June 20, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register June 20, 2006

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

93 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 20, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS) intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of the Intermediary Relending Pro...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 20, 2006
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs, invites comments on this info...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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The Rural Utilities Service, an agency which administers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs (USDA Rural Development) proposes to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) related to possible financial assistance...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
We are advising the public that we have supplemented with an addendum the environmental assessment for a proposed field trial of pink bollworm genetically engineered to express green fluorescence as a marker. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Noxious weeds:

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We are amending the noxious weed and imported seed regulations by adding South African ragwort (Senecio inaequidens DC.) and Madagascar ragwort (Senecio madagascariensis Poir.) to the list of terrestrial noxious weeds and to the list of seeds with no...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title Type Published
Apples and pears from Australia and New Zealand; CFR correction
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. Sec. 552a(e)(4) and (11)), the Department of Commerce is issuing notice of its intent to delete the system of records entitled "Radio Spectrum Management Career Development Program." This system of records...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On April 3, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on furfuryl alcohol from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

International services surveys:

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This final rule amends regulations of the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), for the quarterly BE-577, Direct Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate. The BE-577 survey is conducted quarterly and is a sample surve...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from the URS Corporation (URS) for an authorization to take small numbers of California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, harbor porpoises, and gray whales, by harassment, incidental to geographical seismic surveys being co...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) has received a petition (HP 06-1) requesting that the Commission ban toy jewelry containing more than 0.06% lead. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the petiti...
Notice Jun 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"), 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 ag...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

Title Type Published
The final rule allows the Department of Defense to waive normal requirements so that covered beneficiaries can participate in Phase II and Phase III clinical trials sponsored or approved by the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute...
Rule Jun 20, 2006
This proposed rule amends the exclusion of services and supplies provided as part of or under a research study, grant or research program to add coverage for routine patient care that would have been necessary in the absence of the study as well as c...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2006

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to SSC Development, LLC, a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-owned invention(s) described in U.S. Patent No. 6,466,515 ent...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
The Department of the Navy herby gives notice of its intent to grant to Soil and Topography Information, LLC., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-Owned invention(s) described in U.S. Patent N...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (hereafter "the Department") announces the extension of the time period for evaluation and decision on the disposition of the California Energy Commission's Petition for Exemption from Federal Preemption of California's Water...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Electricity export and import authorizations, permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
Cinergy Marketing & Trading, LP (CMT) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Presidential permit applications:

Title Type Published
AEP Texas Central Company (TCC) has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the U.S. border with Mexico. In the same application, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a public teleconference of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad rang...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee.
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Solid wastes:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is removing its final rule to grant a petition submitted by Tokusen U.S.A, Inc. to exclude (or delist) a certain F006 filter cake generated by its Conway, Arkansas Plant from the lists of hazardous wastes. Th...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Belarus; blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes and institutions (EO 13405)
Presidential Document Jun 20, 2006
Russian Federation; blocking Government property relating to the disposition of highly enriched uranium from nuclear weapons (Notice of June 19, 2006)
Presidential Document Jun 20, 2006

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission will consider a Second Order on Reconsideration and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the mandatory carriage of digital broadcast television signals by cable operators. 2................................... Media.....
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Nat...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office on Women's Health, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, published a notice in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 announcing the availability of funds for approximately two grants. This notice is to corre...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
The Office on Women's Health (OWH) is the focal point for women's health within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Under the direction of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, OWH provides leadership to promote the healt...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Quarantine, inspection, and licensing:

Title Type Published
On February 4, 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an order to ban immediately the import of all birds (Class: Aves) from specified countries, subject to limited ex...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "The Review and Inspection of Premarket Approval Applications under the Bioresearch Monitoring Program." One of the performance goals, referenced in...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of California (FEMA-1646-DR), dated June 5, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-1644-DR), dated May 25, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-1642-DR), dated May 25, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-1642-DR), dated May 25, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1648-DR), dated June 5, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-1643-DR), dated May 25, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1645-DR), dated June 5, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of South Dakota (FEMA-1647-DR), dated June 5, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1624-DR), dated January 11, 2006, and related determinations.
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the regulations governing the operation of the Welch Causeway (SR 699) Bridge, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway mile 122.8, Madeira Beach, Pinellas County, Florida. This rule is needed to provide vehicular traffic re...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary security zone on the waters of the upper Potomac River. This action is necessary to provide for the security of a large number of visitors to the annual July 4th celebration on the National Mall in Washingt...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish temporary special local regulations for the "Crystal Coast Super Boat Grand Prix", a power boat race to be held on the waters of Bogue Banks adjacent to Morehead City, NC. These special local regulations are nece...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
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 Jun 20, 2006
The Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD proposes to establish a new record system to add to its inventory of systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed new system of record is the Singl...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask OMB to renew approval for our information collection associated with the importation or exportation of fish or wildlife. The current OMB control number for this information collection is 1018-0012, which expire...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
National Register of Historic Places; pending nominations
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service announces that Final Comprehensive Conservation Plans and Findings of No Significant Impact for the above referenced refuges are available for distribution. The plans were prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refug...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are extending the public comment period on the proposed special rule for the threatened Pacific Coast distinct population segment of the western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus). Comment...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
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 a mink injury study for the Hudson River Natural Resour...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Valid existing rights determination requests:

Title Type Published
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are providing opportunity for the public to comment on a request for a determination of valid existing rights (VER) to use an existing Forest Service road as a coal mine access and h...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
China and Taiwan
Notice Jun 20, 2006
The Commission has determined to deny the request of respondent Nishiyama Kinzoku Ltd. Co. ("Nishiyama") to conduct a portion of its hearing in the above-captioned investigation scheduled for June 22, 2006, in camera. See Commission rules 201.13 and...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 16, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Zippo Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Bradford, Pennsylva...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 20, 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 collections described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Public availability and use:

Title Type Published
NARA is revising its regulations on the locations and hours of NARA facilities to reflect the relocation of two facilities in the past fiscal year. This final rule will affect the public.
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on June 8, 2006 (71 FR 33320), that announces the recent submission of a proposal for the collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Th...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 20, 2006
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a final rule to replace the Standard Industrial Classification codes currently used in Federal Wage System regulations with the more recent North American Industry Classification System codes, published b...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Health benefits, Federal employees:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed regulation to change the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program regulations that govern continued coverage for employees who are called or ordered to serve in the uniformed services. T...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of application for an order under Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder.
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-1644-DR), dated 5/25/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 5/13/2006 and continuing through 5/23/2006. Effective Date: 6/12/2...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-1642-DR) , dated 5/25/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 5/12/2006 and continuing through 5/23/2006. Effect...
Notice Jun 20, 2006
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-1643-DR), dated 5/ 25/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 5/12/2006 and continuing through 5/23/2006. Effective Dat...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

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

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Consolidated Rail Corp.
Notice Jun 20, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew the following information collections: (1) Bus Testing Program. (2) Transit Research, Development,...
Notice Jun 20, 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 Jun 20, 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 Jun 20, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-802 and AT-802A airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to repetitively inspect the attach angles on the firewall mounted hopper rinse tank shelf for...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2006
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A310-300 airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacing the existing non-return valve (NRV) of the auxiliary center tanks (ACTs) of the fuel system with a new,...
Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 757 airplanes. This AD requires, for certain airplanes, reworking the spar bonding path and reapplying sealant; and, for certain other airplanes, testing the electrical b...
Rule Jun 20, 2006
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 727-200 series airplanes. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive inspections for cracks in the forward frame of the No. 3 cargo door cut...
Rule Jun 20, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain EMBRAER Model ERJ 170 airplanes. This AD requires inspecting for excess sealant applied to the attachment bolts of the negative pressure relief valve, and performing corrective action...
Rule Jun 20, 2006

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal a...
Notice Jun 20, 2006

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