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FEDERAL REGISTER PAGES AND DATE, MARCH

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9843-10020.............................................. 1
10021-10312............................................. 2
10313-10484............................................. 3
10485-10860............................................. 4
10861-11108............................................. 7
11109-11530............................................. 8
11531-11826............................................. 9
11827-12110.............................................10
12111-12400.............................................11
12401-12582.............................................14
12585-12786.............................................15
12787-12960.............................................16
12961-13088.............................................17
13089-13342.............................................18
13343-14384.............................................21
14385-14522.............................................22
14523-14966.............................................23
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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:
7871.................................................10483
7872.................................................10857
7873.................................................11531
7874.................................................11533
7875.................................................14965
Executive Orders:
11926 (Amended by EO 13373)..........................12579
12293 (Amended by 13374).............................12961
12957 (See Notice of March 10, 2005).................12581
12959 (See Notice of March 10, 2005).................12581
13059 (See Notice of March 10, 2005).................12581
13286 (See EO 13373).................................12579
13288 (See Notice of March 2, 2005)..................10859
13325 (Revoked by 13374).............................12961
13373................................................12579
13374................................................12961
Administrative Orders:
Memorandums:
Memorandum of February 18, 2005......................11109
Notices:
Notice of March 2, 2005..............................10859
Notice of March 10, 2005.............................12581
Presidential Determinations:
No 2005-21 of February 15, 2005......................10313

                           5 CFR
630..................................................13343
2634.................................................12111
2635.................................................12111
Ch. XIV.......................................11535, 12583
Proposed Rules:
213..................................................12812

                           6 CFR
Proposed Rules:
5....................................................14427

                           7 CFR
301....................................10315, 10861, 11111
331..................................................13242
925..................................................11112
955..................................................11114
983...................................................9843
987..................................................11117
1131..................................................9846
1160.................................................11535
1924.................................................10862
Proposed Rules:
56....................................................9883
70....................................................9883
319..................................................11886
800..................................................13411
927..................................................11155
1033.................................................10337
1466.................................................14578

                           8 CFR
Proposed Rules:
214..................................................11585

                           9 CFR
94...................................................12112
95...................................................12112
121..................................................13242
Proposed Rules:
113...........................................12813, 12814
381..................................................12420

                          10 CFR
Proposed Rules:
50...................................................10901
727..................................................12974

                          11 CFR
100..................................................13089
104..................................................13089
300..................................................12787

                          12 CFR
208..................................................11827
225..................................................11827
509..................................................10021
563e.................................................10023
622..................................................12583
Proposed Rules:
25...................................................12148
210..................................................10509
228..................................................12148
229..................................................10509
Ch. III..............................................13413
345..................................................12148
712..................................................14579

                          13 CFR
125..................................................14523

                          14 CFR
13...................................................13345
23............................................11838, 11841
39....9848, 9851, 9853, 10030, 10032, 10034, 10035, 10485, 
         11536, 11844, 11846, 11848, 12113, 12115, 12117, 
         12119, 12120, 12124, 12125, 12401, 12402, 12404, 
         12406, 12408, 12410, 12790, 12791, 12963, 13074, 
         13092, 13094, 13345, 13347, 13349, 13353, 13356, 
                                13359, 13362, 13365, 13368

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71........10318, 10862, 11850, 11851, 11852, 11853, 11854, 
         11855, 11857, 12127, 12128, 12129, 12130, 12412, 
                                12414, 13240, 13370, 14529
97............................................12131, 13095
158..................................................14928
1214.................................................12966
1310.................................................10037
Proposed Rules:
39........10337, 10339, 10342, 10344, 10513, 10517, 11165, 
         11166, 11168, 11170, 11172, 11585, 11588, 12421, 
         12612, 12614, 12616, 12618, 12815, 12816, 12819, 
         12978, 12981, 12982, 12986, 14428, 14430, 14432, 
         14580, 14585, 14587, 14589, 14592, 14594, 14597, 
                                                     14599
71........10346, 10917, 11886, 12161, 12162, 12423, 12428, 
                                              12619, 14601
413...................................................9885
415...................................................9885
417...................................................9885

                          15 CFR
700..................................................10864
730..................................................14385
738..................................................14387
740...........................................11858, 14387
742..................................................14387
744...........................................10865, 11858
764..................................................14387
772..................................................11858
774...........................................11858, 14387
902.....................................9856, 10174, 13097

