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    <title>The Federal Register</title>
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    <description>Daily Publications of Meetings and Rules Changes for the Federal Government</description>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Disclosure Regarding Market Timing and Selective Disclosure of  Portfolio Holdings]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31070</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing amendments 
to Form N1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 to require openend management investment companies 
to disclose in their prospectuses both the risks to shareholders of the 
frequent purchase and redemption of investment company shares, and the 
investment company's policies and procedures with respect to such 
frequent purchases and redemptions. The proposals would also amend 
Forms N3, N4, and N6 to require similar prospectus disclosure for 
insurance company separate accounts issuing variable annuity and 
variable life insurance contracts. The Commission is also proposing to 
amend Forms N1A and N3 to clarify that openend management investment 
companies and insurance company managed separate accounts that offer 
variable annuities, other than money market funds, are required to 
explain both the circumstances under which they will use fair value 
pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing. In addi<script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Amendments to Rules Governing Pricing of Mutual Fund Shares]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31071</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is 
proposing amendments to the rule under the Investment Company Act that 
requires forward pricing of redeemable securities issued by registered 
investment companies (``funds''). The amendments would provide that an 
order to purchase or redeem fund shares would receive the current day's 
price only if the fund, its designated transfer agent, or a registered 
securities clearing agency receives the order by the time that the fund 
establishes for calculating its net asset value. The amendments are 
designed to prevent unlawful late trading in fund shares.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title><![CDATA[  Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for  Federal and Federally-Assisted Programs]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-30804</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The FHWA is proposing to amend several sections of the 
regulations that set forth governmentwide requirements for implementing 
the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act (Uniform Act.) These proposed changes would clarify 
present requirements, meet modern needs and improve the service to 
individuals and businesses affected by Federal or federallyassisted 
projects while at the same time reducing the burdens of government 
regulations. The regulation has not been fully reviewed or updated 
since it was issued in 1989. The proposed amendments to the Uniform Act 
regulation would affect the land acquisition and displacement 
activities of 18 Federal Agencies including the new Department of 
Homeland Security. This document also provides notice of public 
meetings on the proposed changes to the regulation.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Determinations Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31132</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined 
that Niger has adopted an effective visa system and related procedures 
to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit documents 
in connection with shipments of textile and apparel articles and has 
implemented and follows, or is making substantial progress toward 
implementing and following, the customs procedures required by the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Therefore, imports of  eligible<br/> [[Page 70334]]<br/>
products from Niger qualify for the textile and apparel benefits 
provided under the AGOA.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
  <title><![CDATA[
Determinations Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31133</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has determined 
that Cote d'Ivoire has adopted an effective visa system and related 
procedures to prevent unlawful transshipment and the use of counterfeit 
documents in connection with shipment of textile and apparel articles 
and has implemented and follows, or making substantial progress toward 
implementing and following, the customs procedures required by the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Therefore, imports of 
eligible products from Cote d'Ivoire qualify for the textile and 
apparel benefits provided under the AGOA.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific  Affairs; Request for Nominations for the Scientific]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31134</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Department of State is seeking applications and 
nominations for the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee of the General 
Advisory Committee to the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission 
(IATTC). The purpose of the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee is to 
provide public input and advice to the United States Section to the 
IATTC in the formulation of U.S. policy and positions at meetings of 
the IATTC and its subsidiary bodies. The Scientific Advisory 
Subcommittee shall also function as the National Scientific Advisory 
Committee (NATSAC) provided for in the Agreement on the International 
Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP). The United States Section to the 
IATTC is composed of the U.S. Commissioners to the IATTC, appointed by 
the President, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans 
and Fisheries or his or her designated representative. Authority to 
establish the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee is provided by the Tuna 
Conventions Act of 1950, as amended by the International Dolphin 
Con<script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
State of West Virginia (Amendment <greek-i>4) ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31078</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    In accordance with a notice received from the Department of 
Homeland SecurityFederal Emergency Management Agency, effective 
December 9, 2003, the above numbered declaration is hereby amended to 
include Braxton, Lewis, Logan, and Taylor Counties as disaster areas 
due to damages caused by severe storms, flooding and landslides 
occurring on November 11, 2003, and continuing through November 30,  2003.</p><p>    All other counties contiguous to the above named primary counties 
have been previously declared. All other information remains the same, 
i.e., the deadline for filing applications for physical damage is 
January 20, 2004, and for economic injury the deadline is August 23,  2004.<br/>
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 59002 and  59008)<br/> </p><p>    Dated: December 10, 2003.<br/> Herbert L. Mitchell,<br/> Associate Administrator for Disaster Assistance.<br/> [FR Doc. 0331078 Filed 121603; 8:45 am]<br/>
BILLING CODE 802501P
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Commonwealth of Virginia ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31079</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    As a result of the President's major disaster declaration on 
December 9, 2003, I find that the Independent City of Galax, and the 
counties of Bland, Buchanan, Giles, Smyth, and Tazewell in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia constitute a disaster area due to damages 
caused by severe storms and flooding occurring on November 18, 2003 and 
continuing through November 19, 2003. Applications for loans for 
physical damage as a result of this disaster may be filed until the 
close of business on February 9, 2004 and for economic injury until the 
close of business on September 9, 2004 at the address listed below or  other locally announced locations:<br/>
U.S. Small Business Administration, Disaster Area 1 Office, 360 Rainbow  Blvd., South 3rd Fl., Niagara Falls, NY 143031192.</p><p>    In addition, applications for economic injury loans from small 
businesses located in the following contiguous counties may be filed 
until the specified date at the above location: Carroll, Craig, 
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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State of Texas ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31080</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Harris County and the contiguous counties of Brazoria, Chamber, 
Fort Bend, Galveston, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller in the State of 
Texas constitute a disaster area due to excessive rain, flooding and 
tornadoes that occurred November 17 through November 18, 2003. 
