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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50150-50151


Agriculture Department
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Foreign Agricultural Service
See  Forest Service
See  Natural Resources Conservation Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Animal health status of foreign regions; recognition requirements, 
            50053-50054
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Nursery stock regulations; update, 50039-50048


Army Department
See  Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        Australia; National Serology Reference Laboratory; laboratory 
                quality assurance programs for testing in countries 
                supported by Global AIDS Program, 50151-50152
        Brazil; HIV/AIDS/STD monitoring, evaluation and other 
                government program support; improvement and expansion, 
                50152
        Ethiopia; HIV/AIDS/STD/TB prevention and control activities, 
                50152-50153


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
PROPOSED RULES
Medicare:
    Part B drugs; payment reform, 50427-50452


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50153


Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile apparel categories:
    North American Free Trade Agreement--
        Cashmere and camel hair yarns, 50126-50127


Defense Department
See  Engineers Corps


Employee Benefits Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50193-50194


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Allegheny Ludlum, 50194
    Alpha Thought/Provider Business Services, 50194-50195
    Chevron-Texaco, 50195
    e-Gain Communications Corp., 50195
    Firestone Tube Co., 50195-50196
    Fishing Vessel (F/V) NORTH RUNNER, 50196
    Jonathan Reid, Inc., et al., 50196-50197
    KC Fisheries, Inc., 50197
    National Steel Corp. et al., 50197
    Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corp., 50198
    Wiegand Appliance Division, Emerson Electric Co., 50198
Meetings:
    Native American Employment and Training Council, 50198-50199


Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50127-50128
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, ID, 
                50128-50129
        Northern New Mexico, 50129-50130


Engineers Corps
PROPOSED RULES
Enforcement:
    Permit regulations; Class I administrative civil penalties; 
            inflation adjustment, 50108-50111


Environmental Protection Agency
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50131-50134
Air pollution control:
    State operating permit programs--
        Arizona, 50134-50135
Meetings:
    Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances National 
            Advisory Committee, 50135
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Interregional Research Project (No. 4), 50138-50143
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 50136-50137
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
    AgraQuest, Inc, et al, 50143-50144
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
    Chemical Recovery Systems Site, OH, 50144-50145

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Executive Office of the President
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Digital flight data recorder upgrade requirements; correction, 
            50069
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 50061-50064
    Learjet, 50057-50058
    McDonnell Douglas, 50058-50061
    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., 50064-50067
    Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH, 50055-50056
Airworthiness standards:
    Transport category airplanes--
        Thermal/acoustic insulation materials; improved flammability 
                standards; correction, 50054-50055
Class D and E airspace, 50068-50069
Class E airspace; correction, 50222
PROPOSED RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    Hawaii; air tour operators; correction, 50085-50087
Class E airspace, 50081-50085
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes--
        Airplane originally certified to Joint Aviation Regulations-
                Very Light Airplane Standards; Part 23 type 
                certfication, 50209-50210
Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:
    Raleigh County Memorial Airport, WV, 50210
Aviation insurance:
    Premium war risk insurance, 50210
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Horizontally launched vehicles and reentries of reentry vehicles; 
            licensing launches, 50210-50211


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Common carrier services:
    Local exchange carriers, low-volume long distance users, and 
            Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service--
        Access charge reform and price cap performance review, 50077
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50145-50146
Common carrier services:
    Video relay services for depositions and other legal proceedings; 
            communication services for deaf, 50146-50147
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 50147


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
National Flood Insurance Program:
    Flood map changes, 50289-50425


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Hydro Technology Systems, Inc., 50131
Meetings:
    MISO Advisory Committee and Board of Director; FERC staff 
            participation, 50131
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Crossroads Pipeline Co., 50130
    Northwest Pipeline Corp., 50130-50131


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
    Cargo Carriers Ltd., et al., 50147-50148
    Draft Cargoways India Private Ltd.; correction, 50148
    Eastern Trans Line, Inc., et al., 50148


Federal Procurement Policy Office
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Cost accounting standards--
        Employee stock ownership plans sponsored by Government 
                contractors; costs accounting, 50111-50120


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 50148


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 50148-50150


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group, 50178


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food additives:
    Sucrose oligoesters, 50069-50073
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50153-50155
Meetings:
    Blood Products Advisory Committee, 50155
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Food labeling--
        Trans fatty acids in nutrition labeling, nutrient content 
                claims, and health claims, 50155-50156


Foreign Agricultural Service
RULES
Farmers Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, 50048-50053


Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Williamette Provincial Advisory Committee, 50122


Health and Human Services Department
See  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Children and Families Administration
See  Food and Drug Administration


