April 27, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register April 27, 2006

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

109 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 27, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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We are amending the animal importation regulations by adding Indiana to the lists of States approved to receive certain stallions and mares imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis (CEM). We are taking thi...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

Interstate transportation of animals and animal products (quarantine):

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We are amending the regulations regarding tuberculosis in captive cervids by extending, from 2 years to 3, the term for which accredited herd status is valid and increasing by 12 months the interval for conducting the reaccreditation test required to...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

National Organic Program:

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This proposed rule amends the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to comply with the final judgment in the case of Harvey v. Johanns (Harvey) issued on June 9, 2005, by the U.S. District Court, District of Maine, and to address the November 10...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to revise and reorganize the regulations pertaining to the importation of fruits and vegetables to consolidate requirements of general applicability and eliminate redundant requirements, update terms and remove outdated requirements...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2006

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Chemical Weapons Convention regulations:

Title Type Published
On April 25, 1997, the United States ratified the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, also known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC or Convention). The B...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) is seeking applicants for the following vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council): Commercial Fishing member, Conservation alternate, Public-At-Large member, Public-At-Large alterna...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Meetings:

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The Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) was established by the Secretary of Commerce to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on matters related to the responsibilities and authorities set forth in section 303 of the...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This Notice is provided pursuant to section 2905(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. It provides a partial list of military installations closing or realigning pursuant to the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignmen...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Department of Defense gives notice that the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, which is determined to be in the public interest,...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel. The panel will review and comment on recommendations made to the Director, TRICARE Management Activity, by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee regarding the Unif...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations in 34 CFR part 76 governing State reporting requirements. States are required to submit their performance reports, financial reports, and any other required reports, in the manner prescribed by the Secr...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed for the AT Act AFP in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to make new grant awards in FY 2006. The Secretary takes this action because a significant number of high-quality applications remain on the last year'...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Off-the-record communications
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Energy conservation:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Sections 323(b)(10) and 346(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, (EPCA or the Act), 42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(10) and 6317(a), the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) promulgates a rule prescribing test procedures fo...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Economy Compliance; Light Du...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

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

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

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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This document provides notice of availability for public comment of the draft Guidance on Awards of Grants to Indian Tribes under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act for Fiscal Year 2007 and Future Years. This draft Guidance provides the Environmental...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Agreements; additional information requests:

Title Type Published
HSDG/FOML Agreement
Notice Apr 27, 2006

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) is announcing a public meeting of the GSA Small Business Advisory Committee (the Committee).
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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 for use of approved single-ingredient Type A medicated articles contai...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), a program office in the Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as members o...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Food additive petitions:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the filing notice for a food additive petition filed by Danisco USA, Inc., to indicate that the petition proposes to amend the food additive regulations at 21 CFR 172.841 by incorporating by referenc...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Public Law 109-129 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to recognize one or more cord blood accreditation entities for the accreditation of cord blood banks participating in the collection and maintenance of umbilical cord blood units...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Initial Review Group
Notice Apr 27, 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 "Bar Code Label Requirements--Questions and Answers." FDA regulations require certain human drug and biological products to have on their labels...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Guidance for Industry: Informed Consent Recommendations for Source Plasma Donors Participating in Plasmapheresis and Immunization Programs," dated Apr...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will meet in a partially closed session.
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Following consultation with the General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the Interior is renewing the Royalty Policy Committee. The Royalty Policy Committee will provide advice related to the performance of discre...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Land resource management:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests comments and suggestions to assist in the writing of a proposed rule to update the linear right-of-way rental schedule in 43 CFR parts 2800 and 2880. The rental schedule covers most linear rights-of-way gr...
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2006

Meetings:

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Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour of BLM-administered pub...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day notice of information collection under review certification of knowledge of state laws, submission of water pollution act.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-Day notice of information collection under review: Application for Limited Permit.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-Day notice of information collection under review: Limited Permittee Transaction Report.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-Day notice of information collection under review: Appeals of Background Checks.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Furnishing of Samples.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review:
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review; Extension of current collection; Hate Crime Incident Report; Quarterly Hate Crime Report.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Extension of a currently approved collection; Bioterrorism Preparedness Act: Entity/Individual Information.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: New HOPE II: Faith Based and Community Organization Program Evaluation Study.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Report of Stolen or Lost ATF Form 5400.30, Intrastate Purchase of Explosives Coupon.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Revision of a currently approved collection; Return A-Monthly Return of Offenses Known to the Police; Supplement to Return A-Monthly Return of Offenses Known to the Police.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Transactions Among Licensees/Permittees, Limited.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Relief of Disabilities.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Transactions Among Licensee/Permittees and Transactions Among Licensees and Holders of User Permits.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: List of Responsible Persons.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
60-day notice of information collection under review: Limited Permittee Transaction Record.
Notice Apr 27, 2006

National cooperative research notifications:

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

Title Type Published
The Copyright Office is proposing to amend its rules governing the submission of royalty fees to the Copyright Office to require such payments to be made by electronic funds transfer.
Proposed Rule Apr 27, 2006

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Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of the 2006 Circular A- 133 Compliance Supplement. The notice also offered interested parties an opportunity to comment on the 2006 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement. The 2006 Supplement adds three additional...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
As required by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (IG Act), this notice provides a list of Designated Federal Entities and Federal Entities.
Notice Apr 27, 2006

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 199...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Generic Letter (GL) 2006-03 to all holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors, except those who have permanently ceased operation and have certified that fuel has been removed from...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Commission advisory staff will present a public briefing on a model for designing declining block rates in certain negotiated service agreements. The briefing will be held on May 5, 2006 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Commission's hearing room. It will...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

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Railroad Retirement Board

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

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small business size standards:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Industrial Gases Manufacturing; Refinery Gases made in Petroleum Refineries; Cyrogenic Tanks, Heavy Gauge Metal Manufacturing; Liquid Oxyg...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Title Type Published
We are revising one of our regulations to clarify that we will protect a title II claimant's filing date as of the date the claimant or other proper applicant on the claimant's behalf completes and transmits to the Social Security Administration (SSA...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: Request for...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Fulbright Teacher Exchange Branch in the Office of Global Educational Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces an open competition for a $500,000 grant to support the Professional Development Program for Indian a...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
The Fulbright Teacher Exchange Branch in the Office of Global Educational Programs of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/A/S/X) announces an open competition for the U.S.-French Teachers-in-Training Program...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 FMCSA announces its intent to submit two currently-approved Information Collection Requests (ICRs) described to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICRs describ...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
In accordance with the requirements of section3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) intends to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which establishes a Class E enroute domestic airspace area, Vandenberg AFB, CA, to replace existing Class G uncontrolled airspace.
Rule Apr 27, 2006
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 Apr 27, 2006

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title Type Published
On October 1, 1999, the FAA amended the regulations governing takeoff and landing slots and slot allocation procedures at certain High Density Traffic Airports as a result of the "Open Transborder" Agreement between the Government of the United State...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Airports:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a Draft General Conformity Determination (DGCD) for Proposed Operations of Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) at Denver International Airport (DEN) has been prepared. In accordance with Section...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Model 600N helicopters, that currently requires inspecting both upper tailboom attachment fittings, nut plates and both angles for a crack or threa...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
This document corrects an error that appeared in Docket No. NM316, Special Conditions No. 25-312-SC, which were published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2006 (71 FR 3753). The error is in the Special Conditions No. and is being corrected here...
Rule Apr 27, 2006

Aviation proceedings:

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
This notice rescinds the previous Notice of Intent (issued October 3, 2001--Vol. 66, No. 192) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed highway project in Butler County.
Notice Apr 27, 2006
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina.
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Highway planning and construction; licenses, permits, approvals, etc.:

Title Type Published
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 a proposed highway project, the East Lynn Canal Highway, Alaska Route Number 7, from Echol Cove...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
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 a proposed highway project, U.S. Route 24, from east of the IR469 bypass in New Haven, Indiana,...
Notice Apr 27, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The meeting will take place on Wednesday, M...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 207, Airport Security Access Control Systems.
Notice Apr 27, 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 continuing information collections, as required b...
Notice Apr 27, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 27, 2006

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