October 21, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register October 21, 2005

View all documents issued on October 21, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

131 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 21, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) invites comments from producers, importers, first handlers and other interested persons on a possible change to the definition of "substantial activity" under the Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Informat...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2005

Environmental statements; availability:

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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) proposes to prepare an Environmental Assessment related to possible financial assistance to Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC) for the construction of approximately 4.4 miles of 230 ki...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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On February 23, 2004 the original Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement to "* * * document and disclose the potential environmental effets of proposed invasive plant treatment activities on the Ochoco and Deshutes National For...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the bovine tuberculosis regulations regarding State and zone classifications by removing New Mexico from the list of modified accredited advanced States, adding portions of...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

National Organic Program:

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This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) to reflect one recommendation submitted to the Secretary by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) on March 3,...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Pistachios grown in

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This rule establishes additional inspection requirements authorized under the California pistachio marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of pistachios grown in California and is administered locally by the Administrative Committee...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

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Antitrust Modernization Commission

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The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public hearings on November 8 and November 17, 2005. The topics of the hearings are Antitrust and the New Economy, and Merger Enforcement.
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 21, 2005
The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Antidumping:

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On September 14, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the final results of its second administrative review of the antidumping duty order on low enriched uranium (LEU) from France for the period February 1, 2003, through Januar...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
On July 15, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard,...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
On September 16, 2005, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register the final results of the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and t...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
On June 30, 2005, the Department of Commerce published a notice of initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews. The notice covered ball bearings and spherical plain bearings (SPBs) and parts thereof from France, Singapore...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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This final rule clarifies certain requirements and delays the effective date for the implementation of some of the measures specified in Framework 17 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (Framework 17), which was developed and submitte...
Rule Oct 21, 2005
NMFS issues a final rule to implement the annual harvest guideline for Pacific mackerel in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Pacific coast. The Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and its implementing regulations...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, publishes this notice to amend the competitive solicitation for the Ecological Forecasting (ECOFORE) program to provide an opportunity for commercial entities to submit prop...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Meetings:

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Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 21, 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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This action adds to the Procurement List products to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List a product previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies. Comments Must be...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The following inventions are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Number 6,625,896 entitled "Electrolytic Tilt Sensor and...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/936,992 entitled "Non-Contact Respiration Monitor," filed September 9, 2004. Foreign rights are also available (PCT/US...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
This notice announces the appointment of members to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Performance Review Board. The Performance Review Board provides a fair and impartial review of Senior Executive Service (SES) performance appraisals and makes recomm...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published in the Federal Register dated November 4, 2004 (69 FR 64280) a Notice of Intent (NOI) to initiate preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Meetings:

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On Monday, August 22, 2005 (70 FR 48937) the Department of Defense announced open meetings of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Manufacturing Technology. The November 2005 meeting dates have been revised from November 2-3, 2005 to Novembe...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the meeting of the Board of Visitors (BoV) for the Western Hemisphere Institue for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Committee Act...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

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

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In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent No. 6,399,332 entitled "Bacterial Superantigen Vaccines," issued June 4, 2002; U.S. Patent No. 6,713,284 entitled "Bacterial Superantigen...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

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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 Oct 21, 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 Oct 21, 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 Oct 21, 2005

Meetings:

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This notice advises interested parties of changes concerning the upcoming meeting of the National Advisory Committee and amends information provided in the original meeting notice published in the October 3, 2005 Federal Register (70 FR 57570).
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
California Independent System Operator Corp.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Cameron Interstate Pipeline, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
DC Energy Midwest, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Florida Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Garden Banks Gas Pipeline, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
JMC Wind, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
LGE Energy LLC et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
LP T Energy LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
MIGC, Inc.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Northern Border Pipeline Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Ontelaunee Power Operating Co., LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
San Juan Mesa Wind Project, LLC
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Saracen Energy LP et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Viking Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Viking Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Complaints filed:

Title Type Published
Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Vernon, CA, et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Meetings:

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Joint Boards on Security Constrained Economic Dispatch
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors and Members Committee et al.
Notice Oct 21, 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 to renew...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) response to Agency Clearance requests in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to r...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

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Due to adverse comment, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule published September 22, 2005, (70 FR 55550) approving the redesignation of the Clarksville-Hopkinsville 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone. EPA stated in the direct...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA had concerns about potential impacts to wetlands and recommended that additional mitigation be developed. Rating EC2.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Th...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Pesticide programs:

