Federal Register September 12, 2006 (Volume 71)

Agencies Publishing on September 12, 2006

Agriculture Department (6)
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (2)
Commerce Department (14)
Corporation for National and Community Service (1)
Defense Department (3)
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Delaware River Basin Commission (1)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Executive Office of the President (2)
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Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (2)
Health and Human Services Department (4)
Homeland Security Department (8)
Interior Department (9)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (2)
Legal Services Corporation (1)
Merit Systems Protection Board (1)
National Credit Union Administration (3)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation (1)
Personnel Management Office (1)
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Science and Technology Policy Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (3)
Small Business Administration (2)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (3)
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United States Sentencing Commission (1)

Agriculture Department

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection; Nominations for Membership The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). The full Committee consists of no less than 16 and no more than 18 members, and each person...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Brick Trout Project, Clearwater National Forest, Idaho County, ID The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental effects of timber harvesting the Brick Creek, Panther Creek, Lunch Creek, Trout Creek, and Fan Creek drainages (herein referred to as the Bri...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Mendocino Resource Advisory Committee The Mendocino County Resource Advisory Committee will meet September 15, 2006 (RAC) in Willits, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Approval of minutes; (2) Handout Discussions, (3) Public Comment, (4) Financial Report, (5) Sub-commit...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Agriculture Department > FS Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committees Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet via teleconference on September 27, 2006. The purpose of the meeting is to meet as a Committ...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas; Addition of Counties in Ohio and West Virginia We are amending the gypsy moth regulations by adding Delaware and Franklin Counties in Ohio and Monroe County in West Virginia to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations of gypsy moth in those counties. As a result...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Update; Notice of Availability and Technical Meeting The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reopening and extending the comment period for the 2005 updated Harvard Risk Assessment of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The original comment period closed on August 11, 2006. The Agency is t...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Accessibility Guidelines for Passenger Vessels The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) had placed in the docket and on its Web site for public review and comment draft guidelines on accessibility for passenger vessels which are permitted to carry more than 15...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Telecommunications Act accessibility guidelines and electronic and information technology accessibility standards:

Title	Type	Published
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines; Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has established a Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee to assist it in revising and updating accessibility guidelines for telecom...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS Defense Priorities and Allocations System The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Professional Development Workshops and Formal Evaluation of NOAA Educational Materials The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Coral Reefs-Economic Valuation Study The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > PTO Initial Patent Applications The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 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 the revision of a continui...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department Office of Inspector General; Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Applicant for Funding Assistance The Department of Commerce (DOC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing and proposed information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Southeast Region Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation Outreach Survey The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > NOAA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Regional Economic Data Collection Program for Southwest Alaska The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > ITA Announcement of Performance Review Board Members 5 CFR 430.310 requires agencies to publish notice of Performance Review Board appointees in the Federal Register before their service begins. This notice announces the names of new and existing members of the International Trade Administrations Perfo...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of Anti-circumvention Inquiry In response to a request from the Seaman Paper Company of Massachusetts, Inc. (petitioner), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is initiating an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether certain imports of tissue paper from Vietnam are...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > ITA Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof from the Pe...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Extension of Final Results of the 2004-2005 Administrative Review of Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany In accordance with section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"), and section 351.216(b) of the U.S. Department of Commerce's ("the Department") regulations, ThyssenKrupp Steel North America, Inc. ("ThyssenKrupp"), a U.S. importer,...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Omnibus Amendment for the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries, Crustacean Fisheries, and Precious Coral Fisheries NMFS issues this final rule to amend three fishery management plans (FMPs) to include fisheries and waters around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA). These amendments affect United States do...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Defense Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Defense Department > DCAA Membership of the Defense Contract Audit Agency Senior Executive Service Performance Review Boards This notice announces the appointment of members to the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Performance Review Boards. The Performance Review Boards provide fair and impartial review of Senior Executive Service (SES) performance appraisals and make...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

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Delaware River Basin Commission

