan, 77183
    Honey from--
        Argentina, 77195-77201
        China, 77184-77195
    Purified carboxymethylcellulose from--
        Finland, 77216-77220
        Mexico, 77201-77205
        Netherlands, 77205-77213
        Sweden, 77213-77216
    Softwood lumber products from--
        Canada; correction, 77220
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
    Administrative review requests, 77181-77183
    Five year (sunset) reviews--
        Preliminary and final results extension, 77220

International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Pet food treats, 77269
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 77269

Justice Department
See  Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau

Labor Department
See  Employment and Training Administration
See  Employment Standards Administration
See  Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77270-77271

Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:
    Wyoming, 77264
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Councils--
        Idaho Falls District, 77264-77265
        Northwest California; correction, 77264

Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:
    CAROL ANN, 77313
    MYEERAH, 77313
    TEMPTATION, 77313-77314

Minerals Management Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Alaska OCS--
        Oil and gas lease sales, 77265-77268 [HTML] or [PDF]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
    Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions,
            and approvals, 77235

National Council on Disability
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee, 77274-77275

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Motor vehicle theft prevention standards; exemption petitions, etc.:
    Sunshine Car Import, 77314-77315

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Precision Measurement Grants Program, 77221-77223
    Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships; Gaithersburg and Boulder
            programs, 77223-77228
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Essential fish habitat requirements, habitat areas of
                particular concern, and effects of fishing in Gulf of
                Mexico fishing management plans; public hearing, 
                  77173-77174
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, 77230
Permits:
    Endangered and threatened species, 77230-77231 [HTML] or [PDF]

National Transportation Safety Board
PROPOSED RULES
Aircraft accidents or incidents and overdue aircraft, and preservation
          of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records; notification
          and reporting, 77150-77152

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols Manual,
            77228-77230

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77272-77274

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

Personnel Management Office
RULES
Absence and leave:
    Sick leave used in computation of annuity; CFR correction, 77139

[[Page VI]]

Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Cote d'Ivoire; termination of designation as sub-Saharan African
          beneficiary country (Proc. 7858), 77601-77604
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
United States-Mexico Border Health Commission; designation as public
          international organization for purposes of the International
          Organizations
    Immunities Act (EO 13367), 77605
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Aviation insurance coverage for commercial air carrier service in
          domestic and international operations (Presidential
          Determination No. 2005-15), 77607

Securities and Exchange Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Securities:
    National market system; joint industry plans; amendments, 
              77423-77519
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 77275-77286
    National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 77286-77287
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 77287-77295
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 77295-77307

Social Security Administration
NOTICES
Attorney fee assessment rate, 77307-77308

Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
    Union Pacific Railroad Co., 77315-77316
    West Central Ohio Port Authority et al., 77316

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

Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Harmonized Tariff Schedule:
    Technical corrections, 77308-77309

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

Treasury Department
See  Internal Revenue Service
See  United States Mint
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 77316-77322

United States Mint
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, 77322-77323

Veterans Affairs Department
PROPOSED RULES
Compensation, pension, burial and related benefits:
    Nonservice-connected disability and death pensions, 77577-77593

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Labor Department, Employment and Training Administration, 77325-77421

Part III
Securities and Exchange Commission, 77423-77519

Part IV
Federal Communications Commission, 77521-77568

Part V
Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service, 77569-77576

Part VI
Veterans Affairs Department, 77577-77593

Part VII
Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration, 77595-77599

Part VIII
Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents, 77601-77605,
          77607

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