June 29, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register June 29, 2006

View all documents issued on June 29, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 29, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 29, 2006
This rule invites comments on a proposed partial exemption to the minimum grade requirements under the marketing order for tomatoes grown in Florida (order). The Florida Tomato Committee (Committee) locally administers the order. Under the order, Flo...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006

Crop insurance regulations:

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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) finalizes the Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Basic Provisions to conform to the requirements of section 780 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is issuing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Highwood Generating Station (HGS). The Draft EIS was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEP...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Rural Utilities Service, an agency which administers the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Programs (USDA Rural Development) intends to hold public scoping meetings and prepare an environmental assessment (EA) related to possible...
Notice Jun 29, 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 brucellosis regulations concerning interstate movement of cattle by changing the classification of Idaho from Class Free to Class A. That action was necessary to preven...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service provides, among other things, certain technical services to businesses and individuals to help them successfully export live plants or plant products....
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Vegetables; import regulations:

Title Type Published
This rule invites comments on a proposed partial exemption to the minimum grade requirements under the tomato import regulation. The import regulation is authorized under section 8e of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act). Section 8...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) application from the East Coast Pelagic Association (ECPA) that would allow herring vessels to poss...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Notice is hereby given that applications have been received for a permit and a permit amendment for scientific research on marine mammals.
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Notice is hereby given that Dr. Terrie Williams, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Ocean Health - Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 has been issued a permit to conduct re...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11), the Department of Commerce is issuing notice of intent to establish a new system of records under COMMERCE/ CENSUS-10, American Community Survey.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On December 23, 2005, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on malleable iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China. The period of review is December 2, 200...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Coastal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:

Title Type Published
The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate the performances of the Old Woman Creek (Ohio) National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Connecticut Coastal Management Program, and the New Hampshire Coa...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS or Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the following vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council): Conservation (Alternate) and At- Large (Member). Applicants are chosen based upon the...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Countervailing duties:

Title Type Published
On February 22, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results in the countervailing duty (CVD) administrative review of certain in- shell pistachios from Iran. See Certain In-shell Pistach...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Export privileges, actions affecting:

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 11 to the Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which changes the framework for the annual apportionment of the Pacific sardine harvest guideline along the U.S. Pacific coast....
Rule Jun 29, 2006

D
Delaware River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings and hearings
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Help America Vote Act:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107-252, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be published in the Federal Register material changes to the HAVA State plan previou...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Hydroelectric applications
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Hydroelectric applications
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Hydroelectric applications
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Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
This document corrects a paragraph formatting and numbering error in a notice of proposed rulemaking that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published in the Federal Register on June 6, 2006. That action proposed amendments to Commission Order...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Water supply:

Title Type Published
Stage 2 disinfectants and disinfection byproducts rule; correction
Correction Jun 29, 2006

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Independence Day (Proc. 8032)
Presidential Document Jun 29, 2006

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
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 Jun 29, 2006
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service logo Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) is publishing a final Fiscal Year 2006 Program Guidelines/Application Solicitation for the Labor-Management Cooperation Program. The program is supported by Federal funds authorized by the Labor-M...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 29, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invites nominations of individuals qualified to serve as members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (the Task Force). The Task Force, a standing, independent panel of private-sector expert...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting comments concerning the establishment of program priorities in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) for fiscal year (FY) 2007. As part of its annual planning, budgeting, and res...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is updating income levels used to identify a "low income family" for the purpose of determining eligibility for programs that provide health professions and nursing training for individuals from...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Medicare:

Title Type Published
This proposed notice sets forth proposed revisions to work relative value units (RVUs) affecting payment for physicians' services. The statute requires that we review RVUs no less often than every 5 years. This is our third review of work RVUs since...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the following public meeting: The Use of Bayesian Statistics in Medical Device Clinical Trials. The draft guidance entitled "Guidance for the Use of Bayesian Statistics in Medical Device Clinical T...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Office of the Chief Science Officer
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; implementation:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "Questions and Answers Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records (Edition 3)." The guidance responds to various questions raised about section 306 o...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program:

Title Type Published
This interim final rule implements the statutory changes enacted in the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. This legislation reauthorizes the TANF program through fiscal...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on a new information collection requirement abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: CIS Ombudsman Case Problem Submission, Form G-1107. OMB Control No. 1615- NEW.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to change the drawbridge operation regulations of four Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) bridges: The Poplar Street Bridge, at mile 8.2, and the US 13A Bridge, at mile 8.2, both across Broad Creek in Laurel, DE;...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006
The Coast Guard is changing the regulations governing the operation of all Broward County drawbridges across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Broward County, Florida. This rule will require these drawbridges to open twice an hour. This schedule wi...
Rule Jun 29, 2006
The Coast Guard proposes to change the drawbridge operation regulations of four Cape May County Bridge Commission (CMCBC) bridges: the Townsend Inlet Bridge, at mile 0.3 in Avalon; the County of Cape May Bridge, at mile 0.7, across Great Channel betw...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006
The Coast Guard is changing the regulations that govern the operation of the Dominion Boulevard (US 17) Bridge across the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, at Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW) mile 8.8, at Chesapeake, Virginia. The final ru...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing temporary special local regulations for the "Hampton Cup Regatta," a power boat race to be held on the waters of Mill Creek, near Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. These special local regulations are necessary to provide...
Rule Jun 29, 2006
The Coast Guard proposes to establish special local regulations during the "Ocean City Maryland Offshore Challenge", a power boat race to be held on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the shoreline at Ocean City, MD. These special local reg...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 29, 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 29, 2006
In compliance with Section 202(c) of the National Housing Act, this notice advises of the cause and description of administrative actions taken by HUD's Mortgagee Review Board against HUD-approved mortgagees.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Grant and cooperative agreement awards:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of a funding decision made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Healthy Homes Dem...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Central Valley Project Improvement Act:

Title Type Published
The following Water Management Plans are available for review: <bullet> City of Vacaville. <bullet> Santa Ynez River Conservation District. <bullet> Sacramento County Water Agency. <bullet> Grasslands Water District Refuge. <bullet> El Dorado Irrigat...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as co-lead agency, and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as coo...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) intends to file a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the proposed 79 acre fee-to-trust land transfer and casino project...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") in the above-captioned investigation terminating the investigation as t...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of an investigation and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1104 (Preliminary) under section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to d...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") granting complainant's motion to amend the complaint and notice of investig...
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted a formal enforcement proceeding relating to a limited exclusion order issued at the conclusion of the above-captioned investigation.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 29, 2006
This notice provides further clarification as to the jurisdiction and enforcement responsibilities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and 14 of its approved State Plans at various Department of Energy (DOE) sites which are not subje...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) awards funds to nonprofit organizations to provide training and education programs for employers and workers about safety and health topics selected by OSHA. Nonprofit...
Notice Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 2006
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 Jun 29, 2006
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 Jun 29, 2006

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed changes in eligibility requirements and public accountability standards, and to several other parts of the regulations, for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). These proposed changes are i...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jun 29, 2006
(i) In the opinion of tax counsel to the BSX, could cause a termination of the BSX within the meaning of Section 708 of the United States Internal Revenue Service Code or, (ii) in the opinion of the Board, based on advice of tax counsel, could cause a termination of the Company's status as a partnership or cause the Company to be treated as a publicly traded partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iii) is prohibited by any state, Federal or provincial securities laws, or (iv) is prohibited by the Agreement. Section 8.4(c) provides that any Transfer of Units, whether direct or indirect, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, in contravention of any of the provisions of Article 8 of the Agreement would be void ab initio, and ineffectual, and would not bind or be recognized by BSX.
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 29, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 29, 2006
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Iowa dated 06/22/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 04/13/2006 through 04/14/2006. Effective Date: 06/22/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadl...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Advisory Council
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Generalized System of Preferences:

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will receive petitions in 2006 to modify the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP program, and to modify the GSP status of cert...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B series airplanes. This AD requires you to do the following: Remove and visually inspect the wing attach barrel nuts, bolts, and retainers for cracks, corrosi...
Rule Jun 29, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that FRA will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relocation or reconstruction of railroad lines in the Tupelo, Mississippi central business dis...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Highway safety programs; breath alcohol testing devices:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the Conforming Products List published in 2004 (69 FR 42237) for instruments that conform to the Model Specifications for Evidential Breath Testing Devices (58 FR 48705).
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of proposed guidance on the application of section 6002 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144) to projects f...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document corrects a notice of proposed rulemaking by cross-reference to temporary regulations (REG-111578-06) that was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, June 1, 2006 (71 FR 31128). The document contains temporary regulations concern...
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006
This document contains a correction to temporary regulations (TD 9262) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, June 1, 2006 (71 FR 31074) concerning the application of section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code, which provides a deduct...
Rule Jun 29, 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. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Jun 29, 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 Jun 29, 2006
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 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 agencies are required to publish notice...
Notice Jun 29, 2006

Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its adjudication regulation regarding accrued benefits. The amendments are the result of changes in statute and to clarify existing regulatory provisions.
Proposed Rule Jun 29, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Research Advisory Council
Notice Jun 29, 2006

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