[Federal Register: November 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 212)]
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RULES GOING INTO EFFECT NOVEMBER 3, 2003
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
National Organic Program:
Allowed and Prohibited Substances; National List; amendments;
published 10-31-03
Soybean promotion, research, and consumer information:
United Soybean Board; membership adjustment; published 10-3-03
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Biological agents and toxins; possession, use, and transfer:
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002; implementation--
Provisional registration certificates for individuals and entities
and provisional grants of access to biological agents and
toxins for individuals; published 11-3-03
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
Swine; inspection and interstate movement within production system;
published 11-3-03
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Farm Service Agency
Program regulations:
Citizenship requirements and loan eligibility regulations; technical
changes; published 11-3-03
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Program regulations:
Citizenship requirements and loan eligibility regulations; technical
changes; published 11-3-03
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Housing Service
Program regulations:
Citizenship requirements and loan eligibility regulations; technical
changes; published 11-3-03
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Program regulations:
Citizenship requirements and loan eligibility regulations; technical
changes; published 11-3-03
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
Atlantic coastal fisheries cooperative management--
Weakfish; published 10-2-03
Atlantic highly migratory species--
Atlantic bluefin tuna; published 10-2-03
Atlantic bluefin tuna; published 10-16-03
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
South Atlantic pelagic sargassum habitat; published 10-3-03
West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
Pacific mackerel; published 10-3-03
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:
Compression-ignition marine engines at or above 30 liters per
cylinder; emission standards
Correction; published 9-19-03
Air programs:
Commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators constructed on or
before November 30, 1999; Federal plan requirements; published 10-
3-03
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
States:
California; published 9-4-03
Michigan; published 9-2-03
Minnesota; published 9-2-03
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
South Carolina; published 9-2-03
Solid wastes:
Project XL (eXcellence and Leadership) program; site-specific
projects--
Georgia-Pacific Corp. pulp and paper mill, Big Island, VA;
published 8-5-03
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; improved
telecommunications relay and speech-to-speech services; published
11-3-03
GOVERNMENT ETHICS OFFICE
Organization, functions, and authority delegations; published 11-3-03
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Quarantine, inspection, and licensing:
Select agents and toxins; possession, use, and transfer; published
11-3-03
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Drawbridge operations:
Louisiana; published 10-21-03
Wisconsin; published 10-3-03
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Community facilities:
Urban empowerment zones and renewal communities; Round III
designation; published 10-3-03
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent
storage; licensing requirements:
Approved spent fuel storage casks; revised list; published 8-19-03
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Investment advisors:
Custody of funds or securities of clients; published 10-1-03
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
Airbus; published 10-17-03
Bombardier; published 10-29-03
Eagle Aircraft (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; published 9-23-03
General Electric Co.; published 10-3-03
Learjet; published 9-29-03
Standard instrument approach procedures; published 11-3-03
COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in Florida, and
imported; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-9-03 [FR 03-22948]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant related quarantine; foreign:
Eucalyptus logs, lumber and wood chips from South America; comments
due by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR 03-23432]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Forest Service
National Forest System land and resource management planning; comments
due by 11-10-03; published 9-10-03 [FR 03-22977]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and threatened species:
Critical habitat designations--
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California; salmon and steelhead;
evolutionarily significant units; comments due by 11-13-03;
published 9-29-03 [FR 03-24568]
Endangered Species Act; interagency cooperation:
National Fire Plan; implementation; comments due by 11-10-03;
published 10-9-03 [FR 03-25621]
Fishery conservation and management:
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
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Gulf of Mexico king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia;
