[Federal Register: March 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 43)]
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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATE, MARCH
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9515-9742............................................... 1
9743-9910............................................... 2
9911-10130.............................................. 3
10131-10312............................................. 4
6
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CFR PARTS AFFECTED DURING MARCH
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At the end of each month, the Office of the Federal Register
publishes separately a List of CFR Sections Affected (LSA),
which lists parts and sections affected by documents published
since the revision date of each title.
3 CFR
Proclamations:
6867 (Amended by Proc. 7757)..........................9515
7757..................................................9515
7758.................................................10131
Executive Orders:
13331.................................................9911
Administrative Orders:
Presidential Determinations:
No. 2004-23 of February 25, 2004......................9915
No. 2004-24 of February 25, 2004......................9917
Memorandums:
Memorandum of March 1, 2004..........................10133
5 CFR
300..................................................10152
890...................................................9919
7 CFR
319...................................................9743
400...................................................9519
457...................................................9519
701..................................................10300
783...................................................9744
906..................................................10135
1230..................................................9924
Proposed Rules:
319...................................................9976
1000..................................................9763
1001..................................................9763
1005..................................................9763
1006..................................................9763
1007..................................................9763
1030..................................................9763
1032..................................................9763
1033..................................................9763
1124..................................................9763
1126..................................................9763
1131..................................................9763
9 CFR
71...................................................10137
78....................................................9747
93....................................................9749
12 CFR
741...................................................9926
14 CFR
39...9520, 9521, 9523, 9526, 9750, 9927, 9930, 9932, 9934,
9936, 9941
71...................................................10103
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................10179
16 CFR
304...................................................9943
17 CFR
210...................................................9722
228...................................................9722
229...................................................9722
240...................................................9722
249...................................................9722
270...................................................9722
274...................................................9722
Proposed Rules:
270...................................................9726
19 CFR
122..................................................10151
21 CFR
520.............................................9753, 9946
558...................................................9947
Proposed Rules:
101...................................................9559
314...................................................9982
24 CFR
200..................................................10106
Proposed Rules:
5....................................................10126
570..................................................10126
3284..................................................9740
25 CFR
Proposed Rules:
30...................................................10181
37...................................................10181
39...................................................10181
42...................................................10181
44...................................................10181
47...................................................10181
26 CFR
1.....................................................9529
Proposed Rules:
1...............................................9560, 9771
28 CFR
50...................................................10152
29 CFR
1607.................................................10152
Proposed Rules:
2550..................................................9900
30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
943...................................................9983
33 CFR
117............9547, 9549, 9550, 9551, 10158, 10159, 10160
165.............................................9552, 9948
Proposed Rules:
100...................................................9984
117.....................................9562, 10182, 10183
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402...................................................9774
37 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1.....................................................9986
2.....................................................9986
10....................................................9986
11....................................................9986
38 CFR
Proposed Rules:
19...................................................10185
20...................................................10185
40 CFR
52...................................................10161
62.......................................9554, 9949, 10165
70.............................................9557, 10167
82....................................................9754
180.............................................9954, 9958
271..................................................10171
Proposed Rules:
52....................................................9776
62.......................................9564, 9987, 10186
141...................................................9781
142...................................................9781
271..................................................10187
300...................................................9988
41 CFR
60-3.................................................10152
44 CFR
64....................................................9755
45 CFR
Proposed Rules:
Ch. XII..............................................10188
Ch. XXV..............................................10188
46 CFR
67...................................................10174
310...................................................9758
47 CFR
Proposed Rules:
73..............................................9790, 9791
48 CFR
1817..................................................9963
Proposed Rules:
23...................................................10118
52...................................................10118
49 CFR
541...................................................9964
Proposed Rules:
172...................................................9565
173...................................................9565
174...................................................9565
175...................................................9565
176...................................................9565
177...................................................9565
178...................................................9565
50 CFR
216...................................................9759
229...................................................9760
622...................................................9969
648.....................................9970, 10174, 10177
Proposed Rules:
622..................................................10189
679..................................................10190
