Federal Register October 23, 2007
View all documents issued on October 23, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
80 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on October 23, 2007
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Agency for International Development
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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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 Election Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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Labor Department
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Library of Congress
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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Personnel Management Office
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RRailroad Retirement Board (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agency for International Development
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The following persons are members of the 2007 Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board: Gloria Steele, Chair; Franklin Moore; James Painter; Max Hilaire.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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Food for Peace P.L. 480 Title II Program policies and proposal guidelines (2008 FY)
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Agriculture Department
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Meetings:
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In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004 (FLREA), the Recreation Subcommittee will hold a meeting to finalize draft protocol and guidelines and to discuss membership needs for fiscal year 2008.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
National Forest System lands:
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The Forest Service is reopening the comment period for an additional 30 days and invites written comments on this proposed rule. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2007 (72 FR 26578), and should be referenced when prep...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Commerce Department
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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...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Antidumping:
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On July 11, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping order on certain small diameter seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe (seamless...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Thailand
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Fishery conservation and management:
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NMFS issues this proposed rule that would implement a joint Amendment 27 to the FMP for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Reef Fish FMP) and Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2007 directed fishing allowance (DFA) of Pacific c...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
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NMFS announces that the 2007 summer flounder commercial quota allocated to the State of New York has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in New York for the...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Meetings:
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Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will meet Monday, November 12, 2007, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 9 a.m....
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
National Fire Codes:
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The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) proposes to revise some of its safety codes and standards and requests proposals from the public to amend existing or begin the process of developing new NFPA safety codes and standards. The purpose of...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Since 1896, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has accomplished its mission by advocating scientifically based consensus codes and standards, research, and education for safety related issues. NFPA's National Fire Codes[supreg], which ho...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Defense Department
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5. U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.65, the Department of Defense gives notice that it intends...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed transportation improvements between Interstate 79 (I-79) and the Mon/Fayette Expressway (T...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Meetings:
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The National Defense University (NDU), Designated Federal Officer, has scheduled a meeting of the Board of Visitors. Request subject notice be published in the Federal Register. The National Defense University Board of Visitors is a Federal Advisory...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Education Department
General Education Provisions Act; implementation:
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This notice is being published in the Federal Register consistent with sections 457(b)(2) and (d) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Section 457 of GEPA authorizes the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) to enter into a complia...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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This notice is being published in the Federal Register consistent with sections 457(b)(2) and (d) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Section 457 of GEPA authorizes the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) to enter into a complia...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Energy Department
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Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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On May 16, 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and opportunity for comment (NOPR) to establish regulations for the loan guarantee program authorized by Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act o...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Natural gas companies (Natural Gas Act):
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to modify landowner notification requirements and to require a noise survey following the completion of projects involving compressor facilities undertaken pursuant to...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Nuclear Waste Policy Act; implementation:
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On Monday, July 23, 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of revised proposed policy (72 FR 140) setting forth its revised plans for implementing Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (the NWPA). The notice requeste...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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The Office of Management is announcing the availability of a summary of the public comments it received in response to a request for public comments on the challenge the Department of Energy (Department) confronts with respect to the costs and liabil...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Air programs:
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EPA is finalizing the updates of the Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS") Air Regulations proposed in the Federal Register on March 23, 2006, August 18, 2006 and May 31, 2007. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
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This notice announces that EPA has received a petition under section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and requests comments on issues raised by the petition. The petition was received from the Sierra Club, the National Center for Health...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Executive Office of the President
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Burma; blocking Government property and prohibiting certain transactions (EO 13448)
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Presidential Document | Oct 23, 2007 |
Federal Election Commission
Presidential election campaign fund:
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The Federal Election Commission requests comments on proposed changes to its rules implementing new statutory provisions governing the rates and timing of payment for non-commercial campaign travel on aircraft, and a proposed definition of "Leadershi...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Federal Reserve System
Banks and bank holding companies:
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Change in bank control
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Change in bank control
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Permissible nonbanking activities
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public hearing concerning FDA's policies regarding salt (sodium chloride) and sodium in food. FDA also is announcing the availability for comment of a citizen petition, submitted by the Center fo...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
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Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Native American Caregiver Support Programs
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Meetings:
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Notice.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Notice.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "FY 2008 Medical Device User Fee Small Business Qualification and Certification." This guidance explains how a business headquartered in the United States...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Superfund program:
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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), section 104(i)(3) [42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(3)] directs the Administrator of ATSDR to...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Homeland Security Department
Air commerce:
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This document amends the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Regulations by revising the list of user fee airports to reflect those that have been currently designated by the Commissioner. User fee airports are those airports which, while not qualify...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:
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The Coast Guard is establishing temporary safety zones in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, for the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) blasting and dredging operation, to include the underwater blasting locations and the vessel transporting blasting...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Interior Department
Endangered and threatened species:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) occurring in the Big Lost River in Idaho as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat (CH) for the guajon (Eleutherodactylus cooki) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 260.6 acres (ac) (105.6 hectares (ha)...
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the summer-run Issaquah Creek kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We fi...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Meetings:
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Southeast Oregon
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Public land orders:
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The Department of the Interior proposes to extend the duration of Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6664 for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 6664 withdrew 840 acres of public lands in Carbon County, Montana, from settlement, sale, location, or entry un...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to sell a 0.07 acre parcel of federally owned land in Siskiyou County, located in Yreka, California. The public land has been examined and found suitable for disposal utilizing direct sale procedures. The...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Labor Department
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OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements contained in 29 CFR part 1904, Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Library of Congress
Copyright office and procedures:
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The Copyright Office is publishing a final list of stations listed in affidavits sent to the Copyright Office in which the owner or licensee of the station attests that the station qualifies as a specialty station in accordance with the Federal Commu...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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National Science Foundation
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Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Ti...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Personnel Management Office
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This gives a consolidated notice of all positions excepted under Schedules A, B, and C as of June 30, 2007, as required by Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from the Competitive Service.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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OPM proposes to add a new system of records to its inventory of records systems subject the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notic...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Railroad Retirement Board
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding the following Information Collection Requests (ICR's) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
State Department
Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:
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On October 11, 2007, notice was published on page 57987 of the Federal Register (volume 72, number 196) of determinations made by the Department of State pertaining to the exhibition "Wine, Worship and Sacrifice: The Golden Graves of Ancient Vani." T...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Transportation Department
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The OST invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for renewal of a previously approved information collection that is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for changes to a currently approved information collection that is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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This action proposes to modify Restricted Area 3404 (R-3404) at Crane, IN. The United States (U.S.) Navy requests that the FAA take action to modify R-3404 for the protection of nonparticipating aircraft from fragments generated during the disposal o...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Airworthiness directives:
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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...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
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The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacement of the wire harness of the auxiliary hydraulic pump with a new wire harness, and routing t...
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Proposed Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Airworthiness standards:
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Emergency landing conditions; CFR correction
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Rule | Oct 23, 2007 |
Exemption petitions, etc.:
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Union Pacific Railroad Co.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Meetings:
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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 207, Airport Security Access Control Systems.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a second meeting of RTCA Special Committee 215, Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services, Next Generation Satellite Services and Equipment.
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
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On May 18, 2006, the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Airports (ARP) published a notice in the Federal Register. That Notice told interested parties about the availability of the Preamble for FAA Order 5050.4B, National Environmental Polic...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
Treasury Department
Terrorist Finance Tracking Program:
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The Treasury Department administers the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) as a targeted tool to help track terrorists and their networks. The TFTP utilizes certain financial transaction information provided by the Society for Worldwide Interb...
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Notice | Oct 23, 2007 |
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