March 29, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register March 29, 2007

View all documents issued on March 29, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

147 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 29, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This notice describes the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) policy for responding to low-levels of regulated genetically engineered plant materials which may occur in commercial seeds or grain. This notice is intended to provide cl...
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This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Cranberry Marketing Committee (Committee) for the 2006-2007 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years from $0.18 to $0.28 per barrel. Authorization to assess cranberry handlers enables the Com...
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USDA Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service. USDA Rural Development announces its fiscal year (FY) 2007 funding and application window for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program. The H...
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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule modifying the grade and maturity requirements for potatoes handled under the Colorado potato marketing order, Area No. 2. The marketing order reg...
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This rule invites comments concerning the collection of assessments owed under the nectarine and peach marketing orders. The marketing orders regulate the handling of nectarines and peaches grown in California and are administered locally by the Nect...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
This rule establishes the quantity of spearmint oil produced in the Far West, by class that handlers may purchase from, or handle for, producers during the 2007-2008 marketing year, which begins on June 1, 2007. This rule establishes salable quantiti...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for importation of s...
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the intention of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of custom...
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The Rural Business-Cooperative Service and the Rural Utilities Service seek public input regarding the possibility of operating the Rural Business Investment Program, in light of the loss of funding starting in the 2007 Fiscal Year, to provide for no...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
The Forest Service will prepare a supplement (Supplement) to the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the North Sheep Grazing Allotment Final EIS. The Supplement will include additional analyses and new information concerning Management Indicator...
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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the possible revisions of the United States Standards for Grades of Florida Avocados....
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007

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...
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The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collections, as required...
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This proposed rule would implement Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Pelagics FMP). The amendment responds to the Secretary of Commerce's determination that overfishing is occurring on bi...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
NMFS issues a proposed rule to amend regulations supporting the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (Observer Program). This action is necessary to revise requirements for the facilitation of observer data transmission and improve inseason supp...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
On March 22, 2007, the binational panel issued its decision in the review of the final determination made by the International Trade Commission, respecting Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico Final Results of the Sunset Review, Secretariat File No....
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The OCC, Board, FDIC, OTS, NCUA, FTC, CFTC, and SEC (the Agencies) are proposing amendments to their rules that implement the privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), Title V, Subtitle A. These rules require financial institutions...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Correction Mar 29, 2007
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the following meeting is announced: Name of Committee: Department o...
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), the Department of Defense announces an amendment to the March 9, 2007 meeting notice f...
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) announces the availability of the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the privatization of Packaged Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL) as recommended by the 2005 B...
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Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

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Notice of public meeting.
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Energy Department logo Energy Department

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CMS Energy Resource Management Company (CMS) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA).
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DTE Energy Trading, Inc. (DTE) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA).
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Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft document titled, "A Screening Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Mitigation in the Great Lakes and New England Regions" (EPA/600/R-07/0...
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EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft document titled, "A Screening Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Costs of Implementing Water Quality-Based Effluent Limits at Publicly-Owned Treatment Works in t...
Notice Mar 29, 2007
The EPA is approving revisions to Indiana's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on August 25, 2006, revising its existing emission reporting rule to be consistent with the emission statement program requirements for stationary sources in the Cl...
Rule Mar 29, 2007
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to Indiana's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on August 25, 2006, revising its existing emission reporting rule to be consistent with the emission statement program requirements for stationary sources in...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Ohio on February 14, 2006 and October 6, 2006, establishing a lower Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) fuel requirement for gasoline distributed in the Cincinnati...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with other Federal agencies and offices, is announcing a stakeholder panel process to provide approaches for management of non-Federal supplies of commodity-grade mercury. The need for management ar...
Notice Mar 29, 2007
EPA is announcing that the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE), under an agreement between the Department of Energy and EPA, will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer-review workshop to re...
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Requesting the nomination of experts for the Science Advisory Board (SAB) Acrylamide Review Panel.
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In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or "Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the Northern...
Notice Mar 29, 2007
EPA published a direct final rule on December 27, 2006, to extend the reformulated gasoline program to the Illinois portion of the St. Louis Illinois-Missouri ozone nonattainment area effective as of May 1, 2007. However, we received an adverse comme...
Rule Mar 29, 2007
This ANPRM asks for public comment on hazardous air pollutant emissions and other model input data that EPA intends to use to assess residual risk from selected industrial major source categories, as required by the Clean Air Act. Specifically, the d...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 65 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). Thirteen of these chemical substances are subje...
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Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Presidential Document Mar 29, 2007

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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The Federal Election Commission is revising its regulations to amend four aspects of its Administrative Fines Program ("AFP"), a streamlined process through which the Commission assesses civil money penalties for late filers and non-filers under the...
Rule Mar 29, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission logo 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...
Notice Mar 29, 2007
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend the current Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") clearance for information collection requirements contained in its Contact Lens Rule ("Rule"...
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The FTC proposes to adopt a new routine use that would permit disclosure of FTC records governed by the Privacy Act when reasonably necessary to respond and prevent, minimize, or remedy harm that may result from an agency data breach or compromise.
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Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for RETEVASE and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for VAPRISOL and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) laxative drug products in granular dosage form containing the bulk-forming psyllium ingredients (psyllium (hemicellulose), psyllium hydrophilic mu...
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In compliance with the provisions of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comments on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will...
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The NTP continuously solicits and accepts nominations for toxicological studies to be undertaken by the program. Nominations of substances of potential human health concern are received from federal agencies, the public, and other interested parties....
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This notice announces the 14th meeting of the American Health Information Community Chronic Care Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).
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This notice announces the ninth meeting of the American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).
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This notice announces the 15th meeting of the American Health Information Community Electronic Health Records Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).
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This notice announces the 15th meeting of the American Health Information Community Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup [formerly Biosurveillance Workgroup] in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463,...
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Notice of meeting.
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Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form N- 644, Application for Posthumous Citizenship; OMB Control No. 1615-0059.
Notice Mar 29, 2007
The Agency is issuing this notice to cancel a meeting by teleconference of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). This meeting was originally announced in the Federal Register of March 15, 2007.
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Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This proposed rule would extend the due date for Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) recipients to submit annual performance reports (APRs). Through the IHBG program, HUD provides housing assistance to Indian tribes and tribally designated housing enti...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
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...
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Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Siskiyou Mountains salamander (Plethodon stormi) and Scott Bar salamander (Plethodon asupak) as threatened or endangered, under the Endangered Speci...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
Under the Endangered Species Act (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce an extension of the comment period for the proposed rule to establish a distinct population segment (DPS) of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the Norther...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, we or us), hereby establish a distinct population segment (DPS) of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) for the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) and surrounding area (hereafter referred to as the Yello...
Rule Mar 29, 2007
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Casper Field Office announces its intent to prepare one EIS titled "South Gillette Area Coal EIS" on the potential...
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International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Commission has submitted a request for emergency processing for review and clearance of questionnaires to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission has requested OMB approval of this submission by COB April 16, 2007.
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Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has completed a review of its Excavations Standard pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and section 5 of Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review. In 1989, O...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in its Standard on Presence Sensing Device Initiation (29 CFR 1910.217(h)).
Notice Mar 29, 2007

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC...
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for public comment a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking, dated February 23, 2007, which was filed with the Commission by David Lochbaum, on behalf of the Project On Government Ove...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007

Personnel Management Office logo 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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Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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This document contains three technical corrections to our regulations. We are changing three cross-references because they are currently incorrect.
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Notice of quarterly meeting.
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State Department logo State Department

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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In accordance with 49 CFR part 222, appendix D, FRA is updating the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold (NSRT). This action is needed to ensure that the public has the proper threshold of permissible risk for calculating quiet zones established in...
Notice Mar 29, 2007
The FAA is revising an earlier NPRM for an airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Airbus Model A319-100 and A320- 200 series airplanes. The original NPRM would have required repetitive inspections of the wing-tank fuel pumps, canisters,...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Boeing Model 747 series airplanes. The existing AD requires a one-time inspection of the potable water and drain lines in the cargo compartments for indica...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-100, DHC-8-200, and DHC-8-300 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require, for certain airplanes, modification of the upper bearing of the main landi...
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Correction Mar 29, 2007
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A and AE 3007C series turbofan engines. That AD currently prohibits any flight following a ground engine start where the engine oil temper...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2007
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has placed in the docket and on its website final guidance in the form of circulars to assist grantees in implementing the Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities (Section 5310), Job Access and R...
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The FAA has a Web site that provides access to many documents relating to the agency's administrative adjudication of civil penalty cases. Currently, the address provided in the regulations for the civil penalty adjudication Web site is incorrect. In...
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Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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This document contains correction to temporary regulations (TD 9313) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, March 1, 2007 (72 FR 9262) providing guidance regarding the qualification of certain transactions as reorganizations describ...
Rule Mar 29, 2007
The 2007 inflation adjustment factors and reference prices are used in determining the availability of the credit for renewable electricity production, refined coal production, and Indian coal production under section 45.
Notice Mar 29, 2007
This document contains final regulations relating to the capitalization of costs under the simplified service cost method and the simplified production method provided by the Income Tax Regulations. For taxpayers that use the simplified service cost...
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Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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