March 20, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register March 20, 2006

View all documents issued on March 20, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

86 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 20, 2006

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Meetings:

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In compliance with 22 CFR part 216, USAID is conducting a "Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for Malaria Vector Control Interventions." This Assessment is intended to serve as a general evaluation of human health and environmental issues re...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 20, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 20, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 20, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 20, 2006
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with revision of a currently approved information collection in supp...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces the availability of housing funds for fiscal year 2006 (FY 2006). This action is taken to comply with 42 U.S.C. 1490p, which requires that RHS publish in the Federal Register notice of the availability of any...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of approximately $4.45 million in competitive grant funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2006 Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) Program. The intended effect of this notice is...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This NOFA announces the timeframe to submit applications for section 514 Farm Labor Housing (FLH) loans and section 516 FLH grants for the construction of new off-farm FLH units and related facilities for domestic farm laborers. The intended purpose...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The Rural Housing Service, (RHS), an Agency under USDA Rural Development, announces the availability of funds and the timeframe to submit applications for loans to private non-profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations' affiliate loan fun...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This NOFA announces the timeframe to submit applications for section 515 Rural Rental Housing (RRH) loan funds, including applications for the nonprofit set-aside for eligible nonprofit entities, the set-aside for the most Underserved Counties and Co...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces that it is soliciting competitive applications under its Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program. The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations,...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Housing and community facilities programs:

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This notice informs the public that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is establishing a demonstration USDA Voucher Program, as authorized under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 (without regard to section 542(b)), to be administ...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the tuberculosis regulations to reduce, from 6 months to 60 days, the period following a whole herd test during which animals may be moved interstate from a modified accred...
Rule Mar 20, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Ketchikan, Alaska, April 13, 2006 and June 8, 2006. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss potential projects under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel will meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the meeting is to provide recommendations to the Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region, on whic...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

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We are amending the pine shoot beetle regulations to allow pine bark products to be moved interstate from quarantined areas during the shoot feeding stage (July 1 through October 31) of the pine shoot beetle's life cycle without treatment. We are mak...
Rule Mar 20, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Antidumping:

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In response to a request from the petitioner, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Argentina. This review covers one manufacturer/exporte...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
On February 16, 2006, and February 21, 2006, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), Xuzhou Jinjiang Foodstuffs Co., Ltd. ("Jinjiang") and Xiping Opeck Food Co. Ltd. ("Opeck"), respectively, agreed to waive the time limits in section 351.214(i) of t...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received information sufficient to warrant initiation of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from Italy. Based on this information, we prelimi...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
On February 13, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its final results of the eleventh administrative review for certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for the period fr...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS announces the closure of several commercial and recreational fisheries in areas extending from Cape Falcon, OR, to Point Sur, CA by inseason action. The recently developed preseason forecast for Klamath River fall Chinook (KRFC) is low such that...
Rule Mar 20, 2006

Marine mammals:

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NMFS is providing notice that it is increasing the number of fisheries for which the Marine Mammal Authorization Program (MMAP) registration is integrated with existing state and Federal fishery licensing and permitting programs. NMFS is integrating...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Meetings:

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene its Ecosystem SSC via Conference Call to discuss planning of an ecosystem modeling workshop to be held by the SSC later in the year.
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings April 5-11, 2006 at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Volunteer and Service Recipient Survey Components of the Senior Corps Performance Surveys to the...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; record of decision:

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The Department of the Army announces the availability of its ROD for the Proposed Addition of Maneuver Training Land at Fort Irwin, California. On 20 January 2006, the Army published a notice of availability of its SFEIS. The SFEIS reviewed the envir...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing is scheduled to be held. The purpose of the meeting is to review planned changes and progress in developing computeri...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
The purpose of the meeting is to elicit the advice of the board on the Naval Service's Postgraduate Education Program and the collaborative exchange and partnership between NPS and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). The board examines the...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Presidential permit applications:

Title Type Published
Generadora del Desierto SA de C.V. (GDD) has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the U.S. border with Mexico.
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will be renewed for an additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

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

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In accordance with section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Patrick Bayou S...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
The Export-Import Bank, as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Federal Election Commission is revising its definitions of the terms "to solicit" and "to direct" for its regulations on raising and spending Federal and non-Federal funds. The new definition of "to solicit" encompasses written and oral communica...
Rule Mar 20, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

International banking operations (Regulation K):

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) has adopted a final rule to require Edge and Agreement corporations and U.S. branches, agencies, and representative offices of foreign banks supervised by the Board to establish and maintai...
Rule Mar 20, 2006

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 20, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for MYCAMINE 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...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Memorandums of understanding:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to set forth an agreement between the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop strategic plan...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
TSA invites public comment on one currently approved information collection requirement abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This notice addresses the previously established ENFORCE/IDENT Privacy Act system of records. Among other information, ENFORCE/IDENT stores biometric data collected for national security, law enforcement and other mission-related functions of the Dep...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Housing and community facilities programs:

No documents available.

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Competitive impact statements and proposed consent judgments:

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 collectio...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Employee benefit plans; individual exemptions:

Title Type Published
This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (th...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor. Affairs (ILAB), intends to obligate up to approximately U.S. $15 million to support cooperative agreement awards to organizations to develop and implement formal, non-formal, and vo...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability requirements:

Title Type Published
This document contains an interim final amendment to modify the sunset date of interim final regulations under the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) to be consistent with legislation passed during the 109th Congress.
Rule Mar 20, 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 20, 2006

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee
Notice Mar 20, 2006
Polar Programs Advisory Committee
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order of approval pursuant to section 26(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") and an order of exemption pursuant to section 17(b) of the 1940 Act.
Notice Mar 20, 2006
Notice of application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Idaho (FEMA-1630- DR), dated 02/27/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 12/30/2005 through 01/04/2006. Effective...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1607-DR), dated 09/24/ 2005. Incident: Hurricane Rita. Incident Period: 09/23/2005 through 11/01/2005. Effective Date: 03/10/2006. Physical Loan...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1603-DR), dated 08/29/ 2005. Incident: Hurricane Katrina. Incident Period: 08/29/2005 through 11/01/2005. Effective Date: 03/10/2006. Physical L...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-1604-DR), dated 08/ 29/2005. Incident: Hurricane Katrina. Incident Period: 08/29/2005 through 10/14/2005. Effective Date: 03/10/2006. Physical...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1606-DR), dated 09/24/2005. Incident: Hurricane Rita. Incident Period: 09/23/2005 through 10/14/2005. Effective Date: 03/10/2006. Physical Loan Appl...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Charter of the United States International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) has been renewed for an additional two years. ITAC is established under the general authority of the Secretary of State and the Department of State as set fort...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Nonprofileration measures imposition:

Title Type Published
A determination has been made to extend the waiver of import sanctions against certain activities of the Chinese government that was announced on September 19, 2003, pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, as amended.
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Fees:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board adopts its 2006 User Fee Update and revises its fee schedule to recover the costs associated with the January 2006 Government salary increases and to reflect changes in overhead costs to the Board.
Rule Mar 20, 2006

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, control, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co.
Notice Mar 20, 2006

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Mar 20, 2006

Fees:

No documents available.

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, control, etc.:

No documents available.

U
United States Institute of Peace

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 20, 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 Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Mar 20, 2006
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Mar 20, 2006

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