The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

Docket Number: OST200316671.

Date Filed: December 9, 2003.

Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.

Subject: PTC23

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under subpart B (formerly subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. sections 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

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Agreements filed during the week ending November 14, 2003.

Docket Number: OST200316525.

Date Filed: November 13,

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) proposes to update the procedures regarding enrollment and discipline. The Office also proposes to replace the current USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility, which is based on the Model Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association, with new USPTO Rules of

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Transportation Department

This interim rule provides a partial rate adjustment for pilotage on the Great Lakes. We last adjusted the rates for pilotage on the Great Lakes in July 2001. The partial rate adjustment is being implemented while the Coast Guard completes its evaluation of issues raised in response to the NPRM and calculates a full rate adjustment.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Transportation Department

This interim rule revises the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program regulations by replacing the obsolete term ``central city'' with a new term ``principal city'' in the definition of ``metropolitan city'' and other CDBG regulations referencing ``central city.'' The revisions are necessary because of the recent changes to the Office of

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Transportation Department

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes amending its regulations concerning how BLM administers livestock grazing on public lands. The proposed changes would: improve BLM's daytoday grazing management efficiency; ensure BLM documents its considerations of the social, cultural, environmental, and economic consequences of grazing changes;

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Transportation Department

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, wishing to revise the benchmark injury and illness rates used within its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), published proposed changes and requested comments from the public (Federal Register notice 68 FR 44181, July 25, 2003). The Agency now publishes a discussion of those comments and its

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Transportation Department

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The President
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Proclamation 7741 of December 4, 2003

To Provide for the Termination of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Certain Steel Products By the President of the United States

Presidential Documents : Transportation Department

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sections 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

Docket Number: OST200316525.

Date Filed: November 13, 2003.

Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The Department of Transportation has granted an application by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to permit IATA to implement certain resolutions
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and recommended practices of its worldwide Cargo Services Conference (CSC), without filing the resolutions and recommended practices for prior approval by the Department and

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sections 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.
Docket Number: OST200316479.
Date Filed: November 5, 2003.
Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association. Subject:

Mail

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

Pursuant to section 814 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2991b1, the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) herein describes its proposed interpretive rules, general statements of policy and rules of agency procedure or practice relating to the Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), Language

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Transportation Department

This direct final action amends the trade secret regulations to remove the incorrect addresses in the regulations for mailing trade secrecy claims, petitions for disclosures, and any appeals to EPA determinations of insufficient trade secrecy claims. This action also amends the regulations to remove the outdated substantiation form for trade

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Transportation Department

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to amend the trade secret regulations to remove the incorrect addresses in the regulations for mailing trade secrecy claims, petitions for disclosures, and any appeals to EPA determinations of insufficient trade secrecy claims. This proposed rule also amends the regulations to remove the

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Transportation Department

The FAA proposes to issue regulations governing the design, maintenance, and operation of airplanes and engines for flights that go beyond certain distances from an adequate airport. This proposal would extend some requirements that previously applied only to twoengine airplanes to airplanes with more than twoengines. The proposed rule implements

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sections 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

Docket Number: OST200316416.

Date Filed: October 28, 2003.

Parties: Members of the International Air Transport Association.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announces a meeting of the Transportation LaborManagement Board (Board). Notice of the meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Time and Place: The Board will meet on Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 2 p.m., at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Nassif Building, Room 4400, 400

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

We are proposing for comment rule amendments under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would establish a voluntary alternative method for computing net capital charges for certain brokerdealers. If the brokerdealer is part of a holding company, that holding company must have a groupwide internal risk management control system and must consent

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Transportation Department

The Commission is proposing rules to implement Section 17(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created a new framework for supervising an investment bank holding company (``IBHC''). An IBHC that meets certain, specified criteria may voluntarily file a notice of intention with the Commission to become a supervised investment bank

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Transportation Department

FRA is proposing to require retroreflective material on the sides of freight rolling stock (freight cars and locomotives) to enhance the visibility of trains in order to reduce the number of accidents at highwayrail grade crossings in which train visibility is a contributing factor. This document proposes a rule establishing a schedule for the

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) is publishing for public comment new Regulation SHO, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), which would replace Rules 3b3, 10a1, and 10a2. The Commission is also proposing amendments to Rule 105 of Regulation M. Proposed Regulation SHO would, among other things, require short

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Transportation Department

The following Agreements were filed with the Department of Transportation under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sections 412 and 414. Answers may be filed within 21 days after the filing of the application.

Agreements filed during week ending: October 3, 2003.

Docket Number: OST200316247.

Date Filed: September 29, 2003.

Parties:

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department