Federal Register December 26, 2007 (Volume 72)

Agencies Publishing on December 26, 2007

Agriculture Department (4)
Commerce Department (15)
Defense Department (10)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (5)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Executive Office of the President (1)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (32)
Homeland Security Department (3)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (6)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Personnel Management Office (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Small Business Administration (3)
State Department (1)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (2)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > RUS Information Collection Activity; Comment Request In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the Rural Utilities Service, an agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referr...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Colorado The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is initiating a public rulemaking process to address the management of roadless areas on National Forest System lands within the State of Colorado. This rulemaking is the result of a petition submit...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee The Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee will meet in Washington, DC. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed rule for the management of roadless areas on National Forest System lands in the State of Idaho and to discu...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > ITA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request: Annual Report from Foreign-Trade Zones The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 10080 Notice is hereby given that Dr. Kathryn A. Ono, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, has been issued a permit to conduct research on marine mammals.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals; File No. 473-1700 Notice is hereby given that Janice Straley, University of Alaska, 1332 Seward Ave, Sitka, Alaska 99835, has requested an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 473-1700-01.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation China	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > ITA Solid Urea From the Russian Federation: Preliminary Results and Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of the Antidumping Duty New-Shipper Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting a new-shipper review of the antidumping duty order on solid urea from the Russian Federation manufactured and exported by MCC EuroChem (EuroChem). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2006, t...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska NMFS, in consultation with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), announces its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on revisions to Steller sea lion protection measures, in accordance with the Natio...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands NMFS, in consultation with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on salmon bycatch reduction measures in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI), in ac...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery; Regulatory Amendment to Adopt Fishing Gear Standards for the NE Multispecies Regular B Day-At-Sea (DAS) Program and the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock Special Access Program (SAP) NMFS amends the regulations governing minimum performance standards of fishing gear proposed for use in both the NE multispecies Regular B DAS Program and the Eastern U.S./Canada Haddock SAP. The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) may r...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

International services surveys:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > EAB Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, 2007 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States This final rule amends regulations concerning the reporting requirements for the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States. The BE-12 survey is conducted once every 5 years and covers virtually the entire universe of f...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT) will hold a public meeting regarding Amendment 15 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP).	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Highly Migratory Species Management Team (HMSMT) will hold a work session, which is open to the public.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold meetings of its LAP Program Exploratory Workgroup in North Charleston, SC.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Change in Publication Format of Patent and Trademark Office Notices and Changes in Display of Patent and Trademark Office Notices in Electronic Official Gazette The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is discontinuing the separate weekly publication in paper form of Patent and Trademark Office notices, and the annual publication in paper form of the consolidated listing of notices pertaining to...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Defense Department 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 21 July 1996.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-019, Contracts With Religious Entities The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, as...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-030, Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require use of Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (E...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-23; Introduction This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-23. A companion document, the...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2005-016, Performance-Based Payments The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement recommendations to change the regulations related to perform...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-23; Small Entity Compliance Guide This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in a...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Navigation, COLREGS compliance exemptions:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Certifications and Exemptions Under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 The Department of the Navy is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (Admiralty and Maritime Law)...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Notice of Intent To Grant Partially Exclusive Patent License; Elemental Wireless, LLC The Department of the Navy herby gives notice of its intent to grant to Elemental Wireless, LLC., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license in the United States to practice the Government-Owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Number...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Demands for Testimony or Records in Legal Proceedings The Secretary proposes to amend the Department's regulations regarding the production of information pursuant to demands in judicial or administrative proceedings. The changes are intended to promote consistency in the Department's assertion of privi...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Models of Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Programs on College Campuses The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools proposes a priority, definitions, requirements, and selection criteria under the Models of Exemplary, Effective, and Promising Alcohol or Other Drug Abuse Prevention Programs on College Ca...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Education Department Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed for the HSI Program authorized by Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, in FY 2007 to make new Individual Development grant awards in FY 2008. The Secretary takes this action b...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Postsecondary education:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Federal Student Aid Programs (Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program) We are extending the actions taken by the Secretary pursuant to the HEROES Act of 2003, as announced in a notice published in the Federal Register on December 12, 2003 (68 FR 69312), and extended in a notice published in the Federal Register on Octob...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Natural gas pipeline rate and refund report filings	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65, and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Adminis...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Energy Department Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee; Notice of Renewal Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Fed...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, and Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing EPA is issuing national emission standards for the Clay Ceramics Manufacturing, Glass Manufacturing, and Secondary Nonferrous Metals Processing area source categories. Each of these three final emissions standards reflects the generally available con...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Partial Removal of Direct Final Rule and Revision of the Nonroad Diesel Technical Amendments and Tier 3 Technical Relief Provision Because EPA received adverse comment, we are making a partial withdrawal and revision of the direct final rule for "Nonroad Diesel Technical Amendments and Tier 3 Technical Relief Provision" published on September 18, 2007.	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Iowa; Clean Air Mercury Rule EPA is taking final action to approve the State Plan submitted by Iowa on August 15, 2006, and updates to rules submitted on April 26, 2007. The plan addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), promulgated on May 18, 2005, and...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Kansas; Clean Air Mercury Rule EPA is proposing to approve the State Plan submitted by Kansas on June 19, 2007. The plan addresses the requirements of EPA's Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), promulgated on May 18, 2005, and subsequently revised on June 9, 2006. EPA is proposing to de...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 2007

