Federal Register October 27, 2006
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Agencies Publishing on October 27, 2006
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Agriculture Department
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AAntitrust Modernization Commission (1)
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Commerce Department
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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CCommittee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (1)
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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Merit Systems Protection Board
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Credit Union Administration
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Social Security Administration
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Agriculture Department
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A Plan of Operation has been submitted by Pete Lien and Sons, Inc., for the purpose of mining for chemical grade limestone within mining claims on National Forest System land. The proposal is to mine within Pennington County totaling approximately 10...
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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces the availability of approximately $1.3 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year 2007 to enable States to explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products and to enco...
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The USDA Forest Service proposes a new fee site that will involve a special recreation permit for each operator using the Ocala National Forest designated off-highway vehicle trail system. There would be a choice between a three-consecutive day permi...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations that provide for the...
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The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Peanut Standards Board (Board) for the purpose of advising the Secretary on quality and handling standards for domestically produced and imported...
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Antitrust Modernization Commission
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The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold a public meeting on November 14, 2006. The purpose of the meeting is for the Antitrust Modernization Commission to deliberate on possible recommendations regarding the antitrust laws to Congress and th...
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Commerce Department
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On April 3, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on canned pineapple fruit ("CPF") from Thailand pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the "Act"). On t...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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NMFS proposes specifications for the 2007 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries. The implementing regulations for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) require NMFS to publish specifications for the...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the review of glycine from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). This review covers the period March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2006.
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) has cancelled the public meeting of its Habitat/Marine Protected Area (MPA)/Ecosystem Committee that was scheduled in October, 2006. The new meeting is rescheduled for November, 2006 to consider ac...
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The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory entities will hold public meetings.
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List products previously furnished by such agencies.
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The Committee is proposing to delete from the Procurement List products previously furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: November 26, 2006.
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
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Directive to Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) establishing agreed levels.
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Defense Department
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Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing is scheduled to be held. The purpose of the meeting is to review planned changes and progress in developing computeri...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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This documents removes Subpart D, "For Official Use Only" (FOUO) from 32 CFR part 286, "DoD Freedom of Information Act Program Regulations" and reserves that subpart for future use. Removing this from 32 CFR part 286 will eliminate confusion of the a...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(I)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant a biological materials license concerning the Raman Spectra Database, invention disclosure number AFIP 06-40, to ChemImage Corporation, with it...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508) and Public Law 102-484 Section 2834, as amended by Public Law 104-106 Se...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The actions that will take place include the approval of minutes from the Board of Regents Meeting held July 31, 2006; acceptance of administrative reports; approval of faculty appointments and promotions; and the awarding of post-baccalaureate maste...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Huntington District announces the extension of the public comment period for the proposed Spruce No. 1 Mine Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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Notice is given of the names of members of a Performance Review Board for the Department of the Army.
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, as amended (5 U.S.C., Appendix) and 41 CFR, parts 102-3 through 102-3.185, the Department of Defense gives notice of changes to several existing DoD-Supporting Federal Advisory Commi...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Mobile District, issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) on June 16, 2006 (71 FR 34901) describing the preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as required by the National Environmental Policy Act...
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Energy Department
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Section 313 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) \1\ amends section 15 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) \2\ to provide the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) with additional authority to coordinate the processing of authorizations...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA does not object to the project as proposed, but encourages GSA to consider additional measures to reduce air pollution emissions. Rating LO. EIS No. 20060316, ERP No. D-GSA-B40096-ME, Madawaska Border Station Project, Replacement of Existing Bord...
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There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel FIFRA SAP to consider and review Worker Exposure Assessment Methods.
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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In accordance with subsections 122 (h)(1) and (i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1) and (i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement agreeme...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of August 9, 2006, concerning the availability of the reregistration eligibility decision (RED) for the organic arsenical herbicides MSMA, DSMA, DAMA, and cacodylic acid. EPA also issued a notice in the Fed...
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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This notice announces a public meeting of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee ("MCAC" or "the Committee"). MCAC provides guidance and advice to CMS on specific clinical topics under review for Medicare coverage. This meeting concerns reconsidera...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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This notice announces a quarterly meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (the Council). The Council will meet to discuss certain proposed changes in regulations and manual instructions related to physicians' services, as identified by...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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This proposed rule would require all long term care facilities to be equipped with sprinkler systems. This proposed rule especially requests public comments on the duration of a phase-in period to allow long term care facilities to install such syste...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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This notice announces our proposal to reapprove Medicare Advantage Deeming Authority of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. for health maintenance organizations and local preferred provider organizations for a term of 6 yea...