Title	Type	Published
Delaware River Basin Commission Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing Meetings and hearings	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > EIA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The EIA has submitted the Uranium Data Program Forms EIA-851A, "Domestic Uranium Production Report--Annual," EIA-851Q, "Domestic Uranium Production Report--Quarterly," and EIA-858, "Uranium Marketing Annual Survey," to the Office of Management and Bu...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Power rates:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > SEPA Kerr-Philpott Project, SEPA-46; Correction The Southeastern Power Administration published a document in the Federal Register of August 28, 2006 (71 FR 50902), containing notice of interim approval of new rate schedules for Southeastern's Kerr-Philpott System. The document omitted rate schedu...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency State Innovation Grant Program, Preliminary Notice on the Development of a Solicitation for Proposals for 2007 Awards The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Innovation (NCEI) is giving preliminary notice of its intention to solicit proposals for a 2007 grant program to support innovation by state environmental agencies--the "Sta...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Grants and other Federal assistance:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Four Corners Power Plant; Navajo Nation The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to promulgate a source-specific Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to regulate emissions from the Four Corners Power Plant (FCPP), a coal- fired power plant located on the Navajo Indian Reservation ne...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Environmental Protection Agency Source-Specific Federal Implementation Plan for Navajo Generating Station; Navajo Nation The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to promulgate a source-specific Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) to regulate emissions from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), a coal- fired power plant located on the Navajo Indian Reservation ne...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Data Availability for EGU NOX Annual and NOX Ozone Season Allocations for the Clean Air Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan Trading Programs In response to requests from the American Forest and Paper Association, the EPA is extending the comment period for the notice of data availability (NODA) for EGU NO<INF>X</INF> Annual and NO<INF>X</INF> Ozone Season Allocations for the Clean Air Int...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Proposed CERCLA Administrative Agreement for Recovery of Remedial Design Response Costs; Del Amo Superfund Site, Waste Pits Operable Unit In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Agreeme...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Patriot Day, 2006 Patriot Day (Proc. 8047)	Presidential Document	Sep 12, 2006

Sudan Security Sector Transformation program; transfer of defense articles and services (Presidential Determination)

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Transfers of Defense Articles and Services in Support of Sudan Security Sector Transformation (SST) Program No. 2006-22 of August 28, 2006	Presidential Document	Sep 12, 2006

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Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board; Regular Meeting Notice is hereby given of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board (Board). Date and Time: The meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on September 12, 2...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested 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 t...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Deposit Insurance Regulations; Inflation Index; Certain Retirement Accounts and Employee Benefit Plan Accounts The FDIC is finalizing its interim rule, with changes, that amended regulations to implement deposit insurance revisions made by the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Conforming Amendments Act of 20...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

General Services Administration

Federal Management Regulation:

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Federal Management Regulation; Disposition of Excess Personal Property The General Services Administration is amending the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) by correcting references to outdated or superceded provisions of law or regulation; correcting text to be in conformance with revised laws, regulation, or Federal...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006
General Services Administration Federal Management Regulation; Disposition of Personal Property The General Services Administration is amending the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) by revising coverage on personal property and moving it into Subchapter B of the FMR. This proposed rule adds a new part to Subchapter B of the FMR to provide an...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > AHRQ Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: "Eisenberg Center Voluntary Customer Survey Gene...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Training of Latin American Health Care Workers; Cooperative Agreement This project will support the Gorgas Memorial Institute (GMI) to: (a) Develop a regional training center in Panam[aacute] and (b) train community health workers and clinicians (physicians, nurses, and auxiliary medical workers) and select public-heal...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Medical devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Umbilical occlusion device; CFR correction	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry on Drug Interaction Studies-Study Design, Data Analysis, and Implications for Dosing and Labeling; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Drug Interaction Studies--Study Design, Data Analysis, and Implications for Dosing and Labeling." This document is intended to provide re...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony; Form N-445, OMB Control No. 1615-0054.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, Form I-601, OMB Control Number 1615-0029.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Homeland Security Department Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions The Department of Homeland Security is concurrently establishing a new system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the Office of Security entitled the "Office of Security File System." This system of records will support the administrat...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Homeland Security Department Privacy Act; Systems of Records Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Security, proposes to add a new system of records to the Department's inventory, entitled "Office of Security File System." This system will support the administratio...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Homeland Security Department Privacy Act; Systems of Records Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Security, proposes to add a new system of records to the Department's inventory, entitled the "Personal Identity Verification Management System." This system will sup...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Advisory Committee to the Office of State and Local Training The Advisory Committee to the Office of State and Local Training (OSL) will meet on October 4, 2006, in Brunswick, GA. The meeting will be open to the public.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