Applications for loans for physical damage as a result of this disaster 
may be filed until the close of business on February 9, 2004, and for 
economic injury until the close of business on September 8, 2004, at 
the address listed below or other locally announced locations: U.S. Small Business Administration,<br/> Disaster Area 3 Office,<br/> 14925 Kingsport Road,<br/> Fort Worth, TX 761552243.<br/> </p><p>    The interest rates are:</p>
<h3>For Physical Damage:</h3>
<p>    Homeowners with credit available elsewhere: 6.250%;
</p><p>    Homeowners without credit available elsewhere: 3.125%;
</p><p>    Businesses with credit available elsewhere: 6.123%;
</p><p>    Businesses and nonprofit organizations without credit available  elsewhere: 3.061%;</p><p>    Others (including nonprofit organizations) with credi<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing  and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31110</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 11, 2003.</p><p>    The Southern Banc Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation 
(``Issuer''), has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to section 12(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'')\1\ and Rule 12d22(d) 
thereunder,\2\ to withdraw its Common Stock, $.01 par value 
(``Security''), from listing and registration on the American Stock  Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or ``Exchange'').<br/>     \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).</p>
<h3>    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d22(d).</h3>
<p>    The Board of Directors of the Issuer unanimously approved a 
resolution on November 12, 2003 to withdraw the Issuer's Security from 
listing on the Amex. The Board of Directors of the Issuer states that 
the reasons it is taking such action are as follows: (i) The Issuer has 
a limited number of stockholders of record; (ii) the costs associated 
with maintaining the Issuer's status as an Amexlisted company; (iii) 
the limited volume of trading of the shares; and (iv) no analysts cover 
the Issuer and the sha<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application To Withdraw From Listing  and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31111</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 11, 2003.</p><p>    Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (``Issuer''), 
has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission''), pursuant to section 12(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (``Act'')\1\ and Rule 12d22(d) thereunder,\2\ to withdraw 
its Common Stock, $.01 par value, and the associated Preferred Share 
Purchase Rights (``Securities''), from listing and registration on the  American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or ``Exchange'').<br/>     \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).</p>
<h3>    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d22(d).</h3>
<p>    The Issuer intends to withdraw its Securities from listing on the 
Amex and to list its Securities on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. 
National Market System (``Nasdaq NMS''). The Issuer believes that 
listing and trading of the Securities on Nasdaq NMS would provide, 
among other things, increased visibility to technology investors, 
increased liquidity for the Securities and increased volume of trading 
in the Securities; and that as a technology company, th<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate  Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31072</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 8, 2003.</p><p>    Pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that 
on August 15, 2003, the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (``PCX'' or 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission  (``Commission'') the proposed rule<br/> [[Page 70329]]<br/>
change as described in items I, II and III below, which items have been 
substantially prepared by the PCX. On November 14, 2003, the PCX filed 
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change.\3\ The Commission is 
publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change,  as amended, from interested persons.<br/>     \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).<br/>     \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b4.<br/>
    \3\ See letter from Mai Sharif Shiver, Senior Attorney, 
Regulatory Policy, PCX, to Nancy J. Sanow, Assistant Director, 
Division of Market Regulation, Commission, dated November 13, 2003 
(``Amendment No. 1'') (replacing the form 19b4 in its entirety). In 
Amendment No. 1, the Exchange, in part, clarifi<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule  Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by National]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31073</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that 
on October 29, 2003, the National Association of Securities Dealers, 
Inc. (``NASD''), through its subsidiary, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. 
(``Nasdaq''), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in 
Items I, II, and III below, which Items have been prepared by Nasdaq. 
On December 5, 2003, Nasdaq filed Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule 
change.\3\ The Commission is publishing this notice, as amended, to 
solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.     \1\ 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).<br/>     \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b4.<br/>
    \3\ See Letter from Mary M. Dunbar, Vice President and Deputy 
General Counsel, Nasdaq, to Katherine A. England, Assistant 
Director, Division of Market Regulation (``Division''), Commission, 
dated December 4, 2003. In Amendment No. 1, Nas<script type="text/javascript">
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Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31118</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services,  Washington, DC 205490004.<br/> Extension<br/>
Rule 88 and Form U131, SEC File No. 27080, OMB Control No. 3235 0182.</p><p>    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Form U131, Section 259.113 [17 CFR 259.113] under the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 
79, et seq., is required to be filed under Rule 88 of the Act by 
companies seeking Commission approval to become mutual service  companies under the Act.</p><p>    Rule 88 under the Act, which implements Section 13 of the Act, 
requires the information collection prescribed <script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31117</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services,  Washington, DC 20549.<br/> Extension<br/>
Industry Guides Notice of Exempt Preliminary RollUp Communication. 
OMB Control Nos. 32350069 and 32350452; SEC File Nos. 270069 and  270396.</p><p>    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collections of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit these 
existing collections of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Industry Guides (OMB 32350069; SEC File No. 270069) are used by 
registrants in certain specified industries as disclosure guidelines to 
be followed in disclosing information to investors in Securities Act 
and Exchange Act registration statements and certain other Exchange Act 
filings. The Commission estimates for administrative<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31116</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services,  Washington, DC 20549.<br/> Extension<br/>
Rule 206(3)2, SEC File No. 270216, OMB Control No. 32350243.
</p><p>    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Rule 206(3)2, which is entitled ``Agency Cross Transactions for 
Advisory Clients,'' permits investment advisers to comply with section 
206(3) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act'') by 
obtaining a client's blanket consent to enter into agency cross 
transactions (i.e., a transaction in which an adviser acts as a broker 
to both the advisory client and the opposite party to the transaction), <script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31115</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, 450  Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.<br/> Extension</p>
<h3>Rule 83, SEC File No. 27082, OMB Control No. 32350181.</h3>
<p>    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit the 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Rule 83, Exemption in the Case of Transactions with Foreign 
Associates, authorizes an exemption from the ``at cost'' standard of 
section 13(b) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (the 
``Act'') for services provided to associated foreign utility companies.
