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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATE, MARCH

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9851-10140.............................................. 3
10141-10344............................................. 4
10345-10650............................................. 5
10651-10952............................................. 6
10953-11310............................................. 7
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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
Administrative Orders:
Memorandums:
Memorandum of February 12, 2003......................10141
Presidential Determinations:
No. 2003-15 of February 13, 2003.....................10651
Proclamations:
7648.................................................10641
7649.................................................10643
7650.................................................10645
7651.................................................10647
7652.................................................10649
Executive Orders:
4601 (Amended by: 13286).............................10619
10113 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10163 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10179 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10271 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10448 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10499 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10554 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10631 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10637 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10694 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10789 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
10977 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11016 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11046 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11079 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11139 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11190 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11231 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11239 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11366 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11438 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11446 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11448 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11623 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11645 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11800 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11858 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11926 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
11965 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12002 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12146 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12148 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12160 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12188 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12208 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12341 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12382 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12472 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12501 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12555 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12580 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12656 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12657 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12699 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12727 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12728 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12733 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12742 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12743 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12777 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12788 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12789 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12793 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12807 (Amended by:

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13286)...............................................10619
12824 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12830 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12835 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12870 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12906 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12919 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12977 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12978 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12982 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12985 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
12989 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13011 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13076 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13100 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13112 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13120 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13130 (See: 13286)...................................10619
13133 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13154 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13165 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13212 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13223 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13228 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13231 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13254 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13257 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13260 (Amended by: 13286; Revoked by: 13286, eff. 
3/31/03).............................................10619
13271 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13274 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13276 (Amended by: 13286)............................10619
13284 (See: 13286)...................................10619
13286................................................10619
13287................................................10619

                           5 CFR
110..................................................10666
Ch. XIV..............................................10953
2416.................................................10953
2424.................................................10953
2429.................................................10953
2471.................................................10953
2472.................................................10953

                           6 CFR
9....................................................10912
15...................................................10886
17...................................................10892
21...................................................10904

                           7 CFR
319...................................................9851
911..................................................10345
944..................................................10345
984..................................................10347
Proposed Rules:
930...................................................9944
1405..................................................9944
1499..................................................9944

                           8 CFR
1....................................................10922
2....................................................10922
103..................................................10922
217..................................................10954
235..................................................10143
239..................................................10922
1001.................................................10349
1003.................................................10349
1101.................................................10349
1103.................................................10349
1205.................................................10349
1208.................................................10349
1209.................................................10349
1212.................................................10349
1216.................................................10349
1235.................................................10349
1236.................................................10349
1238.................................................10349
1239.................................................10349
1240.................................................10349
1241.................................................10349
1244.................................................10349
1245.................................................10349
1246.................................................10349
1249.................................................10349
1270.................................................10349
1274a................................................10349
1292.................................................10349
1337.................................................10349

                           9 CFR
50...................................................10361
92...................................................10667
Proposed Rules:
317..................................................11008
327..................................................11008

                          10 CFR
40...................................................10362
150..................................................10362
430..................................................10957
Proposed Rules
40...................................................10411
150..................................................10411
430..................................................11009
490..................................................10320

                          12 CFR
Proposed Rules:
203..................................................11010

                          14 CFR
Ch. 1................................................10145
25.............................................9854, 10365
39.........10147, 10149, 10152, 10154, 10156, 10583, 10653
47...................................................10316
71.....................................10367, 10369, 10654
97............................................10962, 10963
Proposed Rules:
39.....9947, 9950, 9951, 9954, 10185, 10188, 10413, 10416, 
                                              11014, 11015

                          15 CFR
740..................................................10586
743..................................................10586
772..................................................10586
774..................................................10586

                          16 CFR
304...................................................9856

                          18 CFR
375...................................................9857
388...................................................9857

                          20 CFR
625..................................................10932

                          21 CFR
165...................................................9873
610..................................................10157
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................10668
111..................................................10418
165...................................................9955

