September 8, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register September 8, 2005

View all documents issued on September 8, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

109 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 8, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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In a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2005 (Docket No. 04-083-1), we proposed to amend the regulations by adding Argentina to the list of regions considered free of exotic Newcastle disease (END) and announced the availab...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

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Antitrust Modernization Commission

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The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public hearings on September 29, 2005. The topics of the hearings are the State Action Doctrine and Exclusionary Conduct.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by t...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce (the "Department") has determined that four requests for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), received before August 1, 2005,\1\ meet th...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
On May 2, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on Non-Frozen Apple Juice Concentrate from the PRC pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See Ini...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
In response to a request filed by domestic interested parties, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review under the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods, other than drill pipe ("OCTG"), fr...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Certain Cut- to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Romania. The period of the period August 1, 2003, to July 31, 2004. We preliminarily...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
ExxonMobil Corp.; oil refinery
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

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This announcement provides notice that Irizarry Garcia has filed an administrative appeal with the Department of Commerce asking that the Secretary override the Puerto Rico Planning Board's objection to a consistency certification prepared in conjunc...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) is seeking applicants for the following vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council): Education and Chumash Community. Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expertise and e...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Countervailing duties:

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On February 2, 2005, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty ("CVD") order on fresh and chilled Atlantic salmon from Norway pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces the closure of the Closed Area I (CAI) Scallop Access Area for general category scallop vessels for the remainder of the 2005 fishing year (through February 28, 2006). This closure is based on a determination by the Northeast Regional...
Rule Sep 08, 2005
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the 2005 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 610 of...
Rule Sep 08, 2005
Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve; CFR correction
Rule Sep 08, 2005

Information processing standards, Federal:

Title Type Published
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announces proposed changes to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 201, Standard for Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors. The changes to S...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Trawl Survey Advisory Panel, composed of representatives from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), and several independent scienti...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils' Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed an environmental ASSESSMENT (EA) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA, Department of Defense Inst...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
On November 5, 2001, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a notice of a Nationwide TRICARE Demonstration Project (66 FR 55928- 55930). On October 1, 2004, the Department of Defense (DoD) published a notice (69 FR 58895) to extend the Demonstrati...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Aonex Technologies, Inc., a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license, to practice in the field of substrates for electro- optical device processing comprised of thin films o...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (the "Development Committee" has scheduled a plenary meeting for September 29, 2005. The Development Committee was established to act in the public interest to assist the Executive Director of the Electi...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
DOE has prepared a Supplement Analysis (SA) pursuant to DOE regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at 10 CFR 1021.314. The SA addresses DOE's proposal to ship approximately 37 cubic meters (1,307 cubic feet [ft\3\]) of...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Standards of conduct for transmission providers; non-statutory deadlines extension
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for an e...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial settlement agreement, to address a lawsuit filed by Environmental Defense, the Natural Resources Defense Counc...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title Type Published
The EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan revision submitted on June 22, 2004 by the State of New York to revise the Carbon Monoxide maintenance plan for Onondaga County, New York. EPA is proposing to approve this New York CO main...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005
The EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of New York. This revision will establish an updated ten-year carbon monoxide (CO) maintenance plan for the Onondaga County attainment area. Onondaga County was re...
Rule Sep 08, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) invites all interested persons to nominate qualified individuals to serve a three-year term as members of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (Council). This 15-member Council was esta...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Notice of charter renewal.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Hazardous waste management system:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing revisions to the RCRA hazardous waste permitting program, originally proposed on October 12, 2001, to allow for a "standardized permit." The standardized permit will be available to RCRA treatme...
Rule Sep 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public workshop and meeting of the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC). The EPEC will hold a public workshop and meeting to evaluate the state-of-the-practice of ecologic...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Ocean shipping in foreign commerce:

Title Type Published
This document corrects a portion of the Notice of Inquiry issued August 30, 2005.
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Rucky International Co. et al.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Bank holding companies; change in bank control (Regulation Y):

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is proposing to raise the asset size threshold and revise the other criteria for determining whether a bank holding company (BHC) qualifies for the Board's Small Bank Holding Company Policy...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FTC and DOJ are planning to host a public workshop, "Competition Policy and the Real Estate Industry." The workshop will focus on issues related to the competitiveness of the residential real estate industry, and will cover topics such as multipl...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission is amending Sec. 4.14(b) of its Rules of Practice to provide that the number of Commissioners needed for a quorum will be a majority of those sitting and not recused in a matter.
Rule Sep 08, 2005