</p><p>    Rule 83 requires a registered holding company system that wishes to 
avail itself of this exemption from section 13(b) of<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31114</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services,  Washington, DC 20549.<br/> Extension<br/>
Rule 95 and Form U13E1, SEC File No. 27074, OMB Control No. 3235 0162.</p><p>    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Form U13E1, Part 259.213 [17 CFR 259.213] under the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 
79, et seq., is required to be filed under Rule 95 of the Act by 
certain companies providing services and selling goods to registered  public utility holding companies and their subsidiaries.</p><p>    Rule 95 under the Act, which implements sections 12(e) and (f) of 
the Act, re<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31113</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, 450  5th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.<br/> Extension<br/>
Rules 1(a) and (b) and Forms U5A and U5B, SEC File No. 270168, OMB  Control No. 32350170.</p><p>    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Form U5A, Part 259.5a [17 CFR 259.5a] under the Public Utility 
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 79, et 
seq., is a registration notification required to be filed under Rule 
1(a) of the Act by any person proposing to become a registered holding 
company to notify the Commission of that fact. Form U5B, Part 259.5b 
[17 CFR 259.5b] unde<script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Proposed Collection; Comment Request ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31112</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services,  Washington, DC 20549.<br/> Extension<br/>
 Rule 3 and Form U3A31, SEC File No. 27077, OMB Control No. 3235 0160.</p><p>    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and  Budget for extension and approval.</p><p>    Form U3A31, Part 259.403 [17 CFR 259.403] under the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (``Act''), 15 U.S.C. 
79, et seq., is an application for exemption from regulation, under 
Rule 3 of the Act, filed annually by banks that are incidentally public 
utility holding companies by virtue of holding utility securities in  their capacity as a bank.</p><p>    Rule 3 requires the information c<script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Record of Vote of Meeting Closure (Public Law 94-409) (5 U.S.C.  Sec. 552b)]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31188</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    I, Edward F. Reilly, Jr., Chairman of the United States Parole 
Commission, was present at a meeting of said Commission, which started 
at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2003, at the U.S. 
Parole Commission, 5550 Friendship Boulevard, 4th Floor, Chevy Chase, 
Maryland 20815. The purpose of the meeting was to decide one petition 
for reconsideration pursuant to 28 CFR 2.27. Three Commissioners were 
present, constituting a quorum when the vote to close the meeting was  submitted.</p><p>    Public announcement further describing the subject matter of the 
meeting and certifications of General Counsel that this meeting may be 
closed by vote of the Commissioners present were submitted to the 
Commissioners prior to the conduct of any other business. Upon motion 
duly made, seconded, and carried, the following Commissioners voted 
that the meeting be closed: Edward F. Reilly, Jr., John R. Simpson, and  Cranston J. Mitchell.</p><p>    In witness whereof, I make this official record of the vote taken 
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  <title><![CDATA[
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., Alabama Power Company,  Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2; Notice]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31091</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has granted 
the request of Duke Energy Corporation (the licensee) to withdraw its 
December 3, 2003, application for proposed amendment to Facility 
Operating License Nos. NPF2 and NPF8 for the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear  Plant, Units 1 and 2, located in Houston County, Alabama.</p><p>    The proposed amendments would have revised the Technical 
Specifications to extend the completion time for the 1C Emergency 
Diesel Generator from 10 days to 13 days. This change would have 
allowed the continued operation of Farley Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 
with the inoperable diesel generator until December 13, 2003.
</p><p>    The Commission had previously issued a Notice of Consideration of 
Issuance of Amendment published in the Dothan Eagle newspaper on 
December 5 and 6, 2003. However, by letter dated December 9, 2003, the  licensee withdrew the proposed change.</p><p>    For further details with respect to this action, see the 
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  <title><![CDATA[
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Standardized  NUHOMS<SUP>[reg]</SUP>-24P, -52B, -61BT, and -24PHB Revision]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31090</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting the 
direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on October 
7, 2003 (68 FR 57785). This direct final rule amended the NRC's 
regulations to revise the Standardized NUHOMS<SUP>[reg]</SUP> cask 
system listing to include Amendment No. 6 to Certificate of Compliance 
(CoC) No. 1004. The correction removes the specified effective date for 
Amendment No. 5 to this cask system. The NRC is also confirming the 
effective date of December 22, 2003, for this direct final rule.
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  <title><![CDATA[  Marrowbone Creek Watershed Dam No. 1, Henry County, VA ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31131</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Pursuant to section 102(2)(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 that an 
environmental impact statement is not being prepared for the Marrowbone 
Creek Watershed Structure No. 1, Henry County, Virginia.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1724 ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31138</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Notice is hereby given that the Alaska SeaLife Center, 301 
Railway Avenue, Seward, Alaska 99664, has applied in due form for a 
permit to import and export marine mammal parts for purposes of 
scientific research.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Socio-economic  Assessment of Marine Protected Areas Management]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31139</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ 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)).<br/>
[[Page 70234]]
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Alaska Region  Gear Identification Requirements]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31137</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ 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)).
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Management and  Oversight of the National Estuarine Research Reserve]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31136</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ 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)).