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; North Carolina; Redesignation of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment for Ozone EPA is taking final action to approve a request submitted on June 7, 2007, from the State of North Carolina, through the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), to redesignate the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 8-hour ozo...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Aspergillus Flavus AF36 on Corn; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Aspergillus flavus AF36 on corn when applied/used before corn tasseling occurs. Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council submitted a petit...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
Environmental Protection Agency Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerance This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of etoxazole in or on cherry; hop, dried cones; and vegetable, cucurbit subgroup 9A. The Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosm...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Age Discrimination in Employment Act:

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Retiree Health Benefits The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is publishing this final rule so that employers may create, adopt, and maintain a wide range of retiree health plan designs, such as Medicare bridge plans and Medicare wrap-around plans, without violating t...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President National Mentoring Month, 2008 National Mentoring Month (Proc. 8212)	Presidential Document	Dec 26, 2007

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget, Comments Requested 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	Dec 26, 2007

Federal Election Commission

Corporate and labor organization activity:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Electioneering Communications The Federal Election Commission is revising its rules governing electioneering communications. These revisions implement the Supreme Court's decision in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., which held that the prohibition on the use of corporate and...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Division of Loan Repayment; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Programs In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Division of Loan Repayment, National Institutes of Health (NIH), will publ...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Emergency Processing Under the Office of Management and Budget Review; Certification to Accompany Drug, Biological Product, and Device Applications or Submissions; Correction The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of December 12, 2007 (72 FR 70599). The document announced that a proposed collection of information had been submitted to the Office of Management an...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA New Animal Drugs; Change of Sponsor's Name The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor's name from Altana, Inc., to Nycomed US, Inc.	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Color additive petitions:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petition; Correction The Food and Drug Administration is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register of December 4, 2007 (72 FR 68166). The document announced that DSM Nutritional Products, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the color additive regula...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Personalized Healthcare Workgroup Meeting This notice announces the 11th meeting of the American Health Information Community Personalized Healthcare Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Electronic Health Records Workgroup Meeting This notice announces the 21st meeting of the American Health Information Community Chronic Care Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup Meeting This notice announces the 22nd meeting of the American Health Information Community Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup Meeting This notice announces the 16th meeting of the American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Electronic Health Records Workgroup Meeting This notice announces the 21st meeting of the American Health Information Community Electronic Health Records Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup Meeting This notice announces the 22nd meeting of the American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.)	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Clinical Trial Design for Community-Acquired Pneumonia; Public Workshop The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop, cosponsored with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), regarding scientific issues in clinical trial design for community-acquired pneumonia. This public workshop is...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Maximizing the Public Health Benefit of Adverse Event Collection Throughout a Product's Marketed Life Cycle; Public Workshop; Request for Comments The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are announcing a public workshop entitled "Maximizing the Public Health Benefit of Adverse Event...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > TSA New Emergency Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Critical Facility Information of the Top 100 Most Critical Pipelines This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency processing and approval under the Paper...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Maritime and land transportation security:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > TSA Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); Enrollment Dates for the Ports of Hilo, HI; International Falls, MN; Ontonagon, MI; Morehead City, NC; Huntington, WV; and Port Canaveral, FL 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	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Homeland Security Advisory Council The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will meet for purposes of reviewing recommendations from the Administration Transition Task Force and HSAC subgroups. In addition, the HSAC will receive briefings from Secretary Michael Chertoff and other...