                          16 CFR
801..................................................11502
802..................................................11502
803..................................................11502
Proposed Rules:
320..................................................12823

                          17 CFR
210..................................................11528
228..................................................11528
229..................................................11528
240..................................................11528
249..................................................11528
270..................................................13328
Proposed Rules:
150..................................................12621
239..................................................10521
240..................................................10521
274..................................................10521

                          18 CFR
381..................................................14393

                          19 CFR
10...................................................10868
12...................................................11539
24...................................................10868
162..................................................10868
163..................................................10868
178..................................................10868
191..................................................10868
360..................................................12133

                          20 CFR
404..................................................11863
1002.................................................12106
Proposed Rules:
418..................................................10558
498..................................................14603
655..................................................11592

                          21 CFR
101..................................................12414
184..................................................14530
510...........................................11120, 13098
520..................................................13098
573..................................................13099
862...........................................11865, 11867
866..................................................14532
Proposed Rules:
864..................................................11887
1310..................................................9889

                          25 CFR
15...................................................11804
Proposed Rules:
542..................................................11893

                          26 CFR
1...9869, 10037, 10319, 10488, 11121, 12439, 12793, 13100, 
                                       14394, 14395, 14494
301...........................................10885, 12140
602..................................................10319
Proposed Rules:
1......................................10062, 10349, 11903
31...................................................12164
301...........................................10572, 12166

                          27 CFR
Proposed Rules:
9.............................................11174, 11178

                          28 CFR
28...................................................10886
67...................................................12141
83...................................................12141

                          29 CFR
1915.................................................13370
4000.................................................11540
4010.................................................11540
4022.................................................12585
4044.................................................12585
Proposed Rules:
2200.................................................10574
2204.................................................10574
2520.................................................12046
2550.................................................12046
2578.................................................12046
4000.................................................11592
4007.................................................11592
4044.................................................12429

                          30 CFR
206..................................................11869
917..................................................11121
Proposed Rules:
250...........................................12626, 14607
256..................................................12626
816..................................................13076
817..................................................13076

                          31 CFR
315..................................................14940
316..................................................14940
351..................................................14940
353..................................................14940
359..................................................14940
360..................................................14940
363..................................................14940

                          32 CFR
199..................................................12798
725..................................................12966

                          33 CFR
100...........................................10887, 10889
117...........................................12805, 13101
165....................................11546, 11549, 12416
166..................................................11551
174..................................................13102
401..................................................12967
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................11912
100..................................................13122
110...................................................9892
117............................................9895, 10349
147...........................................14612, 14614
165...........................................11595, 11598

                          34 CFR
606..................................................13371
607..................................................13371
611..................................................13371
637..................................................13371
648..................................................13371
656..................................................13371
657..................................................13371
658..................................................13371
660..................................................13371
661..................................................13371
662..................................................13371
663..................................................13371
664..................................................13371
669..................................................13371

                          36 CFR
242..................................................13377
Proposed Rules:
7....................................................12988
1195.................................................14435

                          37 CFR
1....................................................10488
102..................................................10488
104..................................................10488
150..................................................10488
Proposed Rules:
270..................................................12631

                          39 CFR
111..................................................14534

                          40 CFR
52........11123, 11125, 11552, 11553, 11879, 11882, 12416, 
                                              12587, 13105
61...................................................13396
62...............................9872, 10490, 10891, 12591
63...................................................13108
81............................................11553, 11882
122..................................................11560
180......................11563, 11572, 14535, 14546, 14551
228..................................................10041
260..................................................10776
261..................................................10776
262..................................................10776
263..................................................10776
264..................................................10776
265..................................................10776
271......................10776, 12416, 12593, 12973, 14556
272..................................................11132
Proposed Rules:
51....................................................9897
52.........11179, 11913, 12632, 13124, 13125, 13425, 14616
62......................................9901, 10581, 10918
63...................................................13127
78....................................................9897
81...................................................13425
97....................................................9897
152..................................................12276
158..................................................12276
180..................................................14618
194..................................................11913
228..................................................12632
271.............................12435, 12634, 13127, 14623
372..................................................10919
721...................................................9902

                          41 CFR
105..................................................14559
302-17........................................12598, 14560

