December 2, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register December 2, 2005

View all documents issued on December 2, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

77 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 2, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 02, 2005
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on a proposed information collection. This notice announces the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion's (CNPP) int...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
This notice announces the appointment of members of the Performance Review Boards (PRBs) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA PRBs ensure meaningful distinctions in performance as they review Senior Executive Service (SES) performa...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
This action announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) review of the Soybean Promotion and Research Program (conducted under the Soybean Promotion and Research Order), under the criteria contained in section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibilit...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2005

Farmers trade adjustment assistance; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.:

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The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) published a document in the Federal Register of November 8, 2005, concerning the termination of petitions for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that were filed by shrimp producers in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, N...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given for proposals for FY 2006 grant funds under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). FSMIP anticipates that approximately $1.3 million will be available for support of this program in FY 2006. States interested...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Meetings:

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) held a meeting of the Universal Cotton Standards Advisory Committee in Memphis, Tennessee on June 9 and 10, 2005. This notice announces the Advisory Committee's recommendation to expand the Universal Cotton St...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Walnuts grown in

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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule suspending the provision of the walnut marketing order (order) pertaining to eligibility of members to serve on the Walnut Marketing Board (Board...
Rule Dec 02, 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 or continuing information collections, as re...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 02, 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 Dec 02, 2005

Antidumping:

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On February 4, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the initiation of a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina covering the period December 1, 2003, to December 31, 2004. See Honey From Argenti...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
China
Notice Dec 02, 2005
In response to a request from Nucor Corporation, a U.S. domestic producer of carbon steel plate, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon steel plate from Taiwan. See Notic...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Vietnam
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Arctic Cat, Inc.; all-terrain vehicle engine and snowmobile manufacturing facilities
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Brother Industries (U.S.A.) Inc.; toner cartridges manufacturing/refurbishing facilities
Notice Dec 02, 2005
IKEA Wholesale Inc.; home furnishings and accessories warehousing and distribution facility
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC; semiconductor memory devices manufacturing facilities
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Meetings:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Research Steering Committee in December, 2005 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from th...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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NOAA publishes this notice to announce the implementation of the new NOAA Policy on Cooperative Institutes (NOAA Administrative Order Series, NAO 216-107, effective date September 2, 2005); and the availability of the NOAA CI Interim Handbook, Versio...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) is announcing the distribution of Raster Navigational Charts (RNCs) to the public via the Internet. These RNCs have primary application in navigation and geographic information systems. Providing mariners with more...
Notice Dec 02, 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 a product and a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List products and services previously furnished...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services 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. Com...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") will hold a public roundtable meeting at which invited participants will discuss global markets-related issues in the financial services and commodity markets. Partic...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

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On June 14, 1999, under the authority of section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing sources in the portland cement manufacturing industry. On Dece...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2005

Air programs:

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On May 12, 2005, EPA published in the Federal Register the final "Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone" (Clean Air Interstate Rule or CAIR). The CAIR requires certain upwind States to reduce emissions of nitrogen o...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential for impacts to air and water quality, and habitat. Rating EC1.
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public comment period for the draft document titled, "Air Quality Criteria for Lead; First External Review Draft" (EPA/600/R-05/144). The document was prepared by the National Center for...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Biological products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to remove the regulation applicable to the status of specific products; Group A streptococcus. FDA is proposing to remove the regulation because the existing requirement for Group A streptococcus or...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing the regulation applicable to the status of specific products; Group A streptococcus. FDA is removing the regulation because the existing requirement for Group A streptococcus organisms and derivative...
Rule Dec 02, 2005

Meetings:

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This notice announces the dates and locations of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Town Hall meetings to be held in calendar years 2005 and 2006 to solicit public comment...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-day notice of information collection under review; Application for Authorization to Issue Certification for Health Care Workers and Related Requirements; Form I-905.
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001 directed the United States Postal Service to issue a semipostal stamp and distribute the proceeds through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the families of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently di...
Notice Dec 02, 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 Dec 02, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management is requesting public nominations to fill an unexpired term on the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board. The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board provides advice r...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the final recovery plan for six Mobile Basin aquatic snails. The six snails included in the recovery plan are: the endangered cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), flat pebbles...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500-1508 Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, and 43 Code of Federal Regulations 3809, the Bureau of Land Management's (BL...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
The notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of public scoping meetings was published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2005 (70 FR 58469). The Bureau of Reclamation is changing the public scoping meeting dat...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Oil and gas leases:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC62571 from Red Willow Production Company for lands in Jackson Count...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC62570 from Red Willow Production Company for lands in Jackson Count...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
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Notice Dec 02, 2005
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Wold Oil Properties, Inc. of competitive oil and gas lease WYW144595 for lands in Frem...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Discovery Exploration, Inc. and EnRe Corporation of noncompetitive oil and gas lease W...
Notice Dec 02, 2005
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Wold Oil Properties, Inc. of competitive oil and gas lease WYW144596 for lands in Frem...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes a direct (non- competitive) sale of two parcels of public land, 1.21 acres located in Rio Arriba County and 0.50 acres located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The described public land has been examined an...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office announces the temporary closure of selected public lands under its administration in La Paz County, Arizona. This action is being taken to help ensure public safety and prevent unnecessary...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Resource management plans, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arcata Field Office will establish temporary restrictions pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 43, Subpart 8364.1 to effectively implement interim management guidelin...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Dec 02, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 28, 2005 under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of SAS PRAXIM of La Tronche, France and Varian Med...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is issuing a final rule exempting a new system of records entitled the Terrorist Screening Records System (TSRS) (JUSTICE/FBI-019) from subsections (c)(3) and (4); (d)(1), (2), (...
Rule Dec 02, 2005
Privacy Act; systems of records
Notice Dec 02, 2005

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has determined that the establishment of the International Space Station Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties im...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
K-16 Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education in U.S.; hearing
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single-employer plans:

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is amending its benefit valuation regulation by adopting more current mortality assumptions. The mortality assumptions prescribed under PBGC's regulations to be used to value benefits for non-disabled ("health...
Rule Dec 02, 2005

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

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The Governors of the U.S. Postal Service accepted the Postal Rate Commission's recommendation to increase most postal rates and fees by approximately 5.4 percent. The Board of Governors set 12:01 a.m. Sunday, January 8, 2006, as the effective date fo...
Rule Dec 02, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 02, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Cultural Property Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, control, etc.:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice requests public participation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval process regarding the renewal of an existing PHMSA collection of information for response plans for onshore oil pipelines. PHMSA is requesting OMB approva...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, control, etc.:

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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 02, 2005
The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations under section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and section 302(d)(7)(C)(ii) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub. L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829). These regulatio...
Proposed Rule Dec 02, 2005

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulations concerning payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) for certain non- service-connected deaths and the rate of DIC payable to a surviving spouse for either...
Rule Dec 02, 2005

Medical benefits:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hereby giving notice that the medication copayment rate will be increased from $7.00 to $8.00. The total amount of copayments in a calendar year for a veteran enrolled in one of the priority groups 2 through...
Notice Dec 02, 2005

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