[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Department of Commerce Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
13 CFR Ch. III
15 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX, and XI
19 CFR Ch. III
37 CFR Chs. I, IV, and V
48 CFR Ch. 13
50 CFR Chs. II, III, IV, and VI
Fall 2002 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with Executive Order 12866 entitled ``Regulatory
Planning and Review'' and the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended,
the Department of Commerce, in the spring and fall of each year,
publishes in the Federal Register an agenda of regulations under
development or review over the next 12 months. Rulemaking actions are
grouped according to prerulemaking, proposed rules, final rules, long-
term actions, and rulemaking actions completed since the fall 2002
agenda. The purpose of the agenda is to provide information to the
public on regulations currently under review, being proposed, or issued
by the Department. The agenda is intended to facilitate comments and
views by interested members of the public.
The Department's spring 2003 regulatory agenda includes
regulatory activities that are expected to be conducted during the
period April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Specific: For additional information about specific regulatory
actions listed in the agenda, contact the individual identified as
the contact person.
General: Comments or inquiries of a general nature about the
agenda should be directed to Daniel Cohen, Chief Counsel for
Regulation, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation
and Regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: 202-482-3151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 requires agencies to
publish an agenda of those regulations that are under consideration
pursuant to this Order. By memorandum, the Office of Management and
Budget issued guidelines and procedures for the preparation and
publication of the Spring 2003 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and
Deregulatory Actions. The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq., requires agencies to publish, in April and October of each year,
a regulatory flexibility agenda which contains a brief description of
the subject area of any rule which is likely to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The agenda
also identifies those entries that have been selected for periodic
review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Explanation of Information Contained in the Agenda
Within the Department, the Office of the Secretary and various
operating units may issue regulations. Operating units, such as the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau
of Industry and Security, and the Patent and Trademark Office issue
the greatest share of the Department's regulations.
A large number of regulatory actions reported in the agenda
deal with fishery management programs of NOAA's National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). To avoid repetition of programs and
definitions, as well as to provide some understanding of the
technical and institutional elements of the NMFS programs, a
section on ``Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS
Regulatory Entries'' is provided below.
Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (Act) governs the management of fisheries
within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EEZ refers to those
waters from the outer edge of the State boundaries, generally 3
nautical miles, to a distance of 200 nautical miles. Fishery
Management Plans (FMPs) are to be prepared for fisheries, which
require conservation and management measures. Regulations
implementing these FMPs regulate domestic fishing and foreign
fishing where permitted. Foreign fishing can be conducted in a
fishery in which there is no FMP only if a preliminary fishery
management plan has been issued to govern that foreign fishing.
Under the Act, eight Regional Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) prepare FMPs or amendments to FMPs for fisheries within
their respective areas. In the development of such plans or
amendments and their implementing regulations, the Councils are
required by law to conduct public hearings on the draft plans and
to consider the use of alternative means of regulating.
The Council process for developing FMPs and amendments makes
it difficult for NMFS to determine the significance and timing of
some regulatory actions under consideration by the Councils at the
time the semiannual regulatory agenda is published.
The DOC spring 2003 regulatory agenda follows.
Theodore W. Kassinger,
General Counsel.
Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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299 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Handicap, and Age in 0690-AA30
Programs and Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance......................
300 Employee Responsibilities and Conduct; Removal of Obsolete Regulations.............. 0690-AA32
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Office of the Secretary--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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301 Civil Monetary Penalties; Adjustments............................................... 0690-AA33
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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302 Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States..................... 0691-AA48
303 Quarterly Surveys of International Trade in Services Between U.S. and Foreign 0691-AA49
Persons.............................................................................
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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304 Economic Development Administration Regulations..................................... 0691-AA47
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Bureau of Economic Analysis--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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305 Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons... 0691-AA43
306 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--2002............ 0691-AA44
307 Transactions of U.S. Affiliate, Except U.S. Banking Affiliate, With Foreign Parent 0691-AA45
(BE-605) and Transactions of U.S. Banking Affiliate With Foreign Parent (BE-605
Bank)...............................................................................
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Bureau of the Census--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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308 Full Mandatory Automated Export System (AES) Filing for Export Shipments............ 0607-AA38
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Bureau of the Census--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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309 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; Amendments to Age Search 0607-AA24
Procedures..........................................................................
310 Automated Export System (AES) Mandatory Filing for All Items on the Commerce Control 0607-AA34
List (CCL) and the United States Munitions List (USML) That Currently Require a
Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)..................................................
311 Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for Census 2000 and for the 0607-AA35
Intercensal Period..................................................................
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Bureau of the Census--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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312 Mandatory Automated Export System (AES) for Exports (Re-Exports) of Rough Diamonds.. 0607-AA39
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Bureau of the Census--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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313 Bureau of the Census Certification Process.......................................... 0607-AA36
314 Bureau of the Census Geographically Updated Population Certification Program........ 0607-AA37
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Bureau of the Census--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0607-AA29 Reporting Value on Shipper's Export Declaration for Inland Freight and Insurance Charges 02/24/2003 Withdrawn
0607-AA30 Reporting the Value of Repairs and Replacement Parts on the Shipper's Export Declaration 02/24/2003 Withdrawn
0607-AA31 Notation of the Shipper's Export Declaration Filing Exemption Statement on Manifest 02/24/2003 Withdrawn
Documents
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General Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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315 Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)............................ 0605-AA16
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General Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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316 Public Information, Freedom of Information and Privacy.............................. 0605-AA14
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International Trade Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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317 Commercial Availability of Fabric and Yarn.......................................... 0625-AA59
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International Trade Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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318 Procedures for Conducting Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of Antidumping and 0625-AA51
Countervailing Duty Orders..........................................................
319 Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabric: Implementation of Tariff Rate Quota 0625-AA58
Established Under Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000..................
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International Trade Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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320 Proposed Changes in the Insular Possessions Watch, Watch Movement, and Jewelry 0625-AA57
Program.............................................................................
321 Establishment of Steel Import Licensing and Surge-Monitoring Program................ 0625-AA60
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International Trade Administration--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0625-AA52 Export Trade Certificates of Review (15 CFR 325) 03/11/2003 Withdrawn
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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322 License Exception APR for Reexports To, From, and Among Countries in Country Group 0694-AC69
A:1.................................................................................
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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323 Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations............................................. 0694-AB06
324 Mandatory Electronic Filing of License Applications, Classification Requests, and 0694-AC20
License Exceptions Notifications via BIS's Simplified Network Application Process
(SNAP)..............................................................................
325 Protective Equipment Export License Jurisdiction.................................... 0694-AC64
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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326 Entity List Revision: Khan Research Laboratories.................................... 0694-AB60
327 Exports and Reexports of Explosive Detection Systems; Expansion of Foreign Policy 0694-AB87
Controls............................................................................
328 Exports and Reexports to Sudan...................................................... 0694-AC05
329 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations Related to the Missile Technology 0694-AC22
Control Regime (MTCR)...............................................................
330 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)......... 0694-AC24
331 License Exception AVS: Cuba, Libya, Serbia.......................................... 0694-AC33
332 Chemical Weapons Convention: Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations..... 0694-AC35
333 Exports to Afghanistan (the Taliban) and Liberia: Imposition of Foreign Policy 0694-AC45
Controls............................................................................
334 Elimination of ``National Security'' as a Reason for Control for Certain Items on 0694-AC54
the Commerce Control List...........................................................
335 Imposition and Expansion of Controls on Designated Persons.......................... 0694-AC60
336 License Application Denial Policy, ``Red Flag'' Indicators of Possible Inappropriate 0694-AC68
End-Use, End-User, or Destination...................................................
337 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations -- Chemical 0694-AC70
and Biological Weapons Controls: Australia Group (June 2002 Plenary Meeting)........
338 Revisions of Aircraft Export Licensing Jurisdiction Based on Review of the United 0694-AC74
States Munitions List...............................................................
339 Revisions of Energetic Material Export Licensing Jurisdiction Based on Review of the 0694-AC75
United States Munitions List........................................................
340 Export Administration Regulations: Encryption Clarifications and Revisions.......... 0694-AC78
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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341 Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.... 0694-AA52
342 Administration of State Log Exports Ban............................................. 0694-AB25
343 Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting 0694-AB41
Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A980).................................
344 Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations)..................... 0694-AB49
345 Exports of Technology and Software; Release of Technology or Source Code to Foreign 0694-AB59
Nationals in the United States......................................................
346 India and Pakistan Sanctions........................................................ 0694-AB73
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347 Expansion of License Exception CIV Eligibility for Microprocessors Controlled by 0694-AB90
ECCN 3A001..........................................................................
348 Export of Technology and Software Through Electronic Transmissions, Downloads, and 0694-AB97
Programming Onto Hardware...........................................................
349 Export Administration Regulations: Support Documentation............................ 0694-AC04
350 Antiterrorism Controls on Iraq...................................................... 0694-AC06
351 Expansion of License Exception GOV; Exports and Reexports to International 0694-AC15
Organizations.......................................................................
352 De Minimis Expansion of Eligibility: U.S. Origin Software Incorporated Into Foreign- 0694-AC17
Made Retail Commodities.............................................................
353 Revision to the Export Administration Regulations: Replacement Licenses............. 0694-AC23
354 Short Supply Controls: Crude Oil Exports............................................ 0694-AC25
355 Offsets in Military Exports......................................................... 0694-AC27
356 Entity List: Additions and Revisions................................................ 0694-AC28
357 Crime Control Items: Revisions to the Commerce Control List......................... 0694-AC31
358 Revisions to Encryption Items....................................................... 0694-AC32
359 Clarifications to Part 753: Special Comprehensive License Requirements.............. 0694-AC34
360 Addition and Revision of Missile Projects in the Export Administration Regulations.. 0694-AC46
361 Revision, Suspension, or Prohibition of Use of ``No License Required'' Provisions... 0694-AC47
362 Removal of Licensing Exemption for Exports and Reexports of Missile Technology- 0694-AC48
Controlled Items Destined to Canada.................................................