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Taking of Threatened or Endangered Species Incidental to  Commercial Fishing Operations]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31140</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS proposes to prohibit shallow longline sets of the type 
normally targeting swordfish on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean east 
of 150[deg] W. long. by vessels that are not already prohibited from 
making such sets under the current regulations for the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region 
(WesPac FMP). This action is intended to protect endangered and 
threatened sea turtles from the adverse impacts of shallow longline 
fishing by U.S. longline fishing vessels in the Pacific Ocean and 
operating out of the west coast instead of Hawaii. This rule would 
supplement the regulations proposed to implement the Fishery Management 
Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (FMP) 
that would prohibit shallow longline sets on the high seas in the 
Pacific Ocean west of 150[deg] W. long. by vessels that would be 
managed under that FMP. The FMP is currently under review by NMFS and 
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  <title><![CDATA[
National Endowment for the Arts; Partnerships Advisory Panel]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31107</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of 
the Partnerships Advisory Panel (State Partnership Agreements), to the  National Council on<br/> [[Page 70320]]<br/>
the Arts will be held on January 2223, 2004. The panel will meet from 
9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m on January 22nd and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 
January 23rd in Room 716 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania  Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.</p><p>    This meeting will be open to the public on a space available basis. 
Topics will include review of the State Partnership Agreement 
applications, discussion of guidelines and policy issues, and other  business as necessary.</p><p>    Any person may observe meetings, or portions thereof, of advisory 
panels that are open to the public, and, if time allows, may be 
permitted to participate in the panel's discussions at the discretion 
of the panel chairman and with the approval of the fulltime Federal 
employee in attendance.
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  <title><![CDATA[
National Endowment for the Arts; Leadership Initiatives Advisory  Panel]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31106</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92463), as amended, notice is hereby given that two meetings 
of the Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel to the National Council on 
the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania  Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows:</p><p>    Media Arts: January 79, 2004, Room 716 (Arts on Radio and  Television category). This meeting will be closed.</p><p>    Folk & Traditional Arts: January 1213, 2004, Room 714 
(Infrastructure Initiative category). A portion of this meeting, from 
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on January 13th, will be open to the public for 
policy discussion. The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9 a.m. 
to 6 p.m. on January 12th, and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12  p.m. on January 13th, will be closed.</p><p>    Closed meetings and portions of meetings are for the purpose of 
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  <title><![CDATA[
National Endowment for the Arts; Fellowships Advisory Panel]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31108</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of 
the Fellowships Advisory Panel, Folk & Traditional Arts section 
(National Heritage Fellowships category) to the National Council on the 
Arts will be held on January 2730, 2004 in Room 716 at the Nancy Hanks 
Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. The panel 
will meet from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on January 27th29th, and from 9  a.m. to 3 p.m. on January 30th.</p><p>    This meeting is for the purpose of Panel review, discussion, 
evaluation, and recommendation on nominations for recognition under the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as 
amended, including information given in confidence to the agency by 
nominators and nominees. In accordance with the determination of the 
Chairman of April 30, 2003, these sessions will be closed to the public 
pursuant to (c)(6) of title 5, United States Code, section 552b.
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  <title><![CDATA[
Institute of Museum and Library Services; Governmentwide  Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement), and Requirements]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-30994</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) joined 
several agencies in publishing Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension 
(Nonprocurement), and Requirements for a DrugFree Workplace (Grants) 
in the Federal Register of November 26, 2003. Inadvertently, amendatory 
instructions were deleted from part 1185. This document corrects the 
amendatory language revising part 1185.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Sunshine Act Meetings ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31224</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.5 p.m., February 8February 9, 2004.
Place: Wyndham Bonaventure Resort & Spa, 250 Racquet Club Road, Fort  Lauderdale, Florida.<br/> [[Page 70319]]<br/>
Status: Parts of this meeting will be open to the public. The rest of  the meeting will be closed to the public.<br/>
Matters to be Considered: Reports from the Chairperson and the 
Executive Director, Committee Meetings and Committee Reports, Executive 
Session, Unfinished Business, New Business, Announcements, Adjournment.
Portions Open to the Public: Reports from the Chairperson and the 
Executive Director, Committee Meetings and Committee Reports, 
Unfinished Business, New Business, Announcements, Adjournment. Portions Closed to the Public: Executive Session.<br/>
Contact Person for More Information: Mark S. Quigley, Director of 
Communications, National Council on Disability, 1331 F Street, NW., 
Suite 850, Washington, DC 20004; 2022722004 (Voice), 2022722074 
(TTY), 2022722022 (Fax), <A HREF="mailto:mquigley@ncd.gov">mquigley@ncd.gov</A> (Email).
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/Washington ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31047</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The plat of survey of the following described lands was 
officially filed in the Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, on  September 25, 2003.<br/> Willamette Meridian<br/> Washington</p>
<h3>T. 36 N., R. 33 E., accepted September 5, 2003.</h3>
<p>    The plats of survey of the following described lands were 
officially filed in the Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, July 23,  2003.<br/> Oregon<br/> T. 32 S., R. 6W., accepted July 18, 2003.<br/> T. 18 S., R. 32 E., accepted October 17, 2003.<br/> T. 19 S., R. 32 E., accepted October 17, 2003.<br/> T. 5 S., R. 4 E., accepted October 17, 2003.<br/> T. 29 S., R. 5 W., accepted October 31, 2003.<br/> Washington<br/> T. 31 N., R. 31 E., accepted October 7, 2003.</p>
<h3>T. 18 N., R. 1 E., accepted October 7, 2003.</h3>
<p>    A copy of the plats may be obtained from the Public Room at the 
Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management, 333 SW. 1st Avenue, 
Portland, Oregon 97204, upon required payment. A person or party who 
wishes to protest against a survey must file a notice that they wish to 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP)  Act Classification; Idaho]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31122</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Jerome County, Idaho has applied for an R&PP lease on public 
lands along the north rim of the Snake River Canyon for recreation 
purposes, including kiosks, staging areas, equestrian, motorized and 
nonmotorized, and pedestrian trails. The land would be developed 
through partnerships with recreation groups and organizations.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Reissued Notice; In the Matter of Certain Insect Traps; Notice of  Investigation]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31104</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on August 8, 2003, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
American Biophysics Corporation of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. A 
supplement to the complaint was filed on August 27, 2003. The 
complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 in the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain insect traps 
by reason of infringement of claims 13, 57, 9, 13, 28, 3133, 3537, 
3941, and 4345 of U.S. Patent No. 6,286,249 B1 and claims 14, 7, 15
19, and 2139 of U.S. Patent No. 6,145,243. The complaint further 
alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by  subsection (a)(2) of section 337.</p><p>    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion 
order and a permanent cease and de<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Export Trade Certificate of Review ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31069</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has [[Page 70232]]<br/>
received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
(``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and 
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.