Homeland Security Department
See  Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50156-50157
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Assistant Secretary for Administration/Chief Information Officer 
            and Chief Procurement Officer, 50157
    Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner and 
            General Deputy Assistant for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
            Commissioner, 50157-50161
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance and Budget, 50176-50178
    HUD officials in HUD offices other than Office of Housing, 50173-
            50174
    Office of Housing--
        Multifamily housing and health care programs, 50161-50167
        Single family housing programs, 50167-50173
    Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, 50175-50176


Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
See  Minerals Management Service
See  National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Loss corporations; interest distributions; cross reference;
        Correction, 50087
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50215-50216
Meetings:
    Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 50216-50217


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board, 50122-
            50123
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
    Softwood lumber products from--
        Canada, 50123


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Ironing tables and parts from--
        China, 50190


Justice Department
See  National Institute of Corrections


Labor Department
See  Employee Benefits Security Administration
See  Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50193


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Councils--
        Arizona, 50179


Management and Budget Office
See  Federal Procurement Policy Office


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50211-50212
Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:
    LA FEMME DE LA MER, 50212
    PERSISTENCE, 50212
    PRIME TIME, 50212-50213
    SANCHA, 50213
    TUNACIOUS, 50213-50214


Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Royalty management:
    Crude oil produced from Federal leases; valuation and reporting 
            provisions, 50087-50108


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Advanced air bag rule; future air bags designed to create less 
                risk of serious injuries for small women and young 
                children, etc.; correction, 50077-50079


National Institute of Corrections
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Satellite/Internet broadcasts, 50190-50193


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Arrowtooth flounder, 50079-50080
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands king and tanner crab and Coast 
                of Alaska scallop and salmon, 50120-50121
NOTICES
Marine mammals:
    Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc.--
        Navy Department; Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low 
                Frequency Active sonar operations, 50123-50124
Permits:
    Scientific research, 50124-50126


National Park Service
RULES
Special regulations:
    Saguaro National Park, AZ; designated bicycle routes, 50073-50077

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NOTICES
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act:
    Review Committee dispute resolution findings, recommendations, 
            etc.--
        Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts and Bernice Pauahi 
                Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hi, 50179-50180
Native American human remains, funerary objects; inventory, 
          repatriation, etc.:
    American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 50181-50182
    Humphrey Center for American Indian Studies, Central Lakes College, 
            Brainerd, MN, 50182-50183
    Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, Eugene, OR; correction, 50183
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, 
            Berkeley, CA, 50183-50184
    Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, MA, 50184-50186
    University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 50186-50189
    University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 
            Philadephia, PA, 50189-50190


Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Central Sonoma Watershed, CA, 50122


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50199
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Portland General Electric Co., 50199-50200


Office of United States Trade Representative
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50200


Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials transportation:
    Emergency Response Guidebook 2004; development; comment request, 
            50453-50455


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 50200-50203
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 50203-50204
    Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 50204-50205
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 50205-50206


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50206
Disaster loan areas:
    Pennsylvania, 50207
    Tennessee, 50207


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Railroad services abandonment:
    A & R Line, Inc. and Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp., 50214
    Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp. and J.K. Line Inc., 50214-
            50215


Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See  Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Free Trade Area of the Americas Secretariat; permanent site location; 
          candidate cities notification of interest request, 50207-
          50208
Trade Policy Staff Committee:
    U.S. trade in services of accession to European Union of Austria, 
            Finland, and Sweden; market access implications; comment 
            request, 50208-50209


Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Maritime Administration
See  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See  Research and Special Programs Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See  Internal Revenue Service


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 50217-50221
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    National Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
            Plan; department's health care planning process, 50223-
            50288

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Veterans Affairs Department, 50223-50288


Part III
Homeland Security Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
          50289-50425


Part IV
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
          Services, 50427-50452


Part V
Transportation Department, Research and Special Programs 
          Administration, 50453-50455

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319..................................................50039
1580.................................................50048

                           9 CFR
92...................................................50053

                          14 CFR
25...................................................50054
39 (5 documents).........50055, 50057, 50058, 50061, 50064
71 (2 documents)..............................50068, 50222
91...................................................50054
121 (2 documents).............................50054, 50069
125 (2 documents).............................50054, 50069
135 (2 documents).............................50054, 50069
Proposed Rules:
71 (4 documents)................50081, 50082, 50083, 50084
91...................................................50085
121..................................................50085
135..................................................50085

                          21 CFR
172..................................................50069

                          26 CFR
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................50087

                          30 CFR
Proposed Rules:
206..................................................50087
210..................................................50087

                          33 CFR
Proposed Rules:
326..................................................50108

                          36 CFR
7....................................................50073

                          42 CFR
Proposed Rules:
405..................................................50428

                          47 CFR
54...................................................50077
61...................................................50077

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
9904.................................................50111

                          49 CFR
571..................................................50077

                          50 CFR
679..................................................50079
Proposed Rules:
679..................................................50120