July 25, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register July 25, 2007

View all documents issued on July 25, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 25, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Coconino National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to disclose the effects of designating a system of roads, trails and areas for motorized vehicle use, thereby developing a motorized travel management plan. Such a plan...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the effects of designating National Forest System roads, trails, and areas available for public motorized use and changing pack and saddle stock use on certain non-mo...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The Hell Canyon Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposal to implement multiple resource management actions within the South project area as directed by the Black Hill...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Food distribution programs:

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This notice announces the national average value of donated foods or, where applicable, cash in lieu of donated foods, to be provided in school year 2008 (July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008) for each lunch served by schools participating in the Natio...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Grade standards:

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is soliciting comments on its proposal to revise the voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Cantaloups. AMS is proposing revisions to the "Application of Tolerances" section in the cantaloup standards...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Mangos. Specifically, AMS is revising the standards to allow for longer, up to an inch, attached stem lengths....
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a document in the Federal Register of Monday, June 11, 2007, concerning the joint solicitation of applications for USDA and the Department of Energy (DOE) for financial assistance addressing researc...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Meetings:

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The Sierra County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on August 9, 2007, in Sierraville, California. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss issues relating to implementing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 200...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393), the Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resource Adv...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Perkins Shibaura Engines LLC; compact diesel engine manufacturing facilities
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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Notice is hereby given that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) is preparing a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) to supplement and/or replace information contai...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory A...
Rule Jul 25, 2007
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulato...
Rule Jul 25, 2007
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Re...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is seeking a second round of public comment on an aspect of its non-market economy ("NME") methodology in antidumping proceedings. The Department is requesting comment on certain aspects of the methodolog...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Education Department logo Education Department

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The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
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.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Jul 25, 2007
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
The Commission denies rehearing and otherwise reaffirms its determinations in Order No. 693. 72 FR 16,416 (April 4, 2007). We further clarify certain portions of the Preamble to that order. Order No. 693 approved 83 of 107 proposed Reliability Standa...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Meetings:

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is holding an informal workshop to discuss implementation and other technical issues associated with the proposals set forth in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued April 14, 2007, in Commission Docket Nos...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 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 to renew...
Notice Jul 25, 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 Jul 25, 2007

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) is requesting that the Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle ozone nonattainment area ("H...
Rule Jul 25, 2007
EPA is approving a redesignation request and State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) is requesting that the Franklin County nonattainment...
Rule Jul 25, 2007
EPA is proposing to approve a redesignation request and State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) is requesting that the Erie ozone nonattai...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is inviting nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC). EPA's current Charter for the PPDC will expire in November 2007. EPA intends to se...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmenta...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of May 30, 2007 (72 FR 29995) (FRL-8132-2), concerning the availability of EPA's ecological risk assessments, and related documents for the pesticide 4- aminopyridine. This document is extending the comment...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice announces the availability of EPA's ecological risk assessment, and related documents for the pesticide acrolein, and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is encouraged to suggest risk management ideas or proposals...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
EPA issued a direct final rule in the Federal Register of April 25, 2007 (72 FR 20431), concerning plant-incorporated protectant tolerance exemptions. On May 9, 2007 EPA issued a final rule revising the tolerance exemption for Bacillus thuringeniensi...
Rule Jul 25, 2007
This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessment(s), and related documents for the pesticides copper naphthenate and zinc naphthenate (the naphthenate salts), and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is encourag...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel their registrations to terminate uses of certai...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
Since the amendments of October, 1988, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) has required payment of an annual maintenance fee to keep pesticide registrations in effect. The fee, due January 15, 2007, has gone unpaid for 721...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a product containing the pesticide diazinon, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenti...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products that contain new active ingredients not included in any currently registered products and/or that entail a changed use pattern pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4)...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for diflubenzuron and its metabolites p-chlorophenylurea and p- chloroaniline in or on lemon. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

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This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of Glufosinate-ammonium in or on pistachio. Interregional Research Project No. 4 requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Rule Jul 25, 2007
This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues or residues of penoxsulam (2-(2,2-difluoroethoxy)-N-(5,8- dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidin-2-yl)-6- (trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide) in or on fish; fish, shellfish, mollusc; an...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
To assure that EPA's practices related to implementing the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) are transparent and open to public participation, EPA is soliciting comments on the pesticide draft science guidance document entitled "Implementati...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to (PRA) of 1995 (PRA), Public Law. 104-13. An agency may not conduct...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to (PRA) of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct o...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Common carrier services:

Title Type Published
By this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks to refresh the record on issues raised in the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 69 FR 34629, June 22, 2004, in the Lifeline and Link-Up docket. In that docket, the Commission sough...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007
In the Special Access Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission commenced a broad examination of the regulatory framework to apply to interstate special access services provided by price cap local exchange carriers (LECs), including whethe...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
The Commission, by this document, denies a petition for rule making filed by KCTS Television, requesting the substitution of DTV channel *53 for channel *62 on the basis that the proposal to add DTV channel *53 at Seattle failed to protect DTV channe...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Radio services, special:

Title Type Published
This document addresses petitions for reconsideration filed in response to the Commission's Report and Order relating to the 3650-3700 MHz band (3650 MHz band) proceeding. The Commission affirms its previous decisions to create a spectrum environment...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
At the parties' request, this document dismisses the petition for reconsideration of the Report and Order in this proceeding. The withdrawal of the petition for reconsideration was filed jointly by Millcreek Broadcasting, LLC, licensee of Stations KN...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission takes steps to ensure that equipment used to access video programming and other services offered by cable television systems are available to consumers at retail. Specifically, the Commission seeks comment on proposed...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
EZ Logistics Group, Inc., et al.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Maritime Commission proposes to amend its regulations governing the filing of proof of financial responsibility for ocean transportation intermediaries by reducing the amount of time an applicant may have to file the requisite proof of fi...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Jul 25, 2007
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.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Nat...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3507(A)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for the opportunity for pubic comment on the proposed data collection projects, the Clinical Center (CC) of the National Institutes of Health, (NIH) ha...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
Federal claims; interest rates on overdue debts
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Administrative review:

Title Type Published
This document amends title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations by making technical corrections to Sec. 173.3, which provides for voluntary reliquidations. These technical corrections conform Sec. 173.3 to 19 U.S.C. 1501, as amended by section 2107...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Disaster and emergency areas:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1699-DR), dated May 6, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1711-DR), datedJuly 2, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New York (FEMA-1710-DR), datedJuly 2, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1712-DR), datedJuly 7, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1709-DR), datedJune 29, 2007, and related determinations.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the c...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFEs modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the c...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title Type Published
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 Jul 25, 2007
HUD proposes to establish a new system of records to add to its inventory of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed new system of records identified as HUD/HS-56, entitled Distributive Shares and Refund S...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 417,577 acr...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from the Salt River Project (SRP) (applicant) for an incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended. If approved, the permit would be fo...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), wi...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined that issuance of a 5-Year renewable land lease to resolve unauthorized use and occupancy of public land, approximately one (1) acre in size, on the shore of Caribou Lake, including an existing 10'x14...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to initially lease and then convey 21.4 acres of public land located south of the town of Searchlight, Nevada, for a public airport. An existing airport is located on public and private lands, and the cent...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
The Commission invites comments from the public on whether changed circumstances exist sufficient to warrant the institution of an investigation pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(b)) (the Act) to review the Commissi...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Records and reports of listed chemicals and certain machines:

Title Type Published
This Interim Rule removes the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) exemptions for chemical mixtures containing ephedrine and/or pseudoephedrine with concentration limits at or below five percent. The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA) adde...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), is making $500,000 available in grant funds for educational and training programs to help identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines. The focu...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Copyright office and procedures:

Title Type Published
The Copyright Office published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2007, an interim regulation implementing an online copyright registration system. This document makes technical corrections to that interim regulation.
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Millennium Challenge Corporation logo Millennium Challenge Corporation

Millenium Challenge Act:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 610(b)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-199, Division D), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is publishing a summary and the complete text of the Millennium Challenge Compact between the Unite...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
International Securities Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2007
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Notice Jul 25, 2007
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 25, 2007

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Special Counsel Office

Title Type Published
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is publishing notice of the final rule revising its regulations dealing primarily with the agency's implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The regulation, as revised, will implement provision...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization:

Title Type Published
The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a public hearing and seek public comment to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the preparation of its annual report to the Congress on China's complia...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This action establishes a high altitude RNAV route in the Seattle, WA area to facilitate air traffic operations by providing a direct route to the Phoenix, AZ, area. The FAA is implementing this route to enhance safety and to provide a more efficient...
Rule Jul 25, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for the proposed extension of I-26 from I-40 to US 19-23-70, including widening I-240 from the I-26/I-40/I-240 interchange to US 19-23-74 (Pa...
Notice Jul 25, 2007
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (Supp. FEIS) will be prepared for the proposed relocation of U.S. 74 from U.S. 129 in Robbinsville to NC 28 in Stecoah, Graham County, North...
Notice Jul 25, 2007

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