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RULES GOING INTO EFFECT MARCH 4, 2004
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments; published
3-4-04
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Farm Service Agency
Emergency Conservation Program et al.; revision; published 3-4-04
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
States:
Indiana; published 2-3-04
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Vessel documentation and measurement:
Lease financing for coastwise trade
Correction; published 3-4-04
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
Agusta S.p.A.; published 1-29-04
VETERANS AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
Board of Veterans Appeals:
Appeals regulations and rules of practice; withdrawn; published 3-4-
04
COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Almonds grown in--
California; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-8-04 [FR 04-00398]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Commodity Credit Corporation
Loan and purchase programs:
Warehouses for interest commodity storage; approval standards;
comments due by 3-11-04; published 2-10-04 [FR 04-02785]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and threatened species:
Sea turtle conservation requirements--
Chesapeake Bay; fishing activities restrictions; comments due by
3-8-04; published 2-6-04 [FR 04-02633]
Fishery conservation and management:
Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
Pollock; comments due by 3-10-04; published 2-27-04 [FR 04-04368]
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic--
Gulf of Mexico red grouper; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-8-
04 [FR 04-00379]
Northeastern United States fisheries--
Tilefish; comments due by 3-12-04; published 2-11-04 [FR 04-02869]
Northeastern United States fisheries--
Monkfish; comments due by 3-10-04; published 2-24-04 [FR 04-03852]
International fisheries regulations:
Pacific halibut--
Catch sharing plan and sport fishery management; comments due by
3-9-04; published 2-23-04 [FR 04-03753]
COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Semi-annual agenda; Open for comments until further notice; published
12-22-03 [FR 03-25121]
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreements; implementation;
comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-7-04 [FR 04-00178]
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:
West Virginia; comments due by 3-11-04; published 2-10-04 [FR 04-
02707]
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]
Solid wastes:
Land disposal restrictions--
Heritage Environmental Services LLC and Chemical Waste Management
Inc.; site-specific treatment variances; comments due by 3-12-
04; published 2-11-04 [FR 04-02821]
Solid wastes:
Land disposal restrictions--
Heritage Environmental Services LLC and Chemical Waste Management
Inc.; site-specific treatment variances; comments due by 3-12-
04; published 2-11-04 [FR 04-02820]
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
Schools and libraries; universal service support mechanism;
comments due by 3-11-04; published 2-10-04 [FR 04-02734]
Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
Pay telephone reclassification and compensation provisions;
comments due by 3-10-04; published 2-18-04 [FR 04-03463]
Radio stations; table of assignments:
Alabama; comments due by 3-8-04; published 2-10-04 [FR 04-02833]
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Availability of funds and collection of checks (Regulation CC):
Substitute checks; indorsement, reconverting bank identification, and
truncating bank identification standards; comments due by 3-12-04;
published 1-8-04 [FR 04-00300]
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreements; implementation;
comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-7-04 [FR 04-00178]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicaid:
Drug Rebate Program; time limitation on recordkeeping requirements;
comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-6-04 [FR 03-32329]
Medicare:
Hospital outpatient prospective payment system and 2004 CY payment
rates; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-6-04 [FR 03-32322]
Physician fee schedule (2004 CY); payment reform for drugs and
biologicals; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-7-04 [FR 03-
32323]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
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]
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Anchorage regulations:
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Maryland; Open for comments until further notice; published 1-14-04
[FR 04-00749]
Drawbridge operations:
Louisiana; comments due by 3-9-04; published 1-9-04 [FR 04-00386]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species:
Permits; survival enhancement initiatives; application requirements
and issuance criteria; comments due by 3-9-04; published 2-23-04
[FR 04-03869]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
Texas; comments due by 3-10-04; published 2-9-04 [FR 04-02706]
Surface and underground mining activities:
Excess spoil fills, construction requirements; stream buffer zones,
clarification; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-7-04 [FR 04-
00266]
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Prisons Bureau
UNICOR business operations; addresses changes and clarification;
comments due by 3-9-04; published 1-9-04 [FR 04-00472]
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreements; implementation;
comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-7-04 [FR 04-00178]
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Investment companies:
Investment company governance practices; comments due by 3-10-04;
published 1-23-04 [FR 04-01323]
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Disaster loan areas:
Maine; Open for comments until further notice; published 2-17-04 [FR
04-03374]
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Supplemental security income:
Income and resource determination; comments due by 3-8-04; published
1-6-04 [FR 04-00060]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airmen certification:
Flight simulation device; initial and continuing qualification and
use requirements; comments due by 3-11-04; published 2-10-04 [FR
04-02872]
Airworthiness directives:
Agusta S.p.A.; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-8-04 [FR 04-00369]
Airbus; comments due by 3-8-04; published 2-6-04 [FR 04-02483]
BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.; comments due by 3-8-04; published 2-6-
04 [FR 04-02474]
Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.; comments due by 3-8-04; published
2-6-04 [FR 04-02476]
Dassault; comments due by 3-8-04; published 2-6-04 [FR 04-02473]
Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER); comments due by 3-
8-04; published 2-6-04 [FR 04-02467]
Eurocopter Deutschland; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-7-04 [FR
04-00267]
Eurocopter France; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-8-04 [FR 04-
00370]
General Electric Co.; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-6-04 [FR
04-00144]
McDonnell Douglas; comments due by 3-8-04; published 1-22-04 [FR 04-
01308]
Saab; comments due by 3-8-04; published 2-6-04 [FR 04-02482]
Short Brothers; comments due by 3-8-04; published 2-6-04 [FR 04-
02471]
Airworthiness standards:
Special conditions--
Boeing Model 777 series airplanes; comments due by 3-8-04;
published 2-6-04 [FR 04-02436]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Research and Special Programs Administration
Pipeline safety:
Offshore pipeline facilities; periodic underwater inspections;
comments due by 3-10-04; published 2-5-04 [FR 04-02453]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Comptroller of the Currency
Corporate activities:
National banks; change in asset composition; comments due by 3-8-04;
published 1-7-04 [FR 04-00247]
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Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Mar. 2,
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