363 Exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Lifting of Sanctions................. 0694-AC57
364 Computer Technology and Software Eligible for Export or Reexport Under License 0694-AC63
Exception TSR.......................................................................
365 Revisions to License Exception TSR: Expansion to Scope of Eligible Countries........ 0694-AC71
366 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations Based on the 2002 Missile 0694-AC76
Technology Control Regime Plenary Agreements........................................
367 Addition of East Timor, Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba to the Export Administration 0694-AC77
Regulations.........................................................................
368 General Order on Exports to Iraq.................................................... 0694-AC79
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Bureau of Industry and Security--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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369 Implementation of the 2002 Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items: Revisions 0694-AC65
to Categories 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 of the Commerce Control List, General Software
Note, and Reporting Requirements....................................................
370 Revision of Export Controls for General Purpose Microprocessors..................... 0694-AC66
371 Correction to Rule Entitled: Missile Technology Production Equipment and Facilities. 0694-AC72
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National Institute of Standards & Technology--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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372 Procedures for Implementation of the National Construction Safety Team Act.......... 0693-AB53
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National Institute of Standards & Technology--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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373 Procedures for Implementation of the National Construction Safety Team Act.......... 0693-AB52
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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374 Fleet Capacity Control for U.S. Troll Albacore Tuna Fishing in Canadian Waters...... 0648-AQ22
375 Amendment 1 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan............................ 0648-AQ86
376 Control Date for the Small Mesh Multispecies (Silver Hake, Offshore Hake, and Red 0648-AQ89
Hake) Fishery.......................................................................
377 Endangered and Threatened Species; Finding for a Petition To Revise Critical Habitat 0648-AQ53
for Northern Right Whales...........................................................
378 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Missile 0648-AQ61
Launch Activities by the U.S. Navy at San Nicolas Island, California................
379 Endangered Species and Pesticide Regulation......................................... 0648-AQ69
380 Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Conducting 0648-AQ71
Oil and Gas Exploration Activities in the Gulf of Mexico............................
381 Designate Critical Habitat; Withdraw Previous Designations.......................... 0648-AQ77
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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382 Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico 0648-AG87
and the U.S. Virgin Islands.........................................................
383 Establish Central Registry for Limited Access System Permits........................ 0648-AJ77
384 Regulatory Amendment To Require Mandatory Observer Coverage in the At-Sea Processing 0648-AK26
Sector of the Whiting Fishery.......................................................
385 Adjustment of Management Program: Bottomfish Fisheries in the Hawaiian Islands...... 0648-AK82
386 Revise Exempted Fishing Regulations To Specify Compensatory Fishing Under Exempted 0648-AK84
Fishing.............................................................................
387 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Crustacean Fisheries of the 0648-AL67
Western Pacific Region..............................................................
388 Fishery Management Plan for Calico Scallop Fishery in the South Atlantic Region 0648-AL78
(FMP)...............................................................................
389 Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of 0648-AM23
Mexico (FMP)........................................................................
390 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bottomfish Fisheries of the 0648-AM98
Western Pacific Region..............................................................
391 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf 0648-AN08
of Mexico and South Atlantic FMP....................................................
392 Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf 0648-AN09
of Mexico...........................................................................
393 Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan.................... 0648-AN16
394 Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.................. 0648-AN17
395 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan Amendment for the Pelagic Fisheries of 0648-AN76
the Western Pacific Region..........................................................
396 Regulatory Amendment Modifying the Gulf of Mexico BRD Protocol Under the Fishery 0648-AN84
Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP)..................
397 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Sargassum Habitat of the South Atlantic........... 0648-AN87
398 Management Measures for the Northeast Skate Complex................................. 0648-AO10
399 Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic, 0648-AO63
Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico (FMP) of the Atlantic.................................
400 Regulatory Amendment Under the Fishery Management Plan for Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish 0648-AP02
(FMP) To Establish a Red Snapper Stock Rebuilding Plan and To Set Red Snapper
Overfishing Targets and Thresholds..................................................
401 Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 0648-AP03
South Atlantic Region...............................................................
402 Revision of American Lobster Regulations for the EEZ................................ 0648-AP18
403 Regulatory Amendment to Implement Permit Stacking in the Limited-Entry Fixed-Gear 0648-AP38
Sablefish Fishery in 2002 and Beyond................................................
404 Implementation of Fishery Management Plan for Highly Migratory Species Fisheries Off 0648-AP42
the West Coast......................................................................
405 Regulatory Amendment Under the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan... 0648-AP50
406 Comprehensive Amendment Addressing Sustainable Fisheries Act Requirements Regarding 0648-AP51
Overfishing, Bycatch, Fishing Communities and Provisions for Fishery Management
Plans for the Caribbean.............................................................
407 Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Amendment 13......................... 0648-AP57
408 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 9..................... 0648-AP60
409 Implement a Vessel Monitoring System Under the South Pacific Tuna Act............... 0648-AP61
410 Revise Community Development Quota Program Administration and Allocation Regulations 0648-AP67
411 Full Retention of Demersal Shelf Rockfish in Gulf of Alaska Area 650................ 0648-AP73
412 Amendment to Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of Gulf of Mexico to 0648-AP95
Set 10-Year Rebuilding Plan for Red Grouper.........................................
413 Regulatory Amendment to Section 679 Permits or Permit-Related Issues................ 0648-AQ07
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414 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Permit Renewal Requirements and Transferability 0648-AQ20
Restrictions in NWHI's Hoomalu Zone and Mau Limited Access Programs.................
415 Fleet Capacity Control for U.S. Tuna Purse Seine Fisheries in the Eastern Pacific 0648-AQ21
Ocean...............................................................................
416 Secretarial Amendment 2 to Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan To Set Greater 0648-AQ24
Amberjack Sustainable Fisheries Act Targets and Thresholds and To Set Rebuilding
Plan................................................................................
417 Amendment 2 to Monkfish Fishery Management Plan..................................... 0648-AQ25
418 Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 2 to 0648-AQ27
the Atlantic Salmon FMP.............................................................
419 Recreational Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 0648-AQ32
Fishery for Fishing Year 2003.......................................................
420 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Bigeye Tuna and Swordfish Trade Statistical 0648-AQ37
Document Programs...................................................................
421 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 2003 Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and 0648-AQ38
Effort Controls.....................................................................
422 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AQ42
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
423 EFH Amendments to the Bottomfish, Crustaceans, and Precious Corals FMPs............. 0648-AQ43
424 Rulemaking to Correct the Salmon Fishery Coordinates as Implemented in the Amendment 0648-AQ48
3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast
of Alaska...........................................................................
425 Framework 3 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. 0648-AQ57
426 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Vessel Monitoring System. 0648-AQ58
427 Fisheries of the United States; National Standard 1................................. 0648-AQ63
428 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Billfish and Swordfish Recreational Fishing...... 0648-AQ65
429 Amendment 17 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan................ 0648-AQ68
430 Continuation of Measures To Reduce Fishing Mortality in the Northeast Multispecies 0648-AQ72
Fishery and Implement a DAS Leasing Program.........................................
431 Changes to Eligibility Criteria for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab License 0648-AQ73
Limitation Program..................................................................
432 Revise Eligibility Criteria for BSAI Pacific Cod Endorsements to Groundfish Licenses 0648-AQ75
Issued Under the License Limitation Program (LLP)...................................
433 Framework Adjustment 38 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 0648-AQ76
434 Implement BSAI FMP Amendment 75--Delaying Implementation of Improved Retention/ 0648-AQ78
Improved Utilization of Flatfish....................................................
435 Annual Specifications for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries 0648-AQ80
for 2004............................................................................
436 Specifications for the 2004-2005 Fishing Year for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery......... 0648-AQ81
437 Recreational Measures for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery for 0648-AQ82
Fishing Year 2004...................................................................
438 Annual Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries for 0648-AQ83
2004................................................................................
439 Annual Specifications for the Atlantic Herring Fishery for 2004..................... 0648-AQ84
440 Annual Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery for 2004.................... 0648-AQ85
441 ''Other Species'' CDQ Reserve Management............................................ 0648-AQ88
442 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Swordfish Quotas........................ 0648-AQ90
443 Adjustment of Management Program; Pelagic Fisheries in the Western Pacific Region... 0648-AQ91
444 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western 0648-AQ92
Pacific Region (American Samoa Limited Access Program)..............................
445 Eastern Pacific Tuna Controls....................................................... 0648-AQ93
446 West Coast Coastal Pelagic Fisheries Sardine Allocation System Change............... 0648-AQ94
447 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Atlantic Shark Management Measures......... 0648-AQ95
448 Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Mackerel............ 0648-AQ96
449 Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Sardine............. 0648-AQ97
450 Amend Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals.............. 0648-AH83
451 North Atlantic Whale Protection..................................................... 0648-AM85
452 Preventing Harassment From Human Activities Directed at Marine Mammals in the Wild.. 0648-AN43
453 Endangered and Threatened Species: Permit Exemptions................................ 0648-AO37
454 Captive Steller Sea Lions........................................................... 0648-AO61
455 Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocket Launches From the Kodiak Launch Complex, 0648-AP62
Kodiak Island, Alaska...............................................................
456 Annual Specifications for the Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries for 2004......... 0648-AQ79
457 Revision of Overflight Regulations.................................................. 0648-AI91
458 Interagency Consultation for the National Marine Sanctuary Program.................. 0648-AL06
459 Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary............................................... 0648-AQ41
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
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460 Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Pacific Halibut to the Charter Boat Fleet.......... 0648-AK17
461 Proposed Highly Migratory Species Process........................................... 0648-AK40
462 Regulatory Amendment to Reinstate 6000-Pound Trip Limit of Halibut in Area Northeast 0648-AL97
of the Bering Sea...................................................................
463 Enhanced Measures To Mitigate Seabird Bycatch in the Alaska Longline Fisheries (Hook- 0648-AM30
and-Line)...........................................................................
