November 16, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register November 16, 2006

View all documents issued on November 16, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

120 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 16, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Crop insurance regulations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to add to 7 CFR part 457 a new Sec. 457.171 that provides insurance for cabbage. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain s...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to add to 7 CFR part 457 a new Sec. 457.168 that provides insurance for mustard. The provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions, which contain s...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee; correction
Correction Nov 16, 2006

Milk marketing orders:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a public information session to be held addressing proposals received to amend the Federal order Class III and Class IV product price formulas. The purpose of the pre-hearing information session is for interested parties to lear...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

National Forest System Lands:

Title Type Published
The Forest Service proposes to amend Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 241, 251 and 261. Relevant sections of the Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2151, 2152, 2153, 2610, 2651 and 2719; and Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2109.14, would also...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Pistachios grown in

Title Type Published
This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (committee) for the 2006-07 and subsequent production years from $0.0014 to $0.0007 per pound of assessed-weight pistachios. The committee, which loca...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Tomatoes grown in

Title Type Published
This rule would increase the assessment rate established for the Florida Tomato Committee (Committee) for the 2006-07 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.025 to $0.035 per 25-pound container or equivalent of tomatoes handled. The Committee locally...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Walnuts grown in

Title Type Published
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Walnut Marketing Board (Board) for the 2006-07 and subsequent marketing years from $0.0096 to $0.0101 per kernelweight pound of assessable walnuts. The Board locally administers the marketin...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
NMFS announces the receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc. If granted, the EFP would authorize the applicants, with certain conditions, to collect limited numbers of u...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) was established pursuant to provisions under Title IV of the Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act, 22. U.S.C. 2151, and under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. ETTAC was f...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces that the annual quota for the Maine mahogany quahog fishery has been harvested. Commercial vessels operating under a limited access Maine mahogany quahog permit may not harvest Maine mahogany quahogs from the Maine mahogany quahog zone...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
NMFS announces the end of the 2006 Pacific Whiting (whiting) Primary Season for the catcher-processor sector at 4 pm local time (l.t.) November 3, 2006, because the allocation for the catcher- processor sector is projected to have been reached by tha...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
NOAA Fisheries Service and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) have rescheduled a public hearing on a draft amendment that would establish standardized bycatch reporting methodology (SBRM) for every fishery management plan (FMP). The...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

International services surveys:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule amends regulations of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce (BEA) to set forth the reporting requirements for the BE-185, Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Provide...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Marine mammals:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot a...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot a...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the appointment of members to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Performance Review Board. The Performance Review Board provides a fair and impartial review of Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance appraisals and...
Notice Nov 16, 2006
The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 250. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for official travel in Alaska, Haw...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Corps) will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed project action as described and evaluated in Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the operation and...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors (BoV) for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory Commit...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Jump Power, LLC
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Northern Border Pipeline Co.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Plains End II, LLC
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Round Rock Energy, LLC
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Southern Natural Gas Co.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Nov 16, 2006
TransColorado Gas Transmission Co.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
WPS Beaver Falls Generation, LLC, et al.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
WPS Resources Corp. et al.
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Complaints filed:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Title Type Published
We are proposing a facility-specific nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) standard for a steam generating unit which simultaneously combusts fossil fuel and chemical by-product/waste at the Innovene USA facility located in Lima, Ohio. New source performa...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006
New source performance standards (NSPS) limiting emissions of, among other pollutants, nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) from industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units capable of combusting more than 100 million British thermal units...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

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

Title Type Published
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. This revision consists of the removal of a Consent Agreement (Agreement) currently in the SIP for the control of sulfur dioxide emissions from Burl...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Solid wastes:

Title Type Published
The EPA proposes to approve Missouri's Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) permit program and updates to the approved Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit (MSWLP) program. On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006
This action approves Missouri's Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) permit program and updates to the approved Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit (MSWLP) program. On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D permits...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The EPA proposes to approve Nebraska's Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) permit program and updates to the approved Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit (MSWLP) program. On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006
This action approves Nebraska's Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) permit program and updates to the approved Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit (MSWLP) program. On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D permits...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
BXC, Inc., et al.
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Banks and bank holding companies:

