The Federal Maritime Commission proposes to amend its regulations governing agreements among ocean common carriers and marine terminal operators in response to changes in the shipping industry since the enactment of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (``OSRA''), which amended the Shipping Act of 1984 (``Shipping Act''). The Commission proposes

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION : Western Area Power Administration

Announcement Type: New.

Funding Opportunity Number: PA 04019.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.943. Key Dates

Letter of Intent Deadline: December 22, 2003.

Application Deadline: January 26, 2004.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Authority: This program is authorized under Sections 301(a) and 317(k)(2) of the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

Announcement Type: New.

Funding Opportunity Number: 04064.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.939. Key Dates

Letter of Intent Deadline: December 22, 2003.

Application Deadline: February 6, 2004.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Authority: This program is authorized under sections 301(a) and 317(k)(2) of the

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

This rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations for the registration and monitoring of certain nonimmigrant aliens. This rule amends existing regulations by suspending the 30day and annual reregistration requirements for aliens who are subject to the National Security EntryExit Registration System (NSEERS) Registration. Instead

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western), Upper Great Plains Customer Service Region, a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its Post2005 Resource Pool Allocation Procedures. The Energy Planning and Management Program (Program) provides for projectspecific resource pools and power allocations

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing administration within the Department of Energy (DOE), markets Federal power from the Central Valley and Washoe projects through the Sierra Nevada Region (SNR). Western published its Notice of Intent announcing the operational alternatives it was considering for post2004

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluating the construction, operation and maintenance of the Ivanpah Energy Center (IEC) power plant and ancillary facilities. The project would provide 500 megawatts (MW) of baseload power to the southern Nevada power grid. As a

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

These rules implement changes to the governmentwide nonprocurement debarment and suspension common rule (NCR) and the associated rule on drugfree workplace requirements. The final and interim final rules reflect changes made to the proposed rules in response to the comments received during the comment period. The NCR sets forth the common policies and

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT : Western Area Power Administration

The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes changes to the rules governing practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences to consolidate and simplify such rules and to reflect developments in case law, legislation, and administrative practice.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Western Area Power Administration

This action is taken to extend the existing Pacific Northwest- Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (AC Intertie) firm pointtopoint transmission service rate for the 230/345kilovolt (kV) transmission system, Rate Order No. WAPA76, and firm pointtopoint transmission service rate for the 500kV transmission system, and the nonfirm point topoint

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This final rule will refine the resource-based practice expense relative value units (RVUs) and make other changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. The policy changes concern: Medicare Economic Index, practice expense for professional component services, definition of diabetes for diabetes selfmanagement training, supplemental survey data for

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with this system. In addition, it describes changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare hospital outpatient

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

This final rule will create a new process to allow certain Medicare beneficiaries to challenge national coverage determinations (NCDs) and local coverage determinations (LCDs). It will implement portions of section 522 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000. The right to challenge NCDs and LCDs will be

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

The Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) has approved Rate Schedule BCPF6, FY 2004 Base Charge and Rates (Rates) for Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric service provided by the Western Area Power Administration (Western). The Rates will provide sufficient revenue to pay all annual costs, including interest expense, and investment

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Agencies amend their regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (``Title VI''), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (``section 504''), and the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975 (``Age Discrimination Act''). Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Western Area Power Administration

This document contains final regulations implementing sections 883(a) and (c) that relate to income derived by foreign corporations from the international operation of ships or aircraft. The final regulations reflect changes made by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislative amendments. The final regulations provide, in general, that a

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Western Area Power Administration

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the Federal Property Management Regulations (FPMR) by revising coverage on the sale of personal property and moving it into the Federal Management Regulation (FMR). A crossreference is added to the FPMR to direct readers to the coverage in the FMR. The FMR coverage is written in plain language

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) has been approached by the Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (WMMPA) and Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) with a request for
interconnection of the Exira Station Project (Project) with Western's electric transmission system. The Project, as proposed, would be a gas fired (with fuel oil

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western), is a Federal power marketing administration within the Department of Energy (DOE) and markets Federal power from the Central Valley and Washoe Projects through the Sierra Nevada Region (SNR). SNR is implementing a new Marketing Plan on January 1, 2005. On December 31, 2004, three existing longterm

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This document makes a number of revisions to the Federal safety standard for child restraint systems, including amendments for incorporating improved test dummies and updated procedures used to test child restraints and extension of the standard to apply it to child restraints recommended for use by children up to 65 pounds (30 kilograms). This

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Western Area Power Administration

This interim rule revises the current regulation to extend the period for which an Indian tribe, after its first year of funding, may receive a minimum grant amount under the need component of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) formula. The minimum funding provision in the regulation for returning tribes expired on September 30, 2002. This

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Western Area Power Administration

This final rule simplifies and streamlines HUD's regulatory requirements for small public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer the public housing and voucher assistance programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (1937 Act). Consistent with HUD's basic regulatory responsibilities, the final rule further streamlines the PHA Annual Plan

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Western Area Power Administration

This document proposes to adopt as a final rule, order language contained in the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2002 concerning pooling provisions of the Upper Midwest Federal milk order. It sets forth the decision of the Secretary and is subject to approval by producers. Specifically, this final decision would

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Western Area Power Administration

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The President
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Executive Order 13308 of June 20, 2003

Further Amendment to Executive Order 12580, as Amended, Superfund Implementation
By the authority vested in me as President by the

Presidential Documents : Western Area Power Administration

OMB proposes to issue a policy directive requiring Federal agencies to use the Grants.gov FIND module to electronically post synopses of funding opportunities under Federal financial assistance programs that award discretionary grants and cooperative agreements.

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET : Western Area Power Administration