                          22 CFR
Proposed Rules:
211...................................................9944

                          24 CFR
92...................................................10160

                          26 CFR
1.............................................10161, 10655
20...................................................10161
25...................................................10161
31...................................................10161
53...................................................10161
54...................................................10161
56...................................................10161
301..................................................10161
602..................................................10161
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................10190

                          27 CFR
4....................................................10076
5....................................................10076
7....................................................10076

                          28 CFR
540..................................................10656

                          29 CFR
1404.................................................10659

                          30 CFR
18...................................................10965
948..................................................10178
Proposed Rules:
70...................................................10784
72...................................................10940
75...................................................10784
90...................................................10784
950..................................................10193

                          31 CFR
103..................................................10965

                          33 CFR
52....................................................9882
117...................................................9890

                          36 CFR
Proposed Rules:
7....................................................11019
219..................................................10421

                          40 CFR
52............................................10966, 10969
62.....................................10659, 10661, 10663
70...................................................10969
82...................................................10370
52....................................................9892
180.............................10370, 10377, 10972, 10983
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................10675
52............................................11022, 11023
62............................................10680, 10681
70...................................................11023

                          42 CFR
412..................................................10987
Proposed Rules:
83...................................................11924
412...........................................10421, 11234

                          43 CFR
Proposed Rules:
4100..................................................9964

                          44 CFR
61....................................................9895
64....................................................9897
206...................................................9899

                          47 CFR
2....................................................10179
90...................................................10179
73.....................................10388, 10664, 10665
95....................................................9900
Proposed Rules:
54...................................................10430
73.....................................10681, 10682, 10683

                          49 CFR
1....................................................10988
219..................................................10108
225..................................................10108
240..................................................10108
1540..................................................9902
Proposed Rules:
192...................................................9966

                          50 CFR
17...................................................10388
300..................................................10989
622...........................................10180, 11003
648............................................9905, 10181
660..................................................11182
679..........................9902, 9907, 9924, 9942, 11004
Proposed Rules:
229..................................................10195
600...................................................9967
648............................................9968, 11023

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                         REMINDERS
The items in this list were editorially compiled as an aid 
to Federal Register users. Inclusion or exclusion from 
this list has no legal significance.

