February 27, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register February 27, 2006

View all documents issued on February 27, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 27, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106- 393) the Caribou-Targhee National Forests' Eastern Idaho Resource Advisor...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is sponsoring a public meeting on March 21, 2006. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and d...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393), the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest's Madison-Beaverhead Resource Ad...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing changes in how it uses the results from its Salmonella verification sampling program for meat and poultry establishments to enhance public health protection. The Agency is also changing how...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
China
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The Department of Commerce (Department) has preliminarily determined that critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of metal calendar slides (MCS) from Japan.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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NMFS announces our decision to expand the scope of the Makah Whale Hunt Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to include analysis of the proposed action on the affected environment under both the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Whaling Con...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

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Congress amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) to require the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to approve the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Rationalization Program (Program). The Progra...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using jig or hook-and-line gear in the Bogoslof Pacific cod exemption area of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands managemen...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Marine mammals:

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NMFS has received an application from ASRC Energy Services, Lynx Enterprises, Inc. (AES Lynx) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting on-ice vibroseis seismic operations in the...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

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The DoD Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) announces a closed session meeting.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
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 27, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Help America Vote Act:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107-252, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be published in the Federal Register material changes to the HAVA State plans previo...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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ANR Pipeline Co.
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Broadwater Energy LLC et al.
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Central New York Oil Gas Company, LLC
Notice Feb 27, 2006
High Island Offshore System, L.L.C.
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Rendezvous Gas Services, L.L.C., et al.
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

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In this notice, the Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential energy sources for the year 2006 pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The five sources are electricit...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act) and Natural Gas Policy Act:

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is proposing to amend its regulations regarding the blanket certificates for unbundled natural gas sales services held by interstate natural gas pipelines, the blanket marketing certificates held...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act), natural gas companies (Natural Gas Act), Natural Gas Policy Act, oil pipeline companies (Interstate Commerce Act):

Title Type Published
In this Final Rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to expand due process for certain audited persons who dispute findings or proposed remedies contained in draft audit reports.
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to include certain rules governing the conduct of entities authorized to make sales of electricity and related products under market-based rate authorizations. This ame...
Rule Feb 27, 2006
Public utility market-based rate authorizations; terms and conditions investigation
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Natural Gas Policy Act:

Title Type Published
In this final rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations regarding the blanket certificates for unbundled natural gas sales services held by interstate natural gas pipelines and the blanket marketing certi...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice of deficiency (NOD) on March 4, 2004 (69 FR 10167), in which EPA identified problems with Wisconsin's Clean Air Act (Act) title V operating permit program and a timeframe for the State to correct these deficiencies. The Wisconsin...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

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Pursuant to section 111(b)(1)(B) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA has reviewed the emission standards for nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>), sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>), and particulate matter (PM) contained in the new source performance standards...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Air programs:

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EPA is proposing to grant full approval for the Guam operating permit program regulations and an associated State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Territory of Guam (Guam). These submittals correct deficiencies identified in EPA's...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006
The EPA is taking direct final action to grant full approval for the Guam operating permit program and an associated State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Territory of Guam (Guam). These submittals correct deficiencies identified...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

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

Title Type Published
EPA proposes to approve revisions to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions were submitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to establish and require reasonably available control technology (R...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006

Hazardous waste program authorizations:

Title Type Published
New Hampshire has applied to EPA for Final authorization of changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA proposes to grant final authorization to New Hampshire. EPA has determined that these chan...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006
The State of New Hampshire has applied to EPA for Final authorization of certain changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC).
Notice Feb 27, 2006
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law 92-423, "The Federal Advisory Committee Act," notice is hereby given of the forthcoming conference call meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (Council), established under the Safe Dr...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2004 is available for public review. Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time from 1990-2004 are summarized and presented by source category and sector. The inventory contains e...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Solid waste:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, also the Agency or we in this preamble) today is granting a petition to modify an exclusion (or delisting) from the lists of hazardous waste previously granted to Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) in Smyrna...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1984, as amended ("CERCLA"), notification is hereby given of a proposed administrative agreement concerning the Western Minerals hazar...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Toxic substances:

Title Type Published
EPA is planning to hold five half-day public meetings in March and April of 2006. The purpose of these meetings is to receive comments from the public regarding proposed requirements to reduce exposure to lead hazards created by renovation, repair, a...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board). Date and Time: The regular meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the F...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Prohibited trade practices:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the expansion/ renovation of the Calexico West Port of Entry (POE), located in Calexico, California. The purpose of the expansion/re...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
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 Feb 27, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Contacts Concerning Project Speak Out, Form G-1046; OMB Control Number 1615- 0074.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
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 are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the co...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for...
Rule Feb 27, 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 are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the co...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 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 27, 2006
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FEMA announces the following open meeting. Name: Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS). Date of Meeting: March 2, 2006. Place: 10th Floor MacCracken Room, FAA Building, 800 Independence Ave SW., Washington, DC 20591. Ti...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

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

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary security zone on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. This action is necessary to provide for the security of a large number of participants during the 2006 Bay Bridge Walk across the William P. Lane, Jr...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
This information collection is in support of development of a Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Rappahannock National Wildlife Refuge. Under the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, all national wildlife refuges are required to...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior is renewing the OCS Scientific Committee. The OCS Scientific Committee provides advice on the feasibility, appropriateness, and...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

National Park System:

Title Type Published
Under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Interior by section 3 of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site Act of December 19, 2003 (117 Stat. 2873), the property at 1538 Ninth Street, NW., Washington, DC, wit...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Royalty management:

Title Type Published
Final regulations for valuing gas produced from Indian leases, published on August 10, 1999, require MMS to determine major portion values and notify industry by publishing the values in the Federal Register. The regulations also require MMS to publi...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Chattem Chemicals, Inc.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

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 pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on p...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 27, 2006

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Office of National Drug Control Policy

Title Type Published
The following persons have been appointed to the ONDCP Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board: Ms. Michele Marx, Mr. Joseph Keefe, Mr. Robert Denniston, and Mr. Patrick Ward.
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 27, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division, of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for two Youth Leadership Programs: One with Indonesia and one with the Philippines. Public and private non-profi...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The Department hereby announces its intent to investigate the possible adoption of a pilot program that will provide foreign university students an opportunity to work and travel in the United States for up to 12 months. The Conference Report (H. Rep...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Motor carrier applications, exemptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
RailCrew Xpress, LLC (RCXLLC), a noncarrier, and its wholly owned subsidiary, RailCrew Xpress, Corp. (RCXCORP), also a noncarrier (together with the other parties to these transactions, applicants), have filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 for...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Andean Trade Preference Act:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) received petitions in September 2005 to review certain practices in certain beneficiary developing countries to determine whether such countries are in compliance with the ATPA eligibility c...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and commen...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this inf...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), before seeking OMB approval,...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) renewal of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notices with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following col...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) renewal of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notices with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following col...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this inf...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces FMCSA's plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval and comment. The ICR is related t...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
This action withdraws a final rule published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 7845), Docket No. FAA-2005-22398; Airspace Docket No. 05-ASO-7. This was an incorrect copy inadvertently sent to the Federal Register. The incorrect fina...
Rule Feb 27, 2006
This action corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 7848), Airspace Docket No. 03-AWA- 2, FAA Docket No. FAA-2005-22509. In that rule, inadvertent errors were made in the airport description of the St. Loui...
Rule Feb 27, 2006
This proposal would revise Class E airspace at Pinedale, WY. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft executing new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) approach procedures at Pinedale/Ralph Wenz Field. Th...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 757-200 and -300 series airplanes. This AD requires installing clamps on certain end caps of the overhead distribution ducts, and doing other specified and related invest...
Rule Feb 27, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Artouste III B, Artouste III B1, and Artouste III D turboshaft engines. This AD requires removing certain fuel pumps from service and installing serviceable fuel pumps. This AD resu...
Rule Feb 27, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are rescinding the Notice Of Intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed project in central Missouri. The NOI was published in the Federal Register on Apr...
Notice Feb 27, 2006
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed improvements between the I-70 and State Route Z interchange and the U.S. Route 63 and State Route AC interchange in Boone...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is soliciting comments on a proposed Interstate Oasis program. Specifically, section 1310 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users ("SAFETEA- LU", Pub. L. 109-59, enacted August 10, 2005), r...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Individuals with disabilities:

Title Type Published
The Department is proposing to amend its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and section 504 regulations to update requirements concerning rail station platforms, clarify that public transit providers are required to make modifications to policies...
Proposed Rule Feb 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the bi-annual meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aeronautical Charting Forum (ACF) to discuss informational content and design of aeronautical charts and related products, as well as instrument flight procedure...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Motor carrier applications, exemptions, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Feb 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Area 2 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Feb 27, 2006
An open meeting of the Area 7 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 at the Internal Reven...
Notice Feb 27, 2006

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