Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Notice is hereby given of the designation of additional persons whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, pertaining to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

2 pages

This document provides notice of cancellation of a public hearing on proposed regulations relating to consolidated returns; applicability of other provisions of law; non-applicability of section 357(c).

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

2 pages

This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing relating to the computation of the research credit. This document was published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2001 (66 FR 66362).

Type

Rule

Length

1 page

This document contains a correction to temporary regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, January 29, 2002 (67 FR 4173) relating to the disallowance of deductions and credits for nonresident alien individuals and foreign corporations that fail to file a timely U.S. income tax return.

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

This document contains corrections to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 (67 FR 3076) relating to the excise taxes on excess benefit transactions.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

An open meeting of the New York Metro Citizen Advocacy Panel will be held in Brooklyn, New York.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Consent of Surety.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Application and Permit For Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Environmental Information and Supplemental Information on Water Quality Considerations Under 33 U.S.C. 1341 (a).

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the Application for Enrollment to Practice Before the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning an existing final regulation, REG-209673-93 (TD 8700), Mark to Market for Dealers in Securities (Secs. 1.475(b)-4, and 1.475(c)-1).

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

We are amending our educational assistance and educational benefit regulations concerning flight-training courses for which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pays eligible students. In this regard, we are requiring that flight schools offering such flight- training courses maintain records regarding students to whom VA makes payments. This rule is intended to provide information to VA for determining compliance with requirements for VA payments to students for pursuing flight-training courses. Also, when VA, rather than a separate State entity, is the approving agency, this rule is intended to provide information to VA for determining whether to approve a flight-training course.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments for information needed to authorize VA to make deductions to pay premiums, loans and/or liens.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates is $21,601.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

On August 18, 2000, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) published a final rule at 65 FR 50401-50405, which reduced the term of future Shared Appreciation Agreements (SAA), lowered the interest rate on amortized SAA recapture, and deducted the value of certain capital improvements from the shared appreciation recapture calculation. This document contains a correction to the final rule.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

1 page

The Agricultural Marketing Service is correcting the proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 4, 2002, (67 FR 9622), which gave notice of a public hearing being held to consider proposals that would amend certain pooling and related provisions of the Pacific Northwest and Western Federal milk marketing orders. The document was published with an inadvertent error regarding the date of the public hearing. This docket corrects the error to show the public hearing will begin on April 16, 2002.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the National Agricultural Library's intent to request approval for a new information collection relating to existing nutrition education and training materials targeting low-income persons. This voluntary form would give Food Stamp nutrition education providers the opportunity to share resources that they have developed or used.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the procedure by which a manufacturer or distributor of dietary supplements or of a new dietary ingredient is to submit information to FDA upon which it has based its conclusion that a dietary supplement containing a new dietary ingredient will reasonably be expected to be safe.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Administration on Aging announces that under the National Family Caregiver Support Program it will hold a competition to fund grant awards for up to seven (7) projects at a federal share of approximately $150,000-$200,000 per year for a project period of up to two (2) years.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Administration on Aging (AoA) announces that under this program announcement it will hold a competition for ``Senior Medicare Patrol Projects'' for up to 33 projects at a federal share of approximately $160,000 per year for a period of three years.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public.

Type

Correction

Length

1 page

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Phoenix Scientific, Inc. The supplemental ANADA provides for the subcutaneous administration of oxytetracycline (OTC) injectable solution in cattle.

Type

Rule

Length

1 page

This document delays the effective date of the final rule entitled ``Modification of the Medicaid Upper Payment Limit for Non- State Government-Owned or Operated Hospitals,'' published in the Federal Register on January 18, 2002 (67 FR 2603).

Type

Rule

Length

3 pages

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, and -800 series airplanes. This action requires measurement of clearance between a certain retention bracket for the elevator power control unit (PCU) and a quadrant on the inboard side of the right elevator PCU, inspection for loose fasteners in certain retention bracket assemblies for the left and right elevator PCUs, and corrective action, if necessary. This action is necessary to prevent jamming of the elevator flight controls, which could result in reduced controllability of the

Type

Rule

Length

3 pages

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Boeing Model 747 series airplanes. This action requires repetitive inspections for cracking of the upper skin of the horizontal stabilizer center section and the rear spar upper chord, and repair, if necessary. This action is necessary to find and fix such cracking, which could lead to reduced structural capability of the horizontal stabilizer center section, and result in loss of

