November 28, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register November 28, 2007

View all documents issued on November 28, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

91 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on November 28, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

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The Forest Service gives notice of its intent to prepare a Travel Planning Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Clearwater National Forest (CNF). The proposed action would designate a site- specific transportation system and prohibit indiscri...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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We are amending the regulations governing the importation of animals and animal products to add the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to the region of the European Union that we recognize as low risk for classical swine fever (CSF). We ar...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Grade standards:

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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments on a proposed voluntary standard for a naturally raised marketing claim. A number of livestock producers make claims associated with production practices in order to distinguish their produ...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Antidumping:

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On September 25, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") published the preliminary results of the semiannual new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on brake rotors from the People's Republic of China. See Brake Rotors From the P...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
The Department of Commerce determines that imports of glycine from Japan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The final weighted...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
The Department of Commerce determines that imports of glycine from the Republic of Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Th...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Countervailing duties:

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting a new shipper review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain in-shell roasted pistachios from the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) for the period January 1, 2006, through December 31,...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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In accordance with 15 U.S.C. Section 1512 and Executive Order 11625, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is soliciting competitive applications from organizations to operate a Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC) in the locations an...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 1512 and Executive Order 11625, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is soliciting competitive applications from organizations to operate a Native American Business Enterprise Center (NABEC) in the locations an...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Meetings:

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NMFS will present a public workshop on the implementation of new Alaska groundfish observer sampling protocols for fishery participants and other interested parties. At the workshop, NMFS will provide an overview of the changes to observer sampling p...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and Air Force...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Natural gas pipeline rate and refund report filings
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Off-the record communications
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

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Citizens Electric Co. of Lewisburg, PA, et al.
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Ozark Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Yuma Power LLC
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
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 requ...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) National Exposure Research Labor...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

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This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide, chlormequat chloride, and opens a public comment period on the RED, related risk assessments, and other support documents. Chlormequat chlori...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide mefluidide. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the mefluidide docket. Mefluidide is a plant growt...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:

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This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the amendment of regulations 40 CFR 180.940(a) for residues of antimicrobial pesticide formulation containing n- Alkyl(C<INF>12</INF>-C<INF>18</INF>) dimethyl benzyl ammonium c...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the amendment of regulations 40 CFR 180.940(a) for residues of antimicrobial pesticide formulation didecyl dimethyl ammonium carbonate and didecyl dimethyl ammonium bicarbonate...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:

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EPA has granted or denied emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions or denials were granted during the period July 1, 2007 to September 30...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

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

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This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of acetamiprid in or on almond, hulls; fruit, stone, group 12, except plum, prune; nut, tree, group 14; pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B; pistachio; plum, prune, dried; plum, prune, fres...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

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On June 5, 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced agency guidance regarding Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the consolidated cases Rapanos v. United...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory committee was established by Public Law 98-181, November 30, 1983, to advise the Export-Import Bank on its programs and to provide comments for inclusion in the reports of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to Congress.
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is amending its procedural regulations implementing sections 8(g) and 8(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. The amendments are generally technical in nature, and are necessary to ensure that the r...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages and Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages for Fiscal Year 2009 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percentages will be effective from October 1, 2008 through S...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, this notice announces the renewal of an existing CMP between CMS, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Social Security Administration (SSA). We have provided informati...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Human drugs:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending to December 26, 2007, the comment period for the August 27, 2007, proposed rule to amend the final monograph for over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products (72 FR 49070). The comment period for...
Proposed Rule Nov 28, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting comments and scientific data and information that would assist the agency in its plans to conduct a risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in soft- ripened cheese. The purpose of the risk asses...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Maritime and land transportation security:

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issues this notice of the dates for the beginning of the initial enrollment for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) for the Port...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:

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The Coast Guard is creating a temporary security zone in the waters of Kahului Bay and Kahului Harbor, Maui, and on designated adjacent areas of land. This zone is intended to enable the Coast Guard and its law enforcement partners to better protect...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
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 Nov 28, 2007

Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

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This final rule revises the regulations governing HUD's mortgage insurance program for hospitals. The rule updates and incorporates some earlier provisions that currently are not published as part of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) regulatio...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to ex...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to ex...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Classification standards:

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This notice extends the period for comments on the burden, estimates or any other aspects of the information collection requirements for the proposed Class II game classification standards (72 FR 60483) published in the Federal Register on October 24...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Endangered and threatened species:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), revise our August 15, 2006, proposal to designate critical habitat for 12 species of Hawaiian picture-wing flies (Drosophila aglaia, D. differens, D. hemipeza, D. heteroneura, D. montgomeryi, D. mulli...
Proposed Rule Nov 28, 2007

Management contract provisions:

Title Type Published
This notice extends the period for comments on the burden, estimates or any other aspects of the information collection requirements of the proposed Class II technical standards (72 FR 60508) published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2007.
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:

Title Type Published
Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act request for lease and subsequent conveyance of approximately 20 acres in two separate parcels of public land in Clark County, Nevada. The Clark County School District (CCSD) proposes to use the land for one 1...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
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 670 acres of public land in Cl...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Survey plat filings:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the dates indicated.
Notice Nov 28, 2007

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Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations (portions of which will be open to the public) in Washington, DC at the Office of Professional Res...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Construction safety and health standards:

Title Type Published
OSHA is proposing a rule to protect employees from the hazards resulting from exposure to confined spaces in the construction industry. Under the proposed rule, employers would first determine whether there is a confined space at a job site. If there...
Proposed Rule Nov 28, 2007

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with administering federal funds provided for civil legal services to low-income people. LSC hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds for the provision of a...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the national organization charged with administering federal funds provided for civil legal services to low-income people. LSC hereby announces the availability of competitive grant funds for the provision of a...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

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National Science Foundation

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Research Performance Progress Report; standardized format; comment request; correction
Correction Nov 28, 2007

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Nov 28, 2007

State Department logo State Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This information collection cons...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federa...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) revision of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following col...
Notice Nov 28, 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 Nov 28, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

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The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Boeing Model 767 airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive measurements of the rudder and elevator freeplay, repetitive lubrications of rudder and elevator com...
Rule Nov 28, 2007
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 777 airplanes. This proposed AD would require installing software upgrades to the airplane information management system (AIMS) located in the flight compartment. T...
Proposed Rule Nov 28, 2007
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 Nov 28, 2007
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for a GE CF6-80C2B1 turbofan engine, serial number (SN) 690203, with fan disk, part number (P/N) 1703M78P11, SN RPMDA662, installed. This AD requires stripping of thermal spray coating, inspectio...
Rule Nov 28, 2007
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Hawker Beechcraft Model 400A series airplanes. This AD requires inspecting the galley cabinets to determine if a certain part number is installed or if a certain size of wire already...
Rule Nov 28, 2007
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A and AE 3007C series turbofan engines. That AD currently prohibits any flight following a ground engine start where the engine oil temperature i...
Rule Nov 28, 2007
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) provided by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to identify and correct an un...
Rule Nov 28, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration announces that it will be including the assessment of the transfer of lands from federal to state ownership for aviation uses within the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) currently being prepared by the Federal...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces that it has published an opportunity to apply for FY 2008 funding for the CMV Operator Safety Training Grant on the grants.gov Web site (http://www.grants.gov). This opportunity was established by Section 4134 of the Safe, Accountable...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Motor carrier safety standards:

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FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 28 individuals for exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. If granted, the exemptions would enable these individuals to qualify as drivers of commercial moto...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 27 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemptions will enable these individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerc...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
FMCSA previously announced its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 19 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exe...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Nov 28, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Nov 28, 2007

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