Federal Register December 18, 2006
View all documents issued on December 18, 2006. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
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Agencies Publishing on December 18, 2006
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Trade Commission
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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Justice Department
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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PPrivacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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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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The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring a public meeting on January 23, 2007. The objecti...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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We are amending the regulations to list a number of fruits and vegetables from certain parts of the world as eligible, under specified conditions, for importation into the United States. Some of the fruits and vegetables are already eligible for impo...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Commerce Department
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NOAA's Estuarine Reserves Division, in collaboration with NOAA's Coastal Services Center and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Climate Program Office, are offering five fellowships for masters and doctoral students to conduct social science...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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This is a correction to the notice of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 71 FR 69543 (December 1, 2006).
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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NMFS announces that it is considering and seeking public comment on the implementation of further minimum carapace length (gauge) increases, escape vent size increases, and trap reductions in the offshore American lobster fishery, consistent with rec...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3 (CPDC--S&A 5.3) was established by Charter on October 12, 2006. CPDC--S&A 5.3 is the Federal Advisory Committee charged with responsibili...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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On August 10, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published in the Federal Register its preliminary results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate ("CTL plate") from the People's Rep...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3 (CPDC-S&A 3.3) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated October 17, 2006. CPDC-S&A 3.3 is the Federal Advisory Committee charged wi...
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NMFS announces Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops to be held in January, February, and March of 2007. Additional workshops will be held throughout 2007 and will be schedu...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces the extension of temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These restrictions will cont...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces the extension of temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These restrictions will cont...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes this notice to announce the availability of the draft Report for one of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Products for public comment. This draft Repo...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Defense Department
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Committee meeting is to introduce new membe...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Education Department
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The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces a competition for grants to support statewide longitudinal data systems. The Director takes this action under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (Act), Title II o...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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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.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Energy Department
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This document corrects errors in a final rule that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2006. That action amended the Commission's regulations governing small power production and coge...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA is reopening the public comment period for a proposed significant new use rule (SNUR) published in the Federal Register of May 12, 1993 (58 FR 27980) for the chemical chloranil (2,3,5,6- tetrachloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione). EPA is planning...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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EPA is proposing to approve revisions adopted by North Dakota on February 1, 2005 to Chapter 33-15-15 of the North Dakota Administrative Code (Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality) that incorporate EPA's December 31, 2002 NSR Reform...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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EPA is proposing two actions related to excess emissions provisions that were previously approved by EPA into the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources portion of the Nevada State Implementation Plan. These proposed actions include...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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This notice announces that the EPA Administrator has responded to a citizen petition requesting that EPA object to a Clean Air Act ("CAA" or "the Act") title V operating permit modification issued by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Serv...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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EPA is announcing the availability of a document titled, "Ecological Benefits Assessment Strategic Plan" (EPA-240-R-06-001), which was prepared by several Offices within the Agency. The Ecological Benefits Assessment Strategic Plan identifies and com...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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On June 29, 1995, and July 10, 1997, EPA proposed to approve a request by the Forest County Potawatomi Community (FCP Community) to redesignate certain trust lands within its reservation as Class I with respect to the Clean Air Act (CAA) Prevention o...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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On December 16, 2005, the EPA promulgated emission guidelines (EG) for existing "other" solid waste incineration (OSWI) units. Sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) require States with existing OSWI units subject to the EG to submit plans t...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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EPA is hereby extending the comment period for a proposed rule issued on October 20, 2006 (71 FR 61926) (FRL-8081-3), to require testing for certain chemicals on the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)/EPA Priority List of Hazard...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
Executive Office of the President
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| Presidential Document | Dec 18, 2006 |
Federal Communications Commission
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The Commission will consider a Report on cable industry prices. 2 Media................ Title: Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition A...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is amending 12 CFR part 313, Procedures for Corporate Debt Collection, to include delinquent criminal restitution debt within the debt covered by part 313.
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
Federal Trade Commission
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The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is seeking p...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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Homeland Security Department
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The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will meet in a partially closed session.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around the lifting beams of the cranes being used to lift deck sections into place on the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge. The zone will encompass all waters within 500 feet of the area directly below...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around the Barge "MARMACK 12", Official Number 1024657, while it is being used for the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge Construction Project. The zone will extend 500 feet in all directions from the ba...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around construction vessels and mooring lines under the West Span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during the deck erection phase of construction. This safety zone will be in effect regardless of wh...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
Interior Department
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice under Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The BLM is giving notice that the Secretary of the Interior is extending the call for nominations for positions to the Sonoran...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, January 1, 1970, as amended), and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508), the National Park S...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Reclamation Act of 1902, the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and the Reclamation Recreation Management Act of 1992, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to prepare an integrat...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to sell by direct sale, two parcels of public land aggregating approximately 10.0 acres, more or less, in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, within the City of Henderson in Clark County, to M Holdings, LLC. The...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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This order revokes two public land orders insofar as they affect 118.60 acres of public lands withdrawn from surface entry, mining, and mineral leasing and reserved for use by the Department of the Air Force for military purposes at Fort Yukon. The l...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Justice Department
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60-Day notice of information collection under review: Survey of state criminal history information systems.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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60-Day notice of information collection under review: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection; 2007 survey of public defenders offices.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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30-Day notice of information collection under review:
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Issuance of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Notice is hereby given that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model license amendment request (LAR), model safety evaluation (SE), and model proposed no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) determination rel...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Personnel Management Office
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This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
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The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-458, December 17, 2004), advises the President and other senior executive branch officials to ensure that concer...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Social Security Administration
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In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of Social Security Ruling SSR 88-10c.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
State Department
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This final rule amends guidance to consular offices for the waiver of personal appearance of applicants for nonimmigrant visas contained at 22 CFR 41.102, to conform to the requirements of Section 222(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as add...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
Surface Transportation Board
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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an extension of approval for the curre...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
Transportation Department
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an un...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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In May 2006, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the Department) announced its National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America's Transportation Network (the Congestion Initiative), a bold and comprehensive national program to reduce congestion o...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by San Diego County, California under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, as amended, (Public Law96-19...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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NHTSA published a document in the Federal Register of November 20, 2006, concerning a meeting notice for a forum on Human Factors Research Necessary to Support Advanced Vehicle Safety Technologies. The document did not contain the Docket Number.
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Secretary of Transportation announces the establishment of a National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Advisory Council (NEMSAC) to provide advice and recommendations regarding EMS matters to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), National...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Saint Louis County for Spirit of St. Louis Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et. seq (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Ac...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This information collection rene...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of a certain petition seeking relief...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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This action proposes to revise Class E airspace at Red Dog, AK. Two new Area Navigation (RNAV) Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Special Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and an RNAV RNP Special Departure Procedure (DP) are being developed f...
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Proposed Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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FMCSA announces that it has published an opportunity to apply for FY 2007 CMV Operator Safety Training Grant Opportunity funding on the grants.gov Web site (http://www.grants.gov). Section 4134 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transporta...
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Notice | Dec 18, 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 comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...
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Notice | Dec 18, 2006 |
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Veterans Affairs Department
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is issuing this interim final rule to amend its adjudication regulations regarding compensation for disabilities resulting from undiagnosed illnesses suffered by veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War. Thi...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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This rule amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to implement VA's authority under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 and the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to provide educat...
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Rule | Dec 18, 2006 |
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