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Document Issue Table of Contents
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Notice
Meetings:
Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel
Agriculture Department
- See Commodity Credit Corporation 3
- See Foreign Agricultural Service 2
- See Forest Service 3
- See National Agricultural Statistics Service 3
Army Department
- See Engineers Corps 1
Notice
Meetings:
Armed Forces Epidemiological Board
Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice
Meetings:
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee
Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Coast Guard
Rule
Ports and waterways safety:
Lower Mississippi River—
Head of Passes, New Orleans, LA; safety zone
Commerce Department
- See Foreign-Trade Zones Board 1
- See Industry and Security Bureau 2
- See International Trade Administration 2
- See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 5
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Notice
Procurement list; additions and deletions
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Emerging Markets Program
Market Access Program
Quality Samples Program
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Defense Department
- See Army Department 2
- See Engineers Corps 1
Education Department
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Postsecondary education:
Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Programs—
Applications, reports, etc.; deadline and submission dates
Employment Standards Administration
Notice
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions
Energy Department
Notice
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Ultra high temperature fossil fuel applications; novel sensors development
Engineers Corps
Notice
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island, MD; environmental restoration feasibility study
Environmental Protection Agency
Rule
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
Pennsylvania
Proposed Rule
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
Pennsylvania
Notice
Air quality; prevention of significant deterioration (PSD):
Permit determinations, etc.—
Nucor Steel
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Agency statements—
Comment availability
Weekly receipts
Water pollution control:
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System—
Alaska; log transfer facilities; general permits
Presidential Documents
Proclamation
Special observances:
National Sanctity of Human Life Day (Proc. 7639)
Administrative Order
Russia; chemical weapons destruction facility, waiver of conditions on funds (Presidential Determination No. 2003-10 of Jan. 10, 2003)
Russia; waiver of restrictions on assistance (Presidential Determination No. 2003-11 of Jan. 10, 2003)
Sierra Leone and Liberia; continuation of national emergency (Notice of January 16, 2003)
Farm Credit Administration
Notice
Farm credit system:
Loan policies and operations—
Loan syndication transactions
Federal Aviation Administration
Rule
Class D and Class E airspace
Class E airspace
Proposed Rule
Class E airspace
Notice
Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:
Luray Caverns Airport, VA
Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:
Arcata/Eureka Airport, CA
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Notice
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Proposed Rule
Flood elevation determinations:
North Carolina
Various States
Notice
Disaster and emergency areas:
Arkansas
Micronesia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.
Horning, Jane A.
New England Power Pool
Snoqualmie River Hydro Inc.
Trailblazer Pipeline Co.
Federal Housing Finance Board
Notice
Federal home loan bank system:
Community support review; members selected for review; list
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Notice
Motor carrier safety standards:
Driver qualifications—
Adams, Doris V., et al.; vision requirement exemptions
Federal Trade Commission
Rule
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act:
Premerger notification; reporting and waiting period requirements
Proposed Rule
Rules and industry guides; Federal regulatory review; intent to request public comments
Notice
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations
Financial Management Service
- See Fiscal Service 1
Fiscal Service
Rule
Bonds and notes, U.S. Treasury:
Series EE and I savings bonds issued January 2003 or later; redemption eligibility period extended from 6 to 12 months
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice
Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, AL
Des Lacs, Upper Souris, and J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuges, ND
Sabine, Cameron Prairie, and Lacassine National Wildlife Refuges, LA
Endangered and threatened species permit applications
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Incidental take permits—
Bastrop County, TX; Houston toad
El Paso County, CO; Preble's meadow jumping mouse
Food and Drug Administration
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Foreign Agricultural Service
Notice
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program
Section 108 Foreign Currency Program
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Notice
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
Various States
Flint Ink North America Corp.; pigments, inks, and varnish products manufacturing and distribution facilities
Forest Service
Notice
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Gallatin National Forest, MT
Kootenai National Forest, MT
Meetings:
Resource Advisory Committees—
Del Norte County
Health and Human Services Department
- See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 1
- See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2
- See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 4
- See Food and Drug Administration 1
- See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1
Notice
Meetings:
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Housing and Urban Development Department
Notice
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Facilities to assist homeless—
Excess and surplus Federal property
Indian Affairs Bureau
Proposed Rule
No Child Left Behind Act; implementation:
Negotiated rulemaking committee, intent to form; tribal representatives
Industry and Security Bureau
Notice
Meetings:
Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee
Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee
Interior Department
- See Fish and Wildlife Service 6
- See Indian Affairs Bureau 1
- See Land Management Bureau 5
- See National Park Service 1
- See Reclamation Bureau 1
