Federal Register December 15, 2005 (Volume 70)

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 2005

Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (17)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (12)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (7)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (6)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (5)
Labor Department (7)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2)
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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (13)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (2)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (2)

Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet at the USDA Service Center in Redding California, on January 4, February 1 and March 1 of 2006. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss proposed projects under Title II of the Secure Rur...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Agriculture Department > FS Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee The Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet at the Trinity County Office of Education in Weaverville, California, on January 10, 2006. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss proposed projects under Title II of the Secure Rural S...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Nursery Stock We are proposing to amend the regulations on importing nursery stock to eliminate various restrictions on the importation of plants in vitro and kenaf seed; to establish programs for the importation of approved plants from the Canary Islands and from...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act of 2004 Implementation; Regulatory Revision The Economic Development Administration ("EDA") published an interim final rule in the Federal Register on August 11, 2005. EDA is publishing this interim final rule to effect those changes to the August 11, 2005 interim final rule specified in the c...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > EDA Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act of 2004 Implementation; Regulatory Revision On November 14, 2005, the Economic Development Administration ("EDA") published a final rule in the Federal Register delaying the effective date, from November 14, 2005 until January 31, 2006, of certain provisions of EDA's interim final rule origina...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Small Diameter Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from Argentina: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review On September 28, 2005, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("the Department") published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe ("...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Artist Canvas from the People's Republic of China On November 7, 2005, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published its affirmative preliminary determination in this proceeding. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Artist Canvas from the People...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 35 -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Expansion of Facilities -- Subzone 35B, Merck & Company, Inc., (Pharmaceutical Products), West Point, Pennsylvania Merck Co., Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 185 -- Culpepper County, Virginia, Expansion of Facilities -- Subzone 185C, Merck & Company, Inc., (Pharmaceutical Products), Elkton, Virginia Merck Co., Inc.; pharmaceutical products	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 61-- San Juan, Puerto Rico, Expansion of Facilities-- Subzone 61D, 61E, Merck Sharpe & Dohme Quimica De Puerto Rico, Inc., (Pharmaceutical Products), Arecibo and Barceloneta, Puerto Rico Merck Sharpe Dohme Quimica De Puerto Rico Inc.; pharmaceutical products	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 26 - Atlanta, Georgia, Application for Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority, Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC, (Compact Diesel Engines), Griffin, Georgia Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC; compact diesel engines	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2006 Specifications NMFS proposes specifications for the 2006 Atlantic herring fishery, which are the same as the specifications implemented in 2005. The regulations for the Atlantic herring fishery require NMFS to publish specifications for the upcoming year and to pro...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher/Processor Vessels Using Hook-and-line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processor vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 total allowable catch (TA...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program The National Marine Fisheries Service publishes IFQ standard prices for the IFQ Cost Recovery Program in the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. This action is intended to provide holders of halibut and sablefish IFQ permits informa...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Financial Assistance To Establish New Cooperative Science Centers Under NOAA's Educational Partnership Program (EPP) With Minority Serving Institutions in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Environmental Sciences, Living Marine Resources Science and Management, and Remote Sensing Technology at Minority Serving Institutions The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA's Educational Partnership Program is soliciting new accredited post secondary minority serving institutions (MSI)--Cooperative Science Center proposals. These Centers are to establish par...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Request for Proposals for Fiscal Year 2006-NOAA Educational Partnership Program With Minority Serving Institutions: Environmental Entrepreneurship Program NOAA's Environmental Entrepreneurship Program is soliciting proposals that support environmental revitalization projects. Projects should engage students at MSIs in hands-on training and experiential learning opportunities in the application of NOAA...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Financial Assistance To Administer NOAA's Educational Partnership Program (EPP) With Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), Graduate Sciences Program The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA's Educational Partnership Program is soliciting not-for-profit organizations to administer its EPP Graduate Sciences Program. The goal of the Graduate Sciences Program is to provide colle...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Financial Assistance To Administer NOAA's Educational Partnership Program (EPP) With Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), Undergraduate Scholarship Program The purpose of this document is to advise the public that NOAA's Educational Partnership Program is soliciting not-for-profit organizations to administer its Undergraduate Scholarship Program. The goal of the Undergraduate Scholarship Program is to i...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will reconvene its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP) via Conference Call to approve the 2006 Operations Plan to the 2005-2010 Strategic Plan that outlines joint goals and objectives for stat...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Pool Operator Electronic Filing of Annual Reports The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is proposing to amend Commission regulations to require that commodity pool annual financial reports submitted by commodity pool operators ("CPOs") to the National Futures Association...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Commodity Exchange Act:

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Market and Large Trader Reporting The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing several amendments to its market and large trader reporting rules. First, the Commission is proposing to establish a new reporting level for futures and option contracts based...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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	Dec 15, 2005
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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	Dec 15, 2005

Elementary and secondary education and special education and rehabilitative services:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Title I-Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged; Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)-Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing programs administered under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) (referred to in these proposed regul...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Alliance Pipeline L.P.; Notice of Negotiated Rates Alliance Pipeline L.P.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Cranberry Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing Cranberry Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Discovery Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing Discovery Gas Transmission LLC	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Enogex Inc.; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval Enogex Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Gas Transmission Northwest Corporation; Notice of Negotiated Rates Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership; Notice of Negotiated Rate Agreement Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Partnership	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Illinois Municipal Electric Agency; Notice of Filing Illinois Municipal Electric Agency	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC New York Independent System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Filing New York Independent System Operator, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Filing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC San Diego Gas & Electric Company; Notice of Compliance Filing San Diego Gas Electric Co.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing Texas Gas Transmission, LLC	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices, EPA ICR Number 0152.08, OMB Control Number 2070-0020 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat Production (Renewal); ICR Number 1964.03; OMB Number 2060-0496 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing appro...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Air pollution control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement, which would be entered as a consent order, to address a lawsuit filed by South Jersey Environmental Justic...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Standards and Requirements for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Including Butane Blenders and Attest Engagements EPA is taking direct final action on certain modifications to the reformulated and conventional gasoline regulations. Based on experience gained since the promulgation of these regulations, EPA proposed these modifications along with various others i...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Modifications to Standards and Requirements for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline Including Butane Blenders and Attest Engagements EPA is proposing to take action on certain modifications to the reformulated and conventional gasoline regulations. Based on experience gained since the promulgation of these regulations, EPA proposed these modifications along with various others in...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings Regulation EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maine. This revision establishes requirements to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from architectural and industrial maintenance coatings....	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product; Registration Approval This notice announces Agency approval of an application to register the pesticide products Topramezone Technical and Topramezone SC Herbicide containing an active ingredient not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the provisions...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Water supply:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Safe Drinking Water Act Determination; Underground Injection Control Program, Determination of Indian Country Status for Purposes of Underground Injection Control Program Permitting On November 2, 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of prospective determination of the Indian country status of approximately 160 acres of land located in the southeast portion of Section 8, Township 16N, Range 16W, in...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Food and Drug Administration Recall Regulations (Guidelines) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "FDA Recall Regulations (Guidelines)" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Reprocessed Single-Use Device Labeling 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	Dec 15, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of Consumer-Friendly Formats for Brief Summary in Direct-to-Consumer Print Advertisements for Prescription Drugs: Study 1 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	Dec 15, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Tribal Self-Governance Program; Negotiation Cooperative Agreement; New Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2006 Tribal Self-Governance Program	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Advisory Committees; Filing of Annual Reports The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the agency has filed with the Library of Congress the annual reports of those FDA advisory committees that held closed meetings during fisca...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Homeland Security Department

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Suspension of Community Eligibility This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Pollution:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Pollution Prevention Equipment This document contains corrections to the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2005. The proposed rule would revise Coast Guard pollution prevention equipment regulations to make them consistent with new Inte...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

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

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone; Chicago New Year's Celebration, Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the Chicago New Year's Celebration fireworks display. This safety zone is necessary to protect vessels and spectators from potential airborne hazards during a planned fireworks display over...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Mortgagee's Request for Extension of Time Requirements The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department Performance Review Board Appointments This notice provides the name of individuals who have been appointed to serve as members of the Department of the Interior Performance Review Board.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat for the Perdido Key Beach Mouse, Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse, and St. Andrew Beach Mouse We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise critical habitat for the endangered Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) and Choctawhatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus allophrys), and designate crit...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the Queen Charlotte Goshawk as Threatened or Endangered We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the opening of a public comment period to update the 1997 status review for the Queen Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi), a subspecies of the northern goshawk that lives in the temperate rai...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) 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	Dec 15, 2005
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meetings, Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meetings 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) Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Tribal -State Compact approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming This Notice Publishes an Approval of the Fourth Amendment for the Tribal-State Compact for the Regulation of Class III Gaming between the Nooksack Indian Tribe and the State of Washington.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Personal Computers, Server Computers, and Components Thereof; Notice of Commission Decision To Remand-in-Part and Vacate-in-Part an Initial Determination Finding a Violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930; Referral of Motion to Administrative Law Judge Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to reverse the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") findings in the above-captioned investigation of literal infringement with respect to the asserted claims of...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Justice Department

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST United States v. SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp.; Competitive Impact Statement, Proposed Final Judgment, Complaint, Amended Stipulation SBC Communications Inc. et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Justice Department > ANTITRUST United States v. Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI, Inc.; Competitive Impact Statement, Proposed Final Judgment, Complaint, Stipulation Verizon Communications Inc. et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

National cooperative research notifications:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Polyurea Development Association Polyurea Development Association	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Justice Department > ANTITRUST Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-USB Implementers Forum, Inc. USB Implementers Forum, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Cranford Woodcarving, Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Labor Department > ETA Foampro Manufacturing, Inc. Including Workers Whose Wages Were Paid by Barrett Business Services, Irvine, CA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Foampro Manufacturing, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Labor Department > ETA GE Consumer Finance, a Division of the General Electric Company, Partnership Marketing Group, Schaumberg, IL; Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration GE Consumer Finance	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Labor Department > ETA Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance ICT Group, et al.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Labor Department > ETA International Resistive Company, Inc.; a Subsidiary of TT Electronics, PLC, Boone, NC, Including an Employee of International Resistive Company, Inc., a Subsidiary of TT Electronics, PLC, Boone, NC, Located in Athens, AL; Amended Notice of Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance International Resistive Company, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Labor Department > ETA Joy Technologies, Inc., DBA Joy Mining Machinery, Mt. Vernon Plant, Mt. Vernon, IL; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration Joy Technologies, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Property Administration and Reporting for Interagency Acquisitions This is a final rule to amend the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to revise clause 1852.217-70 Property Administration and Reporting to change the name of "NASA-Defense Purchase Request" to "NASA- Interagency Purchase Request" and to replace the term "Mili...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Research Announcements-Small Business Subcontracting Plans and Publication Acknowledgement and Disclaimers This is a final rule amending the NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) to require for NASA Research Announcements: Submission of a small business subcontracting plan with any proposal having subcontracting possibilities that may result in the award of a contrac...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council

Title	Type	Published
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council Outsourcing of Noncriminal Justice Administrative Functions The Compact Council, established pursuant to the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact), is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which permits the outsourcing of noncriminal justice administrat...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005
National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council Security and Management Control Outsourcing Standard Pursuant to the publication requirement in title 42, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 14616, Article VI(e), the Compact Council (Council), established by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact (Compact) Act of 1998, is providing public...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission American Energy Company, LLC; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board American Energy Company, LLC	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Issuance of Amendment to Materials License SNM 2507 Virginia Electric and Power Company North Anna Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Notice of issuance of license amendment.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single-employer and multiemployer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Required Interest Rate Assumption for Determining Variable-Rate Premium; Interest Assumptions for Multiemployer Plan Valuations Following Mass Withdrawal 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	Dec 15, 2005

Single-employer plans:

Title	Type	Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits 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	Dec 15, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Rockwell Automation, Inc., To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value, (Including the Associated Preferred Share Purchase Rights) From Listing and Registration on the Pacific Exchange, Inc. File No. 1-12383 Rockwell Automation, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Investment Advisers Act of 1940:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Riverton Management, Inc.; Notice of Application Notice of Application for Exemption under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act").	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Securities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Internet Availability of Proxy Materials We are proposing amendments to the proxy rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would provide an alternative method for issuers and other persons to furnish proxy materials to shareholders by posting them on an Internet Web site and pro...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Revisions to the Series 9/10 Examination Program American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to Revisions to the Series 4 Examination Program American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Initial Listing and Maintenance To List Options on Certain Securities Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Adoption of a Hybrid Agency Liaison System for Automated Handling of Inbound Orders That Are Not Automatically Executed Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Allow Nasdaq To Issue Public Reprimand Letters National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Revisions to the Study Outline and Selection Specifications for the Limited Principal-Registered Options (Series 4) Examination Program New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc., Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 Relating to Generic Listing Standards for Options on Narrow-Based and Micro Narrow-Based Indexes Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Pacific Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Clarifying the Hours Certain Vanguard International Equity Index Funds Are Eligible To Trade on the Archipelago Exchange Pacific Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Elimination of Commentary .01, Guideline 5 to Phlx Rule 1010 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Small Business Administration

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Mandatory Declassification Review Requests This notice identifies the office in the U.S. Small Business Administration to which mandatory declassification review requests shall be addressed in accordance with applicable laws. This notice benefits the public in advising them where to send such...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Religion and Society: A Dialogue Religion and Society: A Dialogue	Notice	Dec 15, 2005
State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals: Middle East Partnership Initiative Study of the United States Institute for Undergraduate Student Leaders The U.S. Department of State (DoS), through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of a six-week Study of the...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of Area Navigation Routes; Southwestern and South Central United States This action establishes three area navigation (RNAV) routes over Southwestern and South Central United States in support of the High Altitude Redesign (HAR) program. The FAA is taking this action to enhance safety and to improve the efficient use of...	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A318-100 and A319-100 Series Airplanes, A320-111 Airplanes, A320-200 Series Airplanes, and A321-100 and A321-200 Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A318-100 and A319-100 series airplanes, A320- 111 airplanes, A320-200 series airplanes, and A321-100 and A321-200 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require o...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727, 727C, 727-100, and 727-100C Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 727, 727C, 727-100, and 727-100C series airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections for cracks in the body skin and bear strap at the upper and low...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Air Brake Systems The agency is proposing to amend our air brake standard to improve the stopping distance performance of truck tractors. Based on current safety trend data and brake system technologies for truck tractors, we are proposing to reduce the required stopp...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > PHMSA Pipeline Safety: Design and Construction Standards To Reduce Internal Corrosion in Gas Transmission Pipelines This document proposes regulations on the control of internal corrosion when designing and constructing new and replaced gas transmission pipelines. The proposed rule would require an operator to take steps in design and construction to reduce the ri...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005
Transportation Department > PHMSA Integrity Management: Program Modifications and Clarifications-Request for Comments PHMSA proposes revisions to the current Pipeline Safety Regulations for Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas. The revisions address a petition from the hazardous liquid pipeline industry. The revisions are to: allow more flexibilit...	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Revision of Title VI Circular and EEO Circular The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is revising and updating its Circulars 4702.1, "Title VI Program Guidelines for Urban Mass Transit Administration Recipients" and 4704.1 "Equal Employment Opportunity Program Guidelines for Grant Recipients."...	Notice	Dec 15, 2005

Treasury Department

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Sickness or Accident Disability Payments This document contains final regulations providing guidance regarding the treatment of payments made on account of sickness or accident disability under a workers' compensation law for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).	Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Income taxes and procedure and administration:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Corporate Estimated Tax; Correction This document corrects the notice of public hearing (REG- 107722-00) that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, December 12, 2005 (70 FR 73393), that relates to corporate estimated taxes.	Proposed Rule	Dec 15, 2005

Federal Register December 15, 2005

Agencies Publishing on December 15, 2005

Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commodity Exchange Act:

Education Department

Elementary and secondary education and special education and rehabilitative services:

Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Air programs:

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

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Water supply:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Pollution:

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

Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Meetings:

Tribal -State Compact approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

National cooperative research notifications:

Labor Department

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Acquisition regulations:

N National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single-employer and multiemployer plans:

Single-employer plans:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Investment Advisers Act of 1940:

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Small Business Administration

State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Pipeline safety:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Treasury Department

Employment taxes and collection of income taxes at source:

Income taxes and procedure and administration:

Volume Information

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National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council