Federal Register March 15, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register March 15, 2006

View all documents issued on March 15, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

200 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 15, 2006

Agriculture Department (6)
Commerce Department (8)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (2)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (46)
Environmental Protection Agency (9)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (27)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Housing Finance Board (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (5)
Federal Reserve System (2)
Federal Trade Commission (3)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (23)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (16)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (5)
Labor Department (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (2)
Postal Service (1)
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Science and Technology Policy Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (5)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (17)
Treasury Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Child nutrition programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Child Nutrition Programs-Income Eligibility Guidelines This Notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk for the period from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. These guidelin...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Farmers' Market Promotion Program (FMPP); Notice of Emergency Approval of New Information Collection The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces the availability of approximately $1 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year 2006 to increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding direct producer-to-consumer mark...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Agriculture Department > RUS Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of Application Deadlines and Funding USDA Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service. USDA Rural Development announces its fiscal year (FY) 2006 funding and application window for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program. The H...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Agriculture Department > RUS Announcement of Grant and Loan Application Deadlines and Funding Levels USDA Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service. USDA Rural Development announces the Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 funding levels available for its Revolving Fund Program (RFP) grant. In addition, USDA Rural D...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Agriculture Department > RBS Inviting Applications for Rural Business Opportunity Grants The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), an Agency within the Rural Development mission area, announces the availability of grants of up to $50,000 per application from the Rural Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program for fiscal year (FY) 200...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Agriculture Department > RBS Inviting Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program Preapplications for Technical Assistance for Rural Transportation Systems The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), an Agency within the Rural Development mission area, announces the availability of two individual grants: one single $495,000 grant from the passenger transportation funds appropriated for the RBS Rural B...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984; Conservation and Management Measures NMFS issues this notice to notify the public that the United States has accepted conservation and management measures pertaining to fishing in Antarctic waters managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Commi...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment and Restoration Program for Fiscal Year 2004 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Damage and Restoration Program (DARP) is announcing new indirect cost rates on the recovery of indirect costs for its component organizations involved in natural resource damage assessmen...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application submitted by the Mount Desert Oceanarium...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Determination To Revoke Order in Part: Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China On August 30, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils (pencils) from the People's Republic of China...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Charter Renewal Notice is hereby given of the two year renewed charter for the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), signed on February 3, 2006.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Commerce Department > PTO Public Advisory Committees On November 29, 1999, the President signed into law the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act (the "Act"), Pub. L. 106-113, Appendix I, Title IV, Subtitle G, 113 Stat. 1501A-572, which, among other things, established two Public Advisory Committ...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Closure NMFS closes the commercial hook-and-line fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the southern Florida west coast subzone. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Processor Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher processor vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2006 first seasonal allowance of the P...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Textile and apparel categories:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Request for Public Comments on Commercial Availability Request under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) On March 6, 2006 the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Shibani Inwear alleging that a certain combed and ring spun yarn, of a 92 percent cotton/ 8 percent cashmere blend, comprised of 2/32 Nm resulting in a 16 Nm yarn size, classified in subh...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Request for Public Comments on Commercial Availability Petition under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) On March 9, 2006, the Chairman of CITA received a petition from Encajes, S.A. Colombia, alleging that certain polyester and nylon yarns, classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in subheadings 5402.31.6000, 5402.62.00...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Flammable Fabrics Act:

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Final Rule: Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets The Consumer Product Safety Commission ("Commission") is issuing a flammability standard under the authority of the Flammable Fabrics Act. This new standard establishes performance requirements based on research conducted by the National Institute of...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Defense Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel The CNO Executive Panel will form consensus for the final report on the findings and recommendations of the Shipbuilding Study Group to the Chief of Naval Operations. The meeting will consist of discussions of shipbuilding industry, force structure,...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Defense Department > USN Meeting of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel The CNO Executive Panel will report on the findings and recommendations of the Shipbuilding Subcommittee to the Chief of Naval Operations. The meeting will consist of discussions of shipbuilding industry, force structure, capabilities, and requiremen...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Education Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming open meeting of A National Dialogue: The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, (Commission). The notice also describes the functions of the Commis...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Meetings; Sunshine Act Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Revenue Crediting Report Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Tariff Filing Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Negotiated Rate Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Compliance Filing East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Enbridge Pipelines (KPC); Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Enbridge Pipelines (KPC)	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Florida Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Florida Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC Gas Tariff Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC High Island Offshore System L.L.C.; Notice of Tariff Filing High Island Offshore System L.L.C.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Humble Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval Humble Gas Pipeline Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.; Notice of Filing Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Kern River Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Proposed Change in FERC Gas Tariff Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Negotiated Rate Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice Negotiated Rates Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Tariff Filing Northern Border Pipeline Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Northwest Pipeline Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Northwest Pipeline Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Paiute Pipeline Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP; Notice of Tariff Filing Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., LP	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Southern LNG Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes to FERC Gas Tariff Southern LNG Inc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Southwest Gas Storage Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Southwest Gas Storage Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC TransColorado Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing TransColorado Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Trunkline Gas Company, LLC; Notice of Tariff Filing Trunkline Gas Co., LLC	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Viking Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Viking Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Compliance Filing Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; Notice of Negotiated Rates Wyoming Interstate Co., Ltd.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Complaints filed:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Williams Energy Services, LLC and Williams Power Company, Inc.; Complainants v. Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC and Seminole Pipeline Company; Respondents; Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC; Notice of Complaint Williams Energy Services, LLC, et al.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Alternative Project Site Algonquin Ramapo Expansion Project Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Southern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Southern Natural Gas Company's 2006 Abandonment and Replacement Project Request for Comments on Environmental Issues Southern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department International Energy Agency Meeting The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy Agency (IEA) will meet on March 20 and 21, 2006, at the headquarters of the IEA in Paris, France, in connection with a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions and...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Technical Conference Kern River Gas Transmission Co.; technical conference	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Exchange Network Grants Progress Report; EPA ICR No. 2207.02, OMB Control No. 2025-0006 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submit...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Air programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Adequacy Status of the Truckee Meadows (Washoe County, NV) Submitted Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan for Transportation Conformity Purposes In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets contained in the submitted Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for the Truckee Meadows (Washoe County, Nevada) Carbon Monoxide Nonattainmen...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee Spray Drift Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92- 463), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gives notice of a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) Spray Drift Work Group on March 29 and 30, 2006. An a...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Pesticide programs:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Modified Cry3A Protein and the Genetic Material for Its Production in Corn; Extension of a Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance This regulation extends an existing temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis modified Cry3A protein (mCry3A) and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn on field corn, sweet...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticides; Data Requirements for Biochemical and Microbial Pesticides Proposed Rule; Notice of Public Workshops The EPA is convening two public workshops to explain the provisions of its recently proposed rule updating and revising the data requirements for registration of biochemical and microbial pesticides in 40 CFR part 158. These workshops are open to the...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of Regulations for Residues of Quillaja Saponaria in or on All Food Commodities This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of an exemption from the requirement of regulations for residues of Quillaja Saponaria extract in or on all food commodities.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Mancozeb in or on Various Food Commodities This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of mancozeb in or on food commodities sugar apple, cherimoya, atemoya, custard apple, and sweetsop (9E5061); mango, star apple (ca...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Triflumizole; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of triflumizole, 1-(1-((4-chloro-2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)imino-2- propoxyethyl)-1H-imidazole, and its metabolites containing the 4- chloro-2-trifluoromethylaniline moiety, calculated as...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency TSCA Chemical Testing; Receipt of Test Data This notice announces EPA's receipt of test data regarding In Vitro Dermal Absorption Rate Testing of certain chemicals of interest to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). EPA received data on the following chemicals: Acetonitril...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Poison Prevention Week, 2006 National Poison Prevention Week (Proc. 7988)	Presidential Document	Mar 15, 2006

