August 29, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register August 29, 2006

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

106 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 29, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Red Bluff, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public Comment, (4) Revising a Meeting Schedule, (5) Status of the Final Expen...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
NOAA and the USFWS are issuing final regulations for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. This action codifies the prohibitions and management measures set forth in Presidential Proclamation 8031 establishing the Monument. The...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has determined, pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that Ivis Partners Ltd. (IVIS) is the successor-in-interest to Ivis Wood Products Ltd. (Ivis Wood) and, as a resul...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (SSLMC) will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Tariff rate quotas:

Title Type Published
The Department hereby solicits applications from persons (including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who cut and sew men's and boys' worsted wool suits and suit-like jackets and trousers in the United States for an allocation of the 2007...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
The Department hereby solicits applications from persons (including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who weave worsted wool fabrics in the United States for an allocation of the 2007 tariff rate quotas on certain worsted wool fabric. Int...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and Executive Order 12114 (Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Acti...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Natural gas companies (Natural Gas Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending its regulations to require that jurisdictional natural gas companies report damage to facilities as the result of a natural disaster or terrorist activity that results in a reduction in pipeline th...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Friends of the Chattahoochee and Sierr...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

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

Title Type Published
EPA is finalizing approval of revisions to the South Coast Air Quality Management District's (SCAQMD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions were proposed in the Federal Register on May 16, 2006 and concern oxides...
Rule Aug 29, 2006
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Iowa for the purpose of establishing exemptions for indoor sources of air pollution that are not directly vented to the outside but have emissions that leave the bu...
Rule Aug 29, 2006
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Iowa for the purpose of establishing exemptions for indoor sources of air pollution that are not directly vented to the outside but have emissions that lea...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
On August 15, 2006, EPA published a notice announcing the availability of funds for grants and cooperative agreements under EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grant Program. The announcement solicits proposals for watershed restoration and/or protection proje...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to issue notices of proposed penalty orders issued under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act via the Internet. EPA is encouraging the Regions to use the Int...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 Aug 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 Aug 29, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its regulations governing drug establishment registration and drug listing. The proposed revisions would reorganize, consolidate, clarify, and modify current regulations concerning who must...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

Human drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking that would establish that over-the-counter (OTC) skin bleaching drug products are not generally recognized as safe and effective (GRASE) and are misbranded. FDA is also...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an amendment to the notice of meeting of the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee. This meeting was originally announced in the Federal Register of August 1, 2006 (71 FR 43487). The am...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Notice.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
The meeting of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for September 7, 2006, is cancelled. This amended meeting was announced in the Federal Register of August 17, 2006 (71 FR 47502).
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Protection of human subjects:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public hearing on emergency research conducted without informed consent under FDA's emergency research rule. The public hearing announced in this document is part of FDA's Human Subject Protectio...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled "Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors; Exception from Informed Consent Requirements for Emergency Research."...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
This is a Notice of Availability and request for comments on certain draft policy documents prepared by HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC). HRSA plans to periodically make some draft policy documents (including draft Program Information Noti...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the date, time, location, and agenda for the next meeting of the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. This meeting will be open to the public, with the exception of a one-hour administra...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Regattas and marine parades

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the special local regulations for the "Ragin' on the River" powerboat race to be held Labor Day weekend, September 2 and 3, 2006, on the waters of the Susquehanna River, adjacent to Port Deposit, Maryland. This action is...
Rule Aug 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 Aug 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 past funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the 2002, 2003, 2...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
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 funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Notice of Funding...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
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 funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Notice of Funding...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In 2004, HUD established the Robert L. Woodson, Jr., Award (Woodson Award) as an annual award program of America's Affordable Communities Initiative. The award program was established to recognize state and local governments for excellence in providi...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
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 funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Notice of Funding...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
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 funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Notice of Funding...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area (MCNCA) Advisory Council will hold two additional meetings, scheduled on September 21, 2006 and December 14, 2006. The meetings will begin at 4 p.m. and will be held at the Mesa County Administration Bui...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board will meet September 19, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (PDT) at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 22267 Highway 86, Baker City, OR 97914. Meeting topics will in...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Migratory bird hunting:

Title Type Published
This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks from which the States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2006-07 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those that generally op...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Oil and gas leases:

Title Type Published
Per 30 U.S.C. 188(d), Richard A. Horn timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases MTM 90699, MTM 90700, MTM 90749, MTM 90750, and MTM 90751, Carter County, Montana. The lessee paid the required rentals accruing from the date of te...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 26, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. of Rochester Hills, Mi...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission is requesting briefing on remedy, the public interest, and bonding with respect to a respondent previously found in default.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Following receipt on July 27, 2006 of a request from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. International Trade Commission ("the Commission") instituted investigation...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Monitoring Information Collections.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Collection of Laboratory Analysis Data on Drug Samples Tested by Non- Federal (State and Local Government) Crime Laboratories.
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Controlled substances; manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers; registration:

Title Type Published
This final rule establishes the fee schedule for DEA registration and reregistration fees relating to the registration and control of the manufacture, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances and listed chemicals to appropriately reflect...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Schedules of controlled substances;

Title Type Published
With the issuance of this final rule, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) places the substance embutramide, including its salts, into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). As a result of this rule, the...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Schedules of controlled substances; production quotas

Title Type Published
This notice proposes initial year 2007 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in Schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Notice Aug 29, 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 pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Safety standard petitions
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

N
National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 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 Aug 29, 2006
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

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

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

S
Science and Technology Policy Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory C...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes;

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 29, 2006
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Aug 29, 2006
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Aug 29, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Aug 29, 2006
New York Stock Exchange, LLC
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia dated August 17, 2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: June 25, 2006 through June 30, 2006. Effective Date: August 17, 2006. Physi...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action amends the Class D airspace area at Provo, UT. A review of the legal description revealed that it does not reflect the current airport reference point (ARP) for Provo Municipal Airport.
Rule Aug 29, 2006
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a notice in the Federal Register of August 17, 2006, concerning limitations on claims for certain specified public transportation projects. The notice contained an incorrect date.
Notice Aug 29, 2006
DOT publication of the names of the persons selected to serve on the various Departmental PRBs as required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4).
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting regulations to address persistent flight delays from overscheduling at O'Hare International Airport (O'Hare). This final rule is intended to be an interim measure only, and the FAA anticipates that the rule will yield to longer te...
Rule Aug 29, 2006
The FAA is proposing a rule to address the potential for increased congestion and delay at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LaGuardia) when the High Density Rule (HDR) expires there on January 1, 2007. The rule, if adopted, would establish an operationa...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Model MD900 helicopters, that currently requires reducing the life limit of certain Notar fan system tension-torsion (TT) straps. That existing AD also...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue an order finding Partner Aviation Enterprises d/b/a Empire Airways fit, willing, and able, and awarding it a commuter air carrier authorization...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Class E airspace

Title Type Published
This action corrects an error in the airport reference point (ARP) for Provo Municipal Airport, Provo, UT, in the final rule that was published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2006, (71 FR 43355), Docket No. FAA-2006-24234; Airspace Docket No. 0...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This solicitation is for proposals from national non-profit organizations with transportation coordination and technical assistance expertise for a cooperative agreement to develop and implement a National Resource Center for Human Service Transporta...
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
This final rule revises the Hazardous Materials Regulations to address a known safety problem with cylinders manufactured of aluminum alloy 6351-T6. The revisions include an inspection and testing program for early detection of sustained load crackin...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice lists the location and time of the next Charter Bus Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (CBNRAC) meeting.
Notice Aug 29, 2006

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
Our safety standard on occupant protection in interior impact requires, in part, that light vehicles provide head protection when an occupant's head strikes upper interior components, such as pillars, side rails, headers, and the roof during a crash....
Rule Aug 29, 2006
Under the current version of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, vehicles that are manufactured on or after September 1, 2006, are certified to the suppression requirements and have a child restraint anchorage system, commonly refe...
Rule Aug 29, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance relating to the exclusion from gross income of previously taxed earnings and profits under section 959 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and related basis adjustments under section 9...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document contains proposed amendments to the regulations relating to user fees for the special enrollment examination to become an enrolled agent, the application for enrollment of enrolled agents, and the renewal of this enrollment. The chargin...
Proposed Rule Aug 29, 2006

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