October 14, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register October 14, 2005

View all documents issued on October 14, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

92 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 14, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, is changing the colors of its employees' basic uniform to ensure our inspectors are easy to distinguish from personnel of other Federal agencies who are stationed at ports of entry. To offset the...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

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NMFS issues this temporary rule for a period of 30 days, to allow shrimp fishermen to use limited tow times as an alternative to Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in state and Federal waters off Cameron Parish, Louisiana (approximately 92[deg]37' W. lon...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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This notice announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering management measures to further limit participation or effort in the commercial fishery for snapper grouper species (excluding wreckfish) in the exclusiv...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Marine mammals:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization to take several species of marine mammals incidental to operation of a low frequency sound source by the North Pacific...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete services previously furnished by such agencies. Comments Must Be...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
This action adds to the Procurement List products to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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The Commission is considering whether there may be unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with some all terrain vehicles ("ATVs"). The Commission is considering what actions, both regulatory and non-regulatory, it could take to reduce ATV-...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the appointment of members to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Performance Review Board. The Performance Review Board provides a fair and impartial review of Senior Executive Service (SES) performance appraisals and...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Meetings:

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The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military educati...
Notice Oct 14, 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 Oct 14, 2005

Postsecondary education:

Title Type Published
The Secretary announces an extension of the deadline dates for specific filing and reporting activities, including those published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2005, (70 FR 14450), April 13, 2005 (70 FR 19423), and June 7, 2005, (70 FR 33134)...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting agenda.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Monterey Bay United Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and sulfur compounds emit...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Monterey Bay United Air Pollution Control District (MBUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) and sulf...
Rule Oct 14, 2005
EPA is approving an alternative volatile organic compounds (VOC) control device for Serigraph, Inc. (Serigraph) as a revision to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP). On May 18, 2005, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources submitted a...
Rule Oct 14, 2005
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan (SIP) for an alternative volatile organic compounds (VOC) control device for Serigraph, Incorporated (Serigraph). On May 18, 2005, the Wisconsin Department of Natural R...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential adverse effects of management activities on water quality, fish habitat and soil productivity. Rating EC2.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that Versar Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene a panel of experts and organize and conduct an independent external peer-review workshop to review the...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB All-Ages Lead Model Review Panel (Panel) for the purpose of providing the Agency with advice and recommendations on th...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Water pollution control:

Title Type Published
Section 304(a) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and publish, and from time to time revise, criteria for water accurately reflecting the latest scientific knowledge. Today, EPA is informin...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:

Title Type Published
Today's final rule revises several provisions of the General Pretreatment Regulations that address requirements for, and oversight of, Industrial Users who introduce pollutants into Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs). This final rule includes cha...
Rule Oct 14, 2005
Today's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeks comment on two issues concerning the removal credits provisions in the General Pretreatment Regulations. EPA requests comments on whether to amend the list of pollutants for which removal cr...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC received a petition for rulemaking to preempt certain state laws with the stated purpose of establishing parity between national banks and state-chartered banks in interstate activities and operations. The petition also requested rulemaking...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Practice and procedure:

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The FDIC is proposing to revise its regulation addressing the certification to the FDIC of the assumption of deposits and the notification to depositors of a change in insured status. The proposed revision would clarify that a certification is requir...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is seeking public comments concerning the information collection known as "Community Support Requirements," which has been a...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Federal home loan bank system:

Title Type Published
The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2004-05 seventh quarter review cycle under the Finance Board's community support requirements regulation. This notice al...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

No documents available.