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Customer Proprietary Network Information In this document the Commission considers whether to take additional steps to protect the privacy of customer proprietary network information (CPNI) that is collected and held by telecommunications carriers. The Commission has long been committed to...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Facilitating the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690 MHz Bands This document contains corrections to the final regulations, which were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 10, 2004, (69 FR 72020). The Commission published final rules in the Report and Order, that renamed the Instructional Televi...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved for three years the information collection requirements contained in the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and Speech-to-Speech Services for...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Numbering Resource Optimization The Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on whether we should extend mandatory thousands-block number pooling by, for example, giving the states delegated authority to implement mandatory thousands-block number pooling at their discretion....	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Numbering Resource Optimization In this Order, the Federal Communications Commission grants petitions for delegated authority to implement mandatory thousands- block number pooling filed by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia, the Nebraska Public Service Commission, the...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Rural Health Care Support Mechanism This document corrects an error in the DATES section of a Federal Register document regarding the Commission modifying it rules to improve the effectiveness of the rural health care universal service support mechanism.	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Frisco City, AL This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by MissAla RF requesting the allotment of Channel 278A at Frisco City, Alabama, as that community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 278A can be allotted with a site r...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Evergreen, AL and Shalimar, FL This document denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Qantum of Fort Walton Beach License Company, LLC directed to the Report and Order in this proceeding. See 70 FR 19337, April 13, 2005. With this action, the proceeding is terminated.	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Fernandina Beach and Yulee, FL This document grants a petition filed by Tama Radio Licenses of Jacksonville, FL, Inc., licensee of Station WJSJ(FM), Channel 287A, Fernandina Beach, Florida, requesting the reallotment of Channel 287A from Fernandina Beach to Yulee, Florida, as its...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Otter Creek, FL The Audio Division grants a Petition for Rule Making filed by Living Proof, Inc., requesting the reservation of vacant Channel 240A at Otter Creek, Florida for noncommercial educational use. See 70 FR 10352, March 3, 2005. The reference coordinates f...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Cuba and Knoxville, IL In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 70 FR 17047 (April 4, 2005) this Report and Order grants a proposal to allot Channel 292A to Cuba, Illinois, as a first local aural transmission service to that community and denies two requests to all...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; New Harmony, IN and West Salem, IL This document denies a petition filed by Linda A. Davidson, proposing the allotment of Channel 266A at New Harmony, Indiana, as that community's first local service. See 69 FR 54760, published September 10, 2004. This document also grants a counterpr...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Arkansas City, KS and Waukomis, OK This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Linda Crawford, d/b/a Waukomis Broadcasting, proposing the allotment of Channel 292A at Waukomis, Oklahoma, as the community's first local aural transmission service. To accommoda...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Grand Portage, MN The Audio Division, at the request of Cook County Broadcasting of Minnesota, allots Channel 274C at Grand Portage, Minnesota, as the community's third local FM service. The Canadian government has concurred in a specially-negotiated, short-spaced all...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Flora, MS This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by MissAla RF requesting the allotment of Channel 280A at Flora, Mississippi, as that community's second local aural transmission service. Channel 280A can be allotted with a site re...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Lancaster, Pickerington, and Westerville, OH At the request of Franklin Communications Inc., licensee of Station WJZA(FM), Lancaster, Ohio, Channel 278A is reallotted from Lancaster, Ohio, to Pickerington, Ohio, as the community's first local transmission service, and the license for Station WJ...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Stringtown, OK The Audio Division, at the request of Charles Crawford, the proponent of a petition for rule making to allot Channel 290A at Stringtown, Oklahoma, 70 FR 17,381, dismisses the petition for rule making and terminates the proceeding.	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Okeene, OK The Audio Division, at the request of Charles Crawford, allots Channel 268C3 at Okeene, Oklahoma, as the community's first local FM service. Channel 268C3 can be allotted to Okeene, Oklahoma, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separ...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Matagorda, TX At the request of Joseph L. Sandlin, the Audio Division allots Channel 252A at Matagorda, Texas, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 69 FR 35564 (June 25, 2004). Channel 252A is allotted at Matagorda without a site restrict...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Cuney, TX This document grants a petition filed by Charles Crawford, requesting the allotment of Channel 259A at Cuney, Texas, as its first local service. See 70 FR 8334, published February 18, 2005. Channel 259A can be allotted at Cuney consistent with the Co...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Oakwood, TX This document requests comments on a petition filed by Charles Crawford proposing the allotment of Channel 300A at Oakwood, Texas, as the community's first local service. Channel 300A can be allotted to Oakwood, consistent with the minimum distance s...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Service; Port Isabel, TX The Audio Division, at the request of Dana J. Puopolo allots Channel 288A at Port Isabel, Texas, as the community's second local service. See 69 FR 46474, published August 3, 2004. Channel 288A can be allotted to Port Isabel in compliance with the Co...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Various Locations The Commission, on its own motion, editorially amends the Table of FM Allotments to specify the actual classes of channels allotted to various communities. The changes in channel classifications have been authorized in response to applications filed...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Charles Town, WV and Stephens City, VA In response to a Petition for Reconsideration, this Memorandum Opinion and Order affirms the Report and Order in this proceeding, 68 FR 62540 (November 5, 2003). The Report and Order realloted Channel 252A, Station WKSI-FM, Charles Town, West Virgini...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Service; Coupeville and Sequim, WA The Audio Division, at the request of Dana J. Puopolo, allots Channel 266A at Coupeville, Washington, as the community's first local service. See 69 FR 46474. In addition, the Audio Division allots Channel 237A at Sequim, Washington as an alternate c...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Bairoil and Sinclair, WY The Audio Division, on its on motion, substitutes Channel 235A for vacant Channel 265A at Bairoil, Wyoming and substitutes Channel 267C for vacant Channel 262C at Sinclair, Wyoming to resolve existing distance spacing conflicts. Channel 235A can be a...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Federal Election Commission