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  <title><![CDATA[  Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Wooden Bedroom  Furniture from the People's Republic of China]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31129</link>
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China: Notice  of Extension of Time Limit of Final Results of]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31130</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the administrative review of petroleum wax candles 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC) until no later than March 8, 
2004. The period of review is August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. 
This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Heavy Forged Hand Tools from the People's Republic of China:  Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administration]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31128</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ On July 28, 2003, the United States Court of International 
Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
redetermination on remand of the final results of the seventh 
administrative review of the antidumping duty orders on heavy forged 
hand tools from the People's Republic of China. See Fujian Machinery 
and Equipment Import & Export Corporation, et al. v. United States, 
Slip Op. 0392 (CIT July 28, 2003) (Fujian II). Because all litigation 
has concluded and the injunction has been lifted, we are amending our 
final results of review.
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  <title><![CDATA[  Open Meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (Including the  States of Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina,]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-C3-30640</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ Correction</p><p>    In notice document 0330640 beginning on page 68970 in the issue of 
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 make the following correction:
</p><p>    On page 68971, in the first column, in the signature block, the  signer's name should read ``Bernard Coston''.<br/> [FR Doc. C330640 Filed 121603; 8:45 am]<br/>
BILLING CODE 150501D
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 1099-H ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31036</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ 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, Pub. L. 10413 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning 
Form 1099H, Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) Advance Payments.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 9452 ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31035</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ 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, Pub. L. 10413 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning 
Form 9452, Filing Assistance Program (Do you have to file a tax 
return?).
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  <title><![CDATA[  Treatment of Services Under Section 482; Allocation of Income and  Deductions From Intangibles; Correction]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31034</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed 
rulemaking and notice of public hearing that was published in the 
Federal Register on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 (68 FR 53448). The 
proposed regulations provide guidance regarding the treatment of 
controlled services transactions under section 482 and the allocation 
of income from intangibles in particular when one controlled taxpayer 
performs activities that increase (or are expected to increase) the 
valve of an intangible owned by another controlled taxpayer.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Disclosure of Relative Values of Optional Forms of Benefit]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31033</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This document contains final regulations that consolidate the 
content requirements applicable to explanations of qualified joint and 
survivor annuities and qualified preretirement survivor annuities 
payable under certain retirement plans, and specify requirements for 
disclosing the relative value of optional forms of benefit that are 
payable from certain retirement plans in lieu of a qualified joint and 
survivor annuity. These regulations affect plan sponsors and 
administrators, and participants in and beneficiaries of, certain 
retirement plans.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:  Telephone Surveys of Nonprofit Sponsors of HUD-Assisted]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31041</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department  is<br/> [[Page 70285]]<br/>
soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
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  <title><![CDATA[  Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:  Comment Request]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31051</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 10413), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call  the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 4431129.</p>
<h3>[[Page 70281]]</h3>
<p>    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;  Comment Request]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31050</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Pub. L. 10413), the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects 
being developed for submission to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. To request more information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the data collection plans and draft instruments, call  the HRSA Reports Clearance Officer at (301) 4431129.</p><p>    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB  Review; Comment Request]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31049</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under 
review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a 
copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the  HRSA Reports Clearance Office at (301) 4431129.<br/>
Proposed Project: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education  Payment Program (CHGME PP) (OMB No. 09150247)Revision</p><p>    The CHGME PP was enacted by Pub. L. 106129 to provide Federal 
support for graduate medical education (GME) to freestanding children's 
hospitals. This legislation attempts to provide support for GME 
comparable to the level of Medicare GME support received by other, non
children's hospitals. The legislation indicates that eligible 
children's hospitals will receive payments for both direct and indirect 
medical education. Direct payments are designed to offset the expenses 
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  <title><![CDATA[
Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics on January  15-16, 2004]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31046</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The President's Council on Bioethics (Leon R. Kass, M.D., 
chairman) will hold its fifteenth meeting, at which, among other 
things, it will continue discussion of its stem cell research, ``beyond 
therapy'' (enhancement), and ``biotechnology and public policy'' 
(regulation) projects. Subjects discussed at past Council meetings (and 
potentially touched on at this meeting) include: human cloning; embryo 
research; aging retardation and lifespanextension; organ procurement 
for transplantation; and assisted reproduction and reproductive 
genetics (including IVF, ICSI, PGD; sex selection, inheritable genetic 
modification; and the patentability of human genes, tissues, and 
organisms).
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Request for Public Comment on the United States Standards for  Sorghum]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31092</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) is initiating a review of the United States Standards for 
Sorghum. GIPSA invites comments and suggested changes to these 
standards.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Food Stamp Program: High Performance Bonuses ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31031</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This rulemaking proposes to amend Food Stamp Program (FSP) 
regulations to implement provisions of section 4120 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (FSRIA). This section 
authorizes the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to award bonuses to 
States that demonstrate high or improved performance in administering 
the FSP. This rule proposes performance measures for these bonuses for 
fiscal year (FY) 2005 and beyond. It also proposes the data that will 
be used to measure the identified performance. The performance bonuses 
are meant to act as an incentive for State agencies to improve or 
maintain high performance in administering the FSP.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Food and Cosmetic Security Guidances; Availability ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31048</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the 
availability of a guidance document related to food security entitled 
``Retail Food Stores and Food Service Establishments: Food Security 
Preventive Measures Guidance'' (food security guidance) and a guidance 
document related to cosmetics security entitled ``Cosmetics Processors 
and Transporters: Cosmetics Security Preventive Measures Guidance'' 
(cosmetics security guidance). The food security preventive Measures 
Guidance'' is designed as an aid to operators of retail food stores and 
food service establishments (e.g., bakeries, bars, bedandbreakfast 
operations, cafeterias, camps, child and adult day care providers, 
church kitchens, commissaries, community fund raisers, convenience 
stores, fairs, food banks, grocery stores, interstate conveyances, meal 
services for homebound persons, mobile food carts, restaurants, and 
vending machine operators). It identifies the kinds of preventive 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of  Endangered Status for the Dugong (Dugong dugon) in]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31126</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ We, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 
determine endangered status for the population of dugong (Dugong dugon) 
in the Republic of Palau pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (Act). Currently, the dugong is listed under the Act 
as endangered throughout its entire range, except in the Republic of 
Palau. It is believed that Palauan waters support one of the most 
isolated populations of dugong in the world, and it is unlikely that 
this population is receiving any recruitment from other areas. The 
Palauan population is seriously threatened by poaching.