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Director, Integrated Acquisition Environment Division, General Services Administration invites comments on the proposed best practices guide, Contractor Performance in the Acquisition Process, for the collection and usage of contractor performanc...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 16, 2006
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Drug Testing Advisory Board
Notice Nov 16, 2006
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Nov 16, 2006
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the United States after Deportation or Removal; Form I-212. OMB Control Number 1615-0018.
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Anchorage regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard hereby amends the special anchorage area in Falmouth, Maine, Casco Bay. This action is necessary to facilitate safe navigation and provide mariners a safe and secure anchorage for vessels of not more than 65 feet in length. This actio...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Coast Guard proposes to revise the duration vessels are authorized to anchor in specific anchorage grounds within the Port of New York and New Jersey (PONYNJ). This proposed action is necessary to facilitate safe navigation and provide for the ov...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has temporarily changed the drawbridge operation regulations that govern the Amtrak Bridge across the Thames River, mile 0.8, at New London, Connecticut. This temporary final rule allows the bridge owner to open the bridge on a tempor...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Coast Guard has revised its proposal to change the operation of the Pekin Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 151.2, at Pekin, Illinois and the Chessie Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 254.1 at Seneca, Illinois across Illinois Waterway. The present regulation req...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Coast Guard is proposing to change the regulation governing the operation of the Illinois Central Railroad Drawbridge, Mile 579.9, Upper Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa. Under the proposed rule, the drawbridge would open on signal if at least...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Loop Parkway Bridge across Long Creek at mile 0.7, at Jones Beach, New York. Under this temporary deviation, the Loop Parkw...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Coast Guard is changing the drawbridge operation regulations that govern the SR 175 Bridge, at mile 3.5, across Chincoteague Channel at Chincoteague Island, Virginia. This change is necessary to help relieve vehicular traffic congestion and reduc...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Serious marine incident testing; devices:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard announces that the use of a Breath Alcohol .02 Detection System manufactured by Akers Bioscience, Inc., may be used by the maritime industry to conduct alcohol tests in compliance with Coast Guard regulations.
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, BLM John Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council, will meet on November 27, 2006, at the Oxford Su...
Notice Nov 16, 2006
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Counci...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Argentina and Mexico
Notice Nov 16, 2006
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1103 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to determine whether an industry in the United...
Notice Nov 16, 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 preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Nov 16, 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 proposed and/or con...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The NCUA is providing to its employees this notice of employee rights and protections under the Notification and Federal Employees Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (the No FEAR Act).
Notice Nov 16, 2006

N
National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Production and utilization facilities; domestic licensing:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations that govern domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities so that the requirements governing criticality control for spent fuel pool storage racks do not apply to the f...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations that govern domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities so that the requirements governing criticality control for spent fuel pool storage racks would not a...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has updated NUREG-0725, "Public Information Circular for Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel." This document provides information on shipments of irradiated reactor fuel (spent fuel) that are subject to r...
Notice Nov 16, 2006

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Commission is re-issuing five sets of rules related to certain types of Postal Service requests that are due to expire, given sunset provisions. Re-issuance entails eliminating sunset provisions in four sets. It also entails limited revisions, su...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Nov 16, 2006
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Nov 16, 2006
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Rail carriers:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Waybill data; release for use
Notice Nov 16, 2006

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Air Tractor, Inc. (Air Tractor) Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT- 602, AT-802, and AT-802A airplanes. This AD requires you to repetitively visually inspect the rudder and vertical fin h...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Avro 146-RJ airplanes. This AD requires modifying the nose landing gear. This AD results from reports of loss of the nose wheel assembly...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 757 airplanes. This AD requires installing a control wheel damper assembly at the first officer's drum bracket assembly and aileron quadrant beneath the flight deck floor...
Rule Nov 16, 2006
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Turmo IV A and IV C series turboshaft engines. That AD currently requires borescope and eddy current inspections or ultrasonic inspections of centrifugal compressor intake...
Rule Nov 16, 2006

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title Type Published
FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to merge information from the medical certificate into the Commercial Driver's License (CDL) process as required by section 215 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act...
Proposed Rule Nov 16, 2006

Rail carriers:

No documents available.

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Veterans Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation
Notice Nov 16, 2006

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