464 Implementation of Western Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 0648-AM97
465 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Incidental Catch. 0648-AO75
466 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing Permits Procedures.............. 0648-AO79
467 American Lobster Fishery; Revisions to Lobster Trap Limits, Conservation Equivalency 0648-AP15
in New Hampshire Waters, and Clarification of Lobster Management Boundaries per
Addendum 1..........................................................................
468 Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Crab Species Covered by the Fishery 0648-AP25
Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs...........
469 Bottomfish and Pelagics Fisheries FMP Amendments Regarding Bycatch Provisions....... 0648-AP54
470 Bottomfish, Crustaceans, Pelagics, and Precious Corals Fisheries FMP Amendments 0648-AP55
Regarding Fishing Communities.......................................................
471 Amendment to Regulations for Observer At-Sea Electronic Communication Equipment 0648-AP66
Requirements for Vessels and Shoreside Processors in the North Pacific Groundfish
Fisheries...........................................................................
472 Antarctic Marine Living Resources Vessel Monitoring System and Catch Documentation 0648-AP74
Scheme..............................................................................
473 IFQ Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Catcher Vessels; BSAI Amendment 72 0648-AP92
and GOA Amendment 64................................................................
474 Extension of an Emergency Interim Rule to Implement 2002 Steller Sea Lion Protection 0648-AQ02
Measures and Harvest Specifications for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Area and the
Gulf of Alaska......................................................................
475 Subsistence Fishery for Pacific Halibut in Waters Off Alaska........................ 0648-AQ09
476 Capital Construction Fund Procedures................................................ 0648-AQ16
477 2003-2004 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon 0648-AQ17
Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California......................
478 Annual Specifications for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery for Fishing Year 2003....... 0648-AQ26
479 Framework 2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan................................. 0648-AQ29
480 Specifications for the 2003-2004 Fishing Year for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery......... 0648-AQ34
481 Framework 37 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.................. 0648-AQ35
482 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Large and Small Coastal Shark Commercial 0648-AQ39
Management Measures.................................................................
483 Increase in Allowable Percentage of Pollock Roe..................................... 0648-AQ44
484 Opening Waters to Pacific Cod Pot Fishing Off Cape Barnabas and Caton Island in the 0648-AQ45
Gulf of Alaska......................................................................
485 Policies and Procedures Regarding Use of the NOAA Space-Based Data Collection 0648-AQ55
Systems.............................................................................
486 Corrected Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium Amending the 0648-AQ70
Gulf Reef Fish and Coastal Pelagics FMPs............................................
487 Notice of Technical Revision to Right Whale Nomenclature and Taxonomy Under the U.S. 0648-AQ74
Endangered Species Act..............................................................
488 Atlantic Large Whale 2002 Seasonal Area Management (SAM) Program.................... 0648-AP68
489 Provide Regulations for Permits for Capture, Transport, Import, and Export of 0648-AH26
Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a Captive Marine Mammal
Inventory...........................................................................
490 Draft Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts in Making Listing Decisions..... 0648-AL91
491 Taking of the Cook Inlet, Alaska, Stock of Beluga Whales by Alaska Natives.......... 0648-AO16
492 Restrictions on Pound Net Leaders To Enhance Turtle Protection in Virginia; 0648-AP81
Threatened and Endangered Sea Turtle Conservation...................................
493 Listing Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Designating Critical Habitat; 12- 0648-AP94
Month Finding.......................................................................
494 Designating the Eastern North Pacific Southern Resident Stock of Killer Whales as 0648-AQ00
Depleted............................................................................
495 Designation of Critical Habitat for Gulf Sturgeon................................... 0648-AQ03
496 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AQ04
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
497 Taking of Threatened or Endangered Species Incidental to Commercial Fishing 0648-AQ13
Operations..........................................................................
498 Access to Tissue Specimen Samples From the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank....... 0648-AQ51
499 List of Fisheries for 2003.......................................................... 0648-AQ60
500 Natural Resource Damage Assessments Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990............. 0648-AM80
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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501 Crustaceans, Bottomfish, and Pelagics FMP Amendments Regarding Overfishing 0648-AN79
Definitions.........................................................................
502 Amendment 2 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan......................... 0648-AQ87
503 Interagency Policy on the Prescription of Fishways Under Section 18 of the Federal 0648-AO70
Power Act...........................................................................
504 Policy for Review of Mandatory Conditions Developed by the Departments of the 0648-AO84
Interior and Commerce in the Context of Hydropower Licensing........................
505 Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Threatened Southern Oregon/Northern 0648-AJ91
California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) Coho Salmon..................
506 Designated Critical Habitat: Proposed Critical Habitat for Northern California 0648-AO04
Steelhead...........................................................................
507 Installing and Maintaining Commercial Submarine Cables in National Marine 0648-AO36
Sanctuaries.........................................................................
508 Procedural Changes to the Federal Consistency Process............................... 0648-AP98
509 Regional Marine Research Program.................................................... 0648-AF20
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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510 Comprehensive Amendment Addressing Sustainable Fisheries Act Requirements Regarding 0648-AL86
Overfishing, Bycatch, Fishing Communities and Provisions for Fishery Management
Plans for the Caribbean.............................................................
511 Regulatory Amendment To Change the Regulations Implementing the North Pacific 0648-AM44
Observer Program....................................................................
512 Framework Regulatory Amendment for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 0648-AM91
Fishing Vessel Permits; Charter Boat Operations.....................................
513 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Monitoring of the Atlantic Billfish and 0648-AN06
Swordfish Recreational Fisheries....................................................
514 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of 0648-AN10
Mexico..............................................................................
515 Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management 0648-AN12
Plan................................................................................
516 Amendments 61/61 for BSAI and GOA Groundfish; Amendment 13 for Commercial King and 0648-AN55
Tanner Crab; and Amendment 8 for Alaska Scallop Fishery.............................
517 Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan........................................... 0648-AN68
518 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Swordfish Quotas and Fishing Areas............... 0648-AO93
519 Regulatory Amendment To Allow Experimental Setnet Sablefish Landings To Qualify 0648-AP39
Limited-Entry Sablefish Endorsement Holders for Tier Assignment in the West Coast
Primary Sablefish Fishery...........................................................
520 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South 0648-AP41
Atlantic Region.....................................................................
521 Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Mackerel............ 0648-AP43
522 Amendment 69 to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Fishery Management Plan 0648-AP71
(FMP)--American Fisheries Act (AFA) Coop Leasing....................................
523 Protect Northeast Multispecies Groundfish Stocks.................................... 0648-AP78
524 Amendment 60 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf 0648-AP79
of Alaska...........................................................................
525 Pacific Tuna Fisheries.............................................................. 0648-AP86
526 Amendment 10 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan................. 0648-AP87
527 Announcement of the Optimum Yield and Harvest Limit for Pacific Sardine............. 0648-AP88
528 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Regulatory Adjustments; NOAA Information 0648-AP89
Collection Requirements.............................................................
529 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 2002 Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and 0648-AP90
Effort Controls.....................................................................
530 2003 Observer Program Requirements.................................................. 0648-AQ05
531 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska--Steller Sea Lion Protection 0648-AQ08
Measures............................................................................
532 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 0648-AQ11
Butterfish Fisheries; Control Date for Atlantic Mackerel............................
533 Implementation of New Depth-Based Management Measures in the Pacific Coast 0648-AQ14
Groundfish Fishery..................................................................
534 2003 Initial Specifications for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish............ 0648-AQ15
535 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Announcement of the 2003 Groundfish Fishery 0648-AQ18
Specifications and Management Measures..............................................
536 Groundfish Fishery Management Measures for January Through February 2003............ 0648-AQ19
537 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework 0648-AQ28
Adjustment 15.......................................................................
538 Annual Specifications for Fishing Year 2003 for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 0648-AQ30
Sea Bass Fishery....................................................................
539 Annual Specifications for the Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries for Fishing Year 0648-AQ31
2003................................................................................
540 Specifications for the Atlantic Herring Fishery for Fishery Year 2003............... 0648-AQ33
541 Seasonal Adjustment of Closure Areas to Pollock and Pacific Cod Trawl Fishing in 0648-AQ46
Waters Off Cape Sarichef in the Bering Sea Subarea..................................
542 Expedite Reallocation of Sardine in the West Coast Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery.. 0648-AQ47
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543 Modification of the Regulations Implementing Framework Adjustment 35 (Framework 35) 0648-AQ50
to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP).........................
544 Rescind a Final Rule Implementing a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium 0648-AQ59
Amending the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (Amendment 20) and Coastal Migratory
Pelagics Fishery Management Plan....................................................
545 Sea Scallop Research Proposals under Framework 15 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop 0648-AQ62
Fishery Management Plan.............................................................
546 Research Proposals for Fishing Year 2004 for a Research Set-Aside Program for 0648-AQ66
Selected Mid-Atlantic Fisheries.....................................................
547 Revisions to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for 2003 and Beyond............. 0648-AQ67
548 Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan....................................... 0648-AL70
549 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Shrimp Fishery................................. 0648-AN62
550 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Fishery Activities............................. 0648-AP91
551 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large 0648-AQ23
Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations...............................................
552 Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements............................... 0648-AQ52
553 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Takings Incidental to Power Plant Operations 0648-AQ54
554 Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements............................... 0648-AQ56
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0648-AO47 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Precious Coral Fisheries in the Western 03/03/2003 Withdrawn
Pacific Region
0648-AP16 Sea Turtle Conservation Regulations; Fishery Activities (TEDs) 12/21/2002 Merged With 0648-AN62
0648-AP53 Adjustment of Management Program: Bottomfish Fisheries in the Western Pacific 03/03/2003 Withdrawn
0648-AQ40 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); Large Coastal Shark Commercial and Recreational 10/01/2002 Merged With 0648-AQ39
Management Measures
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Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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555 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.............. 0651-AB32
556 Madrid Protocol Implementation Act Rules Change..................................... 0651-AB45
557 Changes to Promote Quality Enhancement and Pendency................................. 0651-AB50
558 Changes in Trademark Rules of Practice in Inter Partes Proceedings Before the 0651-AB56
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board....................................................
