May 8, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register May 8, 2006

View all documents issued on May 8, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

89 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 8, 2006

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...
Notice May 08, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Food stamp program:

Title Type Published
General information and definitions; CFR correction
Rule May 08, 2006

Meat and poultry inspection:

Title Type Published
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this document to inform establishments that prepare meat and poultry products of the need to ensure that they maintain proper control over the use of ingredients, especially those that prese...
Rule May 08, 2006

Meetings:

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Change in Location of May Meeting--The Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on Friday, May 26, 2006. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m., and will conclude at approximately 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at Oregon...
Notice May 08, 2006
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will meet in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss emerging issues in urban and community forestry.
Notice May 08, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title Type Published
Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Administrator; CFR correction
Rule May 08, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are extending the comment period for our scientific evaluation titled, "Evaluation of asymptomatic citrus fruit (Citrus spp.) as a pathway for the introduction of citrus canker disease (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri)." This action will allow in...
Notice May 08, 2006

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title Type Published
Proposed Land Management Plans for the Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo National Forests are now available for public comment during a 90-day period that begins on the date of publication of this notice in the following newspapers of record: For the Bit...
Notice May 08, 2006

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Antitrust Modernization Commission

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The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold a public meeting on May 23, 2006. The purpose of the meeting is for the Antitrust Modernization Commission to deliberate on possible recommendations regarding the antitrust laws to Congress and the Pre...
Notice May 08, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is currently conducting the 2004/2005 administrative review and the 2004/2005 new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). We preliminarily...
Notice May 08, 2006
China; correction
Notice May 08, 2006
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressu...
Notice May 08, 2006
On January 3, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings) from Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines pursuant to section...
Notice May 08, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS proposes an amendment to the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Cost Recovery Program for the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Rationalization Programs. This action modifies the procedure NMFS uses to pub...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006
NMFS proposes specifications for the spiny dogfish fishery for the 2006 through 2008 fishing years (May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009). The implementing regulations for the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) require NMFS to publish specifi...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring 5,871 lb (2,663 kg) of commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia from its 2006 quota. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial...
Rule May 08, 2006

Marine mammals:

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The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the ALWTRP's implementing regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot and anchored gillnet fishermen in an area to...
Rule May 08, 2006
In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) has been issued to the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) to take smal...
Notice May 08, 2006

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Settlement agreements:

Title Type Published
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...
Notice May 08, 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 Requests for Budget Amendment Related to Disaster Relief Effort, to the Office of Management and...
Notice May 08, 2006

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting.
Notice May 08, 2006
Notice of public meeting for EAC Standards Board.
Notice May 08, 2006
Notice of public meeting for the Executive Board of the EAC Standards Board.
Notice May 08, 2006
Notice of public meeting for EAC Board of Advisors.
Notice May 08, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to amend the Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) to revise and expand policy and requirements for contractor internal audits, through the use of DOE's Cooperative Audit Strategy. The amendmen...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co.
Notice May 08, 2006
Dauphin Island Gathering Partners
Notice May 08, 2006
Dominion Transmission, Inc.
Notice May 08, 2006
Houston Hub Storage and Transportation, L.P.
Notice May 08, 2006
Southern Natural Gas Co.
Notice May 08, 2006
TransColorado Gas Transmission Co.
Notice May 08, 2006

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEPSC) has applied, on behalf of its generation-owning public utility affiliates, to renew their authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Fed...
Notice May 08, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; technical conference
Notice May 08, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

Title Type Published
In the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Energy Policy Act), Congress amended section 211(k) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to remove the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline (RFG). On February 22, 2006, EPA published a direct final rule to amen...
Rule May 08, 2006

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

Title Type Published
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland for the purpose of amending the regulations pertaining to Stage II Vapor Recovery at Gasoline Dispensing Facilities. In the Final Rules section of...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions clarify system testing and reporting requirements for gasoline dispensing facilities that are currently required to implement Stage...
Rule May 08, 2006

Meetings:

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EPA is developing the Safer Detergents Stewardship Initiative (SDSI) to recognize companies, facilities, and others who voluntarily phase out or commit to phasing out the manufacture or use of nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants (NPEs). These surfacta...
Notice May 08, 2006

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Day of Prayer (Proc. 8012)
Presidential Document May 08, 2006

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice May 08, 2006

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission will consider an Order addressing requests for review of decisions of the Universal Service Administrator with respect to the Schools and Libraries Universal Service support mechanism. 5...................... Wireline Competition.........
Notice May 08, 2006

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act:

No documents available.

