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Agriculture Department
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Forest Service


Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70496


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Ports of entry--
        Atlanta, GA and Agana, GU; designated as plant inspection 
                stations, 70421-70423
PROPOSED RULES
Plant-related quarantine, foreign:
    Fruits and vegetables importation; conditions governing entry, 
            70448-70463


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70510-70511
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--
        Topical microbicides use to reduce sexual transmission of HIV 
                infection; evaluation, 70511-70512


Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 70487-70488


Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See  Patent and Trademark Office


Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:
    Belarus, 70494


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Derivatives clearing organizations; designation, registration, etc.:
    Intermarket Clearing Corp., 70494-70496


Customs and Border Protection Bureau
NOTICES
Custom broker and national permits; user fees, 70520


Defense Department
See  Air Force Department


Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Davenport, Larry E., M.D., 70534-70538
    OTC Distribution Co., 70538-70544


Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70496-70497
Grantback arrangements; award of funds:
    Massachusetts Department of Education, 70497-70500


Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Connecticut, 70437-70444
PROPOSED RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Connecticut, 70484
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreement availability:
    Water Quality Allocation Program, 70502-70504


Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission
RULES
Age Discrimination in Employment Act:
    Processing of age discrimination charges [Editorial Note: The page 
            number for this document, published at 68 FR 70150 in the 
            Federal Register of December 17, 2003, was inadvertently 
            omitted in that issue's table of contents.]


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 70429-70432
    Boeing, 70432-70434
    Bombardier, 70428-70429, 70434-70435
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Airbus, 70464-70468, 70473-70475, 70479-70482
    Boeing, 70477-70479
    Bombardier, 70469-70473
    Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER), 70475-70477


Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70504-70505
Common carrier services:
    Wireless telecommunications services--
        460-470 MHz band; high power applications for 12.5 kHz offset 
                channels; filing freeze extended, 70505


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70505-70506

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Federal Election Commission
RULES
Federal Election Campaign Act and Freedom of Information Act:
    Enforcement and related files; public disclosure; policy statement, 
            70426-70428


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
    Madison Gas & Electric Co. et al., 70500-70501
Meetings:
    Northern Natural Gas Co.; settlement conference, 70501
Practice and procedure:
    Off-the-record communications, 70501-70502
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Public Utility District No.2 of Grant County, WA; correction, 70502


Federal Railroad Administration
RULES
Railroad safety:
    Locomotive horns use at highway-rail grade crossings; requirement 
            for sounding, 70585-70687


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control, 70506
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 70506
Federal Open Market Committee:
    Domestic policy directives, 70506-70507


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
    Tallahatchie, Dahomey, and Coldwater River National Wildlife 
            Refuges, MS, 70520-70521
Endangered and threatened species:
    Findings on petitions, etc.--
        Preble's meadow jumping mouse, 70523-70526
    Recovery plans--
        Hawaiian crow, 70527-70528
        Otay tarplant, 70526-70527
        Sphinx moth, 70528-70529
Endangered and threatened species and marine mammal permit 
          applications, 70521-70522
Endangered and threatened species permit applications, 70522-70523
Meetings:
    Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 70529-70530


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Medical devices:
    Neurological devices--
        Human dura matter; classification, 70435-70436
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Committee Information Hotline, 70512-70513
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Medical devices--
        Human dura matter; Class II special controls, 70513-70514


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Payette National Forest and Boise National Forest, ID, 70486-70487


Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
RULES
Federal claims collection:
    Tax refund offset, 70444-70447
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Office of Commissioned Corps Force Management and Office of the 
            Surgeon General, 70507-70510


Homeland Security Department
See  Customs and Border Protection Bureau


Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Tribal Self-Governance Program, 70520


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Partnership income; return
        Correction, 70584
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Contested liabilities; transfers to provide for satisfaction, cross 
            references; public hearing; correction, 70482
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 70583


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Tapered roller bearings and parts, finished and unfinished, from--
        China, 70488-70490
Export trade certificates of review, 70490-70492
Tariff rate quotas:
    Worsted wool fabrics, 70492-70493


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Cold-rolled steel from--
        Various countries, 70532-70533


Justice Department
See  Drug Enforcement Administration
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Guam, 70533
    Island Chemical Co., et al., 70533
    Lowe, Ralph L., et al., 70534
    New York City Transit Authority, 70534

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Labor Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70544-70545
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Child Labor Education Initiative, 70545


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70530-70532


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Pribilof Islands blue king crab, 70484-70485
NOTICES
Marine mammal permit applications, 70493
Permits:
    Marine mammals, 70493-70494


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent 
          storage; licensing requirements:
    Approved spent fuel storage casks; list, 70423-70426
PROPOSED RULES
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent 
          storage; licensing requirements:
    Approved spent fuel storage casks; list, 70463-70464
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 70545-70546
Meetings:
    Non-LWR containment functional performance options; workshop, 
            70546-70547


Patent and Trademark Office
PROPOSED RULES
Trademark cases:
    Registrations; amendment and correction requirements, 70482-70484


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
    Exemption applications--
        Citicorp North America, Inc., 70547-70549
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 70550-70551
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 70551-70552
    National Securities Clearing Corp., 70553-70554


State Department
NOTICES
Antarctic fishing; conservation measures adoption by Commission for 
          Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 70554-
          70577
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, 70577-70580
Meetings:
    Overseas Building Operations Industry Advisory Panel, 70580


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Mental Health Services Center--
        Statewide Consumer Networks Program, 70517-70520
        Statewide Family Networks Program, 70514-70517


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


Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Federal Railroad Administration


Treasury Department
See  Internal Revenue Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 70580-70583


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit 
            Review Board, 70583

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                           7 CFR
319..................................................70421
Proposed Rules:
319..................................................70448

                          10 CFR
72...................................................70423
Proposed Rules:
72...................................................70463

                          11 CFR
4....................................................70426
111..................................................70426

                          14 CFR
39 (5 documents).........70428, 70429, 70431, 70432, 70434
Proposed Rules:
39 (6 documents)........70464, 70469, 70473, 70475, 70477, 
                                                     70479

                          21 CFR
882..................................................70435

                          26 CFR
1....................................................70584
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................70482

                          37 CFR
Proposed Rules:
2....................................................70482

                          40 CFR
52...................................................70437
Proposed Rules:
52...................................................70484

                          45 CFR
31...................................................70444

                          49 CFR
222..................................................70586
229..................................................70586

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
679..................................................70484