September 21, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register September 21, 2006

View all documents issued on September 21, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

118 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 21, 2006

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Title Type Published
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, with a change, an interim final rule revising the handling requirements for California nectarines and peaches by modifying the grade, size, maturity, and pack requirements for fresh shipment...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

Grade standards:

Title Type Published
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the possible revisions of the United States Standards for Grades of Pineapples. AMS ha...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Kootenai National Forest's Lincoln County Resource Advisory Commi...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will be meeting to assign monitors on 2006 projects and hold a short public forum (question and answer session). The meeting is being held pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Ac...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Plant-related quarantine, foreign:

Title Type Published
We are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from Namibia under certain conditions. As a condition of entry, the grapes must undergo cold treatment and fumigation with met...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received an application for a scientific research permit from the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) in Santa Clara County, CA (1121). This document serves to notify the public of the availability of the pe...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Senior Executive Service Combined Performance Review Board; membership; correction
Correction Sep 21, 2006
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 the members of the Bureau of Industry and Security's Performance Review B...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
On June 22, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the notice of intent to rescind the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG) from Japan. This review covers...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS is opening directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), effective 0700 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t), September 20, 2006. This adjustment is necessary to...
Rule Sep 21, 2006
NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 13C to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). Amendment...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy is amending 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 Sep 21, 2006
The Department of the Navy is amending 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 Sep 21, 2006
The Department of the Navy is amending 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 Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History, a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee, will meet to review naval historical activities since the last meeting of the Advisory Subcommittee on Nava...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
This notice informs the public that the Global Positioning Systems Wing (GPSW) (formerly the GPS Joint Program Office) will be hosting a technical working group meeting to discuss the new L1C signal as specified in Draft IS-GPS-800, Navstar GPS Space...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
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 Sep 21, 2006
The Secretary of Education requests comments on the Student Aid Report (SAR) that the Secretary proposes to use for the 2007-2008 award year. The SAR is used to notify Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applicants of their eligibility t...
Notice Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announ...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announce...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

No documents available.

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Title Type Published
This action finalizes Methods 203A, 203B, and 203C for determining visible emissions using data reduction procedures that are more appropriate for State Implementation Plan (SIP) rules than Method 9, the method currently used. This action was request...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

Air programs:

Title Type Published
Under mandate from the Clean Air Act to review and approve alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to expand and amend the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) thro...
Proposed Rule Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The goals of this meeting are to discuss and clarify the scope and potential application of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) to pesticide products that are registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fun...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Radio services; special:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on possible changes to its rules governing existing and prospective Upper 700 MHz Guard Bands licensees as well as possible revision to its Upper 700 MHz band plan in...
Proposed Rule Sep 21, 2006

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Title Type Published
The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is requesting comments on a proposed examination rating system to be known as the Federal Home Loan Bank Rating System (Rating System).
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Federal Labor Relations Authority logo Federal Labor Relations Authority

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the members of the Performance Review Board.
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin diseases
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory Council
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title Type Published
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

General program test:

Title Type Published
With this notice, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announces that the duration of the quota preprocessing program test, which provides for the electronic processing of certain quota- class apparel merchandise prior to arrival of the...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Immigration:

Title Type Published
This Notice expands a pilot program being conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that changes the procedures for certain aliens filing Form I-485, "Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status," based on a family relat...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing temporary special local regulations for the "Clarksville Hydroplane Challenge", a power boat race to be held on the waters of the John H. Kerr Reservoir adjacent to Clarksville, Virginia. These special local regulation...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...
Notice Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (the Committee) to be held via telephone conference. The meeting is open to the general public, which may participate by f...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we), announces a 5-year review of Curtis' pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisii) and Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act). We request any new information o...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we), will be developing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer and the Lewis and Clark N...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Oil and gas leases:

Title Type Published
Per 30 U.S.C. 188(d), Baldwin Exploration Corp. timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease NDM 94458, Mountrail County, North Dakota, together with a request for a rental and royalty reduction allowed under 43 CFR 3108.2-3(f). The...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Special regulations:

Title Type Published
This final rule designates areas where personal watercraft (PWC) may be used in Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado. This final rule implements the provisions of the National Park Service (NPS) general regulations authorizing park areas to a...
Rule Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 2006
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 a proposed continua...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

Title Type Published
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) intends to request approval of a revised information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 and 3507). The currently approved infor...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request extension of a currently approved information collection used when former Federal civilian employees and other authorized individuals request information from or copies of documents in...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 21, 2006

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
Commission rules include five sets of rules with sunset provisions. The Commission proposes to reissue four of these sets of rules with limited revisions. These include shortening and standardizing the intervention period (where applicable); eliminat...
Proposed Rule Sep 21, 2006

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act.
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Sep 21, 2006
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Fixed Income Clearing Corp. et al.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Sep 21, 2006

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Youth Programs Division of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the placement component of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions...
Notice Sep 21, 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 an extension of a currently approved information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day publ...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice i...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA announces in this notice that the deadline for submitting requests for international Arrival Authorizations at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) for allocation under 14 CFR 93.29 is October 12, 2006. This date coincides with the dead...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
PHMSA is considering revisions to the list of hazardous materials that require development and implementation of a security plan to address security risks during transportation in commerce. This effort is being coordinated with other Department of Tr...
Proposed Rule Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 202: Portable Electronic Devices.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 159: Global Positioning System.
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 21, 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 Sep 21, 2006
The purpose of this notice is to publish the names of those IRS employees who will serve as members on IRS' Fiscal Year 2006 Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Boards.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of the members of the Combined Performance Review Board (PRB) for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Financial Management Service, the Bureau of the Public Dept, and the Un...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on August 9, 2006 (71 FR 45379) that provide guidance on certain issues under section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), including the in...
Rule Sep 21, 2006
This document contains corrections to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on August 9, 2006 (71 FR 45379) that provide guidance on certain issues under section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), including the int...
Rule Sep 21, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
An open meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
An open meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Sep 21, 2006
An open meeting of the Joint Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is reviewing public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service brought forward by...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
An open meeting of the Wage & Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on imp...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
An open meeting of the AD Hoc Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Serv...
Notice Sep 21, 2006
An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Earned Income Tax Credit Issue Committee will be conducted (via teleconference). The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on improving customer service at the Inte...
Notice Sep 21, 2006

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