PROPOSED RULES: Additional claims issues; insurer affiliations,
Published: 2005-01-18
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this
proposed rule as part of its implementation of Title I of the Terrorism
Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Act). The Act established a temporary
Terrorism Insurance Program (Program) under which the Federal
Government will share the risk of insured loss from certified acts of
terrorism with
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2005-01-18
January 10, 2005.
The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following public
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this
NOTICES: 10 percent bonds (2005-2010); call for redemption,
Published: 2005-01-18
1. As of January 14, 2005, public notice is hereby given that all
outstanding 10 percent Treasury Bonds of 200510 (CUSIP No. 912810 CP
1) dated May 15, 1980, due May 15, 2010, are hereby called for
redemption at par on May 15, 2005, on which date interest on such bonds will cease.
2. Full information regarding the presentation and surrender
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2005-01-14
January 6, 2005.
The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this information
Part II: Securities and Exchange Commission,
Published: 2005-01-14
The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting a temporary
rule addressing the application of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
to brokerdealers offering certain types of brokerage programs. Under
the rule, a brokerdealer providing nondiscretionary advice that is
solely incidental to its brokerage services is excepted from the
Investment
Part II: Securities and Exchange Commission,
Published: 2005-01-14
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reproposing a rule
addressing the application of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to
brokerdealers offering certain types of brokerage programs. Under the
reproposed rule, a brokerdealer providing nondiscretionary advice that
is solely incidental to its brokerage services is excepted from the
Investment
Part III: Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service,
Published: 2005-01-14
This rule implements the provisions of section 10607 of the
2002 Farm Bill and exempts handlers subject to marketing order
requirements from paying assessments for market promotion activities,
including paid advertising, to marketing order committees and boards.
To obtain an exemption, the handler must operate under an approved
organic process
Part III: Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service,
Published: 2005-01-14
This final rule amends all 17 commodity research and promotion
orders and/or rules and regulations to exempt any person receiving and
handling solely 100 percent organic products from paying assessments to
any research and promotion program administered by the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS). To obtain an exemption, the person must
operate
Part IV: Housing and Urban Development Department,
Published: 2005-01-14
This notice announces revised Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs)
for adjustment of Section 8 contract rents for specified programs.
These factors apply to housing assistance payment contract
anniversaries for calendar months commencing after the date of
publication of this notice. The AAFs are based on residential rent and
utilities timeseries cost
Part II: Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Published: 2005-01-13
The Commission is considering issuing a flammability standard
that would address open flame ignition of bedclothes. (Commissioner
Thomas H. Moore issued a statement, a copy of which is available from
the Commission's Office of the Secretary or from the Commission's Web
site,
Part II: Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Published: 2005-01-13
The Commission is proposing a flammability standard under the
authority of the Flammable Fabrics Act that would address open flame
ignition of mattresses and mattress and foundation sets (``mattresses/
sets''). The Commission currently has a flammability standard that
addresses ignition of mattresses by cigarettes. However, that standard
does not
Part III: Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service,
Published: 2005-01-13
This recommended decision invites written exceptions on
proposed amendments to the marketing agreement and order (order) for
winter pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The amendments are jointly
proposed by the Winter Pear Control Committee and the Northwest Fresh
Bartlett Marketing Committee, which are responsible for local
administration of
Part IV: Homeland Security Department, Transportation Security Administration,
Published: 2005-01-13
In response to recent statutory requirements, the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is establishing a fee for
security threat assessments that TSA is required to perform on
individuals who apply for or renew a hazardous materials endorsement
for a commercial driver's license. TSA also is establishing a fee for
collection and
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2005-01-07
FinCEN published in the Federal Register of December 20, 2004,
a document (69 FR 76033) inviting comment on an information collection
relating to correspondent accounts for foreign banks and foreign shell
banks. The document contained a typographical error related to the OMB
Control Number.
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2005-01-07
December 30, 2004.
The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following public
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this
NOTICES: Libya; Internal Revenue Code Section 901(j); waiver,
Published: 2005-01-07
On December 10, 2004, the President issued Presidential
Determination 200512. Presidential Determination 200512 waives the
application of section 901(j)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code with
respect to Libya. Section 901(j)(1) imposes restrictions in the case of
income and taxes attributable to certain countries. Pursuant to section
901(j)(5), the
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2005-01-05
December 28, 2004.
The Department of Treasury has submitted the following public
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this
Part V: Transportation Department, Federal Highway Administration,
Published: 2005-01-04
The FHWA is revising the regulation that sets forth
governmentwide requirements for implementing the Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act).
These changes will clarify present requirements, meet modern needs and
improve the service to individuals and businesses affected by Federal
or
Part VI: Environmental Protection Agency,
Published: 2005-01-04
This action proposes revised default baseline values for
reformulated gasoline and conventional gasoline under EPA's mobile
source air toxics (MSAT) program. EPA's final rule, Control of
Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants From Mobile Sources (66 FR 17230,
March 29, 2001), requires that the annual average toxic performance of
gasoline must be at
Part VI: Environmental Protection Agency,
Published: 2005-01-04
Today's action proposes to allow refiners and importers who
produce or import conventional gasoline for use in Alaska, Hawaii, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to change the way
that they calculate emissions from such gasoline for purposes of
calculating their conventional gasoline antidumping baselines and
evaluating annual
Part II: Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service,
Published: 2005-01-04
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate
critical habitat for the threatened Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus
santaanae) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(Act). This species is now restricted to three noncontiguous
populations in three different stream systems in southern California:
The lower and middle
Part III: Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
Published: 2005-01-04
We are amending the regulations regarding the importation of
animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that
present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE) into the United States via live ruminants and ruminant products
and byproducts, and we are adding Canada to this category. We are also
Part III: Agriculture Department, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
Published: 2005-01-04
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to
a final rule published in today's issue of the Federal Register to
amend the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal
products to recognize, and add Canada to, a category of regions that
present a
Part IV: Federal Communications Commission,
Published: 2005-01-04
In this document, we adopt revisions to the Federal
Communications Commission's (``Commission'') rules to implement a
Nationwide Programmatic Agreement (``Nationwide Agreement'') that will
tailor and streamline procedures for review of certain Commission
undertakings for communications facilities under section 106 of the
National Historic
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2005-01-03
December 20, 2004.
The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following public
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this