559 Changes To Implement the 2002 Inter Partes Reexamination and Other Technical 0651-AB57
Amendments to the Patent Statute....................................................
560 Changes To Implement Electronic Maintenance of Official Patent Application Records.. 0651-AB59
561 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2004.......................... 0651-AB60
562 Revision of Search and Preliminary Examination Fees for International Applications.. 0651-AB61
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Patent and Trademark Office--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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563 Elimination of Continued Prosecution Application Practice as to Utility and Plant... 0651-AB37
564 Changes To Implement Patent-Related Provisions of the United States Patent and 0651-AB54
Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003.............................................
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Patent and Trademark Office--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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565 Processing Fee for Use of Paper Forms for Submission of Applications for 0651-AB52
Registration and Other Documents....................................................
566 Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark 0651-AB55
Office..............................................................................
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Patent and Trademark Office--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
567 Complaints Regarding Invention Promoters............................................ 0651-AB12
568 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 2003.......................... 0651-AB51
569 Technical Corrections Act of 2002 Rules Change...................................... 0651-AB58
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Patent and Trademark Office--Discontinued Entries
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Regulation
Identification Title Date Comments
Number
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0651-AB17 Correspondence Filed in the Patent and Trademark Office 02/24/2003 Withdrawn
0651-AB27 Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Appeals Under 35 02/19/2003 Withdrawn
U.S.C. 134
0651-AB53 Revision of the Fees for Request for Continued Examination and the URAA Transitional 02/24/2003 Withdrawn
Examination Practices
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Technology Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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570 Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under 0692-AA14
Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements............................
571 Acquisition and Protection of Foreign Rights in Inventions.......................... 0692-AA15
572 Amendment to Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business 0692-AA18
Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements................
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
299. NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN,
HANDICAP, AND AGE IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 794; 42 USC 2000d to 2000d-7; 42 USC 6101 to
6107; EO 12250
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 8; 15 CFR 8b; 15 CFR 8c; 15 CFR 20
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of Commerce proposes to make amendments to its
regulations implementing title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(Title VI), section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1972 (section
504), and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (Age Discrimination Act).
Together, these statutes prohibit discrimination on the basis of race,
color, national origin, disability, and age in programs or activities
that receive Federal financial assistance. In 1988, the Civil Rights
Restoration Act (CRRA) added definitions of ``program or activity'' and
``program'' to Title VI and added a definition of ``program or
activity'' to section 504 and the Age Discrimination Act. The added
definitions were designed to clarify the broad scope of coverage of
recipients' programs or activities under these statutes. The
promulgation of this proposed regulation explicitly incorporates the
CRRA's definition of ``program or activity'' and ``program'' into the
Department's Title VI, section 504, and Age Discrimination Act
regulations. The Department's proposed regulation will be published as
part of a joint notice of proposed rulemaking involving up to 24
Federal agencies.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 12/06/00 65 FR 76460
NPRM Comment Period End 01/05/01
Final Action 09/00/03
Final Action Effective 10/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Lawrence N. Self, Acting Director, Office of Civil
Rights, Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary, HCHB Room
6010, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0625
Fax: 202 482-5375
RIN: 0690-AA30
_______________________________________________________________________
300. EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT; REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 5 USC 7301; 5 USC 7353; 26 USC 7214(b); EO
12731; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of Commerce issues this final rule to remove
obsolete sectors of the Commerce and Foreign Trade Regulation
concerning the policies and procedures relating to employee
responsibilities and conduct.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Douglas Ligor, Attorney Advisor, Department of
Commerce, Office of the Secretary, HCHB Room 5898C, 14th & Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-0127
Fax: 202 482-2998
RIN: 0690-AA32
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
Office of the Secretary (OS)
_______________________________________________________________________
301. [bull] CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES; ADJUSTMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 101-410; PL 104-134; 5 USC 553
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 6
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This final rule issued to adjust civil monetary penalties
provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce
(the Department). As required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement
Act of 1996, the Secretary of Commerce adjusted the Department's civil
monetary penalties for inflation on October 24, 1996, and subsequently
on November 1, 2000. The purpose of this rule is to bring the
Department into compliance with GAO's interpretation of the statute.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 01/29/03 68 FR 4380
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Peter Robbins, Attorney Advisor, Department of
Commerce, Office of the Secretary, HCHB Room 5876, Office of the
General Counsel, 15th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-3151
Fax: 202 482-0512
Email: probbins@doc.gov
RIN: 0690-AA33
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
_______________________________________________________________________
302. ANNUAL SURVEY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing rule CFR 806.15 to raise the
threshold for reporting on the BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States, and to bring the survey into
conformity with the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States--2002.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/03
Final Action 09/00/03
Final Action Effective 10/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Obie G. Whichard, Assistant Chief, International
Investment Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, BE-50, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9890
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: obie.whichard@bea.gov
RIN: 0691-AA48
_______________________________________________________________________
303. [bull] QUARTERLY SURVEYS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES BETWEEN
U.S. AND FOREIGN PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101-3108
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will amend existing rule 15 CFR 801.9 to require
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quarterly reporting of trade in services between U.S. and foreign
persons for a number of services that up to now have been reported
annually. The collection of quarterly information on international
services activity is needed to support a Government initiative to
provide more timely data on trade in the largest and most volatile
services.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/03
Final Action 11/00/03
Final Action Effective 01/00/04
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Obie G. Whichard, Assistant Chief, International
Investment Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, BE-50, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 606-9890
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: obie.whichard@bea.gov
RIN: 0691-AA49
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
_______________________________________________________________________
304. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 13 CFR ch III
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: Claudia Nadig
Phone: 202 482-4687
Fax: 202 482-5671
Email: cnadig@eda.gov
RIN: 0691-AA47
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
_______________________________________________________________________
305. ANNUAL SURVEY OF SELECTED SERVICES TRANSACTIONS WITH UNAFFILIATED
FOREIGN PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 11/29/02 67 FR 71103
Final Action Effective 12/30/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Agency Contact: Obie G. Whichard
Phone: 202 606-9890
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: obie.whichard@bea.gov
RIN: 0691-AA43
_______________________________________________________________________
306. BENCHMARK SURVEY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED
STATES--2002
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 01/13/03 68 FR 1531
Final Action Effective 02/12/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Obie G. Whichard
Phone: 202 606-9890
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: obie.whichard@bea.gov
RIN: 0691-AA44
_______________________________________________________________________
307. TRANSACTIONS OF U.S. AFFILIATE, EXCEPT U.S. BANKING AFFILIATE, WITH
FOREIGN PARENT (BE-605) AND TRANSACTIONS OF U.S. BANKING AFFILIATE WITH
FOREIGN PARENT (BE-605 BANK)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/16/02 67 FR 63860
Final Action 01/27/03 68 FR 3811
Final Action Effective 02/26/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Obie G. Whichard
Phone: 202 606-9890
Fax: 202 606-5318
Email: obie.whichard@bea.gov
RIN: 0691-AA45
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Prerule Stage
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
308. [bull] FULL MANDATORY AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES) FILING FOR
EXPORT SHIPMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 107-228, sec 404
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations to require mandatory filing through the
Automated Export System (AES) of all export information, including
information for shipments where filing of a Shipper's Export
Declaration was formerly required. The AES is an electronic method by
which export information is transmitted. This amendment will specify
the provisions and filing responsibilities of parties exporting
commodities from the U.S.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 763-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
Email: ruth.d.mangaroo@census.gov
Related RIN: Merged With 0607-AA29, Merged With 0648-AA30, Merged With
0607-AA31
RIN: 0607-AA38
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
309. SPECIAL SERVICES AND STUDIES BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS;
AMENDMENTS TO AGE SEARCH PROCEDURES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1256; 13 USC 8
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.1(d); 15 CFR 80.1(c); 15 CFR 80.1(g); 15 CFR
50.5
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Chapter 1, part 50.1(d) should be amended to read as follows:
If a search is unsuccessful and additional information for a further
search is requested by the Bureau, such information must be received
within 90 days of the request or the case will be considered closed.
Additional information received after 90 days must be accompanied by a
new fee and will be considered a new request. Chapter 1, part 80.1(c):
Change the address from Pittsburg, Kansas 66762 to Jeffersonville,
Indiana 47131. Chapter 1, part 80.1(g): The language may be clarified
by changing it to read: Census information will not be furnished to
another person unless the person to whom the information relates
authorizes such release in the space provided on the Form BC-600.
Chapter 1, part 50.5: The note following the chart of the fee structure
can be eliminated since we have not had a fee increase since February
1993.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 09/17/01 66 FR 48013
NPRM Comment Period End 10/17/01
Final Action 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Stanley M. Domzalski, Assistant Chief (Services),
National Processing Center, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 812 218-3579
Fax: 812 218-3293
RIN: 0607-AA24
_______________________________________________________________________
310. AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES) MANDATORY FILING FOR ALL ITEMS ON THE
COMMERCE CONTROL LIST (CCL) AND THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST (USML)
THAT CURRENTLY REQUIRE A SHIPPER'S EXPORT DECLARATION (SED)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 106-113, title XII
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations to specify the Requirement for the Mandatory
Automated Export System (AES) filing for all items on the Department of
Commerce's Commerce Control List (CCL) and the United States Munitions
List (USML) of the Department of State. The AES is an electronic method
by which export information can be transmitted. This amendment will
specify the provisions and the responsibilities of parties exporting
commodities identified on the CCL and USML via AES.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/09/02 67 FR 62911
NPRM Comment Period End 12/09/02
Final Action 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 763-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
Email: ruth.d.mangaroo@census.gov
RIN: 0607-AA34
_______________________________________________________________________
311. CUTOFF DATES FOR RECOGNITION OF BOUNDARY CHANGES FOR CENSUS 2000
AND FOR THE INTERCENSAL PERIOD
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 553(b)(3)(A); 5 USC 604(a); 44 USC 35
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 70
Legal Deadline: None
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Abstract: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is establishing
cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes to geographic entities
for which the Census Bureau reports data in various surveys, estimates,
censuses, programs, compilations, and publications throughout the
period between decennial censuses (years 2001 through 2009).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/25/02 67 FR 3631
NPRM Comment Period End 02/25/02
Final Action 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Robert W. Marx, Chief, Geography Division, Department
of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Stop 7400, 4700 Silver Hill Road,
Washington, DC 20233-7400
Phone: 301 457-2131
Email: rmarx@geo.census.gov
RIN: 0607-AA35
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
312. [bull] MANDATORY AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES) FOR EXPORTS (RE-
EXPORTS) OF ROUGH DIAMONDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade
Statistics Regulations to incorporate requirements for the mandatory
electronic filing via the Automated Export System (AES) of exports (re-
exports) of specific classifications of rough diamonds in accordance
with the Kimberley Process. The Kimberley Process is a certification
scheme designed to control worldwide trade in illicit rough diamonds.