Type

Rule

Length

40 pages

The FMCSA revises its regulations and form, OP-1(MX), governing applications by Mexico-domiciled carriers who want to operate within the United States beyond the municipalities adjacent to Mexico in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California and beyond the commercial zones of such municipalities (``border zones''). This interim rule includes requirements that were not proposed in the NPRM, but which are necessary to comply with the Fiscal Year 2002 DOT Appropriations Act enacted into law in December 2001. This action is taken in anticipation of a presidential order lifting the current statutory moratorium on authorizing such operations. The form requires additional information about the applicant's business and operating practices to help the FMCSA to determine if the applicant will be able to meet the safety standards established for operating in interstate commerce in the United States. Carriers that previously submitted an application to operate beyond the border zones must submit the updated form. Any Mexico-domiciled motor carrier (of property) that wants to operate within the United States solely within the border zones must apply under separate FMCSA regulations that we are issuing elsewhere in today's Federal Register. The revisions in this action are part of FMCSA's efforts to ensure the safe operation of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers in the United States and implement the 2002 DOT Appropriations Act. This action will ensure that FMCSA receives adequate information to assess an applicant's ability to comply with U.S. safety standards. It requires that all Mexico-domiciled carriers subject to this rule undergo a safety audit before receiving provisional authority to operate in the United States. Therefore, the FMCSA is publishing this action as an interim final rule and is delaying the effective date in order to consider additional public comments regarding pre- authorization safety audits before grants of provisional authority. These changes will result in the FMCSA being able to better maintain an accurate census of Mexico-domiciled carriers operating beyond the border zones.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

2 pages

On February 5, 2002, the FAA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which proposes requirements for the certification, operation, and maintenance of light-sport aircraft (67 FR 5368, notice No. 02-03). The comment period closes on May 6, 2002. To supplement the traditional comment period, we are announcing an on-line public forum, allowing you to answer specific questions we will ask on the Internet. We are offering the forum to assist us in providing a clear and comprehensive final rule. You can continue to submit comments to the docket during the public forum, as outlined below and in the NPRM.

Type

Rule

Length

1 page

This action supersedes Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 92-3, which was published on January 15, 2002, to allow operators to quickly modify the flightcrew compartment door to delay or deter unauthorized entry to the flightcrew compartment. This action temporarily authorizes variances from existing design standards for the doors and certain operational rules associated with the modifications. It allows for approval for return to service of modified airplanes without prior approved data if the modification constitutes a major alteration. This action also mandates these modifications on airplanes in certain passenger and cargo carrying operations. This action prohibits the possession of flightdeck compartment door keys by other than the flightcrew during flight, unless the flightdeck door has an internal flightdeck locking device installed, operative, and in use. This action is being taken in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against four U.S. commercial airplanes.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of policy for a uniform approach for Aircraft Certification Offices (ACOs) to evaluate PMA applications for both critical and life-limited propeller parts.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are rescinding the notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for improvements that were proposed to the transportation system in Macon County, Missouri.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

1 page

This document proposes to add a definition of the term ``import'' to our regulation on the importation of motor vehicles. A 1966 statute that we administer prohibits the manufacture of new motor vehicles for sale in the United States unless, at the time of manufacture, they complied with the Federal motor vehicles safety standards (FMVSS) then in effect and bear a label certifying that compliance. The statute also prohibits the importation of new or used motor vehicles into the United States unless they were manufactured to conform with, or are brought into conformity with, those standards and are so certified. In 1975, NHTSA issued an interpretation stating that the importation prohibition applies to the bringing into the United States of foreign-domiciled commercial vehicles. We are proposing a definition of the term ``import'' that would codify this longstanding interpretation in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

5 pages

This is one of three documents that NHTSA is issuing as part of efforts by the United States to comply with its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) regarding the access of Mexican-domiciled motor carriers to the United States. The first NHTSA document is a draft policy statement allowing fabricating manufacturers to retroactively certify vehicles they originally manufactured for sale in countries other than the United States. The purpose of the proposed policy statement is to facilitate compliance by Mexico- and Canada- domiciled motor carriers with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, recodified at 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, which provides for the issuance of Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs), requires the compliance of motor vehicles (including imported motor vehicles) with those standards, and requires that a label bearing a statement certifying that compliance be attached to each vehicle. The draft policy statement also facilitates compliance with a companion notice of proposed rulemaking by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). In its document, FMCSA will be proposing to promote the effective enforcement of NHTSA's statute by requiring that all commercial motor vehicles operating in the United States have labels certifying their compliance with the FMVSSs.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

1 page

NHTSA seeks comment on a draft policy statement. The policy is part of the Department of Transportation's efforts to ensure that the interests of safety are protected as the United States takes the steps necessary to comply with its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement regarding the access of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to the United States.

