August 15, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register August 15, 2006

View all documents issued on August 15, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

92 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2006
USDA Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service (Agency). In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the Agency invites comments on the following informat...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
USDA Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service (Agency). In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Agency invites comments on this information colle...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on September 6, 2006. The objective of...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Senior Executive Service Performance Review Boards; membership
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS implements Framework Adjustment 43 (Framework 43) to the NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which addresses the incidental catch of NE multispecies by vessels fishing for Atlantic herring by establishing a Herring Exempted Fishery. V...
Rule Aug 15, 2006
NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to Connecticut has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Connecticut for the remainder o...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 134th meeting to consider and take action on pending recommendations regarding fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) commensurate with the provisions of Proclamation...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) is publishing its updated contracting policy for hydrographic services per NOAA's 2005 plans to review and update the subject policy.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy proposed to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is altering a system of records to its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The Department of the Navy proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 Aug 15, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA has authorized subcontractors of its prime contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation of Chantilly, VA access to information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Michigan on May 26, 2006 and July 14, 2006, establishing a lower Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) fuel requirement for gasoline distributed in the Southeast Mic...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006
EPA is taking final action to approve Missouri's nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) plan for the eastern one-third of the state. The plan consists of three rules, a budget demonstration, and supporting documentation. The plan will contribute to attainm...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of funds for grants and cooperative agreements under EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grant Program. The Targeted Watersheds Grant Program is a competitive grant program designed to support the protection and restorati...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of atrazine in or on leafy vegetable Crop Group 4 (except Brassica) commodities.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Trade regulation rules:

Title Type Published
In a Federal Register notice published on April 12, 2006, 71 FR 19054, the FTC requested comment on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in connection with the Business Opportunity Rule. The Notice required that comments be submitted on or before June 1...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2006
Federal claims; interest rates on overdue debts
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the rescheduled date of the first meeting of the American Health Information Community Confidentiality and Security Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.). The Confidenti...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
This notice announces the fourth meeting of the American Health Information Community Biosurveillance Data Steering Group in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).
Notice Aug 15, 2006
This notice announces the eighth meeting of the American Health Information Community Biosurveillance Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman) will hold its twenty-sixth meeting, at which, among other things, it will hear presentations on and discuss issues in two broad areas: (1) Organ procurement, allocation, and tr...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group (Working Group) mandated by section 1014 of the Medicare Modernization Act.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Vessel sanitation program:

Title Type Published
This notice announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections for fiscal year 2007 (October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007).
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document contains a technical correction to a Notice which was published in the Federal Register on Monday, July 17, 2006 in which Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requests individuals who are interested in serving on the Departmental Advisor...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC). NOSAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on matters affecting the offshore industry.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

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

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone for the "Celebrate Revere" Fireworks display on August 19, 2006 in Revere, Massachusetts, temporarily closing all waters of Broad Sound within a four hundred (400) yard radius of the fireworks l...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
This document puts into effect the permanent regulations for the annual Taste of Italy Fireworks in Norwich, CT. The regulation is necessary to control vessel traffic within the immediate vicinity of the event due to the hazards presented by a firewo...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT):

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies the port of entry of Fresno, California, the sea port of entry of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the pre-flight inspection location of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as locations at which the Department of Homeland Security will be...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Freedom of Information Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule is intended to clarify and explain the various types of requests for HUD documents and testimony by HUD employees that are intended to be covered by the Department's document production and testimony approval regulations. This prop...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice that we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, issued a permit for the incidental take of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei), a threatened species, on the Struthers Ranch Property in El Paso County...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for 11 species of Hawaiian picture-wing flies (Drosophila aglaia, D. differens, D. hemipeza, D. heteroneura, D. montgomeryi, D. mulli, D. musaphilia, D. obatai, D...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), under the Endangered Species Act (Act), as amended, create a special rule for the southwest Alaska distinct population segment (DPS) of the northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). This DPS of the nort...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Adaptive Management Program (AMP) was implemented as a result of the Record of Decision on the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam Final Environmental Impact Statement to comply with consultation requirements of the Grand Canyon Protection Act (Pub. L....
Notice Aug 15, 2006
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a meeting of the Klamath Fishery Management Council (Council), to take place by conference call. The meeting is open to the public. The Klamath Fishery Management Council makes recommendations to agencies t...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The Bureau of Reclamation is holding a meeting to inform the public about the Managing for Excellence project. This meeting is the second of three meetings that will be held in 2006 to inform the public about the action items, progress, and results o...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Minerals Management:

Title Type Published
A public meeting is being held by the Bureau of Land Management and the Minerals Management Service to receive comments from the public and industry related to the two sets of draft rules that were written in response to the Energy Policy Act of 2005...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management published a notice in the Federal Register concerning the filing of a plat of survey. The notice contained an incorrect filing time period.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review--Extension of currently approved collection.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
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 Aug 15, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2006
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 Aug 15, 2006

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Title Type Published
This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, license in the United States to practice the invention described and claimed in U.S. patent 5,880,83...
Notice Aug 15, 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 Aug 15, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2006
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Financial reporting matters:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to further extend for smaller public companies the dates that were published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2005, in Release No. 33-8618 [70 FR 56825] for their compliance with the internal control requirements mandated by...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006

Securities, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are extending the compliance date that was published on March 8, 2005, in Release No. 33-8545 [70 FR 11528], for foreign private issuers that are accelerated filers, but not large accelerated filers, for amendments to Forms 20-F and 40-F that requ...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Social security benefits:

Title Type Published
Immune system disorders evaluation; revised medical criteria; correction
Correction Aug 15, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a new information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period o...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The Maritime Administration is establishing regulations governing administrative determinations of availability of coastwise- qualified launch barges to be used in the transportation and launching of offshore oil drilling or production platform jacke...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006

Commercial space transportation:

Title Type Published
This action amends commercial space transportation regulations by adding procedures for obtaining a safety approval for a safety element. Also, this action adds procedures for including a safety approval in a license application. Once the FAA issues...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making available a ROD and a Written Evaluation of the FEIS in response to FAA procedure changes that have rendered the previously approved third runway unable to accomplish the purpose and need of triple-...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice accomplishes several purposes. First, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) summarizes and responds to written comments FTA received in response to a March 22, 2006, Federal Register Notice regarding...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Hazardous materials transportation:

Title Type Published
This rule proposes to amend the statutorily mandated registration and fee assessment program for persons who transport or offer for transportation certain categories and quantities of hazardous materials. For those registrants not qualifying as a sma...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2006

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures of 49 CFR Part 555, Morgan Motor Company, Limited (Morgan) has applied for a Temporary Exemption from the air bag requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection," fo...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Bonds and notes; U.S. Treasury:

Title Type Published
This final rule eliminates requirements to inscribe complete taxpayer identification numbers (TINs) on the face of: (1) Newly issued definitive Series EE and Series I savings bonds; (2) reissued or replaced definitive Series E, Series EE, Series H, S...
Rule Aug 15, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Currently, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (the Fund), a government corporation within the Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments on the release of Transaction Level Report Data and Allocation Tracking System Data pr...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

U
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: Larry M. Wortzel, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investig...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: Larry M. Wortzel, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission is mandated by Congress to investig...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
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 Aug 15, 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 Aug 15, 2006
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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...
Notice Aug 15, 2006
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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...
Notice Aug 15, 2006

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