October 4, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register October 4, 2007

View all documents issued on October 4, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

132 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 4, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is issuing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking in response to industry interest in the establishment of a marketing program to address the handling of fresh and fresh-cut leafy green vegetables. The pro...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of arugula leaves with stems from Panama. Based on that analysis, we believe that the ap...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the release of three insect parasitoid species for the biological contro...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Import quota and fees:

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would suspend the historical license reduction provisions of the dairy import licensing program, 7 CFR part 6, for a period of 5 years. This temporary suspension is intended to improve program administration and reflect changes in...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting.
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Export Trading Company Affairs ("ETCA"), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review ("Certificate"). This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification is...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
This document contains correction to the notice of application to amend the Export Trade Certificate of Review Issued to U.S. Shippers Association published in the Federal Register on Friday, September 14, 2007 (72 FR 52552). The notice of applicatio...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") published its preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished ("TRBs"), from the People's Republic of China...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a request for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain forged stainless steel flanges (flanges) from India issued on February 9, 1994. See Amended Final Determination and A...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the commercial and recreational Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries and the reopening of the 2007 Pacific whiting primary season. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific C...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This Notice is provided pursuant to section 2905(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. It provides a partial list of military installations closing or realigning pursuant to the 1993 Defense Base Closure and Realignmen...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The EIA published a notice in the issue of Friday, September 28, 2007, (72 FR 55193) regarding the submission of the Electric Power Program to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and a three-year extension. The form EIA-826 was omitt...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Oct 04, 2007
As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (herein referred to collectively as "DOE") are publis...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title Type Published
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is adopting an Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) Data Dictionary that collects in one document the definitions of certain terms and values used in filing EQR data, in conformance with Commission Order No. 2001,...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to add policy, procedures, and contract clauses for the use of award term incentives. This rule makes two administrative changes to the EPAAR. One...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Air programs:

Title Type Published
This Determination of Acceptability expands the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program. The determinations concern new su...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

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

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on July 19, 2007. This revision addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), promulgated on May 12, 2005, and subsequently revis...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007
EPA is approving a revision to the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on July 19, 2007. This revision addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), promulgated on May 12, 2005 and subsequently revised on April...
Rule Oct 04, 2007
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland. This SIP revision pertains to the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer products. This action is being taken under...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Working Committee on Pesticide Operations & Management (WC/POM) will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on October 1, 2007 and endi...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the 2007 Fall Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC). This OTC meeting will explore options available for reducing ground-level ozone precursors in a multi-pollutant context.
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the availability of the EPA Web site, "Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS)"--2007. EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in the Office of Research...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
EPA is announcing a 45-day public comment period for the external review draft document titled, "An Exploratory Study: Assessment of Modeled Dioxin Exposure in Ceramic Art Studios" (EPA/ 600/R-06/044A). The draft document was prepared by the National...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) announces a 45-day public comment period for the draft document titled, "Scientific and Ethical Approaches for Observational Exposure Studies." This public comment period will overlap an external pe...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and certain education abroad; assignment of reporting and determination functions (Memorandum of September 28, 2007)
Presidential Document Oct 04, 2007

Iraq; waiver of limitation on use of economic support funds (Presidential Determination)

North Korea; energy assistance (Presidential Determination)

Title Type Published
No. 2007-34 of September 28, 2007
Presidential Document Oct 04, 2007

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Child Health Day (Proc. 8184)
Presidential Document Oct 04, 2007
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Proc. 8183)
Presidential Document Oct 04, 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 t...
Notice Oct 04, 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, as required by the...
Notice Oct 04, 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 Oct 04, 2007

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission retains for five years the prohibition on exclusive contracts for satellite cable programming and satellite broadcast programming between vertically integrated programming vendors and cable operators and modifies the...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title Type Published
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (Regulation GG):

Title Type Published
This notice is published jointly by the Departmental Offices of the Department of the Treasury (the "Treasury") and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Board") (collectively, the "Agencies") and proposes rules to implement appl...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 04, 2007

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The General Services Administration (GSA) announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Improvements to the Nogales Mariposa U.S. Port of Entry, Nogales, Arizona, for public review and comment. The EA provides GSA and its...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
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 Oct 04, 2007