Type

Rule

Length

40 pages

The FMCSA revises its regulations and form that relate to the issuance of Certificates of Registration to those Mexico-domiciled motor carriers (of property) that want to operate in the United States only within the municipalities adjacent to Mexico in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California and within the commercial zones of such municipalities (``border zones''). This rule also revises FMCSA's regulations governing financial responsibility of motor carriers to accurately reflect the requirements placed on these Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. Other types of carriers that currently hold a Certificate of Registration (such as exempt carriers that operate beyond the border zones) must now apply under separate FMCSA regulations that we are issuing in an interim final rule published elsewhere in today's Federal Register. The revisions in this action are part of FMCSA's efforts to ensure the safe operation of Mexico- domiciled motor carriers in the United States. They will ensure that the FMCSA receives adequate information to assess a new applicant's safety program and its ability to comply with U.S. safety standards before it is registered to operate in the United States. The FMCSA will evaluate current certificate holders who re-file under these regulations to determine if they meet U.S. safety standards and should be permitted to continue operations within the border zones. As a result of these changes, the agency also will be better able to maintain an accurate census of registered carriers. Additionally, the regulations have been updated to reflect the transfer of motor carrier regulatory functions from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to FMCSA.

Type

Rule

Length

1 page

The FMCSA implements a safety monitoring system and compliance initiative designed to evaluate the continuing safety fitness of all Mexico-domiciled motor carriers within 18 months after receiving a provisional Certificate of Registration or provisional authority to operate in the United States. This rule includes requirements that were not proposed in the NPRM, but which are necessary to comply with the Fiscal Year 2002 DOT Appropriations Act enacted into law in December 2001. The rule also establishes suspension and revocation procedures for provisional Certificates of Registration and operating authority and incorporates criteria to be used by FMCSA in evaluating whether Mexico-domiciled carriers exercise basic safety management controls. Therefore, the FMCSA is publishing this action as an interim final rule and is delaying the effective date in order to consider additional public comments regarding the safety monitoring system for Mexico- domiciled carriers. The revisions in this action are part of FMCSA's efforts to ensure the safe operation of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers in the United States.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

2 pages

The FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) so that motor carriers ensure that each commercial motor vehicle (CMV) they operate in interstate commerce displays a label certifying that the vehicle complies with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSSs) in effect on the date of manufacture. This rulemaking ensures that all motor carriers operating CMVs in the United States use only vehicles that were certified by the manufacturer as meeting all applicable Federal safety performance requirements.

Type

Rule

Length

1 page

The FMCSA is amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) by designating the current safety fitness regulations and adding Certification of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety Inspectors regulations. Section 211 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA) requires that a certified motor carrier safety auditor perform any safety audit or compliance review conducted after December 31, 2002. This rule establishes procedures to certify and maintain certification for auditors and investigators. In addition, it requires certification for State or local government Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) employees performing driver/vehicle roadside inspections.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces interest in receiving applications for the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Research Program. This notice is a follow on to previous notices published in the Federal Register. The program funds research that contributes to integrated assessment of climate change, and in particular, research to develop and improve methods and tools that focus on specialized topics of importance to integrated assessments. The research program supports the Administration's Climate Change Research activities and the U.S. Global Change Research Program goals to understand, model, and assess the effects of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The program supports research to evaluate the economic costs and predicted responses to options that would mitigate the long-term increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Rule

Length

3 pages

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is removing from its regulations the general statement of policy with respect to the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity for the construction and operation of pipeline transmission facilities in the Louisiana off-shore area. The Commission announced a new policy with respect to pipeline construction in the off-shore Louisiana area in ANR Pipeline Company (ANR).\1\ Since the old policy has changed, we are removing it from the regulations.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

6 pages

Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from January 24, 2002 to February 12, 2002, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period. This notice also includes a correction for a PMN from March 29, 2000. The ``S'' and ``G'' that precede the chemical names denote whether the chemical idenity is specific or generic.

Type

Rule

Length

5 pages

EPA is clarifying and correcting the tables in the Code of Federal Regulations that identify the Agency's designations and classifications of nonattainment, attainment, and unclassifiable areas for criteria pollutants within the State of Nevada. Specifically, EPA is clarifying the tables for Nevada to indicate the specific geographic areas that comprise the attainment and unclassifiable areas in the State and to reflect changes in the Agency's regulations implementing the prevention of significant deterioration program. EPA is also correcting the table that shows the classification of the Las Vegas Valley nonattainment area for the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for carbon monoxide.