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning needle-bearing devices. FDA is concerned about the significant health risk posed by needlestick and other percutaneous...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
On September 2, 2005, the Coast Guard published a notice and requested comments on a proposed change to regulations governing six drawbridges across Bayou Lafourche, south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The propose...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

HUD-owned properties:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would establish regulations for HUD's new Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) Sales Program. The requirements for the new program are closely modeled on those for HUD's Officer Next Door (OND) and Teacher Next Door (TND) Sales Programs....
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005
This notice announces the eligibility of firefighters and emergency medical technicians to purchase HUD-acquired homes located in HUD-designated revitalization areas at a discount, in accordance with HUD's regulations for the Officer Next Door (OND)...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
BLM is publishing this notice under section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The notice requests the public to submit nominations for membership on the Committee. The Committee is necessary to advise the Secretary and BLM on resource ma...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The Secretary of the Interior is appointing tribal regional representatives to the Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program Coordinating Committee (Committee) as outlined under 25 CFR 170. The IRR final rules amending 25 CFR 170 include establishing a...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Under Section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Rawlins Field Office, announces its intent to prepare an EIS on the potential impacts of a proposed natural gas develo...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are initiating efforts to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sport Hunting of Migratory Birds under the authority...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

National Wildlife Refuge System:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting proposals to conduct commercial big game guide services in six guide use areas on five national wildlife refuges in Alaska.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection is a user survey that solicits feedback on the investigative procedures used by the Commission in its import injury investigations. Comments concerning the proposed user survey are requested in accordance with the...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") granting a joint motion to terminate the above-captioned investigation on the basis of a license agreement.
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") on August 10, 2005, extending the target date for completion of...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 08, 2005

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Management and Budget Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Office of Management and Budget announces a meeting of the Acquisition Advisory Panel (AAP or "Panel") established in accordance with the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Millennium Challenge Corporation logo Millennium Challenge Corporation

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This report to Congress is provided in accordance with Section 608(b) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 22 U.S.C.A. 7701, 7707(b) (the "Act"). The Act authorizes the provision of Millennium Challenge Account ("MCA") assistance to countries tha...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the USEC Inc. (USEC) license application, dated August 23, 2004, for the possession and use of source, byproduct and...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Radioactive wastes, high-level; disposal in geologic repositories:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations governing the disposal of high-level radioactive wastes in a proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The proposed rule would implement the U.S. Environ...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as certain disclosure requirements.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Title Type Published
We are planning to update and revise the rules we use to evaluate growth impairments of individuals under age 18 who apply for, or receive, disability benefits under title II and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments based on disability under t...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of State announces that the charter of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy has been renewed for an additional two-year period, to expire on August 31, 2007. The Department of State announces that the charter of the Advisory Co...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Sep 08, 2005
On January 31, 2005, Notice was published on page 4913 of the Federal Register (Volume 70, Number 19) by the Department of State pertaining to the exhibition "Fra Angelico." The referenced Notice is hereby corrected to include eight additional loans...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Intellectual property rights, countries denying; identification:

Title Type Published
The United States Trade Representative ("Trade Representative") has determined that an appropriate response to the Government of Ukraine's adoption of important improvements to its legislation protecting intellectual property rights ("IPR") is to ter...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This document amends NHTSA's regulation on civil penalties by increasing the maximum aggregate civil penalties for violations of statutes and regulations administered by NHTSA pertaining to odometer tampering and disclosure requirements and vehicle t...
Rule Sep 08, 2005
Emergency waiver relief from Federal regulations; temporary emergency relief docket and procedures for handling petitions; establishment
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for General Electric Company (GE) CF34-3A1 turbofan engines installed on Bombardier series Regional Jets with certain high pressure turbine (HPT) rotating components installed. This AD requires r...
Rule Sep 08, 2005

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
This notice publishes the FMCSA decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 20 individuals. The FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from vision standards if the exem...
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title Type Published
This Treasury decision establishes the Niagara Escarpment viticultural area in Niagara County, New York. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify wines th...
Rule Sep 08, 2005
This Treasury decision expands by 30,200 acres the existing Russian River Valley viticultural area in Sonoma County, California, to a total of 126,600 acres. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their win...
Rule Sep 08, 2005

Alcoholic beverages:

Title Type Published
On August 24, 2005, TTB published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register regarding the certification requirements for imported natural wine. We also published a temporary rule on the same subject in the same issue. In that notice of...
Proposed Rule Sep 08, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice advises all interested persons of a public meeting of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
Notice Sep 08, 2005

United States African Development Foundation logo United States African Development Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 08, 2005

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