                          42 CFR
72...................................................13294
73...................................................13294
400..................................................13397
401..................................................11420
403..................................................13397
405..................................................11420
411..................................................13397
417...........................................13397, 13401
422..................................................13401
423..................................................13397
1003.................................................13294
Proposed Rules:
414..................................................10746

                          43 CFR
4....................................................11804
1600.................................................14561

                          44 CFR
64...................................................12600
Proposed Rules:
67............................................10582, 10583

                          45 CFR
1611.................................................10327
Proposed Rules:
1801.................................................12436

                          46 CFR
401...........................................12083, 13574
502..................................................10328
503..................................................10328
515..................................................10328
520..................................................10328
530..................................................10328
535..................................................10328
540..................................................10328
550..................................................10328
555..................................................10328
560..................................................10328

                          47 CFR
Ch. I................................................12601
54...................................................10057
64........................9875, 10894, 12605, 14567, 14568
73..........9876, 10895, 10896, 12807, 13116, 14570, 14571
76............................................14412, 14572
Proposed Rules:
Ch. I................................................12828
15...................................................13139
22...................................................11916

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64...................................................10930
73........10351, 10352, 12832, 12833, 12834, 13001, 13002, 
                                       13003, 13004, 13139
76...................................................11314
90...................................................13143

                          48 CFR
Ch. 1...........................11736, 11764, 14950, 14962
2....................................................11737
4....................................................14950
5....................................................14950
6....................................................11739
8....................................................11737
13............................................11740, 14950
15...................................................14950
16...................................................11737
19............................................11740, 14950
25...................................................11742
28...................................................11763
30...................................................11743
31...................................................11763
36...................................................11737
42............................................11763, 14950
44.....................................11761, 11762, 14950
52..............................11740, 11743, 11761, 11763
53...................................................14950
207..................................................14572
209..................................................14573
219..................................................14574
234..................................................14574
237..................................................14576
242..................................................14574
252..................................................14574
Ch. 3................................................11583
Proposed Rules:
Ch. 2................................................14623
207..................................................14623
215..................................................14624
225...........................................14625, 14628
243..................................................14629
546...........................................12167, 13005
252...........................................14625, 14628
552...........................................12167, 13005
904..................................................12974
952..................................................12974

                          49 CFR
23...................................................14495
190..................................................11135
191..................................................11135
192...........................................10332, 11135
193..................................................11135
194..................................................11135
195...........................................10332, 11135
198..................................................11135
199..................................................11135
209..................................................11052
222..................................................13117
229..................................................13117
234..................................................11052
236..................................................11052
571..................................................14420
1540..................................................9877
Proposed Rules:
23...................................................14520
107..................................................11768
171..................................................11768
172..................................................11768
173..................................................11768
178..................................................11768
180..................................................11768
541..................................................10066
544..................................................12635
571...........................................11184, 11186
572..................................................11189

                          50 CFR
17............................................10493, 11140
100..................................................13377
622............................................9879, 13117
635...........................................10896, 12142
648.............................11584, 12808, 13402, 13406
660..................................................13118
679...9856, 9880, 9881, 10174, 10507, 10508, 11884, 12143, 
         12808, 12809, 12810, 12811, 13119, 13120, 14577, 
                                                     14756
680..................................................10174
Proposed Rules:
223..................................................13151
224..................................................13151
622.............................10931, 10933, 11600, 13152
635....................................11190, 11922, 14630
648.............................10585, 12168, 12639, 13156