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

On November 28, 2001, EPA published a notice of intent to delete (66 FR 59393) and a direct final notice of deletion (66 FR 59363) for the Compass Industries Landfill Superfund Site from the National Priorities List. The EPA is removing the direct final notice of deletion amendment due to adverse comments that were received during the public comment period and restores the regulatory text that existed prior to the direct final notice of deletion.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In accordance with section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (``CERCLA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative cost recovery settlement under section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA concerning the Burgess Inc. Site in Freeport, Illinois, which was signed by the Director of the Superfund Division, EPA Region 5, on January 9, 2002. The settlement resolves an EPA claim under section 107(a) of CERCLA against Gould Electronics Inc. The settlement requires the settling party to pay $107,500 to the Hazardous Substances Superfund.

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

On October 23, 2000 (65 FR 63202), the Department of Defense published a final rule concerning the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) TRICARE Dental Program. This document is published to correct an administrative error in those rules for clarity.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(I)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant an exclusive, royalty- bearing, revocable license to U.S. patent application number 09/961,405 filed September 25, 2001, and PCT application number PCT/US01/29848 filed September 25, 2001, entitled ``Critical Care Platform for Litters'' to Impact Instrumentation, Inc. with its principal place of business at 27 Fairfield Pl., West Caldwell, NJ 07006.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Portland District, intends to prepare a supplement to the Final Integrated Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement (IFR/EIS Supplement) for the Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers Federal Navigation Channel, Oregon and Washington. The final IFR/EIS, which was published in 1999, identified a plan of action to deepen the Columbia and Lower Willamette Federal navigation project by 3 feet, and construct ecosystem

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

MTMC has established new qualifying procedures to be able to participate in the Department of Defense (DOD) Personal Property Program (hereafter referred to as ``The Procedures''). These procedures were finalized after review of comments received in response to our proposal published in the Federal Register (66 FR 56084), on November 6, 2001. Details of these comments are at the end of this notice, under ``Background.'' MTMC, as Program Manager of the DOD Personal Property Shipment and Storage Program (hereafter referred to as ``The Program'') has streamlined and strengthened the carrier qualification process. All present and future participants (commercial carriers) in the Domestic and International Personal Property Programs are required to use our streamlined qualification process using the web, email and/or fax, and meet the new financial requirements as further discussed in this document.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Large Scale Biology, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice worldwide the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 5, 599,703, entitled ``In Vitro Amplification/Expansion of CD34+ Stem and Progenitor Cells'' issued February 4, 1997, and its PCT serial number US94/12385 in the field of PMVEC/Hematopoietic stem cell co-culture conditioned media system.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) is deleting and amending systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Department of the Army is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service announces the proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Announces the proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

This document seeks comments on BT North America, Inc. Petition for Clarification of the universal service contribution obligations of non-common carrier video distribution service providers. Specifically, BT North America asks the Commission to clarify that similarly situated entities transmitting video programming on a non- common carrier basis, that do not compete with common carriers, should be exempted from contributing on the basis of revenues derived from these services.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

2 pages

This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Tom F. Huth, permittee of Station KTOR(FM), Channel 259A, Chester, California, requesting the reallotment of Channel 259A from Chester to Westwood, California, and modification of its authorization accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of section 1.420(i) of the Commission's rules. The coordinates for requested Channel 259A at Westwood, California are 40-14-21 NL and 121-1-52 WL.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

1 page

Charles Crawford filed a petition for rule making proposing the allotment of Channel 236A at Highland, Michigan, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 66 FR 49593, September 28, 2001. On November 2, 2001, petitioner filed a motion for dismissal. A showing of continuing interest is required before a channel will be allotted. It is the Commission's policy to refrain from making an allotment to a community absent an expression of interest. Therefore, at the request of petitioner, we dismiss the instant proposal.

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

The Commission, on its own motion, editorially amends the Table of FM Allotments to specify the actual classes of channels allotted to various communities. The changes in channel classifications have been authorized in response to applications filed by licensees and permittees operating on these channels. This action is taken pursuant to Revision of Section 73.3573(a)(1) of the Commission's Rules Concerning the Lower Classification of an FM Allotment, 4 FCC Rcd 2413 (1989), and the Amendment of the Commission's Rules to permit FM Channel and Class Modifications [Upgrades] by Applications, 8 FCC Rcd 4735 (1993).

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

This document gives notice of petitions for reconsideration of the Report and Order in GN Docket No. 01-74, FCC 01-364, concerning the reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band (Television Channels 52-59), and sets an expedited schedule for filing oppositions to the petitions for reconsideration and replies to such oppositions.

