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Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Pistachio nuts in shell and shelled; grade standards; correction, 
          76835-76836
PROPOSED RULES
Potatoes (Irish) grown in--
    Idaho and Oregon, 76884


Agricultural Research Service
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 76900-76902
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
    California Table Grape Commission, 76902
    Monsanto Co., 76902


Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Agricultural Research Service
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Farm Service Agency
See  Food Safety and Inspection Service
See  Forest Service
See  Rural Telephone Bank
See  Rural Utilities Service


Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Target animal safety; examination of live veterinary vaccines in 
            target animals for absence of reversion to virulence, 
            76903-76904


Bonneville Power Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; record of decision:
    Hopkins Ridge Wind Interconnection Project, WA, 76929


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Medicare--
        Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration Projects for 
                Ethnic and Racial Minorities, 76947-76949


Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Assistant Secretary for Children and Families Office et al., 76949


Commerce Department
See  Industry and Security Bureau
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Customs and Border Protection Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76950-76955


Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Elementary and secondary education--
        Early Reading First Program, 76921-76926
    Postsecondary education--
        Federal Pell Grant Program et al., 76926-76927
Special education and rehabilitative services:
    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)--
        Correspondence; quarterly list, 76928-76929


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Merrow Machine Co., 76959


Energy Department
See  Bonneville Power Administration
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Synthetic organic manufacturing industry and other processes 
            subject to negotiated regulation for equipment leaks, 
            76859-76863
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Methyl Bromide phaseout; critical use exemption process, 76981-
                77009
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    District of Columbia, 76855-76859
    Maryland; correction, 76854-76855
    Michigan, 76848-76854
Solid wastes:
    Land disposal restrictions--
        Chemical Waste Management, Chemical Services, LLC; site-
                specific treatment standard variance for selenium 
                waste; withdrawn, 76863-76864
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Synthetic organic manufacturing industry and other processes 
            subject to negotiated regulation for equipment leaks, 
            76894-76897
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    District of Columbia, 76888-76889
    Maryland and Virginia, 76889-76893
    Michigan, 76886-76888
Water supply:
    National primary drinking water regulations--
        Stage 2 disinfectants and disinfection byproducts rule; 
                meeting, 76897-76899
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76938-76941
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency statements--
        Comment availability, 76941-76942
        Weekly receipts, 76942

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Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Nichino America, Inc., 76942-76945


Executive Office of the President
See  Presidential Documents


Export-Import Bank
NOTICES
China; U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment exports to dedicated 
          founderies; finance application, 76945


Farm Service Agency
RULES
Special programs:
    Ewe Lamb Replacement and Retention Payment Program, 76836-76839


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Air carrier certification and operations:
    DoD commercial air carrier evaluators; credentials, 76841-76842
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 76839-76841
    MD Helicopters, Inc.; correction, 76979


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio services, special:
    Maritime services--
        Puget Sound and Straits of Juan de Fuca; 156.575 MHz frequency 
                use for intership port operations communications, 
                76864-76865


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Complaints filed:
    Kiowa Power Partners, LLC, et al., 76935
    Tenaska Gateway Partners, Ltd., et al., 76935
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Sempra Energy LNG, 76936-76938
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Brazos River Authority, 76929-76930
    Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 76930
    Dominion Transmission, Inc., 76930-76931
    Enbridge Energy Co., Inc., 76931-76932
    Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 76932
    Gas Transmission Northwest Corp., 76932-76933
    ISO New England, Inc., 76933
    New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 76933
    Northern Border Pipeline Co., 76933-76934
    TransCanada Hydro Northeast, Inc., 76934
    Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., 76934-76935


Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Placer County, CA, 76971


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 76945


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76945-76947
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Change in bank control; correction, 76947
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 76947


Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Food for human consumption:
    Irradiation in production, processing, and handling of food--
        Ionizing radiation in treatment of food; x ray maximum permited 
                energy level, 76844-76847


Food Safety and Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Meat and poultry inspection:
    Slaughterers of young calves; hazard analysis and critical control 
            point (HACCP) system; reassessment, 76884-76886