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign...
Notice May 08, 2006

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act:

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 08, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, HHS published a notice in the Federal Register of Tuesday, April 11, 2006, announcing the availability of funds for one family planning general training and technical assistance grant. This notice contained an...
Notice May 08, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the Coast Guard has forwarded one Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of t...
Notice May 08, 2006
30-Day Notice of Information Collection under Review: Application for Benefits Under the Family Unity Program; Form I-817; OMB Control No. 1615-0005.
Notice May 08, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security has given notice of a new Department-wide system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for Department of Homeland Security General Training Records. In this proposed rulemaking, the Department proposes to...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to add a new system of records to its inventory of record systems for Department of Homeland Security General Training Records.
Notice May 08, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Alaska Native claims selection:

Title Type Published
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Gana-A'Yoo, Limited, successor in interest to Mineelghaadza, Limi...
Notice May 08, 2006

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has received requests from Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell), ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI), and GXT Houston (GXT) for authorizations to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducti...
Notice May 08, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC). The business meeting will be held on June 8, 2006, in Elgin, Arizona, at the National Audubon Society Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch located at 366 Research Ranch Road...
Notice May 08, 2006

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for lease or conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act (R&PP), as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.), approximately 5 acres of public...
Notice May 08, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on silicon metal from Brazil...
Notice May 08, 2006

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

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National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering Advisory Committee
Notice May 08, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice May 08, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") extend its approval of a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of the information collection, whi...
Notice May 08, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Each applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On February 18, 2005, each applicant transferred its assets to JP Morgan Trust I, based on net asset value. Expenses of $850,000, $810,000, $850,000, $850,000, $8...
Notice May 08, 2006
Notice of application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 18(f) and 21(b) of the Act, under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption from section 12(d)(1) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and 17(a)(3) of the Act, and under section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint arrangements.
Notice May 08, 2006

Securities:

Title Type Published
MCSi, Inc.
Notice May 08, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union Study Advisory Committee
Notice May 08, 2006
Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission
Notice May 08, 2006

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has submitted its annual report on the identification of those foreign countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and eq...
Notice May 08, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
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 May 08, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A319-100 and A320-200 series airplanes, and Model A320-111 airplanes. This AD requires modifying the wiring to the fuel pump control of the center fuel tank. This AD resu...
Rule May 08, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 747 airplanes. This AD requires the following actions for the drive mechanism of the horizontal stabilizer: Repetitive detailed inspections for discrepancies and loose ball b...
Rule May 08, 2006
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes, that currently requires installation of protective tape on the fire and overheat control...
Rule May 08, 2006
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cirrus Design Corporation (CDC) Model SR20 and SR22 airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to check the maintenance records to determine whether the brake caliper piston...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006

Engineering and traffic operations:

Title Type Published
In an earlier notice of proposed amendments (NPA), the FHWA proposed to amend the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) to include methods to maintain traffic sign retroreflectivity. Based on the review and analys...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006

Hazardous materials:

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In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...
Notice May 08, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice May 08, 2006
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice May 08, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requests nominations of individuals to be considered for selection as Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC) members. Interested parties may nominate themselves and/or at least one other qualified person...
Notice May 08, 2006

Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act:

Title Type Published
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, has approved the agencies' publication of this notice announcing the effect of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act on the reporting of certain dep...
Notice May 08, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document contains a notice that the IRS has made available the grant application package and guidelines (Publication 3319) for organizations interested in applying for a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) matching grant for the 2007 grant cycle (...
Notice May 08, 2006

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 24, 2006 (71 FR 14798) concerning content requirements applicable to explanations of qualified joint and survivor annuities and qual...
Rule May 08, 2006
This document contains corrections to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 24, 2006 (71 FR 14798) concerning content requirements applicable to explanations of qualified joint and survivor annuities and quali...
Rule May 08, 2006
This document corrects a notice of proposed rulemaking that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, April 10, 2006 (71 FR 18053). The document contains temporary regulations providing guidance under section 197 that apply to the treatment of...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006
This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG- 131264-04) regarding the treatment of manufacturer incentive payments. The proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2004 (69 FR 50112). After consideration...
Proposed Rule May 08, 2006
This document contains final regulations under section 1502 of the Internal Revenue Code. Example 13 of the intercompany transaction regulations illustrates the treatment of manufacturer incentive payments. Because a premise underlying the example is...
Rule May 08, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
Notice May 08, 2006
An open meeting of the Area 6 committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Reven...
Notice May 08, 2006
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel VITA Issue Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice May 08, 2006
An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted via teleconference. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service...
Notice May 08, 2006

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