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This document notifies the public that the Administrator of EPA has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture a draft proposed rule as required by section 25(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As described in the A...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2005
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Tolerance Reassessment Decision (TRED) for the pesticide fluazifop-P-butyl. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the fluazifop-P-butyl Docket. Through the tole...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Pesticides programs:

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This document notifies the public that the Administrator of EPA has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture a draft final rule as required by section 25(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As described in the Agen...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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EPA is announcing a 30-day public review and comment period on several Additional Proposed Indicators--EPA ROE 2007. These proposed indicators are in addition to the proposed indicators that were the subject of a June 6, 2005, Federal Register notice...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation logo Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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Communications Office et al.
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Application for Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; Form I-612.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Notice of Appeal of Decision Under Section 210, Form I-694.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Biographic Information, Form G-325.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
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 21, 2005
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status, Form I-693.
Notice Oct 21, 2005
This final rule revises the Department of Homeland Security's procedures for managing classified national security information. This rule implements procedures required under Executive Order 12958, "Classified National Security Information," as amend...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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HUD gives notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes that Placer County, CA, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (EIS/EIR) for development of Cedar Grove Housing located in Tahoe Vista,...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Low income housing:

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This notice establishes annual factors used in calculating rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (MAHRA) as amended by the Preserving Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens and Fam...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The following applicant has applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the A...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) and associated regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Challis Field Office, will be directing the prepar...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Pinedale Field Office, announces its intent to prepare an SEIS on the potential impacts of authorizing year round...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

National Register of Historic Places:

Public land orders:

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This order revokes 2 Secretarial Orders and 15 Executive Orders insofar as they affect approximately 1,189,600 acres of public lands, National Forest System lands, and patented lands with federally- reserved mineral interests which were withdrawn for...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

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This notice contains proposed supplementary rules which will apply to the public lands within the Adaptive Management Area (AMA) in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area (ISDRA) managed by the El Centro Field Office in Imperial County, California....
Notice Oct 21, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
China
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting the motion of complainants to amend the complaint and notice o...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part an initial determination ("ID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") finding no violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as a...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Meetings:

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The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB). The CJIS APB is responsible for reviewing policy issued and appropriate technical and operational issues related to...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Schedules of controlled substances; production quotas:

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This notice proposes initial year 2006 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in Schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington,...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Business and Operations Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 21, 2005
Materials Research Proposal Review Panel
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct the 5th International MACCS Users' Group (IMUG) Meeting, on March 10, 2006, at a location near the NRC's Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will be open to...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Over 5 years have elapsed since the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) implemented its revised Reactor Oversight Process (ROP). The NRC is currently soliciting comments from members of the public, licensees, and interest groups related to the i...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for revision of expiring information collections...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to redefine the geographic boundaries of the Central North Carolina Federal Wage System (FWS) appropriated fund wage area. The final rule removes Edgecombe and Wilson Counties, NC, from the s...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small business size standards:

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Commercial Laundry Equipment. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these classes of products to the Federal gover...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Household Laundry Equipment. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the Federal government...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Household Laundry Equipment. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the Federal government...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Household Refrigerator Equipment. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the Federal gover...
Notice Oct 21, 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is terminating the waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing based on our recent discovery of a small business manufacturer for this class of products. Terminating th...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability:

Title Type Published
The Department is extending through January 30, 2006, the period for interested persons to submit comments to its proposed rule on medical oxygen and portable respiration assistive devices.
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the aft pressure bulkhead web for fatigue cracks, crack indications, discrep...
Rule Oct 21, 2005
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Fokker Model F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes. This proposed AD would require modifying the passenger door and installing new placards. This proposed AD results from reports of...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2005
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (RRD) (formerly Rolls- Royce Deutschland GmbH, formerly BMW Rolls-Royce GmbH) models BR700- 710A1-10 and BR700-710A2-20 turbofan engines. That AD...
Rule Oct 21, 2005

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of members of the Departmental Offices Performance/Bonus Review Board. The purpose of this Board is to review and make recommendations concerning proposed Performance ratings, bon...
Notice Oct 21, 2005

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Compensation, pension, burial and related benefits:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has published a series of Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)s setting out new proposed regulations governing VA compensation, pension, burial and related benefits that would be located in a new part of the C...
Proposed Rule Oct 21, 2005

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