Coordinated and independent expenditures:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Coordinated Communications The Federal Election Commission is making public data related to its ongoing rulemaking regarding coordinated communications and is re-opening the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") published on December 14, 2005. Th...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Housing Finance Board Excess Stock Restrictions and Retained Earnings Requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is proposing to add to its regulations provisions that would limit the amount of excess stock that a Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) can have outstanding and that would prescribe a minimum amount of ret...	Proposed Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreements Filed Agreements filed, etc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations Aces, Ltd., et al.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants Apex Shipping Co. (NYC), Inc., et al.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses Correction D.M.G. Logistics, Inc.; correction	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuances Home Run Shipping International, Inc., et al.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request The FTC intends to conduct consumer research to examine the effectiveness of the FTC's current energy labeling requirements for consumer products and obtain information about alternatives to those labels. This activity is part of the Commission's eff...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Trade Commission Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule The Federal Trade Commission ("the Commission") has completed its regulatory review of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("the COPPA Rule" or "the Rule"), which implements the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. The Rule reg...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006
Federal Trade Commission Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Privacy Act System of Records The General Services Administration (GSA) is providing notice of the establishment of the record system, Federal Procurement Data System--Next Generation (FPDS-NG), (GSA/OAP-3). FPDS-NG fulfills GSA's mission to provide a comprehensive mechanism for...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following: Availability of opportunity for the public to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreeme...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Human drugs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; CRESTOR The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for CRESTOR and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the D...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; OVIDREL The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for OVIDREL and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the D...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; PRIALT The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for PRIALT and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of two applications to the...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; RELPAX The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for RELPAX and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Di...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Medicare:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2006 and Certain Provisions Related to the Competitive Acquisition Program of Outpatient Drugs and Biologicals Under Part B; Correcting Amendment Correction	Correction	Mar 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels (SEP): Studies to Understand Transmissibility of Influenza Viruses in Mammalian Species, Request for Applications (RFA) CI06-004; Replication of Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Swine, RFA CI06-005 Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Eye Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Eye Institute	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Human Genome Research Institute	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Human Genome Research Institute; Amended Notice of Meeting National Human Genome Research Institute	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > ACF President's Committee for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Notice of Meeting Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice is hereby given that the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities will hold its first quarterly meeting of 2006 by telephon...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Guidance for Industry on Nonclinical Safety Evaluation of Drug or Biologic Combinations; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Nonclinical Safety Evaluation of Drug or Biologic Combinations." This guidance provides recommendations on nonclinical approaches to support th...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Connecticut River, Old Lyme, CT The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the AMTRAK Old Saybrook-Old Lyme Bridge across the Connecticut River at mile 3.4, between Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, Connecticu...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee The Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC) and its working groups will meet to discuss various issues relating to the training and fitness of merchant marine personnel. MERPAC advises the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters relat...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Preparedness Directorate; Protective Action Guides for Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents; Notice Extending the Public Comment Period On January 3, 2006, the Preparedness Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued "Protective Action Guides for Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents" at 71 FR 173 to establish guidance f...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Pre-Foreclosure Sale Procedure 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	Mar 15, 2006

