September 20, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register September 20, 2007

View all documents issued on September 20, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

87 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 20, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a revision of an approved information collection co...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing information collection, as required...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS extends for 4 days the comment period on the proposed rule to implement the Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Omnibus Amendment (SBRM Amendment) to the Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) of the Northeast Region, developed by the Mid...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federl Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sec. Sec. 102-3.140 through 160, the Department of...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Civilian health and medical program of uniformed services (CHAMPUS):

Title Type Published
This final rule implements section 713 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (NDAA for FY06), Public Law 109- 163. The rule provides eligibility for survivor benefits under the TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) to include the acti...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting.
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Power rates:

Title Type Published
The Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved, on an interim basis, Rate Schedules SOCO-1- C, SOCO-2-C, SOCO-3-C, SOCO-4-C, ALA-1-L, MISS-1-L, Duke-1-C, Duke-2-C, Duke-3-C, Duke-4-C, Santee-1-C, Santee-2-C, Santee-3-C, Santee-4-C, SCE&G-1-C,...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing national emission standards for the Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, and Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing area source categories. The proposed emissions standards for new and existing sources are based on EPA's...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007
EPA is adding electric arc furnace steelmaking facilities to the list of source categories subject to regulation under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112(c)(6) and revising the area source category list for the Integrated Urban Air Toxics Strategy. At t...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement, to address three lawsuits filed by the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Specialty Steel In...
Notice Sep 20, 2007
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree. On February 3, 2006, the Center for Biological Diversity and four other plaintiffs (collectively, "Pla...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

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

Title Type Published
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware. This SIP revision pertains to the amendments of Delaware's open burning regulation. EPA is approving this SIP revision in accordance with the Clean Air Ac...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

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

Title Type Published
The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule entitled "Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of California; PM-10; Affirmation of Dete...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or s...
Notice Sep 20, 2007
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 t...
Notice Sep 20, 2007
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 Sep 20, 2007

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
In response to the Counterproposal filed by Cochise Broadcasting, LLC and Desert West Air Ranchers Corporation, this document reallots Channel 267C3 from Corona de Tucson to Tanque Verde, Arizona, and modifies the license of Station KKYZ to specify T...
Rule Sep 20, 2007
This Report and Order dismisses two Counterproposals as unacceptable for consideration. In addition, this Report and Order upgrades Channel 230A, Station WWFT (FM), Fishers, Indiana, to Channel 230B1, reallots Channel 230B1 from Fishers to Lawrence,...
Rule Sep 20, 2007
This Report and Order dismisses two Counterproposals as unacceptable for consideration. In addition, this Report and Order reallots Channel 279C0, Station KYVA-FM, from Grants, New Mexico, to Church Rock, New Mexico, and modifies the license of Stati...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Government Ethics Office logo Government Ethics Office

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the updated OGE Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board.
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Government Publishing Office logo Government Publishing Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 Sep 20, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Administrative rulings and decisions:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), after consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is proposing to amend FDA's regulation on the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in self-pressurized containers to remove the essential-u...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 2607(b)(1) of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act (the Act), Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621, et seq.), as amended, a notice was published in the Federal Register on August...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a series of educational workshops on quality pharmaceutical production under current good manufacturing practice (CGMP). The workshops, which will be held in collaboration with the Parenteral Drug...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing a final Agency Guidance ("Policy Information Notice" (PIN) 2007-16) to describe and clarify the circumstances under which Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)--deemed Health Center Progr...
Notice Sep 20, 2007
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing a final Agency Guidance ("Policy Information Notice" (PIN) 2007-15) to provide guidance on emergency management expectations for health centers to assist them in planning and prepa...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Automation program test:

Title Type Published
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is currently conducting a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Tariff classification standards:

Title Type Published
This document adopts as final, with minor changes, a proposed interpretive rule regarding the criteria to be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") to determine whether footwear is considered to be "commonly worn by both sexes" (unisex) f...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security, through the U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), announces the availability of the working specification for Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) b...
Notice Sep 20, 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 20, 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 20, 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 20, 2007
This final rule revises HUD's regulations to reflect the statutorily mandated termination of the HUD Board of Contract Appeals. As required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (2006 NDA Act), the contract-related functions...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Title Type Published
This Notice announces a debenture recall of certain Federal Housing Administration (FHA) debentures, in accordance with authority provided in the National Housing Act.
Notice Sep 20, 2007
This notice applies to FHA single family mortgage insurance programs. This notice announces FHA's planned implementation of risk- based premiums, which are designed for mortgage lenders to offer borrowers an FHA-insured product that provides a range...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of nine new United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports produced for the Service to provide current data and modeling outputs relevant to the final determination of whethe...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Migratory bird hunting:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2007-08 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seaso...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Applied Science Labs
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act; implementation:

Title Type Published
This notice establishes the initial year 2007 assessment of annual needs for certain List I chemicals in accordance with the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA), enacted on March 9, 2006.
Notice Sep 20, 2007
This notice proposes the initial year 2008 assessment of annual needs for certain List I chemicals in accordance with the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA), enacted on March 9, 2006. The Act required DEA to establish production quota...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Controlled substances; manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers; registration:

Title Type Published
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is proposing to conform its regulations to recent statutory amendments to the Controlled Substances Act that changed certain patient limitations for practitioners who dispense or prescribe certain narcotic dr...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
This rule revises the Attorney General's regulations relating to the delegation of authority to the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) and the Chief Immigration Judge with respect to the adjudicatory process. These rules a...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Pollution control; consent judgments:

Title Type Published
Bayer Health Care LLC et al.
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Johnson, Randy
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Meridian Resource Exploration LLC et al.
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Reid, Richard, et al.
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1726-DR), dated 09/13/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Tornado. Incident Period: 08/26/2007 through 08/27/2007.
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
As required under section 1604(b)(6) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), this proposed rule specifies the interoperability requirements for automated toll collection systems for th...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires the Federal Transit Administration (FTA or the Agency) to make certain changes to the Buy America requirements. This Final Rule creates a n...
Rule Sep 20, 2007
This Rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Sep 20, 2007
This rule amends Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of changes in the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational facilities, add...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a proposal to change a portion of the airport from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use and to authorize the release of 621.46 acres of vacant airport property for the proposed development...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require doing repetitive internal eddy current and detailed inspections to detec...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Boeing Model 767 airplanes. The existing AD currently requires repetitive measurements of the rudder and elevator freeplay, repetitive lubrications of rudder a...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive detailed inspections for cracking of the left side and right si...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Aviation proceedings:

Title Type Published
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Agreements filed; weekly receipts
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications
Notice Sep 20, 2007
Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Federal agency actions on proposed highways; judicial review claims:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA, USACE, and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, U.S. Route 6, I-15 in Spanish Fork to I-70 near Green River...
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Hazardous materials:

Title Type Published
PHMSA is proposing to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to permit certain fuel cell cartridges and fuel cell systems designed for portable electronic devices to be transported by passengers and crew in carry-on baggage on board passenge...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration:

Title Type Published
This action amends instructions to aviation maintenance providers regarding submittal of FAA Form 337, Major Repair and Alteration, for either major repair or major alteration; or for extended-range fuel tanks installed within the passenger compartme...
Rule Sep 20, 2007

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Notice and request for comments; correction.
Notice Sep 20, 2007

Alcoholic beverages:

Title Type Published
In response to an industry member request, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau extends the comment period for Notice No. 73, Labeling and Advertising of Wines, Distilled Spirits, and Malt Beverages, a notice of proposed rulemaking published...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (72 FR 44338) providing guidance to corporations with respect to estimated tax requirements.
Rule Sep 20, 2007
This document contains a correction to final regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 (72 FR 44338) providing guidance to corporations with respect to estimated tax requirements.
Rule Sep 20, 2007
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code. These regulations involve the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities under section 199 and affect taxpayers wh...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2007

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