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

In this document, the Commission adopts rule revisions that would enable it to issue satellite and earth station licenses with 15- year license terms, rather than the 10-year license terms permitted under the current rules. These rule revisions are intended to reduce the administrative burdens of satellite licensees and earth station licensees.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

2 pages

In this document, the Commission invites comment on two alternatives for revising the satellite licensing process, both of which are intended to enable the Commission to issue satellite licenses more quickly. One alternative is the first-come, first-served approach. The other alternative is to streamline the current processing round approach. In addition, the Commission seeks comment on adopting several rule revisions regardless of whether it adopts a first-come, first- served approach or streamlines the current procedure.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Notice is hereby given of the designation by the Secretary of State of foreign persons whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001. These designations comprise 8 individuals and 29 organizations determined to meet the criteria set forth under subsection 1(b) of Executive Order 13224.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The NRC has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) and finding of no significant impact as its evaluation of a request by Entergy Operations, Inc. (Entergy or the licensee) for a license amendment to increase the maximum thermal power level at Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2 (ANO-2) from 2815 megawatts thermal (MWt) to 3026 MWt. This represents a power increase of approximately 7.5 percent for ANO-2. As stated in the NRC staff's February 8, 1996, position paper on the Boiling-Water-Reactor Extended Power Uprate Program, the NRC staff will prepare an environmental impact statement if it believes an extended power uprate (EPU) will have a significant impact on the environment. The staff did not identify a significant environmental impact from the licensee's proposed EPU at ANO-2; therefore, the NRC staff is documenting its environmental review in an EA and finding of no significant impact. Also, in accordance with the February 8, 1996, staff position paper, the draft EA and finding of no significant impact is being published in the Federal Register for a 30-day public comment period.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

1 page

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference certain American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code Cases which the NRC has reviewed and found acceptable for use. These code cases provide alternatives to requirements in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPV Code) and the ASME Code for Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants (OM Code) pertaining to inservice inspection and inservice testing, operation and maintenance, and design, construction and materials. This action would incorporate by reference the current versions of NRC-

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has scheduled a public workshop to inform the public of preliminary staff positions presented in SECY-01-0207, ``Legal and Financial Issues Related to Exelon's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR),'' dated November 20, 2001 (ML012850139), and to provide an opportunity for stakeholders, including members of the public, to provide feedback on these positions.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Rule

Length

4 pages

The Office of Government Ethics is issuing a final rule to amend the regulation that describes financial interests that are exempt from the prohibition in 18 U.S.C. 208(a). These final rule amendments revise the existing exemption regulation by: creating a new exemption for sector mutual funds; raising the de minimis exemption for matters affecting interests in securities from $5,000 to $15,000; and creating an exemption that permits an employee to act in certain particular matters that affect an entity in which the employee owns securities, where the entity is not a party to the matter.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the forthcoming special meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

Type

Rule

Length

2 pages

This rule amends the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards to revise the requirements for the location and placement of smoke alarms. The purposes of these amendments are to improve the effectiveness and performance of smoke alarms in early warning detection of manufactured home fires and to reduce the rate of fire fatalities in new manufactured housing.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

Type

Proposed Rule

Length

4 pages

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2002-03 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Flyway Council meetings, and describes proposed changes to the regulatory alternatives for the 2002-03 duck hunting seasons. We also request proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide hunting opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory bird population status and habitat conditions.

Type

Notice

Length

2 pages

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a NASA Advisory Council, Aerospace Technology Advisory Committee, Aviation Safety Reporting System Subcommittee (ASRSS) meeting.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a forthcoming meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Aerospace Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC).

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council, Space Science Advisory Committee, Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittee.

Type

Rule

Length

6 pages

NCUA is revising its rule concerning financial and statistical reports to require all federally-insured credit unions to file quarterly Financial and Statistical Reports with NCUA. Currently, only federally-insured credit unions with assets over $50 million must file these reports quarterly. All other federally-insured credit unions are required to file these reports semi-annually. The final amendment is a necessary component of NCUA's examination program that will use a risk- focused approach to examinations and extend the examination cycle for credit unions that meet certain criteria. In conjunction with this change, we are making two conforming changes to NCUA's prompt corrective action rule.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

The Secretary announces deadline dates for an institution of higher education to submit various requests and documents under the Campus-Based programs for the remainder of the 2001-2002 award year (January 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002). The Department believes it is more customer friendly and helpful for an institution to have one annual notice, rather than several, for an award year.

Type

Notice

Length

1 page

This is a notice of the closing date for receipt of State applications for Award Year 2002-2003 funds under the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) and Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP) programs.