Filing information on exports (re-exports) of rough diamonds through
the AES is designed to control movement of and stem trading in illicit
trade of rough or ``conflict'' diamonds, often linked to the finance of
armed conflicts in certain world areas.
Timetable: Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Ruth Mangaroo, Regulations, Outreach, & Education
Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Room 3125, FB-3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301 763-2238
Fax: 301 457-3765
Email: ruth.d.mangaroo@census.gov
RIN: 0607-AA39
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
Bureau of the Census (CENSUS)
_______________________________________________________________________
313. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50.50(a); 15 CFR 50.50(b); 15 CFR 50.50(c)
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/27/02 67 FR 54950
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Les Solomon
Phone: 301 763-5377
Fax: 301 457-4714
RIN: 0607-AA36
_______________________________________________________________________
314. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS GEOGRAPHICALLY UPDATED POPULATION
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 50
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/08/02 67 FR 62657
Final Rule 12/04/02 67 FR 72095
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rodger V. Johnson
Phone: 301 763-2419
Fax: 301 457-2481
RIN: 0607-AA37
[[Page 30093]]
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
315. GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; PL 103-355, sec 2455; 31 USC 6101; EO
12549; EO 12689
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 26
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Periodically, OMB amends the Governmentwide common rule for
suspension and debarment of contractors and assistance participants who
threaten the integrity of Federal programs because of criminal
misconduct or poor performance. Agencies must issue changes to their
individual codified versions to conform to the common rule. Recently,
the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Coordinating Committee
prepared recommendations for comprehensive changes to the common rule
to conform to changes made in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
as a result of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. In addition,
several other proposals to improve or change the rule are included.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/23/02 67 FR 3266
NPRM Comment Period End 03/23/02
Final Action 03/00/04
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Robert Kugelman, Director, Office of Executive
Budgeting and Assistance Management, Department of Commerce, HCHB Room
6022, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4115
Fax: 202 482-3270
RIN: 0605-AA16
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
General Administration (ADMIN)
_______________________________________________________________________
316. PUBLIC INFORMATION, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 4; 15 CFR 4a; 15 CFR 4b
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/31/00 65 FR 34606
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Andy McCready
Phone: 202 482-8044
RIN: 0605-AA14
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
317. COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY OF FABRIC AND YARN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 106-200, sec 112(b)(5)(B); PL 106-200, sec 211; EO
13191
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 345
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The proposed rule implements certain provisions of the Trade
and Development Act of 2000 (the Act). Title I of the Act (the African
Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA) and title II of the Act (the United
States--Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act or CBTPA) provide for
quota and duty-free treatment for qualifying apparel products from
designated beneficiary countries. AGOA and CBTPA authorize quota and
duty-free treatment for apparel articles that are both cut (or knit-to-
shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more designated
beneficiary countries from yarn or fabric that is not formed in the
United States or a beneficiary country, provided it has been determined
that such yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner. The President has delegated
to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (the
Committee), which is chaired by Commerce, the authority to determine
whether yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner under the AGOA and the CBTPA,
and has authorized the Committee to extend quota and duty-free
treatment to apparel of such yarn or fabric. The proposed rule provides
the procedure for interested parties to submit a request alleging that
a yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely manner, the procedure for public
comments, and relevant factors that will be considered in the
Committee's determination. The proposed rule also outlines the factors
to be considered by the Committee in extending quota- and duty-free
treatment.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Janet Heinzen, International Trade Specialist,
Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, 3106,
Office of Textiles and Apparel, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4006
RIN: 0625-AA59
[[Page 30094]]
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
318. PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING FIVE-YEAR (SUNSET) REVIEWS OF ANTIDUMPING
AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 19 USC 1671 et seq; 19 USC 1673 et seq; 19 USC 1303
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On May 19, 1997 (62 FR 27296), the Department of Commerce
(the Department) published final rules on, inter alia, procedures for
conducting antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings to conform
the Department's existing regulations to the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act (URAA). Although these regulations contain provisions on the
conduct of sunset reviews, the Department is planning to amend the
regulations to provide more guidance on the procedures for conducting
sunset reviews. Specifically, the Department proposes to amend the
procedural regulations for participation in, and conduct of, sunset
reviews to add two definitions to provide shorthand expressions for
120-day and 240-day sunset reviews; provide deadlines for certain
submissions; clarify the information to be provided by parties
participating in a sunset review; clarify when the Department will
conduct a 120-day or a 240-day sunset review; and provide time limits
for actions to be taken by the Department.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 03/20/98 63 FR 13516
Interim Final Rule Effective 03/20/98
Final Action 10/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Stacy Ettinger, Attorney, Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration, Room 3828, 14th & Pennsylvania
Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-4618
RIN: 0625-AA51
_______________________________________________________________________
319. IMPORT OF CERTAIN WORSTED WOOL FABRIC: IMPLEMENTATION OF TARIFF
RATE QUOTA ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE V OF THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF
2000
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: PL 106-200, sec 501-504; Title V of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000; Presidential Proclamation No. 7383 (December
1, 2000)
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 335; 15 CFR 340
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 22, 2001, the Department of Commerce issued
interim regulations implementing section 501(e) and section 504(b) of
the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the Act). Section 501(e)
requires the President to fairly allocate tariff rate quotas on the
import of certain worsted wool fabrics, tariff rate quotas which were
established by sections 501(a) and 501(b) of the Act. Section 504(b)
authorizes the President to modify the limitations on worsted wool
fabric imports under the tariff rate quotas. The President has
delegated to the Secretary of Commerce the authority to allocate the
quantity of imports under the tariff rate quotas and to determine
whether the limitations on the quantity of imports under the tariff
rate quotas should be modified. Final regulations will be issued after
the period for notice and comment has expired.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 01/22/01 66 FR 6459
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 03/23/01
Final Rule 11/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Sergio Botero, Industry Economist, Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration, HCHB Room 3119, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230
Phone: 202 482-4058
Fax: 202 482-0667
RIN: 0625-AA58
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
International Trade Administration (ITA)
_______________________________________________________________________
320. PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE INSULAR POSSESSIONS WATCH, WATCH MOVEMENT,
AND JEWELRY PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 303
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 12/18/02 67 FR 77407
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Faye Robinson
Phone: 202 482-3526
RIN: 0625-AA57
_______________________________________________________________________
321. ESTABLISHMENT OF STEEL IMPORT LICENSING AND SURGE-MONITORING
PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 19 CFR ch III
Completed:
________________________________________________________________________
Reason Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 12/31/02 67 FR 97845
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Roland MacDonald
Phone: 202 482-1275
RIN: 0625-AA60
[[Page 30095]]
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Prerule Stage
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
322. [bull] LICENSE EXCEPTION APR FOR REEXPORTS TO, FROM, AND AMONG
COUNTRIES IN COUNTRY GROUP A:1
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; PL 106-387; EO 13026; EO
13222; 67 FR 53721
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This notice will seek public comments on the potential impact
of proposals to amend the Export Administration Regulations to clarify
the scope of items for which License Exception APR is available and,
possibly, to narrow the scope of this license exception. The
transactions that such an amendment could affect are all described in
15 CFR 740.16(a) and (b). These paragraphs deal with transactions to
from and among countries in Country Group A:1 and cooperating countries
as defined in 15 CFR part 740, supp. No. 1.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC69
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
323. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REGULATIONS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 710 et seq
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule will make effective the proposed rule
published July 21, 1999. The purpose of the regulation is to implement
the provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their
Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention) and the Chemical Weapons
Convention Implementation Act of 1998, requiring private facilities to
submit information on certain activities involving toxic chemicals, and
to make certain private facilities subject to periodic inspection by
the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the
international organization created to administer the Convention and to
monitor compliance by States Parties.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/21/99 64 FR 39193
Interim Final Rule 12/30/99 64 FR 73744
Second NPRM 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB06
_______________________________________________________________________
324. MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS, CLASSIFICATION
REQUESTS, AND LICENSE EXCEPTIONS NOTIFICATIONS VIA BIS'S SIMPLIFIED
NETWORK APPLICATION PROCESS (SNAP)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; 18 USC 2510; 22 USC
3201; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222; 66 FR 56965; 67
FR 53721; EO 12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; EO 13026,
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR
754; 15 CFR 772
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would change the Export Administration Regulations
as needed to implement a revised version of the Bureau of Industry and
Security's Simplified Network Application Processing (SNAP) system.