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) conce...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) for review and approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under "30 CFR 256, Su...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > FWS Receipt of Applications for Permit The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > FWS Issuance of Permits The following permits were issued.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions National Register of Historic Places; pending nominations	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions National Register of Historic Places; pending nominations	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Invitation To Participate in a Coal Exploration Program This notice is an invitation to participate in a Coal Exploration program. Ark Land Company has filed the application for the Muddy Canyon Tract. All qualified parties are invited to participate with Ark Land Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Notice of Additional Public Scoping Meeting on the Environmental Impact Statements for the Proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2007-2012; and Western and Central Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas Lease Sales for Years 2007-2012 Pursuant to the regulations implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Minerals Management Service (MMS) will hold a Public Scoping Meeting in Florida on the Environmental Impact Sta...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision, West Mojave Plan, California In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) management policies, the BLM announces approval of the West Mojave (WEMO) Plan and Record of Decision (ROD). The...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Cape Cod National Seashore; South Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission; Two Hundred Fifty-Seventh Notice of Meeting Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > NPS Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Public Meeting Location Change Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory Commission	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > NPS Flight 93 National Memorial Advisory Commission This notice sets forth the date of the April 29, 2006 meeting of the Flight 93 Advisory Commission.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Meeting of the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App), this notice announces a meeting of the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG). The TAMWG affords stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, management, an...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects; inventory, repatriation, etc.

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde, CO Notice.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability, Draft Study Plan The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), on behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI), as a natural resource trustee, announces the release for public review of the Draft Study Plan for an avian egg injection study for the Hudson River Natu...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Oil and gas leases:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases NMNM 112261 and NMNM 112262 Under the provisions of Public Law 97-451, Elk Oil Company timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases NMNM 112261and NMNM 112262 for lands in Chaves County, New Mexico, and was accompanied by all required rentals and royalties ac...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Activated Carbon From China The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of an investigation and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1103 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to d...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
International Trade Commission Structural Steel Beams From Japan and Korea Japan and Korea	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Justice Department

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Coffee County, et al.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Justice Department Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree Donald Lee Prow, et al.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act Edward Kraemer Sons, Inc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Justice Department Notice of Settlement Agreement Under the Park System Resources Protection Act NTS/Virginia Development Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree; Pursuant to the Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) Raymond and Donnis Holbrook Trust	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Petitions for Modification Safety standard petitions	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Detroit Edison Company; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Detroit Edison Co.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes: Call for Nominations The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is advertising for nominations for the position of radiation oncology physician, specialized in gamma steriotactic radiosurgery on the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI).	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the Department of the Army's Facility at Jefferson Proving Ground Notice of Availability.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Portland General Electric; Trojan Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation; Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact Regarding a License Amendment Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

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 for Single-Employer Plans; 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	Mar 15, 2006

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	Mar 15, 2006

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service New Marking Requirement for Bound Printed Matter Machinable Parcels This final rule adopts a new marking requirement for Bound Printed Matter (BPM) machinable parcels consisting of multiple pieces secured with transparent shrinkwrap. The new marking will enable our automated equipment to recognize that these BPM mach...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Science and Technology Policy Office Meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory C...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Cogent Communications Group, Inc. To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $.001 Par Value, From Listing and Registration on the American Stock Exchange LLC Cogent Communications Group, Inc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Host Marriott Corporation To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $.01 Par Value and Purchase Share Rights for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $.01 Par Value, From Listing and Registration on the Pacific Exchange, Inc. Host Marriott Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Securities and Exchange Commission Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Host Marriott Corporation To Withdraw Its Common Stock, $.01 Par Value and Purchase Share Rights for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, $.01 Par Value, From Listing and Registration on the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. Host Marriott Corp.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 Thereto To Establish Fees for Options on Certain Exchange Traded Funds Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating to the Automatic Execution of Option Transactions During Crossed Markets Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Florida Disaster #FL-00012 This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Florida dated 03/09/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding Incident Period: 02/03/2006. Effective Date: 03/09/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/08/20...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

State Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee on Private International Law The Advisory Committee's study group on investment securities will hold a meeting Friday, March 31 from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. e.s.t. to review the results of the second intergovernmental meeting at UNIDROIT on a draft multilateral treaty (convention) o...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. 49 U.S.C. 40117 authorizes airports to impose passenger facility charges (PFC). This program require...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Recording of Aircraft Conveyances and Security Documents The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. The information collected includes mortgages submitted by the public for recording against aircraft,...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorders The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. This rule request that certain airplanes be equipped to accommodate additional digital flight data r...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FRA Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of Information by the Office of Management and Budget FRA hereby gives notice that it is seeking emergency approval processing from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) for the information collection request (ICR) list...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FRA Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request Comments; Bird/Other Wildlife Strike The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. Wildlife strike data are collected to develop standards and monitor hazards to aviation. Data identi...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Fractional Aircraft Ownership Programs The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. Fractional Ownership is a program that offers increased flexibility in aircraft ownership. Owners pu...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fr...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations(14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief fro...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Flight Plans (Domestic/International) The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. Title 49 U.S.C., paragraph 40103(b) authorizes regulations governing the flight of aircraft. 14 CFR...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Advisory Circular 25-17A Revision, Transport Airplane Cabin Interiors Crashworthiness Handbook This notice announces the extension of the comment period for proposed advisory circular (AC) 25-17A, which was published in the Federal Register on November 16, 2005 (70 FR 69623), and closes on March 16, 2006. In that notice,the FAA invited public...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions; Heritage Aviation LTD; Honeywell EFIS 40 on a Cessna 208B, Protection of Systems for High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) These special conditions are issued to Heritage Aviation LTD, 2617 Aviation Parkway, Grand Prairie, TX 75052, for a supplemental type certificate for the Cessna 208B. These airplanes will have novel and unusual design features when compared to the st...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Area navigation routes

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Establishment of High Altitude Area Navigation Routes; South Central United States This action corrects an error in the geographic coordinate for one navigation fix listed in a final rule published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2006 (71 FR 7409), Airspace Docket No. 05-ASO- 7, FAA Docket No. FAA-2005-22398.	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Federal-aid highway programs:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highways in Wisconsin This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to various proposed highway projects in the State of Wisconsin. Those actions grant licenses, perm...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Elderly Individuals and Individuals With Disabilities, Job Access and Reverse Commute, New Freedom Programs and Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plans: Notice of Public Meeting, Interim Guidance for FY06 Implementation, and Proposed Strategies for FY07 The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is developing guidance in the form of circulars to assist grantees in implementing the Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program, the Job Access and Reverse Commute Program, and the New Fre...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 17 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR). The exemptions will enable these individuals to qualify as drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in inter...	Notice	Mar 15, 2006

Pipeline safety:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > PHMSA Gas Gathering Line Definition; Alternative Definition for Onshore Lines and New Safety Standards This action adopts a consensus standard to distinguish onshore gathering lines from other gas pipelines and production operations. In addition, it establishes safety rules for certain onshore gathering lines in rural areas and revises current rules f...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

Treasury Department

Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations-Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including Its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is issuing a final rule imposing a special measure against Commercial Bank of Syria as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern, pursuant to the authority contained in 31 U.S.C. 5318A of the...	Rule	Mar 15, 2006

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Meetings:

Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Meetings:

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Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Federal Election Commission

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Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

General Services Administration

Health and Human Services Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Human drugs:

Medicare:

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Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge operations:

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Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Housing and Urban Development Department

Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Meetings:

Native American human remains and associated funerary objects; inventory, repatriation, etc.

Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:

Oil and gas leases:

International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Justice Department

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Labor Department

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single-employer and multiemployer plans:

Single-employer plans:

Postal Service

Domestic Mail Manual:

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Meetings:

Securities and Exchange Commission

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