December 5, 2006 (Volume 71)

Federal Register December 5, 2006

View all documents issued on December 5, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

104 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 5, 2006

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, this notice announces the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) intention to revise and...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Meat and poultry inspection:

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing receipt of a petition from Hormel Foods to establish a definition for the voluntary claim "natural" and to delineate the conditions under which the claim can be used on the labels of meat an...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Recreation fee areas:

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The Malheur National Forest is planning to increase fees at numerous campgrounds as well as begin charging fees at other campgrounds. Funds from fees collected will be used for the continued operation and maintenance of fee campgrounds on the Malheur...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Broadcasting Board of Governors logo Broadcasting Board of Governors

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 Dec 05, 2006
The invention listed below is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and Cree Inc. The Department of Commerce's interest in the invention is available for licensing, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Antidumping:

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China
Notice Dec 05, 2006
On August 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("Department") initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on solid agricultural grade ammonium nitrate from Ukraine pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("the Act"...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
On August 1, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing bars from Moldova, the People's Republic of China, South Korea, Indonesia, Poland, and Belarus purs...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
On August 1, 2006, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the "Act"), the Department of Commerce (the "Department") initiated sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products fr...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Fisheries and conservation management:

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NMFS proposes 2007 specifications and management measures for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish (MSB). This action also proposes to modify existing management measures to improve the monitoring and management of the squid fisheries. Specifical...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Fishery conservation and management:

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This notice announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) is considering additional management measures to further limit the number of participants or levels of participation in the commercial fishery for Atlantic group king ma...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense is preparing to draft new consumer protection rules. Public Law 109-364, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, Sec. 670, "Limitations on Terms of Consumer Credit Extended to Service Members...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting (amended).
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Assistance regulations:

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The Department of Energy (DOE) is moving its regulations on nonprocurement debarment and suspension from their current location in title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to title 2 of the CFR, and is adopting the format established by the...
Rule Dec 05, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air programs:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting applications for essential use allowances for calendar years 2008 and 2009. Essential use allowances provide exemptions from the production and import phaseout of ozone-depleting substances (ODS...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

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

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EPA is taking direct final action to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) and operating permits program revision submitted by the state of Missouri to update the ambient air quality standards, sampling methods, definitions, and common referenc...
Rule Dec 05, 2006
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) and operating permits program revision submitted by the State of Missouri to update the ambient air quality standards, sampling methods, definitions, and common reference methods and tables....
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Government agencies and employees:

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Personnel Management Office; assignment of certain pay-related functions (EO 13415)
Presidential Document Dec 05, 2006

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) is providing notice of a new record system, Excluded Parties List System (GSA/GOVT-8). The system contains information entered by Federal agencies that identifies individuals excluded from Federal Government...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The Office of the Director, NIH, invites you to the second annual Philip S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D. Distinguished Lecture on Innovation and Technology Transfer.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Dec 05, 2006
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 05, 2006
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 05, 2006
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Dec 05, 2006
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Nurse Education and Practice National Advisory Council
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Scientific Review Center
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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Poison control centers certification standards; approval criteria/guidelines establishment; comment response
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This Notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will forward the new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing and approval under the Paperw...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Commercial gauger and laboratory accreditations:

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Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, Oiltest, Inc., 100 Grove Road, Thorofare, New Jersey 08086, has been re-approved to gauge petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils, and to test petroleum...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, SGS North America Inc., 1212 North 39th Street, Suite 330, Tampa, Florida 33605, has been re-approved to gauge petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils,...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, SGS North America Inc., 614 Herron Drive, Bridgeport, New Jersey 08014, has been re-approved to gauge petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils, and to te...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Drawbridge operations:

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The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the SR 46 (St. Claude Avenue) bridge across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, mile 0.5 (GIWW mile 6.2 East of Harvey Lock) in...
Rule Dec 05, 2006
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the BNSF Railway Company Vertical Lift Span Bridge across Berwick Bay, mile 0.4, (Atchafalaya River, mile 17.5) at Morgan City...
Rule Dec 05, 2006

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is providing notice to all of its employees, former employees, and applicants for employment about the rights and remedies that are available to them under the Federal antidiscrimination laws...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

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In accordance with 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 3425.4, the Bureau of Land Management, Miles City Field Office, Miles City, Montana, hereby gives notice that an Environmental Assessment (EA) is available and a public hearing will be held to l...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to remove the threatened Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum) (thistle) from the Federal List of Threatened and Endangered Plants, under the Endanger...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We find that the petition...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a General Management Plan/Wilderness Study (GMP/WS) for Ozark Nat...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the California Bay-Delta Public Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet on December 14, 2006. This meeting will be held jointly with the California Bay-Delta Authority. The agenda for the joint...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Outer Continental Shelf Operations:

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Pursuant to the authority vested in the Director of the Minerals Management Service by the joint bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41, each entity within one of the following groups shall be restricted from bidding with any entity in any other of the...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Valid existing rights determination requests:

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This notice announces our decision on a request for a determination of valid existing rights (VER) under section 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). We have determined that Sturgeon Mining Company, Inc...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Withdrawal and reservation of lands:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management proposes to withdraw 16.45 acres of public land from surface entry and mining for a period of 20 years to protect the Farmington Administrative Site. The land was previously withdrawn by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6616,...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6675 for an additional 20 years. PLO No. 6675 withdrew 264.39 acres of public lands in Taos and Rio Arriba Counties from settlement, sale, location or...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (U.S. Forest Service), has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw from mining 65 acres of National Forest System l...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Tribal Resources Grant Program Equipment/Training progress report.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Proposed collection; National Inmate Survey.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Office of Legal Education Nomination/Confirmation Form.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
30-Day notice of information collection under review: Revision of a currently approved collection; Bulletproof Vest Partnership.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Notice: Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition--Annual Inventory of Firearms: Withdrawal.
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections o...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections o...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections o...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections o...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification filed by the parties listed...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR Part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification filed by the parties listed...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

International Labor Affairs Bureau:

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This notice is a request for information for use by the Department of Labor in preparation of an annual report on certain trade beneficiary countries' implementation of international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. This will...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Public Interest Declassification Board
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 05, 2006
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Meetings:

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Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Federal antidiscrimination, whistleblower protection, and retaliation laws; No FEAR Act notice
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised information...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

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President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the names and titles of the current membership of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) Performance Review Board as of October 2, 2006.
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. 14 CFR Part 141 prescribes requirements for pilot schools certification. Information collected is us...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. This information is needed to meet the requirements of Title 49, Section 40117(k), Competition Plans...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) revision of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following col...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
This action will revise the Class E airspace at Sheridan, WY. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft executing a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) approach procedure at Sheridan County Airport. Th...
Rule Dec 05, 2006
This action changes the names of the controlling agency and using agency for Restricted Areas R-6608A, B, and C, Quantico, VA. The FAA is taking this action at the request of the U.S. Marine Corps to reflect the current organizational names. This is...
Rule Dec 05, 2006
This action changes the using agency of Restricted Areas R- 2202A, R-2202B, and R-2202C from "U.S. Army, Commander, Cold Regions Test Activity, Fort Greely, AK" to "U.S. Army, Commander, Cold Regions Test Center Fort Greely, AK". The FAA is taking th...
Rule Dec 05, 2006

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

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Under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c), notice is being given that the FAA is considering a request from the City of Concord to waive the requirement that approximately 0.66-acres of airport property, located at the Concord Regiona...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at Rogue Valley International--Medford Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21), now 49 U...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Coastwise trade laws; administrative waivers:

Title Type Published
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Dec 05, 2006
As authorized by Public Law 105-383 and Public Law 107-295, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circ...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice solicits proposals to compete for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 funds through the Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands (ATPPL) program, administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in partnership with the Department of...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Highway planning and construction; licenses, permits, approvals, etc.:

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This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the St. Croix River Crossing on Trunk Highway (TH) 36 in Oak Park H...
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 207, Airport Security Access Control Systems.
Notice Dec 05, 2006
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 209, Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon Systems (ATCRBS)/Mode S Transponder.
Notice Dec 05, 2006

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
This document denies a petition for rulemaking requesting that the agency amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant crash protection," to include belted test dummies in the rear seats of the dynamic crash tests, and to include a...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
We are amending the procedural regulations governing the FAA's administrative assessment of civil penalties for violations of certain provisions of the Federal aviation statute and the Federal hazardous materials. We are also amending the FAA's proce...
Rule Dec 05, 2006

Railroad safety:

Title Type Published
FRA is issuing for comment proposed statements of agency policy that would amend the 25 schedules of civil penalties (Schedules) issued as appendixes to FRA's safety regulations to reflect more accurately the safety risks associated with a violation...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Alcohol, tobacco, and other excise taxes:

Title Type Published
In response to an industry member request, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau extends the comment period for Notice No. 65, Tax Classification of Cigars and Cigarettes, a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on Oc...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title Type Published
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau proposes to expand the San Francisco Bay viticultural area in northern California. The proposed expansion would add 88 square miles to the viticultural area to its north in Solano County, California. We de...
Proposed Rule Dec 05, 2006

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