This rule also would make use of that system mandatory for all filings
of Export License applications (except Special Comprehensive Licenses
and deemed export licenses), Reexport Authorization requests,
Classification requests, Encryption Review requests, and License
Exception AGR notifications unless the Bureau of Industry and Security
authorizes paper filing for a particular user or transaction. This rule
also would authorize SNAP filing for special reports of certain items
controlled under the Wassenaar Arrangement. This rule also would
eliminate all provisions of the regulations associated with earlier
versions of SNAP and other electronic filing systems that the Bureau of
Industry and Security has used in the past, as use of those systems
would be terminated upon introduction of the new version of SNAP (SNAP
2002). Those eliminated provisions include the requirements regarding
personal identification numbers (PINs) and the requirement for users to
keep logs of items filed electronically. This rule also would require
that requests for advisory opinions include the Export Control
Classification Number of the item(s) at issue, revise emergency license
application procedures, set the value of all aircraft licensed for
temporary sojourn abroad to zero and correct some omissions,
misstatements and typographical errors.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
[[Page 30096]]
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC20
_______________________________________________________________________
325. PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT EXPORT LICENSE JURISDICTION
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 1A004 in the
Commerce Control List (CCL) provides that protection and detection
equipment and components not specially designed for military use are
subject to the licensing authority of the Department of State, Office
of Defense Trade Controls (DTC). The Bureau of Industry and Security
(BIS) has received information suggesting that the existing rule
commits to DTC authority a number of items that have primarily civil
end uses. This proposed rule draws a distinction between items subject
to DTC control and items subject to the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) by modifying ECCN 1A004 and creating a new ECCN
1A995.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC64
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
326. ENTITY LIST REVISION: KHAN RESEARCH LABORATORIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) may inform the public,
individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is
required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contain
a list of such entities called the Entity List. This rule revises the
entry for Abdul Qader Khan Research Laboratories, located in Kahuta,
Pakistan. Abdul Qader Khan Research Laboratories is also known as Khan
Research Laboratories. Because Khan Research Laboratories has changed
its name to Institute of Industrial Control Systems (IICS), this rule
adds Institute of Industrial Control Systems (IICS) as an a.k.a. under
the entity Abdul Qader Khan Research Laboratories. In addition, this
rule makes a revision to clarify that when BIS publishes in the Federal
Register information regarding entities in the Entity List that it is
informing not only exporters but the public.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Addition to Entity List 05/16/97 62 FR 26922
Addition to Entity List 06/30/97 62 FR 35334
Addition to Entity List 06/30/97 62 FR 35335
Revision to Entity List 10/01/97 62 FR 51369
Addition to Entity List -
Russian Entities 07/29/98 63 FR 40363
Revisions and Additions to
Entity List 05/14/01 66 FR 24264
Final Action 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB60
_______________________________________________________________________
327. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION SYSTEMS; EXPANSION OF
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a;
EO 12002; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Export Administration is amending the Export
Administration Regulations by expanding the current scope of control of
explosive detection systems controlled by Export Control Classification
Number (ECCN) 2A993 to include all types of systems that detect the
presence of explosives or explosive residue. This rule also expands the
control of these explosive detection systems to Iraq. In addition, this
rule establishes a new licensing requirement on the export and reexport
of software designed or modified for the development, production, or
use of explosive detection systems to Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Syria for
antiterrorism reasons.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB87
[[Page 30097]]
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328. EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS TO SUDAN
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the imposition of
economic sanctions on Sudan, as a result of the issuance of Executive
Order 13067 on November 3, 1997. The Executive Order delegates
implementation responsibility to the Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control, including authority for exports and
certain reexports. In addition, this rule makes editorial revisions to
the EAR relating to embargoes and antiterrorism controls.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC05
_______________________________________________________________________
329. REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 774; 15 CFR 742
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) to amend the Commerce Control List to
reflect the reformatted Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex
of October 14, 1999 (Noordwijk/TEM). This final rule also amends
Country Group A:2, MTCR, to add the Czech Republic, Korea (Republic
of), Poland, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC22
_______________________________________________________________________
330. REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS (EAR)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730; 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR
740; 15 CFR 746; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 752; 15 CFR 758; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR
774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations by
making certain revisions and clarifications and, in some cases, inserts
material inadvertently omitted from previous rules.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC24
_______________________________________________________________________
331. LICENSE EXCEPTION AVS: CUBA, LIBYA, SERBIA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by allowing equipment, spares,
and plane stores under the provisions of License Exception AVS on
foreign registered aircraft subject to the EAR that are temporarily
reexported to Libya and Serbia, and on U.S.- or foreign-registered
aircraft subject to the EAR that are temporarily exported or reexported
to Cuba.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC33
_______________________________________________________________________
332. CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Legal Deadline: None
[[Page 30098]]
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers export
controls on certain toxic chemicals and precursors that are listed in
the ``Schedules of Chemicals'' contained within the ``Annex on
Chemicals'' to the ``Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
Destruction,'' also known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
This rule amends the CWC provisions in the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR) to clarify BIS licensing requirements and policies
for chemicals and precursors controlled for chemical weapons reasons.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC35
_______________________________________________________________________
333. EXPORTS TO AFGHANISTAN (THE TALIBAN) AND LIBERIA: IMPOSITION OF
FOREIGN POLICY CONTROLS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC
3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
to implement United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1333 of
December 19, 2000, and 1343 of March 7, 2001, which mandated embargoes
on the sale or supply of arms-related items, including technical
assistance and training, to the Taliban and to Liberia, respectively.
These steps taken by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
supplement controls implemented by the Department of State on exports
of defense articles and services to the Taliban and to Liberia under
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. BIS already requires a
license for the export and reexport to Afghanistan and Liberia of most
of the items subject to the EAR that fall within the scope of the UNSC-
mandated ban on arms-related items (e.g., items controlled for regional
stability and crime control reasons).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC45
_______________________________________________________________________
334. ELIMINATION OF ``NATIONAL SECURITY'' AS A REASON FOR CONTROL FOR
CERTAIN ITEMS ON THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; 18 USC 2510; EO 13222; EO
12058; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Commerce Control List (CCL) to eliminate
``National Security'' as a reason for control with respect to certain
items. This rule is needed to make the CCL conform to Section
5(c)(6)(A) of the Export Administration Act (the Act), which provides
that unilateral national security controls expire six months after
enactment of the Act or of the control (whichever is later) unless a
determination has been made under section 5 of the Act that there is no
foreign availability of the items or unless the President is pursuing
negotiations to end such availability. All but four of the items
affected by this rule are moved to other Export Control Classification
Numbers (ECCNs) on the CCL. Two of the items that are removed from the
CCL (bayonets and technology for the design, production or use of
bayonets) are transferred to the United States Munitions List. The
other two items (muzzle-loading firearms and technology for the design,
production or use of muzzle-loading firearms) are now EAR99.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC54
_______________________________________________________________________
335. IMPOSITION AND EXPANSION OF CONTROLS ON DESIGNATED PERSONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 22 USC 3201; EO 13099; EO
13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 772
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) by imposing a license requirement on the export and reexport of
any item subject to the EAR by a U.S. person or non-U.S. person to
persons blocked and designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001. In response to grave acts of terrorism and threats
of terrorism, Executive Order 13224 blocks the property and interests
in property of persons who commit, threaten to commit or support
terrorism, and prohibits U.S. persons or applicable non-U.S. persons
from engaging in any transactions with such blocked persons. The
Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
maintains the list of blocked persons newly designated Specially
Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) in appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 and identified by the bracketed
initials [SDGT]. This rule also amends the EAR by expanding reexport
controls on Specially Designated Terrorists (SDTs) and foreign controls
on
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Specially Designated Terrorists (SDTs) and Foreign Terrorist
Organizations (FTOs). OFAC also maintains the lists of SDTs and FTOs
found in appendix A to 31 C.F.R. chapter V and identified by the
bracketed initials [SDT] and [FTO], respectively.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman, Export Policy Analyst, Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC60
_______________________________________________________________________
336. LICENSE APPLICATION DENIAL POLICY, ``RED FLAG'' INDICATORS OF
POSSIBLE INAPPROPRIATE END-USE, END-USER, OR DESTINATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13026; EO 13222; 22
USC 3201; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO
13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 744.11
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule makes explicit BIS's policy of denying export
license applications when a sanction imposed on a party pursuant to a
statute requires such denial. Such sanctions are imposed for activities
contrary to United States foreign policy interests or that contribute
to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This rule also
makes the imposition of such sanctions or publication of a party's name
on the BIS ``Unverified List'' a ``red flag'' triggering a need for
heightened scrutiny when dealing with such parties in transactions that
are subject to the Export Administration Regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 08/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC68
_______________________________________________________________________
337. [bull] REVISIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS -- CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONTROLS: AUSTRALIA GROUP
(JUNE 2002 PLENARY MEETING)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; 8 USC 2510; 22 USC 3201;
42 USC 2139a; PL 106-387; PL 107-56; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO
13026; EO 13222
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 745; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule implements understandings reached at the June 2002
AG plenary meeting, makes corrections in two Commerce Control List
entries that contain AG-controlled items, and updates the list of
countries that are States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention
(CWC).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher, Export Administration Specialist,
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, 14th &
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC70
_______________________________________________________________________
338. [bull] REVISIONS OF AIRCRAFT EXPORT LICENSING JURISDICTION BASED ON
REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13026; EO 13222
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
to implement decisions to move export licensing jurisdiction of certain
types of cargo aircraft and parts therefor from the Department of
State, Office of Defense Trade Controls (DTC) to the Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and to move export
licensing jurisdiction for certain jet trainer aircraft and specially
designed component parts from BIS to DTC. A complementary rule amending
the International Traffic in Arms Regulations will be published by the
Department of State. This rule implements decisions reached in the on-
going review of the United States Munitions List that is part of the
Defense Trade Security Initiative. That initiative, announced on May
24, 2000 at a NATO ministerial meeting by the Secretary of State,
includes annual review of portions of the United States Munitions List
with the objective of reviewing the entire list every four years.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC74
_______________________________________________________________________
339. [bull] REVISIONS OF ENERGETIC MATERIAL EXPORT LICENSING
JURISDICTION BASED ON REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; 18 USC 2510; 22 USC
3201; 42 USC 2139a; PL 106-387; PL 107-56; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO
12938; EO 13026; EO 13222; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 770; 15 CFR 748
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) to implement decisions to move export licensing jurisdiction of
certain
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types of energetic materials and other chemicals from the Department of
State, Office of Defense Trade Controls (DTC) to the Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and to move such
jurisdiction for other chemicals from BIS to DTC. This rule along with
a complementary rule published by the Department of State (67 F.R.