           RULES GOING INTO EFFECT MARCH 7, 2003
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Hawaiian and territorial quarantine notices:
   Gardenia blooms from Hawaii; interstate movement; published 2-5-03
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air programs:
   Ambient air quality standards, national--
      Ozone; response to remand; published 1-6-03
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   1,3 Benzene dicarboxylic acid, etc.; published 3-7-03
   Pyriproxyfen; published 3-7-03
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Texas; published 2-4-03
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicare:
   Long-term care hospitals; prospective payment system; implementation 
      and 2003 FY rates; correction; published 3-7-03
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
   Under Secretary of Transportation for Security et al.; published 3-7-
      03
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Air Cruisers Co.; published 1-31-03
   Airbus; published 1-31-03
   BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.; published 1-31-03
   Boeing and McDonnell Douglas; published 1-31-03
   McDonnell Douglas; published 1-31-03
   Raytheon; published 1-22-03
   Turbomeca S.A.; published 1-31-03
Standard instrument approach procedures; published 3-7-03
           RULES GOING INTO EFFECT MARCH 8, 2003
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A.; published 2-5-03
           RULES GOING INTO EFFECT MARCH 9, 2003
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Drawbridge operations:
   Massachusetts; published 2-28-03
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Shell eggs, voluntary grading:
   USDA ``Produced From'' grademark requirements; comments due by 3-10-
      03; published 1-9-03 [FR 03-00369]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):
   Exotic Newcastle disease; quarantine area designations--
      California; comments due by 3-14-03; published 1-13-03 [FR 03-
         00573]
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
   Oriental fruit fly; comments due by 3-11-03; published 1-10-03 [FR 
      03-00491]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Farm Service Agency
Program regulations:
   Servicing and collections--
      Farm loan programs account servicing policies; 30-day past-due 
         period elimination; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-9-03 
         [FR 03-00394]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Loan and purchase programs:
   Environmental Quality Incentives Program; comments due by 3-12-03; 
      published 2-10-03 [FR 03-02642]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Program regulations:
   Servicing and collections--
      Farm loan programs account servicing policies; 30-day past-due 
         period elimination; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-9-03 
         [FR 03-00394]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Housing Service
Program regulations:
   Servicing and collections--
      Farm loan programs account servicing policies; 30-day past-due 
         period elimination; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-9-03 
         [FR 03-00394]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Rural Utilities Service
Program regulations:
   Servicing and collections--
      Farm loan programs account servicing policies; 30-day past-due 
         period elimination; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-9-03 
         [FR 03-00394]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and threatened species; pesticide regulation; comments due by 
   3-10-03; published 1-24-03 [FR 03-01661]
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Halibut and groundfish; seabird incidental take reduction; 
         comments due by 3-10-03; published 2-7-03 [FR 03-02805]
      Pollock; comments due by 3-13-03; published 2-11-03 [FR 03-03378]
   Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions--
      Domestic fisheries; exempted fishing permit applications; comments 
         due by 3-13-03; published 2-26-03 [FR 03-04440]
      Domestic fisheries; exempted fishing permit applications; comments 
         due by 3-13-03; published 2-26-03 [FR 03-04439]
      Domestic fisheries; exempted fishing permit applications; comments 
         due by 3-14-03; published 2-27-03 [FR 03-04566]
   Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions--
      Domestic fisheries; exempted fishing permit applications; comments 
         due by 3-10-03; published 2-21-03 [FR 03-04138]
Marine mammals:
   Findings on petitions, etc.--
      Alaska transient killer whales; designation as depleted; comments 
         due by 3-10-03; published 1-24-03 [FR 03-01650]
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):
   Transmission grid; efficient operation and expansion; pricing policy; 
      comments due by 3-13-03; published 1-27-03 [FR 03-01699]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
   Industrial/commercial/institutional boilers and process heaters; 
      comments due by 3-14-03; published 1-13-03 [FR 03-00085]
   Plywood and composite wood products; comments due by 3-10-03; 
      published 1-9-03 [FR 03-00084]
Air programs:
   Clean Air Act; alternate permit program approvals--
      Guam; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-9-03 [FR 03-00119]