Food additive petitions:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Dean Foods Co. has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of vitamin D<INF>2</INF> as a nutrient supplement in soy-based food prod...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Medical devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the classification regulation for the electrocardiograph electrode device to establish special controls and to exempt the device from the premarket notification requirements of the Federal...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Medicare and State healthcare programs; fraud and abuse:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 431 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), this final rule sets forth a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute to protect certain arrangements involving goods, items, servi...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to obtain comments regarding behind-the-counter (BTC) availability of drugs. Currently, drugs are available as prescription and non-prescription. Generally, non-prescription produc...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Council of Councils Planning Group
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Oct 04, 2007
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Scientific Review Center
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Scientific Review Center
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces a public meeting and request for public input regarding a proposed survey of U.S. truck driver safety and health. The...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Biological Indicator (BI) Premarket Notification (510(k)) Submissions." The agency is issuing this guidance document to provide information that will help...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Electrocardiograph Electrodes." The draft guidance describes a means by which the electrocardiograph el...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA) (42 U.S.C. 300aa-26), the CDC must develop vaccine information materials that all health care providers are required to give to patients/parents prior to administration of specific vaccines. CDC...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
This notice announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections for fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008).
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the opening of a docket to receive information and comments from manufacturers of vaccines and other interested persons concerning the development of safety and effectiveness assessments of vaccine...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This notice advises the public of the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2007, t...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Immigration:

Title Type Published
This rule amends Department of Homeland Security ("DHS" or "the Department") regulations relating to intercountry adoptions by U.S. citizens. First, to facilitate the ratification of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respec...
Rule Oct 04, 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 emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comment...
Notice Oct 04, 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 Oct 04, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The following applicants have applied for scientific research permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The following permits were issued.
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), initiate 5- year reviews of Houghton goldenrod (Solidago houghtonii), dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), and Niangua darter (Etheostoma nianguae) under the Endang...
Notice Oct 04, 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) Southwest Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) Canyons of t...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan submissions:

Title Type Published
We are approving an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program (the "Pennsylvania program") regulations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). The amendment adds new section 25 Pennsylvania Code (PA Cod...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for lease and subsequent conveyance under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, approximately 20 acres of public land in Cla...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings: Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a component agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ), proposes to exempt a new Privacy Act system of records entitled Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx) from certain provisions of the Privacy Ac...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, notice is hereby given that the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), proposes to establish a new system of records...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or co...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Nuclear Waste and Materials Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Investment Company Act of 1940:

Title Type Published
Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On July 24, 2007, applicant was liquidated, at which time applicant's liabilities exceeded its assets. Expenses of $6,775 incurred in connection with the liquidation w...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Notice of application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Notice of application to amend a prior order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), 22(e) and 24(d) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Act.
Notice Oct 04, 2007
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act.
Notice Oct 04, 2007

S
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 with the agency's implementation of the Privacy Act, at 5 U.S.C. 552a. The regulation, as revised, provides additional information about...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

State Department logo State Department

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division (ECA/PE/C/PY), of the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX). Public and private...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives notice that it has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of the currently existin...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Railroad services abandonment:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

No documents available.

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 Oct 04, 2007
The FAA is correcting airworthiness directive (AD) 2007-19-10. That AD applies to Rolls-Royce plc RB211 Trent 500 series turbofan engines. We published that AD in the Federal Register on September 18, 2007 (72 FR 53108). The compliance limit of 2,190...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
In an August 2005 final rule, we updated our standard regulating motor vehicle controls, telltales and indicators. The standard specifies requirements for the location, identification, and illumination of these items. In May 2006, we published a resp...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Railroad services abandonment:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Oct 04, 2007
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Oct 04, 2007

Income taxes:

Title Type Published
This document contains corrections to final and temporary regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 27, 2007 (72 FR 48933) clarifying that for purposes of allowing a tentative adjustment, the IRS may credit or reduce t...
Rule Oct 04, 2007

Procedure and administration:

Title Type Published
This document cancels a public hearing on proposed regulations for the suspension of interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts under section 6404(g) of the Internal Revenue Code. The proposed regulations explain the general rules f...
Proposed Rule Oct 04, 2007

Prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (Regulation GG):

No documents available.

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