70839, November 27, 2002) implements decisions reached in an ongoing
review of the USML that is part of the Defense Trade Security
Initiative. That initiative, announced on May 24, 2000 at a NATO
ministerial meeting by the Secretary of State, includes annual review
of portions of the USML with the objective of reviewing the entire list
every four years.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: William Arvin, Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Industry and Security
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: warvin@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC75
_______________________________________________________________________
340. [bull] EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: ENCRYPTION CLARIFICATIONS
AND REVISIONS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; EO 12938; EO 13020; EO
13026; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR
774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
to clarify when encryption commodities and software may be given de
minimis treatment, when short-range wireless devices incorporating
encryption may be given mass market or retail treatment, and to provide
guidance on when exporters are required to submit encryption review
requests. It also expands the authorizations for which travelers
departing the United States may take encryption for their personal use.
Finally this rule implements changes to the Wassenaar Arrangement List
of dual-use items that eliminate from Export Control Classification
Number (ECCN) 5A002 certain types of ``Personalized smart cards'' and
equipment specially designed and limited to controlling access to
copyright protected data.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC78
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Long-Term Actions
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
_______________________________________________________________________
341. TRANSFER OF DUAL-USE ITEMS FROM U.S. MUNITIONS LIST TO THE COMMERCE
CONTROL LIST
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 Supplement No. 1
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Transfer of Communications
Satellites 10/23/92 57 FR 48312
Navigation and Avionics 06/23/93 58 FR 34211
Final Rule - Transfer of
Commercial Communication
Satellites 09/08/93 58 FR 47322
Transfer of Items From the USMI
to the CCL; Imposition of
Certain Foreign Policy Controls 10/26/93 58 FR 57549
Satellite Fuel 09/29/97 62 FR 50865
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brian Nilsson
Phone: 202 482-4196
RIN: 0694-AA52
_______________________________________________________________________
342. ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOG EXPORTS BAN
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 754
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/07/95 60 FR 30030
ANPRM Comment Period End 07/07/95
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AB25
_______________________________________________________________________
343. CHANGE THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST TO REVISE CONTROLS ON
COMMUNICATION INTERCEPTING DEVICES (EXPORT COMMERCE CONTROL NUMBER ECCN
5A980)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brian Nilsson
Phone: 202 482-4196
RIN: 0694-AB41
_______________________________________________________________________
344. CLARIFICATION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GFT (HUMANITARIAN DONATIONS)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
[[Page 30101]]
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: hhess@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB49
_______________________________________________________________________
345. EXPORTS OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE; RELEASE OF TECHNOLOGY OR SOURCE
CODE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB59
_______________________________________________________________________
346. INDIA AND PAKISTAN SANCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule - India and
Pakistan Sanctions and Other
Measures 11/19/98 63 FR 64322
Interim Final Rule - Correction
to India and Pakistan Sanctions
and Other Measures 11/27/98 63 FR 65352
Final Rule 03/17/00 65 FR 14444
Final Rule 07/26/00 65 FR 45842
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: hhess@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB73
_______________________________________________________________________
347. EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION CIV ELIGIBILITY FOR MICROPROCESSORS
CONTROLLED BY ECCN 3A001
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 07/08/99 64 FR 36779
Interim Final Rule 11/26/99 64 FR 66372
Interim Final Rule 06/13/00 65 FR 37039
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Hillary Hess
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: hhess@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB90
_______________________________________________________________________
348. EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE THROUGH ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS,
DOWNLOADS, AND PROGRAMMING ONTO HARDWARE
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AB97
_______________________________________________________________________
349. EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC04
_______________________________________________________________________
350. ANTITERRORISM CONTROLS ON IRAQ
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC06
_______________________________________________________________________
351. EXPANSION OF LICENSE EXCEPTION GOV; EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS TO
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC15
_______________________________________________________________________
352. DE MINIMIS EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY: U.S. ORIGIN SOFTWARE
INCORPORATED INTO FOREIGN-MADE RETAIL COMMODITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
[[Page 30102]]
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC17
_______________________________________________________________________
353. REVISION TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS: REPLACEMENT
LICENSES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 to 750
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC23
_______________________________________________________________________
354. SHORT SUPPLY CONTROLS: CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 754
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC25
_______________________________________________________________________
355. OFFSETS IN MILITARY EXPORTS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 701
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brad Botwin
Phone: 202 482-4060
Fax: 202 482-5650
RIN: 0694-AC27
_______________________________________________________________________
356. ENTITY LIST: ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC28
_______________________________________________________________________
357. CRIME CONTROL ITEMS: REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE CONTROL LIST
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 09/13/00 65 FR 55177
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC31
_______________________________________________________________________
358. REVISIONS TO ENCRYPTION ITEMS
Priority: Other Significant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 10/19/00 65 FR 62600
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Brian Nilsson
Phone: 202 482-4196
RIN: 0694-AC32
_______________________________________________________________________
359. CLARIFICATIONS TO PART 753: SPECIAL COMPREHENSIVE LICENSE
REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 to 799
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Willard Fisher
Phone: 202 482-2440
RIN: 0694-AC34
_______________________________________________________________________
360. ADDITION AND REVISION OF MISSILE PROJECTS IN THE EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC46
_______________________________________________________________________
361. REVISION, SUSPENSION, OR PROHIBITION OF USE OF ``NO LICENSE
REQUIRED'' PROVISIONS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 758
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
[[Page 30103]]
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC47
_______________________________________________________________________
362. REMOVAL OF LICENSING EXEMPTION FOR EXPORTS AND REEXPORTS OF MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY-CONTROLLED ITEMS DESTINED TO CANADA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 742
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 12/20/01 66 FR 65666
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC48
_______________________________________________________________________
363. EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA: LIFTING OF SANCTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 746; 15 CFR 758
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman
Phone: 202 482-2440
Email: squarter@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC57
_______________________________________________________________________
364. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE ELIGIBLE FOR EXPORT OR REEXPORT
UNDER LICENSE EXCEPTION TSR
Priority: Routine and Frequent
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/10/02 67 FR 39675
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC63
_______________________________________________________________________
365. [bull] REVISIONS TO LICENSE EXCEPTION TSR: EXPANSION TO SCOPE OF
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; 10 USC 7420; 10 USC
7430; 18 USC 2510; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 30 USC 185;
42 USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC app 466c; PL 106-387; PL
107-56; EO 13026; EO 13222
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
the increase the number of countries to which certain technology and
software may be exported or reexported under License Exception TSR.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Blaskovich, Export Policy Analyst, Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, MS 2705, 14th &
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: mblaskov@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC71
_______________________________________________________________________
366. [bull] REVISIONS TO THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS BASED ON
THE 2002 MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME PLENARY AGREEMENTS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13222; EO 13026; 18 USC
2510; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulation
Commerce Control List (CCL) to reflect changes to the Missile
Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex agreed to at the September 2002
Plenary in Warsaw, Poland. New definitions for range and payload were
added to provide clarity in determining whether systems fall under
Category I MTCR controls. All other revisions/additions were made to
insure that items which are useable in missiles of MTCR concern are
appropriately controlled.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Blaskovich, Export Policy Analyst, Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, MS 2705, 14th &
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: mblaskov@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC76
_______________________________________________________________________
367. [bull] ADDITION OF EAST TIMOR, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, AND ARUBA TO
THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13026; 18 USC 2510; 10
USC 7420; ...
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 738
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the
Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding the Democratic Republic of
East Timor (East Timor) to the Commerce Country Chart, to reflect East
Timor's status as a newly independent and sovereign State. This rule
also adds Aruba and Netherlands Antilles to the Commerce Country Chart,
in order to streamline the regulatory process for these dependant
nations. This final rule adds East Timor, Aruba, and Netherlands
Antilles as separate destinations on the Commerce Country Chart for
export licensing purposes.
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Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Blaskovich, Export Policy Analyst, Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, MS 2705, 14th &
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: mblaskov@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC77
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368. [bull] GENERAL ORDER ON EXPORTS TO IRAQ
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; Notice of
Aug. 14, 2002, 67 FR 53721 (Aug.16, 2002); EO 12938; EO 13020; EO 13026
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 736
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the EAR by
adding new General Order No. 4 to Supplement No. 1, Part 736. General
Order No. 4 removes license requirements for the export or reexport to
Iraq of commodities and software contained in two export control
categories on the Commerce Control List. This General Order is intended
to facilitate humanitarian activities in Iraq by State Department
accredited non-governmental organizations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook, Policy Analyst, Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Industry and Security, 2096/MS 2705, 14th & Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC79
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Completed Actions
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
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369. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2002 WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT LIST OF DUAL-USE
ITEMS: REVISIONS TO CATEGORIES 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, AND 9 OF THE COMMERCE
CONTROL LIST, GENERAL SOFTWARE NOTE, AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Routine and Frequent
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Rule 03/05/03 68 FR 10586
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC65
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370. REVISION OF EXPORT CONTROLS FOR GENERAL PURPOSE MICROPROCESSORS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774
Completed:
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Reason Date FR Cite
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Final Rule 01/14/03 68 FR 1796
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Sharron Cook
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: scook@bis.doc.gov
RIN: 0694-AC66
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371. [bull] CORRECTION TO RULE ENTITLED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTION
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401; 50 USC 1701; 10 USC 7420; 10 USC
7430; 18 USC 2510; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 30 USC 185;
42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC app 466c; 50 USC app 5;
PL 106-387; PL 107-56; EO 13026; EO 13222
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744 Supp 1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule corrects two errors in the List of Items Controlled
sections for Export Controlled Classification Numbers (ECCNs) 9B115 and
9B116 that were revised in a final rule that was published by the
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on September 18, 2002 (67 FR
58691). That rule stated that BIS was revising the headings for ECCNs
9B115 and 9B116 and adding a List of Items Controlled section to those
ECCNs to clarify that all missile technology production equipment and
facilities are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
and controlled on the Commerce Control List (CCL). The September 18,
2002 rule inadvertently omitted ECCN 9A011 from the List of Items
Controlled sections of ECCNs 9B115 and 9B116, although it appears in
the headings of those ECCNs. This rule corrects that oversight.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Rule 11/21/02 67 FR 70157
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Matthew Blaskovich, Export Policy Analyst, Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, MS 2705, 14th &
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202 482-2440
Fax: 202 482-3355
Email: mblaskov@bis.doc.gov
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Related RIN: Related To 0694-AC51
RIN: 0694-AC72
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
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372. [bull] PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
SAFETY TEAM ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 7301 et seq.