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) created and expanded State and Federal title IV-D child support enforcement databases and significantly enhanced access to information for title IV-D child support p...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given that the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) will hold its ninth meeting. The meeting will be open to the...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
TSA invites public comment on one currently approved information collection requirement abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Automated program test:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is currently conducting a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of a...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) will hold a meeting to discuss various issues relating to national maritime security. This notice announces the date, time, and location for the meeting of the NMSAC.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is continuing temporary security zones encompassing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAPS) Valdez Terminal Complex, Valdez, Alaska and TAPS Tank Vessels and Valdez Narrows, Port Valdez, Alaska, and is reducing the size of one of these zones...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing that the information collection requests for 30 CFR Parts 740 and 780 which relate to surface coal mining and reclama...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collections of information for 30 CFR 745, State-Federal cooperative agreem...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the public comment period for the status review initiated by the 90-day finding on a petition to list the California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) as threaten...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/E...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/FEIS) for the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area is available to the public for a 30-day protest period. The proposed plan and associated FEIS were developed in...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policies, the BLM announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Upper Deschutes RMP located...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Indian tribes, acknowledgment of existence determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Associate Deputy Secretary (ADS) has determined that the Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut do not satisfy all seven criteria for acknowledgment as an Indian t...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the Associate Deputy Secretary has determined that the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (STN) does not satisfy all seven criteria for acknowledgment as an Indian tribe in 25 CFR 83.7. Upon the date of publication of this notice,...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet a...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Migratory bird permits:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we or us) proposes changes in the regulations governing captive propagation of raptors in the United States. We propose reorganization of the current regulations, and we have added or changed some provisions therei...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public and interested State and local government officials of the filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty orders on magnesium from Canada would...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on tin- and chromium-coated steel...
Notice Oct 14, 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 September 19, 2005, granting complainant's motion to terminat...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted a formal enforcement proceeding relating to a cease and desist order issued at the conclusion of the above-captioned investigation.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel wire rod from B...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2005

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing inf...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single-employer and multiemployer plans:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Single-employer plans:

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service is withdrawing a proposed rule that would require ancillary service endorsements on mailpieces containing certain types of checks.
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
National Stock Exchange
Notice Oct 14, 2005
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action establishes three area navigation (RNAV) routes and revises one existing RNAV route in the Western United States (U.S.) in support of the High Altitude Redesign (HAR) program. The FAA originally proposed to revise two area navigation rout...
Rule Oct 14, 2005
Class D and Class E airspace; correction
Correction Oct 14, 2005
This action corrects an error in the legal description of a direct final rule, request for comments that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, July 29, 2005 (70 FR 43744).
Rule Oct 14, 2005
This action establishes two colored Federal airways, Amber-5 (A-5) and Blue 1 (B-1), in Alaska. This action adds to the instrument flight rules (IFR) airway and route structure in Alaska. The FAA is taking this action to enhance safety and the manage...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA is notifying operators of a proposed advisory circular entitled "Guidance on Aircraft Noise Certification Documents for International Flights." This advisory circular (AC) is in response to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at the Pearland Regional Airport in accordance with Title 49, United States Code, Section 47153.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for Dassault-Aviation Mystere-Falcon 50 airplanes modified by Chippewa Aerospace, Inc. These modified airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing a notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Yamhill County, Oregon.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This document makes a correction to a section heading in the notice of meeting published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2005. That notice announced an upcoming meeting of the National Parks Overflight Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committ...
Notice Oct 14, 2005
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 135: Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment.
Notice Oct 14, 2005

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 collection listed below in this notice.
Notice Oct 14, 2005
Section 2 of the Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act of 1992 (DIDRA) authorizes the Agencies to make exceptions to statutory and regulatory requirements relating to appraisals for certain transactions. The exceptions are available for transac...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title Type Published
This Treasury decision establishes the Dos Rios viticultural area in Mendocino County, California. The proposed 15,500-acre viticultural area is 150 miles north of San Francisco, California. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better...
Rule Oct 14, 2005
This Treasury decision establishes the 5,500-acre Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon viticultural area. It is totally within the Umpqua Valley viticultural area in Douglas County, Oregon. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better descr...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Balanced Budget Act of 1997; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury is issuing final regulations to amend its DC Pensions rules promulgated pursuant to Title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended, which was effective on October 1, 1997. The Act assigns to the Secretary of th...
Rule Oct 14, 2005

Income taxes:

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