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

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zones; U.S. Coast Guard Water Training Areas, Great Lakes In response to public requests, the Coast Guard is re-opening the comment period on its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish permanent safety zones throughout the Great Lakes to conduct live fire gun exercises. These safety zones are nec...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone: Fireworks Display, Trent River, New Bern, NC The Coast Guard proposes the establishment of a 1000 foot safety zone around a fireworks display for the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Conference occurring on November 12, 2006, on the Trent River, New Bern, NC. This action is intended to restr...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Marbled Murrelet We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise currently designated critical habitat for the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus) in Washington, Oregon, and California, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973,...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates or Proposed for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions In this Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), present an updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that we regard as candidates or have proposed for addition to the Lists of En...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Rota Bridled White-Eye (Zosterops rotensis) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for the Rota Bridled White-eye (Zosterops rotensis) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 3,958 acres (ac) (1,602 h...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Intent To Conduct Public Scoping and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement Regarding the Coyote Springs Investments Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Lincoln County, NV Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) as the lead agency, advises the public that we intend to gather information necessary to prepare an Environmental Impact State...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, and Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Advisory Council meeting will be held as indicated below.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action: Competitive Sale of Public Lands in Clark County, NV; Termination of Recreation and Public Purposes Classification and Segregation; Withdrawal of the Formerly Classified Lands by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer for sale, by public auction, 81 parcels of Federal public land aggregating approximately 2,577.60 acres, more or less, in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. The sale will be under the authority of the...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Tribal-State Compacts approval; Class III (casino) gambling:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming This notice publishes approval of the Tribal-State Compact between the State of Oklahoma and Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming This notice publishes approval of the Memorandum of Incorporation of Most Favored Nations Amendments to the Tribal-State Compact for class III gaming between the State of Washington and Lummi Nation.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Interior Department > BIA Indian Gaming Notice is given that the Tribal-State gaming compact between the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and the State of Oklahoma is considered approved and is in effect.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Labor Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting ACCSH will meet October 11-12, 2006, in Washington, DC. This meeting is open to the public. Time and Date: ACCSH will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, October 11-12, 2006. Place: ACCSH will meet in Room N-3437 A/B/C of the Frances...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Occupational safety and health standards:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Hazard Communication OSHA, other Federal agencies, and stakeholder representatives have participated in long-term international negotiations to develop a Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The GHS has been adopted by the United...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Legal Services Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Legal Services Corporation Sunshine Act Meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Board's Finance Committee Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Merit Systems Protection Board

Title	Type	Published
Merit Systems Protection Board Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection The U.S. Merit Systems Board is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct employee surveys for a period of three years from the approval date. Before submitting the Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for r...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Revision to a Currently Approved Information Collections; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Revision to a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review; Comment Request The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Meetings of Humanities Panel Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Overseas Private Investment Corporation September 21, 2006 Board of Directors Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Personnel Management Office

Employment:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Examining System The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting as a final rule, without changes, an interim rule that amended its direct- hire authority regulations to allow non-Department of Defense agencies to recruit and appoint highly-qualified individuals...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

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Science and Technology Policy Office

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Science and Technology Policy Office Notice of Release of Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States: Research Priorities for the Next Decade This notice announces the release of the Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States: Research Priorities for the Next Decade and Request for Public Comment by the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) Joint Subcommittee on...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; the International Securities Exchange, Inc., Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Short Sales International Securities Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change and Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Amendment No. 1 Thereto Relating To Establishing ISE Stock Exchange, LLC as a Facility of the International Securities Exchange, Inc International Securities Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Texas Disaster Number TX-00195 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1658-DR), dated 8/15/2006. Incident: Flooding. Incident Period: 7/31/2006 and continuing through 8/25/2006.	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Plastics Pallets (Twin Sheet Thermoformed). The basis for waiver is that no small business manufacturers are supplying this class of product to the Fede...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Social Security Administration

Social security benefits and supplemental security income:

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Additional Options for Requesting Administrative Review-Title II and Title XVI; Withdrawal We are withdrawing the notice we published in the Federal Register Notice on August 14, 2006. That notice explained that the Agency intended to expand the methods available for requesting administrative review by accepting oral requests from claimant...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

State Department

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Determination on U.S. Position on Proposed European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina; Raiffeisen Bank; investment determination	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FTA Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review 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	Sep 12, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, Weather Takeoff Minimums; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Use of Additional Portable Oxygen Concentrator Devices Onboard Aircraft This action amends Special Federal Aviation Regulation 106 (SFAR 106), Use of Certain Portable Oxygen Concentrator Devices Onboard Aircraft, to allow for the use of the AirSep Corporation's FreeStyle, SeQual Technologies' Eclipse, and Respironics Inc...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R Series Airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F Airplanes (Collectively Called A300-600 Series Airplanes) The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive eddy current inspections to detect cracks of the outer skin of the fuselage at cer...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-200, -300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes Equipped With an Auxiliary Fuel System Installed in Accordance With Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA83NE, SA1078NE, SA725NE, ST00040NY, or ST01337NY The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-200, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes equipped with an auxiliary fuel system installed in accordance with STC SA83NE, SA1078NE, SA725NE, ST00040NY, or ST01337NY....	Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Eurocopter Model AS350B, B1, B2, B3, BA, D, and AS355E Helicopters This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter helicopters. This action requires, within 10 hours time-in-service (TIS), inspecting the tapered housing of each main servo-control (MSC) for a crack. If no crack i...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Honeywell RCZ-833J/K, -851J/K, and -854J Communication (COM) Units, Equipped with XS-852E/F Mode S Transponders; and Honeywell XS-856A/B and -857A Mode S Transponders; Installed on But Not Limited to Certain Transport Category Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Honeywell COM units and transponders, installed on but not limited to certain transport category airplanes. This AD requires a revision to the Normal Procedures section of the airplan...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10 and DC-10-10F Airplanes; Model DC-10-15 Airplanes; Model DC-10-30 and DC-10-30F (KC-10A and KDC-10) Airplanes; Model DC-10-40 and DC-10-40F Airplanes; Model MD-10-10F and MD-10-30F Airplanes; and Model MD-11 and MD-11F Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas transport category airplanes. This AD requires fabrication and installation of a wire harness guard in the right wheel well of the main landing gear (MLG), and relat...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (Formerly Rolls-Royce plc) Dart 528, 529, 532, 535, 542, and 552 Series Turbofan Engines The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (formerly Rolls-Royce plc) (RRD) Dart 528, 529, 532, 535, 542, and 552 series turbofan engines. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Consumer information:

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Transportation Department > NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP); Safety Labeling A provision of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users requires new passenger vehicles to be labeled with safety rating information published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Transportation Department > FTA Environmental Impact Statement for the North Metro Corridor The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), will prepare an Environmental Impact St...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

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Transportation Department > FTA Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Program The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects to be funded under Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations for the Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) program, auth...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Hazardous materials:

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Transportation Department > PHMSA Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permit Applications In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Proposed Agency Guidance and Request for Comments on the Eligibility of Joint Development Improvements Under Federal Transit Law The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) seeks public comment on the following proposed guidance on joint development capital projects funded by the Federal Transit Administration. The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

Treasury Department

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Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Sep 12, 2006
Treasury Department > OFAC Iranian Transactions Regulations The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("OFAC") is amending the Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560, to revoke the authorizations contained in Sec. 560.516 with respect to Bank Saderat and to except...	Rule	Sep 12, 2006

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

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Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Establishment of the Swan Creek Viticultural Area (2005R-414P) The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to establish the 96,000-acre Swan Creek viticultural area in Wilkes, Yadkin, and Iredell Counties, North Carolina. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin o...	Proposed Rule	Sep 12, 2006

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United States Sentencing Commission

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United States Sentencing Commission Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts Pursuant to section 1(c) of the Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act, Public Law 109-181, the Commission hereby gives notice of a temporary, emergency amendment to the sentencing guidelines, policy statements, and commentary. This notice set...	Notice	Sep 12, 2006

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