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      Guam; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-9-03 [FR 03-00120]
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
   facilities and pollutants:
   New Hampshire; comments due by 3-12-03; published 2-10-03 [FR 03-
      02540]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   West Virginia; comments due by 3-12-03; published 2-10-03 [FR 03-
      02938]
Endangered and threatened species; pesticide regulation; comments due by 
   3-10-03; published 1-24-03 [FR 03-01661]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   Propanoic acid and its calcium and sodium salts; comments due by 3-
      14-03; published 1-13-03 [FR 03-00615]
Water programs:
   Water quality standards--
      Kentucky; comments due by 3-14-03; published 11-14-02 [FR 02-
         28922]
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Common carrier services:
   Satellite communications--
      Satellite network earth stations and space stations; rules 
         governing licensing and spectrum usage; streamlining and other 
         revisions; comments due by 3-10-03; published 12-24-02 [FR 02-
         32294]
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Ohio; comments due by 3-10-03; published 2-5-03 [FR 03-02667]
   Various States; comments due by 3-10-03; published 2-5-03 [FR 03-
      02669]
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Practice and procedure:
   Accountants performing audit services; removal, suspension, and 
      debarment; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00098]
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Practice and procedure:
   Accountants performing audit services; removal, suspension, and 
      debarment; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00098]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Medical devices:
   Cardiovascular devices--
      Arrhythmia detector and alarm; Class lll to Class ll 
         reclassification; comments due by 3-13-03; published 12-13-02 
         [FR 02-31440]
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
   Single family mortgage insurance--
      Appraisals; lender accountability; comments due by 3-14-03; 
         published 1-13-03 [FR 03-00539]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species; pesticide regulation; comments due by 
   3-10-03; published 1-24-03 [FR 03-01661]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:
   Kentucky; comments due by 3-13-03; published 2-11-03 [FR 03-03365]
   North Dakota; comments due by 3-13-03; published 2-11-03 [FR 03-
      03366]
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Civil penalties; inflation adjustment; assessment criteria and 
   procedures; comments due by 3-12-03; published 2-10-03 [FR 03-03160]
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Shipyard employment safety and health standards:
   Fire protection; comments due by 3-11-03; published 12-11-02 [FR 02-
      30405]
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
   Fiduciary responsibility; automatic rollovers; comments due by 3-10-
      03; published 1-7-03 [FR 03-00281]
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Copyright office and procedures:
   Prohibition to circumvention of copyright protection systems for 
      access control technologies; exemption; comments due by 3-10-03; 
      published 2-10-03 [FR 03-03256]
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Securities and investment companies:
   Proxy voting policies and records disclosure by registered management 
      investment companies; comments due by 3-14-03; published 2-7-03 
      [FR 03-02951]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Great Lakes Pilotage regulations; rates update; comments due by 3-10-03; 
   published 1-23-03 [FR 03-01461]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airmen certification:
   Flight simulation device; initial and continuing qualification and 
      use requirements; comments due by 3-14-03; published 11-15-02 [FR 
      02-29067]
Airworthiness directives:
   Boeing; comments due by 3-14-03; published 1-13-03 [FR 03-00050]
   Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER); comments due by 3-
      10-03; published 2-7-03 [FR 03-02783]
   General Electric Co.; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 
      03-00330]
   Hartzell Propeller Inc.; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 
      [FR 03-00226]
   Pilatus Aircraft, Ltd.; comments due by 3-14-03; published 2-7-03 [FR 
      03-02994]
Class C and Class D airspace; comments due by 3-13-03; published 1-27-03 
   [FR 03-01313]
Class E airspace; comments due by 3-14-03; published 1-17-03 [FR 03-
   01130]
Class E airspace; correction; comments due by 3-14-03; published 1-29-03 
   [FR C3-01130]
Restricted areas; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-23-03 [FR 03-
   01476]
VOR Federal airways and jet routes; comments due by 3-10-03; published 
   1-23-03 [FR 03-01478]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Highway Administration
Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century; implementation:
   Federal Lands Highway Program; transportation planning procedures and 
      management systems--
      Fish and Wildlife Service and Refuge Roads Program; comments due 
         by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00104]
      Forest Service and Forest Highway Program; comments due by 3-10-
         03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00103]
      Indian Affairs Bureau and Indian Reservation Roads Program; 
         comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00105]
      National Park Service and Park Roads and Parkways Program; 
         comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00102]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Surface Transportation Board
Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control:
   Temporary trackage rights exemption; comments due by 3-12-03; 
      published 2-10-03 [FR 03-03251]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Transportation Security Administration
Maritime and land transportation security:
   Transportation of explosives from Canada to U.S. via commercial motor 
      vehicle and railroad carrier; comments due by 3-10-03; published 
      2-6-03 [FR 03-03005]

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau
Alcohol; viticultural area designations:
   Russian River Valley, CA; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 
      [FR 03-00286]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Comptroller of the Currency
Community and economic development entities, community development 
   projects, and other public welfare investments; comments due by 3-11-
   03; published 1-10-03 [FR 03-00362]
Practice and procedure:
   Accountants performing audit services; removal, suspension, and 
      debarment; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00098]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Customs Service
Organization and functions; field organization, ports of entry, etc.:
   Portland, ME; port limits extension; comments due by 3-10-03; 
      published 1-9-03 [FR 03-00432]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Income taxes:
   Accruals and allocations due to age attainment, reductions; and cash 
      balance plans; nondiscrimination cross-testing rules application; 
      comments due by 3-13-03; published 12-11-02 [FR 02-31225]
      Hearing location and date change; comments due by 3-13-03; 
         published 1-17-03 [FR 03-01159]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Thrift Supervision Office
Practice and procedure:
   Accountants performing audit services; removal, suspension, and 
      debarment; comments due by 3-10-03; published 1-8-03 [FR 03-00098]
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