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 76959


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, WI, 76904-76906


Government Accountability Office
PROPOSED RULES
Practice and procedure:
    Bid protest regulations
        Correction, 76979


Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Children and Families Administration
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  National Institutes of Health


Homeland Security Department
See  Customs and Border Protection Bureau


Housing and Urban Development Department
RULES
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
    Single family mortgage insurance--
        Property flipping prohibition and sales time restriction 
                exemptions, 77113-77116
PROPOSED RULES
Grants:
    Housing Counseling Program, 77117-77125
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76955-76956
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Homeless assistance; excess and surplus Federal properties, 76956


Industry and Security Bureau
RULES
Export administration regulations:
    Commerce Control List--
        Dual-use chemical manufacturing facilities and equipment and 
                related technology; Australia Group classification 
                number conformation, 76842-76844
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Materials Technical Advisory Committee, 76910

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International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Frozen and canned warmwater shrimp from--
        Brazil, 76910-76913
        Ecuador, 76913-76916
        India, 76916-76918
        Thailand, 76918-76920


International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
    Ethyl alcohol for fuel use, 76956-76957


Justice Department
See  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
    Alcoa, Inc., 76957
    MW Custom Papers, LLC, et al., 76958
    Reading, PA, 76958
    United States Ceramic Tile Co. et al., 76958-76959


Labor Department
See  Employment and Training Administration
See  Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
    Trade Agreement Implementation Office, 77127-77131


Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Safety standard petitions:
    W.A. Mining, Inc., et al., 76959


National Archives and Records Administration
RULES
Records management:
    Unscheduled records; transfer to storage facilities
        Correction, 76848


National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Motor vehicle safety standards:
    Platform lift systems for accessible vehicles and platform lift 
            installations on vehicles, 76865-76870


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 76949-76950


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Ecconomic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish, 76870-76883
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Pacific Coast groundfish, 77011-77112
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 76921


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Periodic inspection of bus ducts; staff guidance for license 
            renewal; comment request, 76960-76962


Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76962


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 76963


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Australia; free trade agreement (Proc. 7857), 77133-77137


Railroad Retirement Board
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76963


Rural Telephone Bank
NOTICES
Loan policies:
    Interest rates, 76906-76909


Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Telecommunications plant; depreciation rates; publication, 76909-76910


Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
    Alaska, 76963-76964
Privacy Act:
    Systems of records, 76964-76965


State Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    American Music Abroad Program, 76965-76971


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Annual inflation operating revenues of railroads; indexing, 76972
Railroad services abandonment:
    Sierra Northern Railway, 76972


Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Federal Highway Administration
See  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
RULES
Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and 
          recordkeeping requirements:
    Suspicious activity and blocking reports; filing requirements, 
            76847-76848


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76972-76976
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 76977-76978

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Poverty threshold (2003); weighted average, 76978

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 76981-77009


Part III
Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
          77011-77112


Part IV
Housing and Urban Development Department, 77113-77116


Part V
Housing and Urban Development Department, 77117-77125


Part VI
Labor Department, 77127-77131


Part VII
Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents, 77133-77137

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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7857.................................................77135

                           4 CFR
Proposed Rules:
21...................................................76979

                           7 CFR
51...................................................76835
784..................................................76836
Proposed Rules:
945..................................................76884

                           9 CFR
Proposed Rules:
417..................................................76884

                          14 CFR
39 (2 documents)..............................76839, 76879
119..................................................76841
121..................................................76841
135..................................................76841

                          15 CFR
774..................................................76842

                          21 CFR
179..................................................76844

                          24 CFR
203..................................................77112
Proposed Rules:
214..................................................77118

                          31 CFR
103..................................................76847

                          36 CFR
1228.................................................76848

                          40 CFR
52 (3 documents).......................76848, 76854, 76855
63...................................................76859
82...................................................76982
268..................................................76863
Proposed Rules:
52 (3 documents).......................76886, 76888, 76889
63...................................................76894
141..................................................76897

                          47 CFR
80...................................................76864

                          49 CFR
571..................................................76865

                          50 CFR
660..................................................77012
679..................................................76870