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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 23, 2005
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
Acquisition regulations:
   Contractor performance of acquisition functions closely associated 
      with inherently governmental functions; published 3-23-05
   Contractor performance of security-guard functions; published 3-23-05
   Major systems acquisition; published 3-23-05
   Technical amendment; published 3-23-05
   Testing program for negotiation of comprehensive small business 
      subcontracting plans; extension; published 3-23-05
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns Procurement 
      Program; published 3-23-05
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   Dinotefuran; published 3-23-05
   Mesotrione; published 3-23-05
   Thiophanate-methyl; published 3-23-05
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
   Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns Procurement 
      Program; published 3-23-05
Privacy Act; implementation; published 3-23-05
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
GRAS or prior-sanctioned ingredients:
   Menhaden oil; published 3-23-05
POSTAL SERVICE
Practice and procedure:
   Domestic Mail Manual; redesigned and renamed Mailing Standards of the 
      United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual; published 3-
      23-05
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Government contracting programs:
   Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; published 3-
      23-05
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Boeing; published 2-16-05
   Bombardier; published 2-16-05
   Saab; published 2-16-05
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Fiscal Service
Book entry Treasury savings bonds:
   New Treasury Direct system; conversion terms and conditions; 
      published 3-23-05
                  COMMENTS DUE NEXT WEEK
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Marketing Service
Cotton classing, testing and standards:
   Classification services to growers; 2004 user fees; Open for comments 
      until further notice; published 5-28-04 [FR 04-12138]
Egg, poultry, and rabbit products; inspection and grading:
   Fees and charges increase; comments due by 3-31-05; published 3-1-05 
      [FR 05-03929]
Hops produced in--
   Various States; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-24-05 [FR 05-
      03481]
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant-related quarantine, domestic:
   Asian longhorned beetle; comments due by 3-29-05; published 1-28-05 
      [FR 05-01615]
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Americans with Disabilities Act:
   Accessibility guidelines--
      Large passenger vessels; comments due by 3-28-05; published 11-26-
         04 [FR 04-26000]
      Small passenger vessels; comments due by 3-28-05; published 11-26-
         04 [FR 04-25999]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fishery conservation and management:
   Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
      Pollock; comments due by 3-29-05; published 3-18-05 [FR 05-05345]
   Northeastern United States fisheries--
      Spiny dogfish; comments due by 3-28-05; published 3-11-05 [FR 05-
         04840]
      Summer flounder, scup and black sea bass; comments due by 3-30-05; 
         published 3-15-05 [FR 05-05108]
Meetings:
   Pacific Fishery Management Council; comments due by 3-29-05; 
      published 1-26-05 [FR 05-01337]
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Patent and Trademark Office
Patent cases:
   Fee revisions (2005 FY); comments due by 3-30-05; published 2-28-05 
      [FR 05-03743]
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Flammable Fabrics Act:
   Mattresses and mattress and foundation sets; flammability (open 
      flame) standard; comments due by 3-29-05; published 1-13-05 [FR 
      05-00416]
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
Acquisition regulations:
   Pilot Mentor-Protege Program; Open for comments until further notice; 
      published 12-15-04 [FR 04-27351]
Restoration Advisory Boards; general, operating, administrative support, 
   funding, and reporting requirements; comments due by 3-29-05; 
   published 1-28-05 [FR 05-01550]
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
   Vocational and adult education--
      Smaller Learning Communities Program; Open for comments until 
         further notice; published 2-25-05 [FR E5-00767]
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Meetings:
   Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
      Oak Ridge Reservation, TN; Open for comments until further notice; 
         published 11-19-04 [FR 04-25693]
ENERGY DEPARTMENT
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
Commercial and industrial equipment; energy efficiency program:
   Commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps; energy 
      conservation standards; joint stakeholders comments; comments due 
      by 4-1-05; published 2-15-05 [FR 05-02875]
   Test procedures and efficiency standards--
      Commercial packaged boilers; Open for comments until further 
         notice; published 10-21-04 [FR 04-17730]
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 programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated 
   facilities and pollutants:
   Connecticut; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-25-05 [FR 05-03682]

