Federal Register July 27, 2007 (Volume 72)

Agencies Publishing on July 27, 2007

Agriculture Department (8)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (11)
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (2)
Defense Department (3)
Education Department (1)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (21)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (3)
Interior Department (12)
Labor Department (4)
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Marine Mammal Commission (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (2)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (7)
Small Business Administration (7)
State Department (2)
Surface Transportation Board (3)
Transportation Department (4)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Notice of Availability (NOA) Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Supplement to the 2004 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement To Remove or Modify the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the National Forest Management Act (NFMA, 16 U.S.C. 1600-1614 et seq.), the Forest Service announces the decision to amend selected portions of the 1994 Recor...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Food distribution programs:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Emergency Food Assistance Program; Availability of Commodities for Fiscal Year 2007 This notice announces the surplus and purchased commodities that the Department expects to make available for donation to States for use in providing nutrition assistance to the needy under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal Year...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Citrus Canker; Movement of Fruit From Quarantined Areas We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule that would amend the citrus canker regulations by modifying the conditions under which fruit may be moved interstate from quarantined areas. This action will allow interested persons additiona...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007
Agriculture Department > APHIS Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas; Addition of Counties in Ohio and West Virginia We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the gypsy moth regulations by adding Delaware and Franklin Counties in Ohio and Monroe County in West Virginia to the list of generally infested areas based upon the detect...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Civil Rights Commission

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Notice of meeting.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review The Secretary of Commerce issued an Export Trade Certificate of Review to Dimick International & Associates on May 15, 1990. Because this Certificate Holder has failed to file an annual report as required by law, the Secretary is revoking the certifi...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 486-1919 Notice is hereby given that a request for a permit to conduct scientific research on marine mammals, submitted by Brent Stewart, Ph.D, J.D, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109, has been denied.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EDA Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance Notice and opportunity for public comment.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the 2005-2006 Administrative Review China	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Commerce Department > ITA Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India India	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures NMFS announces the availability of the draft Amendment 2 to the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and its accompanying proposed rule. Amendment 2 examines different management alternatives available to rebuild...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program NMFS publishes a notification of fee percentages for cost recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program (Program). This action is intended to provide holders of crab allocations with the fee percentage for the 2007-2...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Marine mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Central California Seabird Research Operations NMFS has received a request from the PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) for an authorization to take California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, northern elephant seals and Steller sea lions, by harassment, incidental to central California seabird rese...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Notice of Public Meeting The U.S. Department of Commerce, the European Commission, and the Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection will jointly sponsor a Conference on Cross Border Data Flows, Data Protection, and Privacy in Washington, DC, October 15-16, 2007.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

National Defense Stockpile:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of Increasing the Proposed Fiscal Year 2008 Disposal Level for Beryllium Metal This notice is to advise the public that the National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of increasing the National Defense Stockpi...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title	Type	Published
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List Additions and Deletions This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes from the Procurement List services previously furnished by such agencies.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Procurement List Proposed Addition The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List products to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: August 26, 2007.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Defense Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > COE Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Rueter-Hess Reservoir Expansion Project, Parker, CO The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Omaha District has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze the direct, indirect and cumulative effects of enlarging the currently permitted Rueter-Hess Reservoir in Parke...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Notice of Funding Availability for Special Assistance to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) in the Vicinity of a United States Service Academy This notice announces the availability of $5 million in assistance of Local Educational Agencies (LEAs). The Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) is authorized by section 3310 of Pub. L. 110-28, to provide up to $5 million in assistance to LEAs. Award...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Intent To Grant an Exclusive License of a U.S. Government-Owned Patent The notice of an intent to grant an exclusive license for U.S. Patent application 11/229,425, filed September 16, 2005 entitled "Artillery Rocket Trajectory Correction Kit" was originally published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2007 (72 FR 3980...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Education Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Vocational and Adult Education; Overview Information; Ready for College: Adult Education Transitions Program Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Ready for College: Adult Education Transitions Program	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Energy Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Construction and Operation of the Proposed NextGen Energy Facility, South Dakota The Western Area Power Administration (Western), an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the construction and operation of the proposed NextGen Energy Facility (Project) in South...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > BPA Long-Term Regional Dialogue Policy This notice announces the availability of the NEPA ROD for BPA's adoption of a policy for its power supply role after fiscal year 2011. This policy is intended to provide BPA's customers with greater clarity about their Federal power supply so they c...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Resource adequacy plans:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > WAPA Load in the California Independent System Operator Corporation's Balancing Authority Area The Western Area Power Administration (Western) announces its Final Resource Adequacy (RA) Plan for load in the California Independent System Operator Corporation's (CAISO) Balancing Authority Area. This notice responds to the comments received on th...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; VOC and NOX RACT Determinations for Seven Individual Sources; Partial Withdrawal of Proposed Rule EPA is withdrawing two individual sources that were included as part of a proposed rule to approve Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP) pertaining to source-specific volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) RACT...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of the Mercer County Portion of the Youngstown-Warren-Sharon, OH-PA 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and Approval of the Associated Maintenance Plan and 2002 Base-Year Inventory 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 Mercer County porti...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential for adverse impacts to air and water quality with full field development, and suggested that the final EIS include additional information and discussion on cumulative impacts analysis, mitigati...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability Agency weekly receipts	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Chlorthalonil; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes a tolerance for the combined residues of chlorothalonil and its metabolite, 4-hydroxy-2,5,6- trichloroisophthalonitrile, in or on pea, edible podded. The Snowpea Commission of Guatemala requested this tolerance under the F...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Draft Risk Assessment Report for Lead On or about July 31, 2007, the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA will make available for public review and comment a draft technical support document in EPA's review of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Sixtieth Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) transmitted its 60\th\ ITC Report to the Administrator of EPA on June 14, 2007. In the 60\th\ ITC Report, which is included with this notice, the ITC is revising the TSCA sec...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 2007 Americans With Disabilities Act; anniversary (Proc. 8163)	Presidential Document	Jul 27, 2007

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting; FCC to Hold Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, July 31, 2007 The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order concerning rules governing wireless licenses in the 698- 806 MHz Band, which is spectrum currently occupied by television broadcasters in TV Channels 52-69 and is being made available for wireles...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Notices Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing 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	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing 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	Jul 27, 2007

Advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Advisory Committee; Risk Communication Advisory Committee; Establishment The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the establishment of the Risk Communication Advisory Committee in the Office of Planning, Office of the Commissioner. This document adds the Risk Communication Advisory Committee to the agency's li...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve on the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services Scientific Counselors Board	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Health care access:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Amendment to the Interim Final Regulation for Mental Health Parity This document amends the interim final regulation that implements the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) to conform the sunset date of the regulation to the sunset date of the statute under legislation passed on December 9, 2006.	Rule	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department High Risk Pools This interim final rule with comment period will amend our regulations regarding grants to States for operation of qualified high risk pools to conform to provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and the State High Risk Pool Funding Extension...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Notice of Hearing: Reconsideration of Disapproval of Virginia Title XXI State Plan Amendment (SPA) No. 6 This notice announces an administrative hearing to be held on September 4, 2007, at 150 S. Independence Mall West, Suite 216, Conference Room <greek-i>241, Pennsylvania Room, The Public Ledger Building, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3499, to reconsider CMS'...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Medicare and Medicaid:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Application by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for Continued Deeming Authority for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) This proposed notice with comment period acknowledges the receipt of a deeming application from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) for continued recognition as a national accrediting organization for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) that wish...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages; Notice of Meeting Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages Advisory Committee	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Aging	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Request for Nominations and Meeting of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council, August 27, 2007 This notice invites all organizations representing physicians to submit nominations for consideration to fill four seats on the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council (the Council) that will be vacated by current Council members in 2008. This notice...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; National Children's Study 2007 Research Plan Attached is the proposed Research Plan for the National Children's Study (NCS). The purpose of this notice is to inform scientific reviewers, professional colleagues, contributors, and all who are interested in this ground-breaking initiative, of the...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities; Transportation Entry and Manifest of Goods Subject to CBP Inspection and Permit U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Agency Information Collection Activities; Application for Exportation of Articles Under Special Bond U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Notice of Meeting of The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) The Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (popularly known as "COACH") will meet on August 16, 2007 in Washington, DC. The meeting will be open to the pu...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Draft Conformity Determination for the Proposed East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers Project, City of New York, New York County, NY In accordance with the federal Clean Air Act General Conformity rule, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) has prepared a draft general conformity determination (Draft Conformity Determination) for the proposed East River Waterfront Esp...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Availability of Fleet Alternative Fuel Vehicle Acquisition Report Through this notice, HUD is making available on its Web site, a copy of HUD's Alternative Fuel Vehicles Report for Fiscal Year 2006 that was prepared in accordance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice of Availability of the Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Apache Trout (Oncorhynchus apache) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability for public review of the draft revised Recovery Plan for the Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache). The Apache trout currently inhabits the upper Salt River and Little Colorado Rive...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of Three Wildlife Species and Two Plant Species in the Midwest Region We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), initiate 5- year reviews of eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea), Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana), Fassett's locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea), Kirtland...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Critical Habitat for Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise currently designated critical habitat for Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii (Peirson's milk-vetch) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, appr...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, Dakotas Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FELPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Dakotas Resource Advisory Council will meet as indicat...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Oil and gas leases:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW157243 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW157981 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW159721 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW157978 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW159720 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW157979 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Interior Department > BLM Wyoming: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Rocky Mountain Land & Leasing LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW157980 for land...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Resource management plans, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision To Amend Resource Management Plans To Remove the Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of D...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). The information collection requirements specified in the Bloodbo...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Labor Department Proposed Collection for the Benefits, Timeliness, and Quality Data Collection System; Comment Request 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	Jul 27, 2007
Labor Department > OSHA Ionizing Radiation Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Ionizing Radiation Standard (29 CFR 1910.1096). The information collection requirements contained in the Ionizing...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > EBSA Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Nominations for Vacancies Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory Council	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

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Marine Mammal Commission

Title	Type	Published
Marine Mammal Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Export and import license applications for nuclear facilities and materials:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Request To Amend a License To Import Radioactive Waste Diversified Scientific Services, Inc.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Opportunity To Comment on Model Safety Evaluation on Technical Specification Improvement To Revise MTC Surveillance for Startup Test Activity Reduction (STAR) Program (WCAP-16011) Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to the modification of technical specification (TS) moderator temperature coefficient (MTC) surveillance requirement...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Personnel Management Office

Veterans preference:

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Veterans' Preference The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing interim regulations to implement a change to the definition of "active duty" contained in Sec. 211.102(f) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. We are making this change in response to a Merit Sy...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Extension of the Customer Portfolio Margin Pilot Program Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend CBOE's Rules Related To Credit Default Options Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, To Adopt Generic Listing Standards for Index-Linked Securities International Securities Exchange, LLC	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Extending the Portfolio Margin Pilot Program National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Stock Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change to Modify Chapter VII of the Exchange's Rules Regarding Suspensions of an ETP Holder by Certain Exchange Officers National Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Extending the Portfolio Margin Pilot Program Under NYSE Rules 431 (Margin Requirements) and 726 (Delivery of Options Disclosure Document and Prospectus) New York Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Small Business Administration

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P.; Notice Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Kansas Disaster Number KS-00018 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1699-DR), dated 05/06/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Incident Period: 05/04/2007 through 06/01/2007. Effective Date: 07/1...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Small Business Administration Kansas Disaster Number KS-00022 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1711-DR), dated 07/05/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/26/2007 and continuing. Effective Date: 07/18/2007. Physical...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Small Business Administration Massachusetts Disaster # MA-00011 This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated 07/23/2007. Incident: Bernat Mill Complex Fire. Incident Period: 07/21/2007. Effective Date: 07/23/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Da...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Small Business Administration New York Disaster Number NY-00046 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New York (FEMA-1710-DR), dated 07/02/2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/19/2007. Effective Date: 07/13/2...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
Small Business Administration Vermont Disaster # VT-00004 This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Vermont dated 07/23/2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 07/09/2007 through 07/11/2007. Effective Date: 07/23/2007. Physical Loan Application Dea...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards; Calculation of the Number of Employees The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to change the way it calculates a concern's number of employees in determining its small business size status. SBA proposes to alter the period used for calculating average number of employees fro...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007

State Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Federal Register Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (Alberta Clipper Project) Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership (Enbridge) has applied to the United States Department of State for a Presidential Permit for the proposed construction, connection, operation, and maintenance at the border of the United States of facilities for...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
State Department Federal Register Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and To Conduct Scoping Meetings and Notice of Floodplain and Wetland Involvement; Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. (LSr Project) Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. has applied to the United States Department of State for a Presidential Permit for the proposed construction, connection, operation, and maintenance at the border of the United States of facilities for the...	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Watco Companies, Inc., and Watco Transportation Services, Inc.-Continuance in Control Exemption-Michigan Central Railway, LLC Michigan Central Railway, LLC	Notice	Jul 27, 2007
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-Michigan Central Railway, LLC Michigan Central Railway, LLC	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Railroad services abandonment:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB CSX Transportation, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Orange County, FL CSX Transportation, Inc.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, Weather Takeoff Minimums; Miscellaneous Amendments This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and/or Weather Takeoff Minimums for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: Cessna Model 650 Airplanes; High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) These special conditions are issued for Cessna Model 650 airplanes modified by Columbia Avionics, Inc. These modified airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness stand...	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement; Cole County, MO The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed improvements to U.S. 50/U.S. 63, (Rex Whitton Expressway), in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri.	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Third Meeting, Special Committee 213 Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision System, (EFVS/SVS) The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 213, Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/ Synthetic Vision System, (EFVS/SVS).	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Excise taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Entry of Taxable Fuel This document contains final regulations relating to the tax on the entry of taxable fuel into the United States. The final regulations affect enterers of taxable fuel, other importers of record, and certain sureties.	Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Section 67 Limitations on Estates or Trusts This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance on which costs incurred by estates or non-grantor trusts are subject to the 2-percent floor for miscellaneous itemized deductions under section 67(a). The regulations will affect estat...	Proposed Rule	Jul 27, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meetings Veteran's Disability Benefits Commission	Notice	Jul 27, 2007

Federal Register July 27, 2007

Agencies Publishing on July 27, 2007

Agriculture Department

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Civil Rights Commission

Commerce Department

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Defense Department

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Environmental Protection Agency

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Executive Office of the President

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Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Health and Human Services Department

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Homeland Security Department

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Housing and Urban Development Department

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Interior Department

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Labor Department

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Personnel Management Office

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Small Business Administration

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State Department

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Surface Transportation Board

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Transportation Department

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Marine Mammal Commission