November 15, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register November 15, 2005

View all documents issued on November 15, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

108 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 15, 2005

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Agricultural Marketing Service

No documents available.

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is amending the regulations under the United States Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA), as amended, to allow interested persons to specify the quality factor(s) that would be r...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed Canine Melanoma Vaccine,...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment concerning authorization to ship for the purpose of field testing, and then to field test, an unlicensed West Nile Virus Vaccine,...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Forest Service, USDA, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a site-specific proposal to improve forest health and sustainability on National Forest lands in the Natapoc Mountain area of the Wenatchee River Ranger District, Okano...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined that the antidumping duty administrative review for the period March 1, 2004, through February 28, 2005, of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao (CST) sho...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce ("the Department") and the International Trade Commission ("ITC") that revocation of the antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") would likely lead t...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
France
Notice Nov 15, 2005
On October 21, 2005, the Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register the amended final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan. The period of review is May 1, 2003,...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (Services) advise interested parties of their intent to conduct public scoping under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to gather information to prepare an Environmen...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS issues a final rule to reduce and mitigate interactions between sea turtles and fisheries managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Pelagics FMP). This rule includes requirements for atten...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Meetings:

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The President's Export Council (PEC) will hold a full Council meeting to discuss topics related to export expansion. The meeting will include discussion of trade priorities and initiatives, PEC subcommittee activity and proposed letters of recommenda...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Surveys, determinations, etc.:

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In accordance with Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 182, 224, and 225, the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) has determined that limited financial data (revenue, expenses, and the like) for selected service industries are needed to...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is expanding the 2005 Annual Trade Survey (ATS) to include agents, brokers, and electronic markets (AGBR). The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has requested the expansion. The BEA considers this information...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
This announces the intention of United States Army Installation Management Agency and the Fort Bliss Garrison Command to prepare a Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze the impacts of land use changes in support o...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the forthcoming meeting. The meeting is open to the public. Name of Committee: Chief of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board (EAB). Date: De...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with 37 CFR part 404.6, announcement is made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent No. US 6,959,897 B2 entitled "Low Cost Parachute" issued November 1, 2005. This patent has been assigned to the United States Government as re...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Nov 15, 2005
The electricity corridor between southeastern Wyoming and northeastern Colorado has experienced a transmission constraint for a number of years. This constraint is designated in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council's Path Rating Catalog and r...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Gulf LNG Energy, LLC, et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
KGen Hinds LLC
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
NRG Power Marketing Inc., et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
NRG Power Marketing Inc., et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Overthrust Pipeline Co.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Public Utilities District No. 1, Snohomish County, WA
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Questar Pipeline Co.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Co.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
San Juan Mesa Wind Project, LLC, et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
San Juan Mesa Wind Project, LLC, et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Assistance regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) is adding a new part to the DOE assistance regulations to establish policies and procedures to implement the "other transaction authority" granted to the Secretary of Energy by section 1007 of the Energy Policy Act of 2...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air quality implementation plans:

Title Type Published
The EPA is announcing that a public hearing for the proposed rule to implement the fine particle national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) will be held on November 30, 2005 in Washington, DC. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Regist...
Proposed Rule Nov 15, 2005

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee's (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel (Panel) to conduct a peer review of the Air Quality Criteria fo...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces three upcoming public teleconferences of the: (1) SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee to prepare for a review of the EPA Region 6 Geographic Information System Screening Tool; (2)...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
World Freedom Day (Proclamation 7960)
Presidential Document Nov 15, 2005

Trade:

Title Type Published
Saudi Arabia; determinations under section 1106(a) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Memorandum of November 10, 2005)
Presidential Document Nov 15, 2005

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Survey on Program Funding" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nominations for a nonvoting industry representative to serve on the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee.
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Environmental impact considerations:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulation on environmental impact considerations to expand existing categorical exclusions to include approvals of humanitarian device exemptions (HDEs) and establishment of special controls as...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the second meeting of the American Health Information Community in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.) The American Health Information Community will advise the Secretary and r...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to seek the approval of OMB for the renewal of five Information Collection Requests (ICRs). The ICRs are: (1) 1625- 0022, Application for Tonnage Measurement of Vess...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Licensing Working Group of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet to discuss matters relating to specific issues of towing safety. The meetings will be open to the public.
Notice Nov 15, 2005

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

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone at the North Carolina State Port Authority (NCSPA), Wilmington to include the Cape Fear River and Eagle Island. Entry into or movement within the security zone will be prohibited without autho...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Regattas and marine parades:

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The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.511 during the Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade, a marine event to be held December 10, 2005, on the waters of Spa Creek and the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland. These spec...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The MMS is seeking interested and qualified individuals to serve on its OCS SC during the period of March 31, 2006, through March 30, 2008. The initial 2-year term may be renewable for up to an additional 4 years. The OCS SC is chartered under the Fe...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Uinta mountainsnail (Oreohelix eurekensis uinta) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition...
Proposed Rule Nov 15, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the federal agency responsible for operation of Flaming Gorge Dam, in cooperation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, State of Utah Department of Natural Resour...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

No documents available.

Management contract provisions:

Title Type Published
In response to the inherent risks of gaming enterprises and the resulting need for effective internal controls in Tribal gaming operations, the National Indian Gaming Commission (Commission or NIGC) first developed Minimum Internal Control Standards...
Proposed Rule Nov 15, 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) Nevada Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Counci...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Oil and gas leases:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 371(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the lessee(s), Anderson Oil Ltd., John M. Beard Trust, and Patina Oklahoma Corp., timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease NMNM 9023 in Lea County, NM. The...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Under the provisions of Section 371(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the lessee, Chief Oil and Gas LLC, timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease TXNM 100506 in Wise County, TX. The lessee paid the required rental accruing fr...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
Under the provisions of Section 371(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the lessee, Chief Oil and Gas LLC, timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease TXNM 100507 in Wise County, TX. The lessee paid the required rental accruing fr...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Public land orders:

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This order withdraws approximately 2,300 acres of public land from location and entry under the United States mining and mineral leasing laws, for a period of 5 years, and reserves the land for use by the Department of Energy to conduct site characte...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Commission has submitted a proposal for the collection of information to OMB for approval. The proposed information collection is an user survey that solicit...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Commission has submitted an emergency request for approval of questionnaires to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The Commission has requested OMB approval by November 14, 2005.
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on pr...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requests comments on a specific proposal submitted to OSHA to permit the use of a Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) as part of, or as an alternative to, the Nationally Recognized Test...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 15, 2005

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Electronic Records Archives (ACERA). The committee s...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Materials Research Review Panel
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on October 25, 2005 (70 FR 61667), that incorrectly issued Amendment No. 120 for Units 1 and 2. The correct amendment No. is 122. This action is necessary to correct the incorrect amen...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, et al.
Notice Nov 15, 2005
(1) Issue a demand for information to the licensees for all Mark I and II boiling-water reactors (BWRs) and conduct a 6-month study of options
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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 Nov 15, 2005

Single-employer plans:

Title Type Published
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 Nov 15, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small business size standards:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Commercial Refrigerator Equipment. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these classes of products to the Federal...
Notice Nov 15, 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 gove...
Notice Nov 15, 2005
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemical Manufacturing. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these classes o...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Arms Export Control Act:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has forwarded the attached Notifications of Proposed Export Licenses to the Congress on the dates indicated pursuant to sections 36(c) and 36(d) and in compliance with section 36(f) of the Arms Expo...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of briefing.
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised...
Rule Nov 15, 2005
This amendment amends Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational...
Rule Nov 15, 2005

Aeronautical property sale:

Title Type Published
The FAA is requesting public comment on the City of Manchester, New Hampshire's request to sell a portion (3.98 acres) of Airport property. The property is located in the area of the Northeast Ramp off Perimeter Road and is identified as Tax Map 721,...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340-200, and A340-300 series airplanes; and A340-541 and A340-642 airplanes. This proposed AD would require operators to revise the Airworthiness L...
Proposed Rule Nov 15, 2005
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections to measure the depth of chafing or scoring in the skin along the...
Proposed Rule Nov 15, 2005
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacing the Camloc fasteners on the sidewall of the center pedestal. Thi...
Proposed Rule Nov 15, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Appendix A of this Notice contains the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) comprehensive compilation of the certifications and assurances for Federal fiscal year 2006 to be used in connection with all Federal assistance programs that FTA administe...
Notice Nov 15, 2005

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