On November 12, 2002, the EPA issued amendments to the national emission standard for benzene waste operations as a direct final rule, along with a parallel proposal to be used as a basis for final action in the event we received any adverse comments. Because an adverse comment was received on provisions related to control devices, we withdrew the

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Veterans Affairs Department

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or ``the Agency'') is proposing reportable quantity (RQ) adjustments for 28 individual carbamates and five carbamaterelated hazardous waste streams listed as hazardous wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and as hazardous substances with onepound statutory RQs under the

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Veterans Affairs Department

This NOFA is issued in connection with two annual funding rounds of the NACA Program, one using FY 2003 and FY 2004 appropriated funds (``Round One'') and one using FY 2004 and FY 2005 appropriated funds (``Round Two''), if appropriated funds are available. Through the NACA Program and subject to appropriation of funding for the purposes

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Veterans Affairs Department

I. Legislative Background

The Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) (the ``Act'') authorizes the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the ``Fund'') of the U.S. Department of the Treasury to promote economic revitalization and community development through investment in and

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Veterans Affairs Department

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is issuing an interim rule to establish the Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR). The HSAR is intended as regulatory guidance. The HSAR reflects recent changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and it establishes and encourages participation in the DHS MentorProege

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY : Veterans Affairs Department

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans will be held from Monday, December 15, 2003, through Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at the Marriott San Diego Hotel, Carlsbad Room, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 98101.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS : Veterans Affairs Department

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is amending its regulations concerning the service of a notice of intent to abandon or discontinue rail service by removing an obsolete reference to a labor organization and making technical changes.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

We are approving a proposed amendment to the North Dakota regulatory program (the ``North Dakota program'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). North Dakota proposed revisions to and additions of rules about valid existing rights, the process for determining whether or not a mine operator has valid

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. This process is conducted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The following

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. This process is conducted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The following

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

November 26, 2003.

The Securities and Exchange Commission gives notice that Hard Rock Hotel, Inc. has filed an application under section 304(d) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Hard Rock Hotel asks the Commission to exempt from the certificate or opinion delivery requirements of section 314(d) of the 1939 Act certain provisions of an

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Securities and Exchange Commission

RSPA proposes to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to incorporate into the regulations the provisions of certain widely used exemptions which have established a history of safety and which may be converted into regulations for general use. We are also making minor revisions to the requirements for use of packagings authorized under

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Research and Special Programs Administration

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The President
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Proclamation 7740 of December 1, 2003

World AIDS Day, 2003
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
The HIV/AIDS pandemic presents

Presidential Documents : Presidential Documents

Dates and Times:

Monday, December 8, 2003, at 1 p.m.; Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 8:30 a.m.
Place: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin Room.
Status: December 81:00 p.m. (Closed); December 98:30 a.m. (Open). Matters to be Considered:

Monday, December 81 p.m. (Closed)

1.

POSTAL SERVICE : Postal Service

The patent term extension provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) and the patent term adjustment provisions of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) each provide for the possibility of patent term extension or adjustment if the issuance of the patent was delayed due to review by the Board of Patent Appeals and

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a final rule in the Federal Register of October 20, 2003, revising the rules of practice in patent cases to conform them to certain amendments made to the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) that will take effect on January 1, 2004. This document corrects three

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Patent and Trademark Office

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM5074) submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI or petitioner). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations regarding emergency core cooling systems to allow licensees the optional use of the 1994 American Nuclear Society (ANS) decay heat standard

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Pursuant to section 102(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulations (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives notice than an Environmental Impact

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Natural Resources Conservation Service

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 10413, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service (NPS) invites comments on a submitted request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an extension of a currently approved information collection

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : National Park Service

The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application contains all the required information and warrants further consideration. The Assistant Regional Administrator has also made a preliminary determination that

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

This notice closes to casual use certain public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, in order to prevent hikers and other visitors from accessing ridges that overlook bighorn sheep breeding pens on the property of the Bighorn Institute.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

In response to a request from Shanghai Xiuwei International Trading Co., Ltd. (``Shanghai Xiuwei'') and SichuanDujiangyan Dubao Bee Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Sichuan Dubao''), the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on honey from the People's Republic of China. The period of

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : International Trade Administration

An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Internal Revenue Service

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Internal Revenue Service