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   Maine; comments due by 3-31-05; published 3-1-05 [FR 05-03908]
Air quality implementation plans:
   Interstate ozone transport; nitrogen oxides (NOx) SIP call, technical 
      amendments, and Section 126 rules; response to court decisions
      Georgia; significant contribution findings and rulemaking; stay; 
         comments due by 3-31-05; published 3-1-05 [FR 05-03450]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
   States:
   Indiana; comments due by 3-30-05; published 2-28-05 [FR 05-03676]
   Texas; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-24-05 [FR 05-03526]
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]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
   commodities:
   Bifenazate; comments due by 3-29-05; published 1-28-05 [FR 05-01624]
   Chlorfenapyr; comments due by 3-28-05; published 1-26-05 [FR 05-
      01439]
   Fluroxypyr; comments due by 3-28-05; published 1-26-05 [FR 05-01440]
   Imidacloprid; comments due by 3-28-05; published 1-26-05 [FR 05-
      01438]
   Quinoxyfen; comments due by 3-29-05; published 1-28-05 [FR 05-01638]
Superfund program:
   National oil and hazardous substances contingency plan--
      National priorities list update; comments due by 3-28-05; 
         published 2-24-05 [FR 05-03452]
Water pollution control:
   National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System--
      Concentrated animal feeding operations in New Mexico and Oklahoma; 
         general permit for discharges; Open for comments until further 
         notice; published 12-7-04 [FR 04-26817]
   Ocean dumping; site designations--
      Columbia River mouth, OR and WA; comments due by 3-30-05; 
         published 3-15-05 [FR 05-05049]
Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:
   Meat and poultry products processing facilities; Open for comments 
      until further notice; published 9-8-04 [FR 04-12017]
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
   Technological Advisory Council; Open for comments until further 
      notice; published 3-18-05 [FR 05-05403]
Common carrier services:
   Interconnection--
      Incumbent local exchange carriers unbounding obligations; local 
         competition provisions; wireline services offering advanced 
         telecommunications capability; Open for comments until further 
         notice; published 12-29-04 [FR 04-28531]
   Satellite communications--
      Multichannel video programming distribution market; competition; 
         review of rules and statutory provisions; comments due by 3-31-
         05; published 3-23-05 [FR 05-05835]
      Satellite earth station use on board vessels in 5925-6425 M/Hz/ 
         3700-4200MHz Bands and 14.0-14.5 GHz/11.7-12.12 GHz Bands; 
         comments due by 4-1-05; published 1-31-05 [FR 05-01359]
   Telephone Consumer Protection Act; implementation--
      TSA Stores, Inc.; Florida Statutes; declaratory ruling petition; 
         comments due by 3-31-05; published 3-1-05 [FR 05-03931]
Radio stations; table of assignments:
   Georgia; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-18-05 [FR 05-03213]
   Michigan; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-18-05 [FR 05-03214]
   Texas; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-18-05 [FR 05-03211]
   Texas and Louisiana; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-18-05 [FR 
      05-03209]
   Various States; comments due by 3-31-05; published 2-18-05 [FR 05-
      03208]
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act; implementation:
   Candidate solicitation at State, district, and local party 
      fundraising events; exception for attending, speaking, or 
      appearing as featured guest; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-
      24-05 [FR 05-03471]
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Truth in lending (Regulation Z):
   Open-end (revolving) credit rules; disclosures and protections; 
      comments due by 3-28-05; published 12-8-04 [FR 04-26935]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Children and Families Administration
Foster care eligibility and administrative cost provisions; comments due 
   by 4-1-05; published 1-31-05 [FR 05-01307]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Health coverage portability; tolling certain time periods and 
   interaction with Family and Medical Leave Act; comments due by 3-30-
   05; published 12-30-04 [FR 04-28113]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; benefit-specific 
   waiting periods; comments due by 3-30-05; published 12-30-04 [FR 04-
   28114]
Medicare:
   Long-term care hospitals; prospective payment system; annual payment 
      rate updates and policy changes; comments due by 3-29-05; 
      published 2-3-05 [FR 05-01901]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Food and Drug Administration
Biological products:
   Bacterial vaccines and toxoids; efficacy review implementation; 
      comments due by 3-29-05; published 12-29-04 [FR 04-28322]
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]
   Medical devices--
      Dental noble metal alloys and base metal alloys; Class II special 
         controls; Open for comments until further notice; published 8-
         23-04 [FR 04-19179]
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
National Institutes of Health
Fellowships, internships, training:
   Pediatric research training grants; comments due by 3-29-05; 
      published 1-28-05 [FR 05-01621]
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT
Coast Guard
Anchorage regulations:
   Maryland; Open for comments until further notice; published 1-14-04 
      [FR 04-00749]
Drawbridge operations:
   Louisiana; comments due by 3-29-05; published 1-28-05 [FR 05-01654]
Pollution:
   Great Lakes; regulation of non-hazardous and non-toxic dry cargo 
      residues discharges; comments due by 3-28-05; published 12-27-04 
      [FR 04-28227]
Ports and waterways safety:
   HOVENSA refinery, St. Croix, Virgin Islands; security zone; comments 
      due by 3-28-05; published 2-10-05 [FR 05-02595]
   Port Lavaca-Point Comfort et al., TX; security zones; comments due by 
      3-28-05; published 2-25-05 [FR 05-03605]
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Public and Indian housing:
   Indian Housing Block Grant Program; minimum funding extension; 
      comments due by 3-28-

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      05; published 1-27-05 [FR 05-01454]
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office
Safety and soundness:
   Mortgage fraud reporting; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-25-05 
      [FR 05-03590]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and threatened species permit applications
   Recovery plans--
      Paiute cutthroat trout; Open for comments until further notice; 
         published 9-10-04 [FR 04-20517]
Endangered and threatened species:
   Critical habitat designations--
      Southwestern willow flycatcher; comments due by 3-31-05; published 
         12-13-04 [FR 04-27330]
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office
Surface coal mining and reclamation operations:
   Transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights; comments due by 3-28-
      05; published 1-26-05 [FR 05-01311]
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
DNA identification system:
   Qualifying Federal offenses for purposes of DNA sample collection; 
      comments due by 4-1-05; published 1-31-05 [FR 05-01691]
Executive Office for Immigration Review:
   Background and security investigations in proceedings before 
      immigration judges and Immigration Appeals Board; comments due by 
      4-1-05; published 1-31-05 [FR 05-01782]
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Health coverage portability; tolling certain time periods and 
   interaction with Family and Medical Leave Act; comments due by 3-30-
   05; published 12-30-04 [FR 04-28113]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; benefit-specific 
   waiting periods; comments due by 3-30-05; published 12-30-04 [FR 04-
   28114]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
   Fort Wayne State Developmental Center; Open for comments until 
      further notice; published 5-10-04 [FR 04-10516]
Safeguards information protection from inadvertent release and 
   unauthorized disclosure; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-11-05 
   [FR 05-02665]
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent 
   storage; licensing requirements:
   Approved spent fuel storage casks; list; comments due by 3-30-05; 
      published 2-28-05 [FR 05-03737]
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE
Pay administration:
   Compensatory time off for travel; comments due by 3-28-05; published 
      1-27-05 [FR 05-01457]
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Disaster loan areas:
   Maine; Open for comments until further notice; published 2-17-04 [FR 
      04-03374]
Hearings and Appeals Office proceedings:
   Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; practice for 
      appeals rules; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-24-05 [FR 05-
      03445]
OFFICE OF UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Trade Representative, Office of United States
Generalized System of Preferences:
   2003 Annual Product Review, 2002 Annual Country Practices Review, and 
      previously deferred product decisions; petitions disposition; Open 
      for comments until further notice; published 7-6-04 [FR 04-15361]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Americans with Disabilities Act:
   Accessibility guidelines--
      Passenger vessels; comments due by 3-28-05; published 11-26-04 [FR 
         04-26093]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Aviation Administration
Airworthiness directives:
   Airbus; comments due by 3-30-05; published 2-28-05 [FR 05-03783]
   Boeing; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-10-05 [FR 05-02575]
   DG Flugzeugbau GmbH; comments due by 3-31-05; published 2-14-05 [FR 
      05-02765]
   Honeywell International, Inc.; comments due by 3-31-05; published 3-
      14-05 [FR 05-04404]
   McDonnell Douglas; comments due by 4-1-05; published 2-15-05 [FR 05-
      02837]
   Precise Flight, Inc.; comments due by 3-29-05; published 3-4-05 [FR 
      05-04239]
Airworthiness standards:
   Special conditions--
      Cessna Aircraft Co. Model 501 airplanes; comments due by 3-28-05; 
         published 2-25-05 [FR 05-03614]
Class E airspace; comments due by 3-28-05; published 2-25-05 [FR 05-
   03615]
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
Federal Railroad Administration
Railroad workplace safety:
   Working over or adjacent to water; comments due by 3-28-05; published 
      2-10-05 [FR 05-02560]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Internal Revenue Service
Excise taxes:
   Health coverage portability; tolling certain time periods and 
      interaction with Family and Medical Leave Act; comments due by 3-
      30-05; published 12-30-04 [FR 04-28113]
   Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; benefit-specific 
      waiting periods; comments due by 3-30-05; published 12-30-04 [FR 
      04-28114]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Alcohol; viticultural area designations:
   Russian River Valley, CA; comments due by 4-1-05; published 1-31-05 
      [FR 05-01667]
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