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  <title><![CDATA[  Environmental Impact Statement: Metrocenter Corridor in Phoenix,  AZ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31141</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Valley Metro 
Rail, Inc., intend to prepare an Alternatives Analysis (AA) and an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on a proposal by Valley Metro Rail, 
Inc. to provide additional transit service to the northwest portion of 
the City of Phoenix. The AA/EIS will consider the following 
alternatives: (1) A NoBuild Alternative, consisting of improvements 
contained in the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Long Range 
Transportation Plan and the Phoenix Transit Plan and programmed 
improvements with the exception of connections to the planned Central 
Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail Transit Project that is scheduled to 
begin operation in December 2006; (2) Transportation System Management 
Alternative (TSM), consisting of all reasonable costeffective transit 
service improvements within the Metrocenter Corridor short of a major 
investment in a New Starts project; (3) Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding  Companies]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00563</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for 
approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other 
applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company 
and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the 
power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the 
banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company,  including the companies listed below.</p><p>    The applications listed below, as well as other related filings 
required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available 
for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested 
persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated 
in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the 
acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether <script type="text/javascript">
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or  Bank Holding Companies]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00564</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth  in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).</p><p>    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for 
inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons 
may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for 
that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must  be received not later than December 31, 2003.</p><p>    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Sue Costello, Vice President)  1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:</p><p>    1. The Edwards Family Holdings, LLLP, The Edwards Family Management 
Trust, J. Joseph Edwards and Patricia C. Edwards, all of Barnesville, 
Georgia; James J. Edwards, J<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[
Price Changes to Federal Register Publications ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31145</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) 
proposes increases in the prices charged for the paper and microfiche 
editions of Federal Register publications. The price changes would 
apply to the daily Federal Register (paper and microfiche editions), 
the Federal Register Index, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
(paper and microfiche editions), and the Weekly Compilation of 
Presidential Documents. The Administrative Committee has determined 
that it is necessary to increase prices to enable the Government 
Printing Office (GPO) to recover the full cost of producing and 
distributing Federal Register publications.
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  <title><![CDATA[
Labor-Management Cooperation Program; Application Solicitation]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31032</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is 
publishing the draft Fiscal Year 2004 Program Guidelines/Application 
Solicitation for the LaborManagement Cooperation Program to inform the 
public. The program is supported by Federal funds authorized by the 
LaborManagement Cooperation Act of 1978, subject to annual 
appropriations. The Solicitation contains changes in the eligibility 
requirement, specifically, that applicants who have not received 
funding under this program within the past 6 years are eligible to re
apply.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 17 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Notice of Agreements Filed ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31142</link>
  <description><![CDATA[
</p><p>    The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following 
agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties can 
review or obtain copies of agreements at the Washington, DC offices of 
the Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Room 940. Interested 
parties may submit comments on an agreement to the Secretary, Federal 
Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within 10 days of the date  this notice appears in the Federal Register.<br/> </p><p>    Agreement No.: 011637009.<br/> </p><p>    Title: Ampac Cooperative Working Agreement.</p><p>    Parties: Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica, S.A.; 
HamburgS[uuml]damerikanische Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft KG; Maruba  S.C.A.; TMM Lines Limited, LLC.</p><p>    Synopsis: The proposed modification deletes the ``Columbus Line'' 
trade name of HamburgSud and indicates that TMM will resign from the  agreement on or about March 11, 2004.<br/> </p><p>    Agreement No.: 011637010.<br/> </p><p>    Title: Ampac Cooperative Working Agreement.</p>
<h3>[[Page 70265]]</h3>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Proposed Changes in  FERC Gas Tariff]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00581</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 4, 2003, Wyoming Interstate Company, 
Ltd. (WIC) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second 
Revised Volume No. 2, the tariff sheets listed in appendix A to the  filing with an effective date of January 1, 2004.</p><p>    WIC states that these tariff sheets remove the Columbia Exit Fee 
Surcharge Credits provisions that are due to terminate on December 31,  2003.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sec.  385.214 or Sec.  385.211 of the Commission's 
Rules and Regulations. All such motions or protests must be filed in 
accordance with Sec.  154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests 
will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate 
action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to 
the proceedings. Any person wishing t<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application  for Abandonment for Service]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00583</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 1, 2003, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), filed in Docket No. CP0420000 an 
application, in abbreviated form, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act, as amended, and part 157 of the Rules and Regulations 
of the Commission, for an order permitting and approving abandonment of 
certain firm sales service provided to Alabama Gas Corporation  (Clanton) (AGC Clanton) under Transco's Rate Schedule FS.</p><p>    Transco states that it entered into a firm sales agreement with AGC 
Clanton on August 1, 1991, under which Transco sells gas to AGC Clanton 
under Rate Schedule FS (FS Agreement). Transco further states that it 
is prepared to seek accelerated abandonment of any Rate Schedule FS 
services it provides to a similarly situated customer that requests  such an accelerated abandonment.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commi<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application  for Abandonment of Service]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00569</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 1, 2003, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), filed in Docket No. CP0423000 an 
