February 21, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register February 21, 2006

View all documents issued on February 21, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

94 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 21, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) Guidelines (7...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze and disclose the potential environmental consequences for a proposed recreation complex development. The proposed Middle Kyle Complex is located...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Grade standards:

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is establishing voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Field Grown Leaf Lettuce. The standards will provide industry with a common language and uniform basis fo...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is revising the United States Standards for Grades of Watermelons. Specifically, AMS is revising the standard to include a definition for seedless watermelons and a vari...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Land uses:

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The Department is adopting final regulations for recovering costs associated with processing applications for special use authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System lands and monitoring compliance with these special use authorizations. T...
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Regulatory Flexibility Act:

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This document announces that the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) plans to review Marketing Order 925 (Grapes grown in a designated area of Southeastern California), Marketing Order 930 (Tart cherries grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pe...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 21, 2006
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 Feb 21, 2006
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 Feb 21, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this notice to announce the effective date of a Privacy Act System of Records notice entitled COMMERCE/CENSUS-5, Population and Housing Census Records of the 2000 Census Including Preliminary Statistics...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

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Notice and Opportunity for Public Comment.
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Antidumping:

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Brazil
Notice Feb 21, 2006
In response to a request from Carpenter Technology Corporation, Dunkirk Specialty Steel, LLC (a subsidiary of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products) and North American Stainless (the "Domestic Interested Parties"), domestic producers of stainless stee...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

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The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performances of the Kachemak Bay (Alaska) National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Apalachicola (Florida) National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Mi...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Endangered and threatened species:

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received three scientific research permit application requests relating to Pacific salmon. The proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to he...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces the availability of Amendment 17 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP) Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (Amendment 17) and Amendment 25 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 2006
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for non-Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock with trawl gear in the Chinook Salmon Savings Areas of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding th...
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, Pub. L. 97-375 and Pub. L. 105-153), we are announcing a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee. The meeting's agenda...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Habitat/Marine Protected Area (MPA)/ Ecosystem Advisory Panel in March, 2006 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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NMFS announces that the annual harvest guideline for the commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) for calendar year 2006 is established at zero lobsters.
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The Department of the Navy published a document in the Federal Register of January 20, 2006, concerning the draft 2006 Supplemental Environmental Assessment to the 2002 Programmatic Environmental Assessment (Supplemental PEA) for the Rim of the Pacif...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

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The IC Clearance Official, 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 1995.
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming public hearing with members of A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education (Commission). Notice of this meeting is required by s...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Complaints filed:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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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 Feb 21, 2006
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 Feb 21, 2006

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

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Pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of Version 3 of the CAP88-PC model used to demonstrate compliance with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESH...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be held February 28, March 1, and March 2, 2006 at t...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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This notice announces the availability of the letter and technical support document (TSD) approving Arkansas' request to identify Crittenden County, Arkansas in the Memphis 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area as a zone targeted for economic development u...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Practice and procedure:

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The FDIC is adopting a final rule which clarifies and simplifies the procedures to be used when all of the deposit liabilities of an insured depository institution have been assumed by another insured depository institution or institutions. The final...
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ("ASC") is soliciting comments on the need for...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act:

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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is extending the comment period for the interim final rule making amendments to procedures for designating classes of employees as members of the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Oc...
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice announces the third meeting of the American Health Information Community Biosurveillance Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)
Notice Feb 21, 2006
This notice announces the third meeting of the American Health Information Community Chronic Care Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)
Notice Feb 21, 2006
This notice announces the third meeting of the American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)
Notice Feb 21, 2006
This notice announces the third meeting of the American Health Information Community Electronic Health Record Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Adivsory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is canceling the meeting on the Animal Drug User Fee Act scheduled for February 24, 2006. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of December 28, 2005 (70 FR 76851). FDA will continue to seek public c...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
Scientific Counselors Board
Notice Feb 21, 2006

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

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive worldwide license to practice the inve...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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NIOSH intends to review and evaluate toxicity data for the halogenated anesthetic agents of isoflurane, desflurane, and sevoflurane. The current NIOSH recommended exposure limit (REL) of 2 parts per million (ppm) as a 60-minute ceiling for the haloge...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Flood elevation determinations:

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Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management me...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 2006
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management me...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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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 Feb 21, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Alaska Native claims selection:

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As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to AHTNA, Incorporated (Successor in Interest to Cantwell Yedatene N...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Mary's Igloo Native Corporation. The lands are located in T. 2 S....
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations for the vacant elected official seat on the Bureau of Land Management's Alaska Resource Advisory Council. The council provides advice and recommendations to BLM on management of public lands in Ala...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for the position representing the Public Interest (previously listed as Public at Large) on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The Board provides advice concerning management, protecti...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Disclaimer of interest applications:

Title Type Published
New Way Investments, Inc. has submitted an application for a recordable disclaimer of interest pursuant to section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1745), and the regulations contained in 43 CFR Part 18...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
Environmental Defense, Inc. (ED) (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an enhancement of survival permit under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended. The requested permit, wh...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), announce our 12-month finding for a petition to list the Yellowstone cutthroat trout (YCT) (Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri) as a threatened species throughout its range in the United States, pursuant to...
Proposed Rule Feb 21, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project DEIS. The originally announced comment period ends on February 28, 2006, but has been extended until March 30, 2006....
Notice Feb 21, 2006
Pursuant to 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 3425.4, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Colorado State Office, Lakewood, Colorado, hereby gives notice that an Environmental Assessment (EA) is available and a public hearing will be held to lease...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Prineville District Office, intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the John Day Basin, and by this notice is announcing public scoping meeti...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
Pursuant to section 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Ely Field Office, will be directing the preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) and conducting public scoping meeting...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Public land orders:

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This notice terminates the existing classification for 80.00 acres of public land that was classified as suitable for disposal through exchange under section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315g) and opens the land to operation of the public l...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hereby provides notice that it will offer two parcels of public lands located in Rio Grande and Conejos Counties, Colorado, for sale at not less than their respective appraised fair market values. The Del Norte Fie...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
This notice corrects the legal land description for R&PP application N-58877 for lease/conveyance of a parcel of land and terminates the classification for other lands no longer needed for R&PP purposes.
Notice Feb 21, 2006
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for lease or conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), 1,228.92 acres of public land in Uintah County, Utah. Uint...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

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The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on certain...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons (Bureau or BOP), is exempting a Privacy Act system of records from the following subsections of the Privacy Act: (c)(3) and (4), (d)(1)-(4), (e)(2) and (3), (e)(5), and (g). This system of records is the "...
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 21, 2006
Safety standard petitions
Notice Feb 21, 2006

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Records management:

Title Type Published
NARA is revising our regulations to provide for the appropriate management and disposition of very short-term temporary e- mail, by allowing agencies to manage these records within the e-mail system.
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 21, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to create a new system of records, STATE-69, pursuant to the Provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 as amended (5 U.S.C.(r)), and the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-130, Appe...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to alter an existing system of records, STATE-14, pursuant to the Provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C.(r)), and the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-130...
Notice Feb 21, 2006
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to create a new system of records, STATE-70, pursuant to the Provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C.(r)), and the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-130, App...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition determinations:

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Department is eliminating its rule that currently prohibits each airline that owns, controls, or operates a computer reservations system ("CRS" or "system") from denying system access to two or more carriers whose flights share a single designato...
Rule Feb 21, 2006
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 Feb 21, 2006
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 Feb 21, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

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The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A321-111, -112, and -131 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections to detect fatigue cracking in the area surrounding cer...
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the Colorado Springs Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21).
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public meeting of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) to discuss transport airplane and engine (TAE) issues.
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The 2005 edition of the Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) has been published and is available for comment. All comments, concerns, and suggestions regarding the current policies and plans in the 2005 FRP will be considered in formulation of the 2007...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations that address the interaction of section 304 and section 367. These regulations provide that section 367(a) and (b) do not apply to a deemed section 351 exchange resulting from a section 304(a)(1) transaction....
Rule Feb 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Assistance Center Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service a...
Notice Feb 21, 2006

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