April 17, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register April 17, 2007

View all documents issued on April 17, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

98 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 17, 2007

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Grade standards:

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Practice and procedure:

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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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 payment of i...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Grade standards:

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We plan to revise the U.S. standards for Beans to provide applicants for service with an optional grade designation for bean certification; and remove the requirements that the percentage of high moisture and, in the case of Mixed beans, the percenta...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
We plan to revise the U.S. standards for Whole Dry Peas, Split Peas, and Lentils to provide applicants for service with an optional grade designation for pea and lentil certification and to remove the requirement that, in the case of Mixed Dry Peas,...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Practice and procedure:

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This document amends Chapter 2 of Title 9 CFR to provide Supplemental Rules of Practice that will provide a mechanism for settling cases without the institution of formal proceedings.
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
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...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
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 Apr 17, 2007
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 Apr 17, 2007
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 Apr 17, 2007
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...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Notice is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology (Principal Investigator: Dr. Brandon Southall), Silver Spring, MD, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct scientific research on marine mammals.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Antidumping:

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On November 24, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of review in this proceeding. See Honey from Argentina: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review, 71 FR 67850 (November 24, 2006) (Preliminary Result...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
On October 10, 2006, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the preliminary results of its administrative and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the People's Republic of China ("PR...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
China
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4231, et seq,), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) parts 150...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Fishery and conservation management:

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This final rule allows participants in U.S. domestic pelagics, crustaceans, bottomfish and seamount groundfish, precious corals, and coral reef ecosystems fisheries of the western Pacific region the optional use of NMFS-approved electronic logbook fo...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

International fisheries regulations:

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NMFS issues this final rule to develop a new vessel list at the beginning of each calendar year of U.S. vessels eligible to fish for albacore tuna in Canadian waters. The vessel list would revert to zero vessels on December 31 of each year, unless NM...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Meetings:

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) invites interested parties to attend a meeting pertaining to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Test Materials for the United States Government. NIST wi...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
The International Code Council (ICC), under whose auspices the International Codes ("I-Codes") are developed, maintains a process for updating these model codes based on receipt of proposals from interested individuals and organizations. The ICC's 14...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled AmeriCorps Enrollment Form, and AmeriCorps Exit Form, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Personnel, military and civilian:

Title Type Published
This part contains uniform Department of Defense policies for indebtedness of Military Personnel. This updated rule contains editorial changes only as required for internal Department of Defense mandated reconsideration every five years.
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with 18 CFR 381.104, the Commission issues this update of its filing fees. This notice provides the yearly update using data in the Commission's Management, Administrative, and Payroll System to calculate the new fees. The purpose of up...
Rule Apr 17, 2007
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title Type Published
Today's notice announces General Electric Company's (GE's) Petition for Waiver (hereafter, "Petition") from parts of the DOE test procedure for determining the energy consumption of electric refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers. GE has developed a...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is extending certain deadlines for compliance actions required by Order No. 890, the final rule issued in this proceeding on February 16, 2007.
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for an e...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for an e...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing amendments to the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for iron and steel foundries. The proposed amendments add alternative compliance options for cupolas at existing foundries and clarify several provisions to i...
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007

Air programs:

Title Type Published
EPA is soliciting applications for the critical use exemption from the phaseout of methyl bromide for 2010 and beyond. In addition, those applicants who missed last year's deadline to submit a critical use application for an exemption in the year 200...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing, under the Clean Air Act, approval of certain revisions to the applicable state implementation plan for the State of Nevada and full disapproval of certain other revisions. These revisions involve State rules governing applications f...
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites nominations to fill vacancies on its Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC). The Agency seeks qualified senior-level decisionmakers from diverse sectors throughout the United States to...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. Th...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Apr 17, 2007

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Federal Management Regulation:

Title Type Published
The attached bulletin announces the redesignation of a Federal Building.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 17, 2007
AHRQ invites nominations of topics for evidence reports, technology assessments, and comparative and effectiveness reviews conducted by its Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC) Program relating to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Apr 17, 2007
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports will hold a meeting. This meeting is open to the public. A des...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

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State and Community Assistance Division
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Immigration:

Title Type Published
This rule amends Department of Homeland Security regulations to provide flexibility to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in setting the time allowed to applicants and petitioners to respond to a Request for Evidence or to a Notice of Intent t...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
The 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 proposal.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Public and Indian housing:

Title Type Published
Under HUD's regulations for the Public Housing Operating Fund Program, public housing agencies (PHAs) with 250 or more units are required to convert to asset management. PHAs with less than 250 units may elect to convert but are not required to do so...
Notice Apr 17, 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 its intention to request approval for the collections of information for 30 CFR 764-State processes for designating a...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is to request nominations for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Advisory Board. The seven member terms on the Board expired December 29, 2006. The Board provides advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land Manage...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that a draft environmental assessment (EA) for an interim Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) Horse and Burro Management Program (Program) is available for review and comment. The EA provides a...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is issuing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the individual allocation amounts available to each of the 73 eligible recipients of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). The amounts ar...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

Title Type Published
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 Apr 17, 2007

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
We are removing five required amendments to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") regulations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act) related to alternative reclamation plans; alterna...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Mid-Pacific Regional Office of the Bureau of Reclamation is proposing guidelines to provide Mid-Pacific Region field, area, and Regional Office employees with the information necessary to consistently and accurately account for water transfers be...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Emergency Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Mandatory Case Reporting Form for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Child labor regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation:

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is proposing to revise the child labor regulations in order to implement an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act's child labor provisions, contained in the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2004...
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007
The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is considering proposing revisions to the child labor regulations issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 CFR part 570, which set forth the criteria for the permissible employment of mino...
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Copyright Royalty Judges are publishing for comment certain royalty rates, proposed by the parties in the proceeding to determine the rates and terms for the noncommercial educational broadcasting statutory license contained in the Copyright Act.
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice is issued in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451 (314) (d). The Lunar Lander Challenge is now scheduled and teams that wish to compete may now register. The NASA Centennial Challenges Program is a program of prize contests to stimulate innovat...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Export and import license applications for nuclear facilities and materials:

Title Type Published
Diversified Scientific Services, Inc.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent storage; licensing requirements:

Title Type Published
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of April 17, 2007, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2007 (72 FR 4615). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations to...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed regulations to revise the criteria for Internal Revenue Service (IRS) broadbanding systems. The proposed regulations would provide the Department of the Treasury with the flexibility, in co...
Proposed Rule Apr 17, 2007

Health benefits; Federal employees:

Title Type Published
Under current Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program regulations, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may waive the eligibility requirements for health benefits coverage as an annuitant for an individual when, in its sole discretion, i...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Pay administration:

Title Type Published
The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations on compensatory time off for time spent in a travel status away from the official duty station when such time is not otherwise compensable.
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 17, 2007

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) will meet in open session from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, September 20, 2007, in the East Auditorium at the U.S. Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, DC. Entry and registration will be...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Lake State Railway Co.
Notice Apr 17, 2007

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 205(b) of the Dominican Republic--Central America--United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act), the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of her determination that the Dominican Republic...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 2B turboshaft engines with Modification TU62A incorporated. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive inspections, cleaning, lubrication, and checks for pr...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Aviation proceedings:

Federal agency actions on proposed highways; judicial review claims:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and the USFWS that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. Sec. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, I-69, Evansville to Indianapolis, Indiana, in the Counties of Vanderburgh,...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

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 comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...
Notice Apr 17, 2007
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...
Notice Apr 17, 2007

Community Reinvestment Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
OTS is correcting an inadvertent omission and incorrect word in a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13429). That final rule reestablishes uniformity between OTS's Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations an...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations regarding the application of section 409A to nonqualified deferred compensation plans. The final regulations are necessary to clarify and explain the rules governing the application of section 409A to nonquali...
Rule Apr 17, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review Board
Notice Apr 17, 2007
Special Medical Advisory Group
Notice Apr 17, 2007

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