application, in abbreviated form, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act, as amended, and Part 157 of the Rules and Regulations 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for an order permitting 
and approving abandonment of certain firm sales service provided to 
Fountain Inn Natural Gas Company (Fountain Inn) under Transco's Rate  Schedule FS.</p><p>    Transco states that it entered into a firm sales agreement with 
Fountain Inn on August 1, 1991, under which Transco sells gas to 
Fountain Inn under Rate Schedule FS (FS Agreement). Transco further 
states that it is prepared to seek accelerated abandonment of any Rate 
Schedule FS services it provides to a similarly situated customer that  requests such an accelerated abandonment.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application  for Abandonment of Service]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00568</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 1, 2003, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), filed in Docket No. CP0422000 an 
application, in abbreviated form, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act, as amended, and part 157 of the Rules and Regulations 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for an order permitting 
and approving abandonment of certain firm sales service provided to 
Alabama Gas Corporation (Thomaston) (AGC Thomaston) under Transco's  Rate Schedule FS.</p><p>    Transco states that it entered into a firm sales agreement with AGC 
Thomaston on August 1, 1991, under which Transco sells gas to AGC 
Thomaston under Rate Schedule FS (FS Agreement). Transco further states 
that it is prepared to seek accelerated abandonment of any Rate 
Schedule FS services it provides to a similarly situated customer that  requests such an accelerated abandonment.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Application  for Abandonment of Service]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00567</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 1, 2003, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 
Line Corporation (Transco), filed in Docket No. CP0421000, an 
application, in abbreviated form, pursuant to section 7(b) of the 
Natural Gas Act, as amended, and part 157 of the Rules and Regulations 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for an order permitting 
and approving abandonment of certain firm sales service provided to 
Alabama Gas Corporation (Linden) (AGC Linden) under Transco's Rate  Schedule FS.</p><p>    Transco states that it entered into a firm sales agreement with AGC 
Linden on August 1, 1991, under which Transco sells gas to AGC Linden 
under Rate Schedule FS (FS Agreement). Transco further states that it 
is prepared to seek accelerated abandonment of any Rate Schedule FS 
services it provides to a similarly situated customer that requests  such an accelerated abandonment.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00577</link>
  <description><![CDATA[  December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 5, 2003, Northwest Pipeline 
Corporation (Northwest) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, to be  effective as indicated:<br/> Effective January 1, 2002<br/> </p><p>    Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 303A<br/> Effective October 1, 2002<br/> </p><p>    Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 303A</p><p>    Northwest states that it has revised its tariff in compliance with 
the Commission's Order dated November 18, 2003, to provide that the 
value of any gas to which it takes title pursuant to Section 5.2 of 
Rate Schedule DEX1 will be credited to shippers through its penalty  crediting mechanism.</p><p>    Northwest states that a copy of this filing has been served upon 
each person designated on the official service list compiled by the  Secretary in this proceeding.</p><p>    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, in <script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00580</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 4, 2003, Northern Border Pipeline 
Company (Northern Border) tendered for filing to become part of 
Northern Border's FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, the 
following tariff sheets to become effective January 5, 2004: Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 270<br/> Original Sheet No. 270.01</p>
<h3>Original Sheet No. 270.02</h3>
<p>    Northern Border states that this filing is made to comply with an 
order issued on September 10, 2003 in Docket No. RP03563000 wherein 
Northern Border was required to clarify its tariff with respect to  procedures for bids and awards for available capacity.</p><p>    Northern Border states that it is proposing to modify Subsections 
26.2(a) and 26.2(b) of its tariff to clarify the criteria to be used 
for the bidding and awarding of capacity that will commence either (1) 
more than 90 days prior to the commencement of service date or (2) 
within 90 days or less prior to the commencement of service date.
</p><p>    Northern Border states that copies of<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Negotiated  Rates]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00582</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 5, 2003, Natural Gas Pipeline Company 
of America (Natural) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas 
Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on 
Appendix A to the filing, to be effective December 5, 2003.
</p><p>    Natural states that the purpose of this filing is to cancel 
Natural's tariff sheets setting forth certain expired negotiated rate  transactions.</p><p>    Natural states that copies of the filing are being mailed to all 
parties set out on the Commission's official service list in Docket No.  RP99176.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 
accordance with Sec.  385.214 or Sec.  385.211 of the Commission's 
Rules and Sec.  154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. Protests will 
be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action 
to be taken, b<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP and Prism Gas Systems, Inc.;  Notice of Application]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00570</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 1, 2003, Gulf South Pipeline Company, 
LP (Gulf South) located at 20 East Greenway Plaza, Suite 900, Houston, 
Texas 77046 and Prism Gas Systems, Inc. (Prism) located at 2350 Airport 
Freeway, Suite 200, Bedford, Texas 76022, filed, in Docket No. CP0424
000, an application pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA), as amended, and Part 157 of the Commission regulations, for 
authorization to abandon certain Gulf South natural gas pipeline 
facilities (Panola County Facilities), located primarily in Panola and 
Harrison Counties, Texas, by sale to Prism and for authorization to 
abandon Gulf South's gathering and transportation services provided 
through such pipeline facilities. Gulf South and Prism also request 
that the Commission declare that the Panola County Facilities, once 
abandoned, will be gathering facilities and exempt from the 
Commission's regulation pursuant to Section 1(b) of the NGA, all as 
more fully set forth in the applicat<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00578</link>
  <description><![CDATA[  December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on November 26, 2003, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 
(DTI) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised 
Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with an effective date of  November 1, 2003:<br/> Ninth Revised Sheet No. 39<br/> Original Sheet No. 1503</p>
<h3>Sheet Nos. 15041999</h3>
<p>    DTI states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with the  Commission's October 27 Order in Docket No. RP02551001.</p><p>    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,  Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Sec.  385.211 of<br/> [[Page 70236]]<br/>
the Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such protests must be filed 
in accordance with Sec.  154.210 of the Commission's Regulations. 
Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants 
parties to the proceedings. This filing is available for review at the 
Commissio<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Compliance Filing ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00579</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 9, 2003, Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP 
(Cove Point) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, 
Original Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, with an effective  date of August 1, 2003:<br/> Second Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 240<br/> Second Substitute First Revised Sheet No. 241</p>
<h3>Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 245</h3>
<p>    Cove Point states that the purpose of this filing is to comply with 
the Commission's ``Order On Compliance'' issued on November 18, 2003. 
Cove Point has filed to modify its capacity release provisions in 
Section 10 (Release and Assignment of Service Rights) of the General 
Terms and Conditions (GT & C) of its FERC Gas Tariff consistent with  the Commission's November 18 Order.</p><p>    Any person desiring to protest said filing should file a protest 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Sec.  385.211 of the 
Commission's Rules and Regulations. All such prot<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  ANR Pipeline Company; Notice Of Negotiated Rate ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00566</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that on December 1, 2003, ANR Pipeline Company, (ANR) 
tendered for filing two negotiated rate agreements between ANR and 
Callon Petroleum Operating Company pursuant to ANR's Rate Schedules ITS 
and ITS (Liquefiables), and a related Lease Dedication Agreement.
</p><p>    ANR states that it is also submitted the following tariff sheets to 
add the Callon Lease Dedication Agreement, as well as various other ANR 
Lease Dedication Agreements previously accepted by the Commission, to 
Section 31, NonConforming Agreements, of the General Terms and  Conditions of ANR's FERC Gas Tariff:<br/> Sixteenth Revised Sheet No. 190</p>
<h3>Original Sheet No. 190A</h3>
<p>    ANR requests that the Commission accept and approve the subject 
negotiated rate agreements and revised tariff sheets to be effective  December 1, 2003.</p><p>    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest said filing should 
file a motion to intervene or a protest with the Federal Energy 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting, Notice of Vote, Explanation of  Action Closing Meeting and List of Persons To Attend]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31172</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 11, 2003.</p><p>    The following notice of meeting is published pursuant to section 
3(a) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94409), 5 U.S.C.  552b:<br/>
Agency Holding Meeting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Date and Time: December 18, 2003, 9 a.m.<br/>
Place: Hearing Room 5 (2nd floor), 888 First Street, NE., Washington,  DC 20426.<br/> Status: Closed.<br/>
Matters to be Considered: Nonpublic investigations and inquiries and  enforcement related matters.<br/>
Contact Person for More Information: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary,  Telephone (202) 5028400.</p><p>    Chairman Wood and Commissioners Brownell, and Kelliher, voted to 
hold a closed meeting on December 18, 2003. The certification of the 
General Counsel explaining the action closing the meeting is available 
for public inspection in the Commission's Public Reference Room at 888  First Street, NW., Washington, DC 20426.</p><p>    The Chairman and the Commissioners, their assistants, the 
Commission's Secretary and her assistant, the General Counsel and 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-03-31171</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    The following notice of meeting is published pursuant to section 
3(a) of the Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94409), 5 U.S.C  552b:<br/>
Agency Holding Meeting: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Date and Time: December 17, 2003, 10 a.m.<br/>
Place: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Status: Open.<br/>
Matters to be Considered: Agenda. * NoteItems listed on the agenda  may be deleted without further notice.<br/>
Contact Person for More Information: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, 
Telephone (202) 5028400. For a recording listing items stricken from  or added to the meeting, call (202) 5028627.</p><p>    This is a list of matters to be considered by the Commission. It 
does not include a listing of all papers relevant to the items on the 
agenda; however, all public documents may be examined in the Reference  and Information Center.<br/> 846th MeetingDecember 17, 2003; Regular Meeting, 10 a.m.<br/> Administrative Agenda</p>
<h3>A1.</h3>
<p>    Docket<greeki> AD021, 000, Agency Administrative Matters. A2.</p><p>    D<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Sunshine Act Meeting ]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[  December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that all Commissioners, members of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, will participate in a press conference 
immediately following the Commission's open meeting scheduled for 
December 17, 2003, at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The press  conference will be open to the public.</p><p>    This Notice is issued pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine  Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b.</p><p>    For further information, please contact Bryan Lee at 2025028004. Magalie R. Salas,<br/> Secretary.<br/>  [FR Doc. E300571 Filed 121503; 3:07 pm]<br/>
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  <title><![CDATA[Project No. 2984-052] ]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[  <br/>
S.D. Warren Company; Notice of Meeting To Discuss the Eel Weir  Project's Operation During the Spring of 2003</p>
<h3>December 10, 2003.</h3>
<p>    On January 7, 2004, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 
will hold a meeting at Sebago Lake State Park in Casco, Maine to 
discuss this past year's spring operation of the Eel Weir Hydroelectric 
Project (FERC No. 2984). The project is owned and operated by S.D. 
Warren Company (licensee) and located on the Presumpscot River in  Cumberland County, Maine.</p><p>    By Order Amending Lake Level Management Plan, the licensee is 
required, in part, to maintain the elevation of Sebago Lake within 
prescribed elevations between May 1 and November 1 each year. The lake 
level management plan states that the lake shall be managed during 
spring fillup to reach a level of 266.65 feet, plus or minus six 
inches, no sooner than May 1 and no later than the second week in June.
</p><p>    At the January 7th meeting we will discuss this past year's spring 
operation under the required param<script type="text/javascript">
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  <title><![CDATA[  Notice of Application for Transfer of License and Soliciting  Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-17-E3-00575</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ December 10, 2003.</p><p>    Take notice that the followi