comments due by 11-13-03; published 10-14-03 [FR 03-25924]
Gulf of Mexico red snapper; comments due by 11-12-03; published
10-27-03 [FR 03-27035]
Gulf of Mexico shrimp; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-30-03
[FR 03-24737]
West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; comments due by
11-14-03; published 10-15-03 [FR 03-26075]
Pacific whiting; comments due by 11-13-03; published 10-29-03 [FR
03-27248]
International fisheries regulations:
Fraser River sockeye and pink salmon; inseason orders; comments due
by 11-10-03; published 10-24-03 [FR 03-26928]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Patent and Trademark Office
Practice and procedure:
21st Century Strategic Plan; implementation; comments due by 11-12-
03; published 9-12-03 [FR 03-23010]
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
Fish, shellfish, and seafood products; comments due by 11-14-03;
published 9-15-03 [FR 03-23342]
Government source inspection requirements; elimination; comments due
by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR 03-23341]
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
Unique item identificataion and valuation; supplement; comments due
by 11-10-03; published 10-10-03 [FR 03-25827]
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
Virginia Electric & Power Co. et al.; Open for comments until further
notice; published 10-1-03 [FR 03-24818]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
States:
California; comments due by 11-13-03; published 10-14-03 [FR 03-
25800]
Kentucky; comments due by 11-13-03; published 10-14-03 [FR 03-25798]
Nevada; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-10-03 [FR 03-25802]
New Mexico; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-9-03 [FR 03-25543]
Pennsylvania; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-10-03 [FR 03-
25634]
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Coastal nonpoint pollution control program--
Minnesota and Texas; Open for comments until further notice;
published 10-16-03 [FR 03-26087]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural
commodities:
Trifloxystrobin; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-10-03 [FR 03-
23054]
Water programs:
Water quality standards--
Oregon; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-10-03 [FR 03-25525]
Water supply:
National primary drinking water regulations--
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; comments due by
11-10-03; published 8-11-03 [FR 03-18295]
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
Farm credit system:
Funding and fiscal affairs, loan policies and operations, and funding
operations--
Systemwide and consolidated bank debt obligations; investors and
shareholders disclosure; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-
15-03 [FR 03-23421]
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
Antenna structures; construction, marking, and lighting--
Communications towers; effects on migratory birds; comments due by
11-12-03; published 9-12-03 [FR 03-23311]
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Acquisition regulations:
Defense Priorities and Allocations System; comments due by 11-14-03;
published 10-15-03 [FR 03-26024]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Food for human consumption:
Food labeling---
Dietary supplements that contain botanicals; ingredient labeling;
comments due by 11-12-03; published 8-28-03 [FR 03-21980]
Dietary supplements that contain botanicals; ingredient labeling;
comments due by 11-12-03; published 8-28-03 [FR 03-21981]
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Evaluating safety of antimicrobial new animal drugs with regard to
their microbiological effects on bacteria of human health concern;
Open for comments until further notice; published 10-27-03 [FR 03-
27113]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services
Department
Medicare and Federal health care programs; fraud and abuse:
Clarification of terms and application of program exclusion
authority; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR 03-
23351]
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Drawbridge operations:
Connecticut; comments due by 11-15-03; published 6-2-03 [FR 03-13698]
Florida; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-10-03 [FR 03-25682]
Minnesota and Wisconsin; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-9-03
[FR 03-22793]
Ports and waterways safety:
Limerick Generating Station and Schuylkill River, Montgomery County,
PA; security zone; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR
03-23504]
Oyster Creek Generation Station and Forked River, Ocean City, NJ;
security zone; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR 03-
23503]
Peach Bottom Atomic Power station, Susquehanna River, NY and PA;
security zone; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR 03-
23501]
Salem and Hope Creek Generation Stations, Delaware River, Salem
County , NJ; security zone; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-
15-03 [FR 03-23502]
Regattas and marine parades:
International Tug-of-War, MD; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-
10-03 [FR 03-25680]
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Federal Emergency Management Agency
National Flood Insurance Program:
Private sector property insurers; assistance; comments due by 11-13-
03; published 10-14-03 [FR 03-25905]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species:
Enhancement survival permits; application requirements and issuance
criteria; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-10-03 [FR 03-
22777]
Safe harbor agreements and candidate conservation agreements with
assurances; survival permits enhancement; comments due by 11-10-
03; published 9-10-03 [FR 03-22776]
Endangered Species Act; interagency cooperation:
National Fire Plan; implementation; comments due by 11-10-03;
published 10-9-03 [FR 03-25621]
Importation, exportation, and transportation of wildlife:
Injurious wildlife--
Boiga snakes; comments due by 11-12-03;
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published 9-12-03 [FR 03-23286]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Minerals Management Service
Royalty Management:
Crude oil produced from Federal leases; valuation and reporting
provisions; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-26-03 [FR 03-
24420]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
Indiana; comments due by 11-14-03; published 10-15-03 [FR 03-26081]
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Drug Enforcement Administration
Controlled substances; manufacturers, distributors, and dispensors;
registration:
Personal medical use; exemption from import or export requirements;
comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-11-03 [FR 03-23169]
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Parole Commission
Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:
District of Columbia and United States codes; prisoners serving
sentences--
Supervision of released prisoners serving supervised release
terms; comments due by 11-12-03; published 7-15-03 [FR 03-
17176]
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Pay administration:
Extended assignment incentives; comments due by 11-12-03; published
9-12-03 [FR 03-23132]
STATE DEPARTMENT
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000:
Hague Convention; record preservation; comments due by 11-14-03;
published 9-15-03 [FR 03-22651]
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000:
Hague Convention; agency accreditation and person approval; comments
due by 11-14-03; published 9-15-03 [FR 03-22650]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
Airbus; comments due by 11-14-03; published 10-15-03 [FR 03-25978]
Anjou Aeronautique; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-2-03 [FR
03-22257]
Bombardier; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-9-03 [FR 03-25590]
Dassault; comments due by 11-10-03; published 10-9-03 [FR 03-25589]
Fokker; comments due by 11-13-03; published 10-14-03 [FR 03-25866]
Gulfstream; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-11-03 [FR 03-22991]
McDonnell Douglas; comments due by 11-14-03; published 9-30-03 [FR
03-24680]
Rolls-Royce plc; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-9-03 [FR 03-
22888]
Class E airspace; comments due by 11-13-03; published 9-29-03 [FR 03-
24601]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Highway Administration
Engineering and traffic operations:
National bridge inspection standards; comments due by 11-10-03;
published 9-9-03 [FR 03-22807]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Motor carrier safety standards:
Small passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles used in interstate
commerce; operator safety requirements; comments due by 11-10-03;
published 8-12-03 [FR 03-20369]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Research and Special Programs Administration
Hazardous materials:
Aluminum cylinders manufactured of 6351-T6 aluminum alloy used in
SCUBA, SCBA, and oxygen services; requalification and use
criteria; comments due by 11-10-03; published 9-10-03 [FR 03-
22808]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Income taxes:
Contingent payment debt instruments for one or more payments
denominated in or determined by reference to nonfunctional
currency; treatment; comments due by 11-12-03; published 8-29-03
[FR 03-21827]
Partnerships with foreign partners; obligation to pay withholding tax
on taxable income; comments due by 11-13-03; published 9-3-03 [FR
03-22175]
VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
Loan guaranty:
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages; comments due by 11-10-03; published
10-9-03 [FR 03-25560]
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H.R. 1900/P.L. 108-101
To award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson
(posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions
to the Nation, and to express the sense of the Congress
that there should be a national day in recognition of
Jackie Robinson. (Oct. 29, 2003; 117 Stat. 1195)
H.R. 3229/P.L. 108-102
To amend title 44, United States Code, to transfer to the
Public Printer the authority over the individuals
responsible for preparing indexes of the Congressional
Record, and for other purposes. (Oct. 29, 2003; 117 Stat.
1198)
S. 1591/P.L. 108-103
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 48 South Broadway, Nyack, New York, as
the ``Edward O'Grady, Waverly Brown, Peter Paige Post
Office Building''. (Oct. 29, 2003; 117 Stat. 1199)
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