- See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office 3
Notice
Meetings:
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Rule
Income taxes:
Accruals and allocations due to age attainment, reductions; and cash balance plans; nondiscrimination cross-testing rules application
Hearing location and date change
International Trade Administration
Notice
Antidumping:
Structural steel beams from—
Korea
Export trade certificates of review
Labor Department
Notice
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Fleet alternative fuel vehicle acquisition report (1999-2001)
Land Management Bureau
Notice
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Northwest National Petroleum Reserve, AK; hearing schedule; integrated activity plan
Powder River and Billings Resource Areas, MT
Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Project, WY
Meetings:
Resource Advisory Councils—
Utah
Survey plat filings:
Colorado
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
National Communications System
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Proposed Rule
Motor vehicle safety standards:
Occupant crash protection—
Seat belt assemblies; longer seat belts or seat belt extenders; rulemaking petition denied
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rule
Fishery conservation and management:
Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone—
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska groundfish; Steller sea lion protection measures; correction
Notice
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Coral Reef Conservation Program
New England Fishery Management Council; sea scallop research projects
Meetings:
Pacific Fishery Management Council
National Park Service
Proposed Rule
Special regulations:
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT and AZ; personal watercraft use
National Science Foundation
Notice
Meetings:
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Notice
Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Personnel Management Office
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Public Debt Bureau
- See Fiscal Service 1
Public Health Service
- See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 1
- See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2
- See Food and Drug Administration 1
- See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1
Reclamation Bureau
Notice
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, CA
Securities and Exchange Commission
Proposed Rule
Securities:
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; implementation—
Listed company audit committees; standards
Notice
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
American Stock Exchange LLC
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Sentencing Commission, United States
Social Security Administration
Notice
Meetings:
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel
Statistical Reporting Service
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Rule
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
Oklahoma
Notice
Agency information collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request
Submission for OMB review; comment request
Surface Transportation Board
Notice
Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
Canadian Pacific Railway
Newport & Richford Railroad Co. et al. (estates)
SMS Rail Service, Inc.
Transportation Department
- See Coast Guard 1
- See Federal Aviation Administration 12
- See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 1
- See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1
- See Surface Transportation Board 4
- See Transportation Security Administration 1
Transportation Security Administration
Notice
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Intercity Bus Security Program
Treasury Department
- See Fiscal Service 1
- See Internal Revenue Service 1
Notice
Meetings:
Debt Management Advisory Committee
United States Sentencing Commission
Notice
Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal courts
Veterans Affairs Department
Rule
Medical benefits:
Enrollment; hospital and outpatient care provided to veterans subpriorities of priority categories 7 and 8 and annual enrollment decision
Proposed Rule
Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:
Plain Language Regulations Project; five proposed rules withdrawn
Documents by Agency
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 1
- Agriculture Department 11
- Army Department 2
- Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 1
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 4
- Coast Guard 1
- Commerce Department 10
- Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 1
- Commodity Credit Corporation 3
- Consumer Product Safety Commission 1
- Defense Department 2
- Education Department 3
- Employment Standards Administration 1
- Energy Department 6
- Engineers Corps 1
- Environmental Protection Agency 6
- Presidential Documents 4
- Farm Credit Administration 1
- Federal Aviation Administration 12
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 1
- Federal Emergency Management Agency 6
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 5
- Federal Housing Finance Board 1
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 1
- Federal Trade Commission 3
- Financial Management Service 1
- Fiscal Service 1
- Fish and Wildlife Service 6
- Food and Drug Administration 1
- Foreign Agricultural Service 2
- Foreign-Trade Zones Board 1
- Forest Service 3
- Health and Human Services Department 10
- Housing and Urban Development Department 1
- Indian Affairs Bureau 1
- Industry and Security Bureau 2
- Interior Department 18
- Internal Revenue Service 1
- International Trade Administration 2
- Labor Department 3
- Land Management Bureau 5
- National Agricultural Statistics Service 3
- National Communications System 1
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 5
- National Park Service 1
- National Science Foundation 1
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1
- Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration 1
- Personnel Management Office 2
- Public Debt Bureau 1
- Public Health Service 5
- Reclamation Bureau 1
- Securities and Exchange Commission 14
- Sentencing Commission, United States 1
- Social Security Administration 1
- Statistical Reporting Service 3
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 1
- Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office 3
- Surface Transportation Board 4
- Transportation Department 20
- Transportation Security Administration 1
- Treasury Department 3
- United States Sentencing Commission 1
- Veterans Affairs Department 2