EPA Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 today are proposing EPA's NPDES general permits for discharges from large and small construction activity. Hereinafter, the terms ``permit'' or ``construction general permit'' or ``CGP'' will replace ``permits.'' Today's proposed permit will replace the existing permit covering large construction sites in

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Veterans Affairs Department

BPA File No. TR-04. BPA requests that all comments and documents intended to become part of the Official Record in this proceeding contain the file number designation TR04.

BPA must establish transmission and ancillary service rates to be effective October 1, 2003, when current transmission and ancillary service rates expire. BPA's Transmission

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Veterans Affairs Department

This action proposes national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the lime manufacturing source category. The lime manufacturing emission units regulated would include lime kilns, lime coolers, and various types of materials processing operations (MPO). The EPA has identified the lime manufacturing industry as a major

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Veterans Affairs Department

The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is available for licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development. Foreign patents are filed on selected inventions to

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS : Veterans Affairs Department

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS : Veterans Affairs Department

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS : Veterans Affairs Department

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS : Veterans Affairs Department

TSA invites public comment on two currently approved information collection requirements abstracted below that will be submitted to OMB for renewal in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Security Administration

As required by 49 U.S.C. 41720, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and Continental Airlines have submitted codesharing and frequentflyer program reciprocity agreements to the Department for review. That statute requires the submission of such agreements between major U.S. passenger airlines at least thirty days before the agreements' proposed

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Transportation Department

The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is revising its regulations on transactions with affiliates. This interim final rule conforms OTS regulations to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) final rule implementing sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act (FRA). The FRB rule (Regulation W) combines statutory restrictions

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Thrift Supervision Office

The Western Illinois Railway Company (WIRC), a noncarrier, filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation (TP&W) the rail, ties, and certain improvements on a 71.5mile rail line, between milepost 194.5 at La Harpe and milepost 123.0 at Peoria, in Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, and

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) issued by the Surface Transportation Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) and the three cooperating agencies on December 6, 2002 in this proceeding were to be submitted by January 27, 2003. In response to a number of written requests for an extension of the comment period,

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica), a noncarrier holding company, and its noncarrier subsidiary, Palm Beach Rail Holdings, Inc. (PBRH), filed a verified notice of exemption under the Board's class exemption procedures at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3) for them to continue in control of the Western Illinois Railway Company (WIRC), when it becomes a rail

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

Morristown & Erie Railway, Inc. (M&E), a Class III rail carrier, has filed an amended verified notice of exemption \1\ under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate over approximately 1.25 miles of rail line located in the Township of Bridgewater and the Borough of Manville, Somerset County, NJ, that is part of a rail line known as the Reading Company New

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the availability of FY 2003 funds for grants for the following activity. This notice is not a complete description of the activity; potential applicants must obtain a copy of the Request for Applications (RFA), including Part

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The International Joint Commission invites public comment on progress by the United States and Canada in reducing transboundary air pollution under the 1991 CanadaUnited States Agreement on Air Quality. The 2002 Progress Report provides updates on acid rain control programs, groundlevel ozone controls, cooperative efforts on particulate

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

We propose to establish new regulation that would prescribe the procedures SSA follows when claims are filed by employees against SSA for personal property damage or loss incident to their service with SSA. This new regulation is necessary both to reflect SSA's status as an independent agency and to comply with the requirement in the Military

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION : Social Security Administration

December 13, 2002.

I. Introduction

On May 28, 2002, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (''NASD'' or ``Association''), through its subsidiary, the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (``Nasdaq''), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (''Commission''), pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

December 13, 2002.

I. Introduction

On February 26, 2002, the Options Price Reporting Authority (``OPRA'') submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission''), pursuant to section 11A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and rule 11Aa32 thereunder,\2\ an amendment to the Plan for Reporting of

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

The Rural Business--Cooperative Service (RBS) is amending the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) Program regulation by revising the definition of rural area to comply with the amendment to section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)) made by section 6020 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Rural Utilities Service

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published Final Supplement 1 to NUREG0586, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) on Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities,'' regarding the decommissioning of nuclear power reactors.

Final Supplement 1 to the GEIS is available for public inspection in the

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

I. Introduction

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an amendment of NRC Source Material License SUA672 to authorize the licensee, Pathfinder Mines Corporation (PMC) to apply Alternate Concentration Limits (ACLs) to licensed constituents of ground water at the Lucky Mc uranium mill tailings site in the Gas Hills region

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application contains all required information and warrants further consideration. The Regional Administrator has also made a preliminary determination that the activities authorized under the EFP would be consistent with the

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration