September 18, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register September 18, 2007

View all documents issued on September 18, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 18, 2007

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the USAID acquisition regulation to add two new parts and four new sections in existing parts of the regulation, as more fully discussed in the Supplementary Information. USAID proposed these amendments in the proposed rule pub...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Medford-Park Falls Ranger District intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to document the analysis and disclose the environmental effects of proposed land management ac...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

Title Type Published
We are amending the regulations regarding the importation of animals and animal products to establish conditions for the importation of the following commodities from regions that present a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
We are amending the regulations concerning the importation of animals and animal products by adding the Republic of Georgia to the list of regions where African swine fever exists. We are taking this action because outbreaks of African swine fever ha...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Technology Marketing Unit, located at the Forest Products Laboratory, requests proposals for forest product projects that increase the use of woody biomass from National Forest System lands. The wo...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to consolidate our domestic regulations regarding exotic fruit flies. Currently, these regulations are contained in six separate subparts, each of which covers a different species of fruit fly, and each of these subparts has parallel...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice and opportunity for public comment.
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS or Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the following seats on its Sanctuary Advisory Council: Citizen At-Large, Diving, Education and Tourism. Applicants chosen for these seats should expect to serve...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, is seeking nominations for the advisory committee established under the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (Act). The advisory committee, to be composed of individuals fro...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS announces corrections to Federal regulations for the West Coast groundfish fishery. This action corrects the latitude/longitude coordinates for the Salmon Troll and South Coast Recreational Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) so that th...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the C season allowance of the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock specified for Statistical Area 630 of th...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) will meet September 20, 2007.
Notice Sep 18, 2007
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Technology Services, Weights and Measures Division (WMD) announces plans to hold a U.S. National Work Group Meeting (USNWG) for the development of hydrogen measurement standards for commercia...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Public Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, (54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989)) and OMB Circular A-130, Appendix I (65 FR...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the mandatory Compliance Certification information collection package for certain 1...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Consumer products; energy conservation program:

Title Type Published
This notice announces receipt of and publishes a Petition for Waiver from Daikin U.S. Corporation (Daikin). The Petition for Waiver (hereafter "Daikin Petition") requests a waiver of the Department of Energy (DOE) test procedures applicable to reside...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
This notice announces receipt of and publishes a Petition for Waiver from LG Electronics USA, Inc. (LG). This Petition for Waiver (hereafter "LG Petition") requests a waiver of the Department of Energy (DOE) test procedures applicable to residential...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:

Title Type Published
In this proposed rulemaking, EPA is making certain technical corrections to the rules establishing emission standards for nonroad diesel engines. In addition, we are amending those rules to provide nonroad diesel equipment manufacturers with a produc...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007
In this rulemaking, EPA is making certain technical corrections to the rules establishing emission standards for nonroad diesel engines. In addition, we are amending those rules to provide nonroad diesel equipment manufacturers with a production tech...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

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

Title Type Published
This document makes minor revisions to the terminology of certain commodity terms listed under 40 CFR part 180, subpart C. EPA is taking this action to establish a uniform listing of commodity terms.
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Superfund program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region II Office announces the deletion of the Grand Street Mercury Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The Grand Street Mercury Site is located in the city of Hoboken, Hudson County,...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:

Title Type Published
Under section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into six settlements for reimbursement of past response costs concerning the D...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Toxic substances:

Title Type Published
With certain exceptions, section 6(e)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) bans the manufacture, processing, and distribution in commerce of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). For purposes of TSCA, "manufacture" is defined to include import i...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Trade:

Title Type Published
No. 2007-32 of September 13, 2007
Presidential Document Sep 18, 2007

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Assessments:

Title Type Published
The FDIC is seeking comments on alternative methods for allocating dividends as part of a permanent final rule to implement the dividend requirements of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 (Reform Act) and the Federal Deposit Insurance R...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Bank and bank holding companies:

Banks and bank holding companies:

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Air commerce and vessels in foreign and domestic trades:

Title Type Published
This notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to require the pilot of any private aircraft arriving in the United States from a foreign port or location or departing the United States for a foreign port or location to transmit to Customs and Bor...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92-463), the Secretary of Homeland Security has renewed the charter for the Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) for 2 years from August 17, 2007, until August 17, 2009....
Notice Sep 18, 2007
The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee (NOSAC). NOSAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on matters affecting the offshore industry.
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to temporarily change the drawbridge operating regulations governing the operation of the Hamilton Avenue Bridge, mile 1.2, across the Gowanus Canal at Brooklyn, New York. This proposed rule would allow the bridge owner to re...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007

Great Lakes pilotage regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is finalizing the February 2007 interim rule, which updated rates for pilotage service on the Great Lakes by increasing rates an average of 22.62% across all three pilotage districts over the last ratemaking that was completed in Apri...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Regattas and marine parades:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations for the Sunset Lake Hydrofest on Sunset Lake from 8:30 a.m. September 29, 2007 through 5:30 p.m. September 30, 2007. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters...
Rule Sep 18, 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 Sep 18, 2007
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Sep 18, 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 Sep 18, 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 Sep 18, 2007
Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Low income housing:

Title Type Published
This document designates "Difficult Development Areas" (DDAs) for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) (26 U.S.C. 42). The United States Department of Housing and Urban...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from operators and operating rights owners wh...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
We invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plans and Environmental Assessments (Draft CCPs/EAs) for public review and comments, for Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge, Bake...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list Sclerocactus brevispinus (Pariette cactus) as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We also...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 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) Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to rescind the limited exclusion order issued in the above-captioned investigation.
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Exhibit A to Registration Statement (Foreign Agents).
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Parole Commission is amending its regulations to incorporate a procedural alternative that allows a parolee or supervised releasee to initiate the process of accepting a revocation decision without the need of a revocation hearing. This "advanced...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
The Parole Commission is studying the feasibility of conducting probable cause hearings through videoconferences between an examiner at the Commission's office and alleged parole and supervised release violators in custody at the District of Columbia...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits comment concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements for handling of discrimination complaints under Federal Employee Protection Statutes contained in regulations at: 29 CFR Part 24, Procedur...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR Part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification filed by the parties listed...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Arts Advisory Panel
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 18, 2007

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities:

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of ARIZONA, dated 09/11/2007. Incident: Pima County monsoon. Incident Period: 07/21/2007 through 07/31/2007. Effective Date: 09/11/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadl...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of IDAHO, dated 09/11/2007. Incident: Castle Rock Wild Land Fire. Incident Period: 08/19/2007 and continuing. Effective Date: 09/11/2007. EIDL Loan Application Dead...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1726-DR), dated 09/07/2007. Incident: Severe storms and a tornado. Incident Period: 08/26/2007 through 08/27/2007. Eff...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1725-DR), dated 09/07/2007. Incident: Severe storms and tornadoes. Incident Period: 07/15/2007. Effective Date: 09/07/...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
International Communications and Information Policy Advisory Committee
Notice Sep 18, 2007
The U.S. National Commission for UNESCO will meet via telephone conference on Thursday, October 4, 2007, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. Eastern Time. The purpose of the teleconference meeting is to consider the recommendations of the Commission's World H...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this inf...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this inf...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Wheatland, WY. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP)...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section 47107.
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA announces on October 11, 2007, deadline for submitting requests for international Arrival Authorizations at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) for allocation under 14 CFR 93.29. The deadline coincides with the submission deadline esta...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is reviewing a proposed Noise Compatibility Program that was submitted for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47504 et. seq (the Aviation Safe...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Airports:

Title Type Published
This action removes an erroneous reference to a section that appears in the applicability section of operating requirements for commuter and on-demand operations. The intent of this action is to ensure that the regulations are clear and accurate.
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of the United Kingdom (UK) to identify and correct an unsafe...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GEAE CF6-45A, -45A2, -50A, -50C, -50CA, -50C1, -50C2, -50C2B, -50C2D, - 50C2F, -50C2R, -50E, -50E1, - 50E2, and -50E2B turbofan engines. This AD requires replacing the compressor discharge pr...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Hawker Beechcraft Model 400, 400A, and 400T series airplanes. This AD requires modifying the attachment fasteners on the engine cowling panels. This AD results from several reports of...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
This document makes a correction to Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2007-17-03, which was published in the Federal Register on August 21, 2007 (72 FR 46541), and applies to certain Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd Model 750XL airplanes. AD 2007-17-03 r...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) provided by an aviation authority of the United Kingdom (UK) to identify and correct an unsaf...
Rule Sep 18, 2007
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) by adopting a new AD for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) provided by the aviation authority of France to identify and co...
Rule Sep 18, 2007

Airworthiness standards:

Title Type Published
This notice proposes special conditions for the Adam Aircraft Industries Model A700 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with an External Centerline Fuel Tank (ECFT) that increases the total capacity of fu...
Proposed Rule Sep 18, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with the California State Lands Commission (CSLC), announce their intent to prepare an environmental impact statement/ environmental impact report (EIS/EIR), in connection with thi...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Federal Highway Administration has made available for public review and comments a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Blue Water Bridge Plaza Study. The DEIS descr...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Lane Transit District (LTD) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for potential high-capacity transit improvements, including possible bus rapid transit (BRT) improvements, along the We...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The meeting will take place on Thursday, Oc...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose a PFC at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), and use the Revenue from the PFC at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) under the provisions of the 4...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Senior Executive Service Combined Performance Review Board
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of the members of the Combined Performance Review Board (PRB) for the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), the Financial Management Service...
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board; membership
Notice Sep 18, 2007
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this notice announces the appointment of the members of the Public Debt Performance Review Board (PDPRB) for the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD). The Board reviews the performance appraisals of career senior executive...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

Sanctions, blocked persons, specially-designated nationals, terrorists, narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist organizations:

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing changes to the identifying information associated with five individuals and three entities previously designated pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995,...
Notice Sep 18, 2007

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