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Director of the National Institute of Standard and
Technology (NIST), Technology Administration (TA), U.S. Department of
Commerce (DOC), requests comments on proposed regulations pertaining to
the implementation of the National Construction Safety Team Act (Act).
The proposed rule establishes procedures regarding the establishment
and deployment of National Construction Safety Teams and for the
conduct of investigations under the Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 08/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. James E. Hill, Deputy Director, Department of
Commerce, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Mail Stop 8600,
Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600
Phone: 301 975-5900
RIN: 0693-AB53
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Final Rule Stage
National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
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373. [bull] PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION
SAFETY TEAM ACT
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 15 USC 7301 et seq; 5 USC 553
CFR Citation: 15 CFR 270
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Director of the National Institute of Standard and
Technology (NIST), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, requests comments on an interim final rule pertaining to the
implementation of the National Construction Safety Team Act (Act). This
rule with a request for public comments contains general provisions
regarding implementation of the Act and establishes procedures for the
collection, preservation, and protection of evidence obtained and
information created as part of investigations conducted pursuant to the
Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Interim Final Rule 01/30/03 68 FR 4693
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 03/03/03
Final Action 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dr. James E. Hill, Deputy Director, Department of
Commerce, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Mail Stop 8600,
Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8600
Phone: 301 975-5900
RIN: 0693-AB52
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Department of Commerce (DOC) Prerule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
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374. FLEET CAPACITY CONTROL FOR U.S. TROLL ALBACORE TUNA FISHING IN
CANADIAN WATERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule will implement limits on albacore tuna fishing by
vessels of the United States in Canadian waters pursuant to the U.S.-
Canada Albacore Fishing Treaty. In accordance with recent amendments to
that Treaty, the United States is obliged to ensure that U.S. vessels
do not fish for more than a set number of days each year 2003-2005.
This will require methods to monitor fishing effort and notify U.S.
vessel owners/operators of the date on which further U.S. fishing must
cease. In turn, U.S. vessel operators/owners will be required to
furnish reports of entry to and exit from Canadian waters and to
provide points of contact for notices of closures. In addition, the
Treaty requires that the United States exchange fishery data each year.
The rule will require maintenance and submission of logbooks of fish
catch and fishing effort in Canadian and U.S. waters each year.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 11/00/03
ANPRM Comment Period End 12/00/03
NPRM 03/00/04
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Svein Fougner, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Region, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: 562 980-4040
RIN: 0648-AQ22
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375. [bull] AMENDMENT 1 TO THE SPINY DOGFISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise the rebuilding program and other
management measures in the FMP.
Timetable:
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ANPRM 02/00/04
ANPRM Comment Period End 03/00/04
Final Action 07/00/04
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ86
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376. [bull] CONTROL DATE FOR THE SMALL MESH MULTISPECIES (SILVER HAKE,
OFFSHORE HAKE, AND RED HAKE) FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would announce that the New England Fishery
Management Council intends to develop a new amendment to address
limited access in the small mesh multispecies fishery. A new control
date would reflect current participation levels, should the Council
require such a benchmark when developing a new limited access program.
The new control date would enable the Council to inform the industry
that the Council is considering future action to control the number of
participants in the fishery and that anyone entering the fishery after
the control date will not be assured of future access, should a
management regime that limits the number of participants in the fishery
be prepared and implemented.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 06/00/03
ANPRM Comment Period End 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Kurkul, Regional Administrator, Northeast
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978 281-9200
RIN: 0648-AQ89
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377. [bull] ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES; FINDING FOR A PETITION TO
REVISE CRITICAL HABITAT FOR NORTHERN RIGHT WHALES
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.203
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service announces the receipt
of a petition to revise critical habitat for the endangered western
North Atlantic right whales. NMFS finds that the petition presents
substantial scientific information indicating that this action may be
warranted and is soliciting public comment and information on the
petition. NMFS will determine how to proceed with the petitioned action
within 12 months after receiving the petition.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice 11/19/02 67 FR 69708
Comment Period End 01/21/03
Finding 11/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Patricia Lawson, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2322
Email: patricia.lawson@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ53
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378. [bull] TAKING AND IMPORTING OF MARINE MAMMALS; TAKING MARINE
MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO MISSILE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES BY THE U.S. NAVY AT SAN
NICOLAS ISLAND, CALIFORNIA
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(5)(A)
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101 to 216.108
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service has received an
application from the U.S. Navy for regulations under section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA to take non-endangered seals and sea lions
incidental to conducting missile launch operations from San Nicolas
Island, California. Target missile launches are used to support test
and training activities associated with the Naval Air Warfare Center's
Point Mugu Sea Range. In order to authorize the taking and issue
authorizations, NMFS must, through regulations, determine that the
proposed activity will have no more than a negligible impact on the
affected species and stocks of marine mammals.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 05/00/03
ANPRM Comment Period End 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: ken.hollingshead@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ61
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379. [bull] ENDANGERED SPECIES AND PESTICIDE REGULATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1536
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 402.04
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: NOAA, FWS, and EPA are jointly explores the issuance of
``counterpart regulations.'' Issued under
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the authority of the Endangered Species Act, these regulations would
establish a separate section 7 consultation process for EPA, relative
to pesticides actions under the Federal Insecticides, Fungicide and
Rodentcide Act (FIFRA) that may affect endangered and threatened
species.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 05/00/03
ANPRM Comment Period End 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Tanya Dobrzynski, Marine Resource Manager, Office of
Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910
Phone: 301 713-2289
RIN: 0648-AQ69
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380. [bull] TAKING AND IMPORTING MARINE MAMMALS: TAKING MARINE MAMMALS
INCIDENTAL TO CONDUCTING OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO
Priority: Routine and Frequent
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(5)(A)
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101-108
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service has received an
application from the U.S. Minerals Management Service for regulations
under section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
to authorize the taking of marine mammals incidental to conducting oil
and gas exploration activities by U.S. citizens in the Gulf of Mexico.
Without this authorization, the taking of marine mammals is prohibited
by the MMPA. In order to authorize the taking and issue authorizations,
NMFS must, through regulations, determine that the proposed activity
will have no more than a negligible impact on the affected species and
stocks of marine mammals.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 05/00/03
ANPRM Comment Period End 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Fishery Biologist, Department
of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20912
Phone: 301 713-2055
Email: ken.hollingshead@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AQ71
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381. [bull] DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT; WITHDRAW PREVIOUS DESIGNATIONS
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1533
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226; 50 CFR 424
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule (1) describes an approach for developing these
critical habitat designations; (2) announces the NOAA Fisheries intent
to conduct a series of public workshops to review a pilot area
designation; (3) solicits public comment on the proposed designation
approach and information to support the critical habitat designations;
and (4) amends the Code of Federal Regulations to withdraw the previous
critical habitat designations for 19 of the ESUs which were vacated by
court order in April 2002.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 05/00/03
ANPRM Comment Period End 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal
Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1, Seattle, WA 48115-
0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
Fax: 206 526-6426
RIN: 0648-AQ77
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Commerce (DOC) Proposed Rule Stage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
_______________________________________________________________________
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
________________________________
382. AMENDMENT 4 TO THE FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE REEF FISH
FISHERY OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Amendment 4 would restrict the use of gillnets, fish traps,
and other gear in the reef fish fishery in the Caribbean exclusive
economic zone. Amendment 4 would address the possible need for
permitting in the fish trap fishery.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/04
NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/04
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Roy Crabtree, Regional Administrator, Southeast Region,
Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 9721 Executive
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Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432
Phone: 727 570-5305
Fax: 727 570-5583
RIN: 0648-AG87
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383. ESTABLISH CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR LIMITED ACCESS SYSTEM PERMITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action will establish a central registry for limited
access system permits as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act section 305(h).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 05/07/97 62 FR 24897
ANPRM Comment Period End 08/05/97
NPRM 08/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Charles L. Cooper, Program Leader, Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2396
Email: charles.cooper@noaa.gov
RIN: 0648-AJ77
_______________________________________________________________________
384. REGULATORY AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE MANDATORY OBSERVER COVERAGE IN THE
AT-SEA PROCESSING SECTOR OF THE WHITING FISHERY
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.
Abstract: Regulations would require observer coverage on vessels in the
at-sea processing sector of the whiting fishery.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 06/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Donna Darm, Acting Regional Administrator, Northwest
Region, NMFS, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, BIN C15700, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 1,
Seattle, WA 48115-0070
Phone: 206 526-6150
RIN: 0648-AK26
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385. ADJUSTMENT OF MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: BOTTOMFISH FISHERIES IN THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, Final regulations to be published
within 30 days of NPRM comment period end.
Abstract: The adjustment will establish eligibility criteria for new
entry into the NWHIs Mau Zone limited access system and process for
issuance of limited access permits under a community development
program.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 01/00/04
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru, Assistant Regional Administrator,
Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI
96814
Phone: 808 973-2985
RIN: 0648-AK82
_______________________________________________________________________
386. REVISE EXEMPTED FISHING REGULATIONS TO SPECIFY COMPENSATORY FISHING
UNDER EXEMPTED FISHING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This action would revise current exempted fishing regulations
to specifically authorize the use of an exempted fishing permit as the
method of allowing the compensation of private vessels for their
conduct of resource assessment. Specific methodology for vessel
compensation would be developed on a fishery-by-fishery basis. The rule
would also make other minor changes in the regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/00/03
NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: John Dunnigan, Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301 713-2334
Email: