March 14, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register March 14, 2006

View all documents issued on March 14, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

147 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 14, 2006

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation logo Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is revisiting its "Policy Statement Regarding Treatment of Human Remains and Grave Goods," adopted in 1988 (1988 Policy). A Task Force composed of ACHP members has drafted a new policy, and invites...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Agency designation actions:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Agency designation actions:

Title Type Published
GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to provide official services in the Texas geographic area previously assigned to Global Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Global).
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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 Guidelines (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Cons...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title Type Published
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2005, we amended the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish a category of regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
USDA Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service. USDA Rural Development announces its Community Connect Grant Program application window for funding during fiscal year (FY) 2006. In addition, USDA Rural...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Meat and poultry inspection:

Title Type Published
This document corrects the preamble to an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on February 8, 2006, amending the Federal meat inspection regulations to provide for a voluntary fee-for- service program under which official establishmen...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice announces that the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold public meetings of the full Committee and subcommittees on March 21-24, 2006. The Committee will discuss: (1) Determination of Cooking...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
The Wrangell-Petersburg Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) has announced its next two meetings. The first meeting will take place at 1 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. (or until the conclusion of public testimony) on Friday, April 21, and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m....
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

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We are amending the Karnal bunt regulations regarding the requirements that must be met in order for a field or area to be removed from the list of regulated areas. The changes will allow a field to qualify for release after 5 cumulative years of spe...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the pine shoot beetle regulations by adding counties in Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to the list of quarantined areas. In addition, the in...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this new information collection, as required by the...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Notice is hereby given that Susan Shaw, PhD., Executive Director, Marine Environmental Research Institute, 55 Main Street, P.O. Box 1652, Blue Hill, ME, 04614, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina c...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Antidumping:

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China and India
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Japan
Notice Mar 14, 2006
On September 8, 2005, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG), other than drill pipe, from Korea. See Oil Country T...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
On November 7, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon- quality steel plate products (steel plate) from the Repub...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
On November 7, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping order covering stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Korea. See Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fitti...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the United States Department of Commerce (Commerce) have entered into an agreement with the Secretaria de Economia of Mexico pertaining to imports of gray portland cement and clinker fro...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
On October 19, 2005, in response to its action in SNR Roulements et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 97-10-01825, Slip Op. 05-67 (June 13, 2005), the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) affirmed the Department of Commerce's (the D...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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ConocoPhillips; manufacturing authority expansion
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Endangered and threatened species:

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the availability for public review of the following two documents: the Draft Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan for Southeast Washington developed by the Snake River Salmon Recovery Board (SRSRB) f...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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NMFS, in cooperation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), announces its intention to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NMFS and the Council intend to expand the scope of an EIS they had...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS amends regulations to modify the management measures applicable to the Federal American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery. This action is in response to recommendations by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission) in Addend...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
NMFS announces its intent to prepare the Alaska Groundfish Harvest Specifications Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and the Gu...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 610 of...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 630 of...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The California B-WET Program, Adult and Community Watershed Education in the Monterey Bay is accepting proposals that provide meaningful watershed education to adults and communities. The Monterey Bay is susceptible to impacts from urban, rural, and...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Notice of Consent Motion to Dismiss the Panel Review by the complainants, the panel review is dismissed as of March 6, 2006. Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 Binational Panel Review, this panel review...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Vessel monitoring systems; mobile transceiver unit authorized reseller approvals, list:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice of the addition of an authorized reseller for the previously type approved ST2500G-NMFS Mobile Transceiver Unit (MTU).
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Title Type Published
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Number 5,520,331 entitled "Liquid Atomizing Nozzle", Navy...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Committee meeting is to introduce new membe...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming hearing of the Advisory committee on Student Financial Assistance. Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order to attend the hearing (i.e., interpreting s...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Appalachian Power Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Central New York Oil Gas Co., LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Colorado Interstate Gas Co., et al.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2006
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Entrega Gas Pipeline LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2006
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Nautilus Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Northern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Ohio Valley Hub, LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Paiute Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Trailblazer Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Viking Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
This document clarifies a correction that was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2006. That action amended an effective date for a Final Rule that published in the Federal Register on February 27, 2006. The correction document referenced t...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EMSSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
This notice announces a teleconference of the State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)--Executive Working Group. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770), requires that public notice of these teleconferences be announced in the Fe...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Title Type Published
In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets in the Sacramento 8-hour ozone reasonable further progress plan are adequate for conformity purposes. As a result of our finding, the Sacramento 8...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

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

Title Type Published
On January 24, 2006 (71 FR 3773), EPA published a direct final rule to approve a revision updating the Long-Term Strategy of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for Class I Visibility Protection, which was submitted by the Governor of Colorado with a...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
The Environmental Protection Agency is approving a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for ozone submitted by the State of New Jersey. This SIP revision consists of a source-specific reasonably available control technology (RACT) determin...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing, under the Clean Air Act, to determine that the Yuma nonattainment area in Arizona has attained the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal 10...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006
EPA is taking direct final action under the Clean Air Act to determine that the Yuma nonattainment area in Arizona has attained the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the external review draft document titled, "A Framework for Assessing Health Risks of Environmental Exposures to Children" (EPA/600/R-05/093A). The draft...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement ("Agreement") associated with the Chem-Wood Facility, located at 91-476 Komohana Street in Campbell Industrial Park, Ewa Beach, Hawaii, was executed by the Agency and the United S...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Iran; continuation of national emergency (Notice of March 13, 2006)
Presidential Document Mar 14, 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)), that the April 13, 2006 regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board) has been rescheduled. The regular meeting of the Board will be held...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Farm credit system:

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, or our) is proposing to amend our disclosure and reporting regulations for Farm Credit System (System) institutions by clarifying and enhancing existing disclosures and reporting to System shareholders and inv...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Frequency allocations and radio treaty matters:

Title Type Published
Harmful interference and high altitude platform station; definitions; CFR correction
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC, 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, as required by the...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

No documents available.

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 Mar 14, 2006

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration proposes to amend the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) to discontinue use of the hard copy, paper construction of Standard Form (SF) 1113, Public Voucher for Transportation Charges, and its memorandum copy, SF 1...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is committed to preventing the onset and reducing the progression of mental illness, substance abuse, and substance-related problems among all individuals, including youth. As par...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Alpharma Inc. The NADA provides revised labeling for a soluble powder containing sulfamerazine, sulfam...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Prescription Drug Marketing Act--Donation of Prescription Drug Samples to Free Clinics." The guidance provides information for free clinics tha...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 Mar 14, 2006

Low income housing:

Title Type Published
Based on statutory changes and HUD's technical operational experience in administering the program, this proposed rule would implement a number of changes to the Mark-to-Market (M2M) program, HUD's mortgage restructuring program for FHA-insured proje...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the Draft Conservation Agreement for the Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii) for public review and comment.
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that in accord with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and pursuant to the Council of Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-08), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, in consulta...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement on the Backcountry Management Plan and General Management Plan Amendment, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Thi...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the ROD for the Jonah Infill Drilling Project, Sublette County, Wyoming.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the implementing regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
A 40.24 acre parcel in Lake County, Oregon is being considered for direct (non-competitive) sale to Mr. Alan Withers. Mr. Withers, the adjoining landowner, has used the subject parcel for hay storage and livestock feedlot purposes, authorized under a...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined that 2,808.67 acres of isolated public lands in Grand County, Utah, are suitable for lease pursuant to section 302 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (90 Stat. 2762; 43 U.S...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 8, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Roadmaster (USA) Corp. A supplemental letter was...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, 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 proposed and/or con...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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Management and Budget Office

Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, Public Law 105-270, requires agencies to develop inventories each year of activities performed by their employees that are not inherently governmental--i.e., inventories of commercial activities. Th...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Electronic Records Archives (ACERA). The committee s...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title Type Published
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on p...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 23(a), 23(b) and 63 of the Act, and under sections 57(a)(4) and 57(i) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act permitting certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by section 57(a)(4) of the Act.
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of New York, dated 03/07/2006.
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Small business size standards:

Title Type Published
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Lenses, Ophthalmic, Manufacturing. According to the request, no small business manufacturers supply these classes of products to th...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants to support two distinct exchanges projects with Indonesia. U.S. public and non-profit organizations meeting the provisions desc...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice requests public participation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval process for the renewal of an existing PHMSA information collection. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that th...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-400 and 747-400D series airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacing specified tie rods of the center overhead stowage bins. This proposed AD results fro...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747 airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive mid- and low-frequency eddy current inspections for cracks in the overlapped skin panels in the fuselage sk...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model BD-100-1A10 airplanes. This proposed AD would require an inspection for signs of arcing or heat damage of the electrical connections of the terminal blocks, gro...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) EMB-120() airplane models in operation. This proposed AD would require replacing the protective tubes and conduits of the wiring har...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (ECF) model helicopters that requires inspecting an electrical cable bundle for wear. If wear is present, the AD requires installing an airworthy cable bundl...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas airplane models, that would have required a one-time inspection for chafing or signs of arcing of the wire bundle for the auxiliary hydrau...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the Main Pass Energy Hub (MPEH) Deepwater Port License Application. Also, public hearings will be held on matters relevant to the app...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC), was established to provide continued input into the development and implementation of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) strategy for electronic tax administration. The ETAAC provides an o...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains temporary regulations under section 1502 that provide the IRS with the authority to designate a domestic member of the consolidated group as a substitute agent to act as the sole agent for the group where a foreign entity is th...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing regulations that provide the IRS with the authority to designate a domestic member of the consolidated group as a substitute agent to act as the sole agent...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2006
This document contains final regulations under section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The regulations apply when a member of a consolidated group transfers subsidiary stock at a loss. They also apply when a member holds loss shares of sub...
Rule Mar 14, 2006
This document contains final regulations relating to the withholding of tax under sections 1441 and 1442 on certain U.S. source income paid to foreign persons and related requirements governing collection, deposit, refunds, and credits of withheld am...
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Mar 14, 2006
An open meeting of the Small Business/Self Employed--Taxpayer Burden Reduction Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The TAP will be discussing issues pertaining to increasing compliance and lessening the bu...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
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 Mar 14, 2006
An open meeting of the Area 7 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted in Los Angeles, California. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Practice before Internal Revenue Service; receipt of information concerning practitioner; CFR correction
Rule Mar 14, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
On January 13, 2006, the OCC, Board, FDIC, and OTS (the Agencies) published for public comment proposed Interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices. The Agencies are extending the comment...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Mar 14, 2006
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Office of Acquisition and Material Management (OA&MM), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of informati...
Notice Mar 14, 2006

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