January 12, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register January 12, 2007

View all documents issued on January 12, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

135 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 12, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the new information collection entitled, Trends in Use and Users in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wil...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information collection, Timber Purchaser Cost and Sales Data.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

Title Type Published
Deciding Officers in the Eastern Region will publish notice of decisions subject to administrative appeal under 36 CFR parts 215 and 217 in the legal notice section of the newspapers listed in the Supplementary Information section of this notice. As...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Farm Service Agency; State and county committees; selection and functions; amendments

Title Type Published
This document corrects a proposed rule published November 28, 2006, proposing to amend the regulations governing the selection and functions of Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and county committees in accordance with the Soil Conservation and Domesti...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title Type Published
In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on August 1, 2006, we amended the citrus canker regulations to list the entire State of Florida as a quarantined area for citrus canker and to amend the requirements for the movement of regulated a...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Poultry improvement:

Title Type Published
We are amending the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. The changes were voted on and approved by the v...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Recreation fee areas:

Title Type Published
The Siuslaw National Forest is planing to charge fees at a new recreation site that has recently been constructed. Fees are assessed based on the level of amenitites and services provided, cost of operation and maintenance and market assessment. Fund...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Telecommunications Act accessibility guidelines and electronic and information technology accessibility standards:

Title Type Published
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has established a Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (Committee) to assist it in revising and updating accessibility guidelines...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 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 the extension of a current...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS is adjusting the annual total allowable catch amount (TAC) for the Central and Western Aleutian District Atka mackerel fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified. This action will ensure...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and to delete products previously furnished by such agencies.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
This action adds to the Procurement List products 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.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Procurement list; additions and deletions; correction
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Consumer Product Safety Act:

Title Type Published
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is issuing a final rule requiring manufacturers to label portable generators with performance and technical data related to performance and safety. The required warning label informs purchas...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Flammable Fabrics Act:

Title Type Published
This document provides interested persons the opportunity for the oral presentation or written submissions regarding the proposed technical amendment to the flammability standards for carpets and rugs.
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch has completed a Final EIS for the San Juan Creek Watershed/Western San Mateo Creek Watershed Special Area Management Plan (SAMP). The San Juan Creek Watershed/Western San Mateo Creek Watershed SAMP...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Army Science Board
Notice Jan 12, 2007
The actions that will take place include the approval of minutes from the Board of Regents Meeting held November 13, 2006; acceptance of administrative reports; approval of faculty appointments and promotions; and the awarding of post-baccalaureate m...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), intends to propose an information collection request package with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concerning the Weatherization Assistance Program Evaluation...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Central Kentucky Transmission Co.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
City of Hamilton, Ohio
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Columbia Gulf Transmission Co.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Crossroads Pipeline Co.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Discovery Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Jan 12, 2007
East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc., et al.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Florida Gas Transmission Co., LLC
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Great Bay Hydro Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Maritimes Northeast Pipeline L.L.C. et al.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Northern Border Pipeline Co.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Pasadena, CA
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Sea Robin Pipeline Co., LLC
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Stingray Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, the Commission by its designee, the Executive Director, is updating its schedule of fees for the use of government lands. The yearly update is based on the most recent schedule of fees for the use of l...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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 requ...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Air programs:

Title Type Published
The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period on our proposed Phase 2 of the Final Rule To Implement the 8- Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard--Notice of Reconsideration (December 19, 2006). The EPA has received severa...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve a redesignation request and a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision for the Parkersburg portion of the Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH interstate area (herein referred to as the "Area") from nonattainment to attainment of t...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA expressed environmental concerns about air quality impacts and water-related issues. Rating EC2.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency weekly receipts
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the 3 year extension until May 1, 2010, of the current exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the biopesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis VIP3A913 protein and the gene...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

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Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
This notice assesses the need for cost-of-living adjustments to the civil money penalties (CMPs) that the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) may impose under the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Federal Housing Finance Board logo Federal Housing Finance Board

Federal home loan bank system:

Title Type Published
The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) has adjusted the cap on average total assets that defines a "Community Financial Institution" and the limits on annual compensation for Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) directors based on the annual perc...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
The Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) is announcing the Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) members it has selected for the 2006-07 fourth quarter review cycle under the Finance Board's community support requirements regulation. This notice als...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
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") (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Com...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations
Notice Jan 12, 2007

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) will hold a vendor meeting to provide information on shared initiatives and activities. FAI will describe plans and requirements for training related services under...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
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 Jan 12, 2007
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 Jan 12, 2007

Food for human consumption:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its food labeling regulations for the expanded use of the nutrient content claim "lean" on the labels of foods categorized as "mixed dishes not measurable with a cup" that meet certain criteria for t...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Human and animal drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to prohibit the use of certain cattle material in, or in the manufacture (including processing) of, drugs, biologics, and medical devices intended for use in humans and human cells, tissues, and cel...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of September 25, 2006 (71 FR 55729), that would have amended certain classification regulations for reprocessed single-use devices (SUDs) whose...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act implements a drug pricing program in which manufacturers who sell covered outpatient drugs to covered entities must agree to charge a price that will not exceed an amount determined under a statutory form...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the "Veterans Health Care Act of 1992," enacted Section 340B of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act "Limitation on Prices of Drugs Purchased by Covered Entities." Section 340B provides that in order to obtain Medica...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Data Relating to Beneficiary of Private Bill; Form G-79A, OMB Control Number 1653-0026.
Notice Jan 12, 2007
30-Day Notice of Information Collection under Review: Immigration Bond; Form I-352, OMB Control Number 1653-0022.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing that the information collection requests for 30 CFR Part 773 (Requirements for permits and permit processing), Part 7...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), again withdraw our July 15, 2002, proposal (67 FR 46441) to list Lepidium papilliferum (slickspot peppergrass) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
Reversionary interest held by the United States in the lands described in the Supplementary Information below has been determined suitable for direct sale and release to the City of West Wendover, Nevada, under the authority of Section 203 of the Fed...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have drafted permit conditions to allow the use of raptors protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for abatement activities. We will authorize the use of these raptors for this purpose under our special purp...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Hospira, Inc.; correction
Notice Jan 12, 2007

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 cont...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Aliens; temporary employment in U.S.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) is proposing to amend its regulations regarding the temporary employment of nonimmigrant foreign professionals to implement procedural requirements applicable to the new E-3 visa category. This new visa...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Occupational employee safety, health, workers compensation, voluntary employee health services, assistance, fitness, and Drug Free Workplace programs
Notice Jan 12, 2007

M
Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Management and Budget revised Circular A-94 in 1992. The revised Circular specified certain discount rates to be updated annually when the interest rate and inflation assumptions used to prepare the budget of the United States Governmen...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC is preparing a submittal to OMB for review of continued approval of information collections under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Nuclear equipment and material; export and import:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its export/import regulations by moving Libya from the list of embargoed destinations to the list of restricted destinations. This amendment is necessary to conform NRC's regulations with U.S. Gover...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

O
Office of National Drug Control Policy

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Single employer plans:

Title Type Published
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans and Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits under terminating single-e...
Rule Jan 12, 2007
This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), bu...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC; correction
Correction Jan 12, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 12, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 12, 2007
NYSE Arca, Inc.; correction
Correction Jan 12, 2007
National Futures Association; correction
Correction Jan 12, 2007
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Interest rates; quarterly determinations
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Union Pacific Railway Co.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 12, 2007
This action amends the time of designation for Restricted Area 6320 (R-6320), Matagorda, TX. Specifically, this action amends the time of designation from "Continuous" to "Intermittent by [Notice to Airmen] NOTAM." This rule makes no other changes to...
Rule Jan 12, 2007
This action amends the controlling agency for Restricted Area 2312 (R-2312), Fort Hauchuca, AZ. Specifically, this action amends the controlling agency from "Libby [Army Air Field] AAF [Airport Traffic Control Tower] ATCT" to "Albuquerque [Air Route...
Rule Jan 12, 2007
This action modifies VOR Federal Airway V-2 over the East Central United States to support modified arrival and departure procedures to the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), Detroit, Michigan. These procedures were modified in conjunct...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a proposal to change a portion of the airport from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use and to authorize the sale and/or conversion of the airport property. The proposal consists of two par...
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making minor technical changes to a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 12, 2005 (70 FR 40156). That final rule created Special Federal Aviation Regulation 106 (SFAR 106). In that final ru...
Rule Jan 12, 2007
The FAA extends, by 24 months, the date for operators to comply with the fire penetration resistance requirements of thermal/ acoustic insulation used in transport category airplanes manufactured after September 2, 2007. This extension is from Septem...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Airbus Model A318-100, A319-100, A320-200, A321-100, and A321-200 series airplanes; and Model A320-111 airplanes. The existing AD currently requires modifi...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 12, 2007
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes. The existing AD currently requires repetit...
Rule Jan 12, 2007
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), that applies to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections for cracks, sealant damage, and corrosi...
Rule Jan 12, 2007

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Exemption petitions, etc.:

Title Type Published
City of Placentia, CA
Notice Jan 12, 2007
New Jersey Transit Corp.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 203, Minimum Performance Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft.
Notice Jan 12, 2007

Motor vehicle safety standards; exemption petitions, etc.:

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jan 12, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jan 12, 2007

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