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Homeland Security Department
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The Coast Guard proposes to change the operating regulations for the New Youngs Bay, Old Youngs Bay, and the Lewis and Clark River Drawbridges near Astoria, Oregon. This change is requested by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), owner of...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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Required Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information for Truck Carriers: ACE Truck Manifest
Pursuant to section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002 and implementing regulations published in December, 2003, truck carriers and other eligible parties were directed to transmit advance electronic truck cargo information to the Bureau of Customs and...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is issuing a final regulation that sets forth record retention requirements with respect to the record management programs of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Lo...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
Interior Department
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The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Dakotas Resource Advisory Council scheduled for October 26 and 27, 2006, at the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Lands and Minerals Center at 99 23rd Avenue West,...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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Pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended by Section 4 of the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, 90 Stat. 1083, 30 U.S.C. 201 (b), and to the regulations adopted as 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 3410, al...
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In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Proposed Resour...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and determined that one parcel of public land, 0.75 acres, located in Custer County, Idaho is suitable for disposal by direct (non- competitive) sale to First Fruits Foundation Trust, Christopher James...
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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The U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) concerning the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed development of a Federal Correctional Institution to be lo...
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Labor Department
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OSHA solicits public comment concerning its request for an extension of the information collection requirement contained in the Aerial Lifts Standard.
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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...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
Merit Systems Protection Board
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Notice is hereby given of the members of the Performance Review Board.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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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 a partially exclusive, worldwide license to practice the inventions described in NASA Case Numbers LAR-16383-1-NP...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
National Credit Union Administration
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NCUA is issuing a final rule to describe in greater detail the requirements for reporting and filing a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) and to address prompt notification of the board of directors of SAR filings, the confidentiality of reports, and l...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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NCUA is amending its rules to implement amendments to the Federal Credit Union Act (FCU Act) made by the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 (Reg Relief Act). The interim final rule revises the maturity limit in the general lending rule...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference the latest revisions of two previously incorporated regulatory guides (RGs) that approve Code Cases published by the American Society of Me...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to incorporate by reference the latest revisions of two previously incorporated regulatory guides (RGs) that approve Code cases published by the American Society of Mechani...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to the modification of shutdown testing requirements in technical specifications (TS) for Boiling Water Reactors (BW...
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Personnel Management Office
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This notice publishes the interim adjustments for the Alaska and Pacific Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) areas. The Federal Government conducts COLA surveys in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to set COLA...
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This notice publishes the "2005 Nonforeign Area Cost-of- Living Allowance Survey Report: Caribbean and Washington, DC, Areas." The Federal Government uses the results of surveys such as these to set cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rates for General S...
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Notice | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The Office of Personnel Management is publishing a proposed regulation to change the cost-of-living allowance rates received by certain white-collar Federal and U.S. Postal Service employees in Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The ch...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Applicant requests an exemption from section 9(a) of the Act with respect to a securities-related injunction entered in 1987. Applicant: Investment Technology Group, Inc. ("ITG"). Filing Dates: The application was filed on May 24, 2005 and amended on...
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Small Business Administration
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Social Security Administration
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We are adding to our regulations a new subpart, Medicare Part B Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount, to contain the rules we will follow for Medicare Part B income-related monthly adjustment amount determinations. The monthly adjustment amount r...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
State Department
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The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: Nonimmigran...
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State Justice Institute
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This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2007 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
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Surface Transportation Board
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that the European Communities (EC) has requested consultations with the United States under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ("WTO Agre...
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Transportation Department
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The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively inspect the engine mount for any cracks, repair or replace any cracked engine mount, and re...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes. That AD currently requires an inspection for evidence of chafing between the hydraulic flexible hose and the ram air tur...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus models, as specified above. This AD requires modifying the aft pressure bulkhead for improved corrosion protection and drainage, and related concurrent actions. This AD results...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A300 and A310 airplanes and A300-600 series airplanes. This AD requires inspecting for discrepancies of all electrical bundles located in the leading and trailing edges of th...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive mid- and low-frequency eddy current inspections for cracks in the overlapped skin panels in the fuselage skin lap joints in sec...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 757-200, -200CB, and -300 series airplanes. This AD requires repetitive detailed inspections for proper functioning of the girt bar leaf springs for the escape slides to...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Hartzell Propeller Inc. model HC-B5MP-3( )/M10282A( )+6 five- bladed propellers. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive torque check inspections on the mounting bolts on c...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to various aircraft equipped with certain Honeywell Primus II RNZ-850( )/-851( ) integrated navigation units (INUs). That AD, as one alternative for compliance, provides f...
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Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
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FRA is amending its occupational noise standards for railroad employees whose predominant noise exposure occurs in the locomotive cab. FRA's previous standard (issued in 1980) limited cab employee noise exposure to certain levels based on the duratio...
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This notice proposes to modify the Class E airspace area at Santa Cruz, CA. The establishment of a Special COPTER Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) 040 Point In Space Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and a Special CO...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 27, 2006 |
Treasury Department
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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...
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Veterans Affairs Department
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is making a technical amendment to VA Handbook 5021, Employee/Management Relations, dated April 15, 2002, to correct the citation for the Secretary's authority to issue regulations. Section 7421 of Title 38 provides...
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