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Regulatory Waiver Requests Granted for the Third Quarter of Calendar Year 2007 Section 106 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (the HUD Reform Act) requires HUD to publish quarterly Federal Register notices of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved. Each notice covers the quarterly period...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > MMS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) conce...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Arenaria ursina (Bear Valley Sandwort), Castilleja cinerea (Ash-gray Indian Paintbrush), and Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum (Southern Mountain Wild-Buckwheat) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for Arenaria ursina (Bear Valley sandwort), Castilleja cinerea (Ash-gray Indian paintbrush), and Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum (southern mountain wild- buckwh...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NIGC Fee Rate Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 25 CFR 514.1(a)(3), that the National Indian Gaming Commission has adopted final annual fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.059% (.00059) for tier 2 for calendar year 2007. These rates shall apply to all assessable...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Oil and gas leases:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM WYOMING: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Nerd Gas Company, LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW157577 for land in Uinta Co...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Interior Department > BLM WYOMING: Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Gasconade Oil Co. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW155501 for land in Lincoln Coun...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Draft Site Progress Report to the World Heritage Committee for Yellowstone National Park Pursuant to the Decision adopted by the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee (Document: WHC-03/27.COM/7A.12) accepted by the United States Government, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the publication for comment of a Draft Site Progr...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Justice Department

Controlled substances; importation and exportation:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Reexportation of Controlled Substances The Controlled Substances Export Reform Act of 2005 amended the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to provide authority for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to authorize the export of controlled substances from the United States to...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF U.S. Munitions Import List and Import Restrictions Applicable to Certain Countries (2005R-5P) This final rule conforms the regulations in 27 CFR Part 447 to the revised International Traffic in Arms Regulations by amending the list of countries from which the importation of defense articles into the United States is proscribed by adding Afgha...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Occupational safety and health standards:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Abbreviated Bitrex® Qualitative Fit-Testing Protocol OSHA is proposing to include the protocol for the abbreviated Bitrex[supreg] qualitative fit test ("ABQLFT") in its Respiratory Protection Standard; the proposed protocol would apply to employers in general industry, shipyard employment, and the cons...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 2007

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Federal Register Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit No. 1; Exemption Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Detroit Edison Company; FERMI 2; Exemption Detroit Edison Co.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the Joint ACRS Subcommittees on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena and on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Excepted Service This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting The Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting is providing notice that it will hold a public meeting on Friday, January 11, 2008, in the Multipurpose Room, Room L-006, at the Commission's main office...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Securities Act of 1933; Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Order Approving Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Budget and Annual Accounting Support Fee for Calendar Year 2008 Budget and annual accounting support fee (2008 CY)	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend its Equity Options Obvious Error Rule Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify Fees for Members Using the Nasdaq Market Center NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, to Reduce From Six Months to Three Months the Period for Which a Company's Average Global Market Capitalization Must Exceed the Levels Established by the Exchange's Pure Valuation/Revenue Test New York Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Small Business Administration

Disaster loan areas:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Oregon Disaster Number OR-00023 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of OREGON (FEMA-1733-DR), dated 12/09/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Period: 12/01/2007 and continuing.	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Small Business Administration Disaster Declaration # 11124 and # 11125; Washington Disaster Number WA-00015 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Washington (FEMA--1734--DR ) , dated 12/09/2007. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Incident Period: 12/01/2007 and continuing. Effec...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Small business size standards:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (X-Ray Equipment and Supplies). The basis for waiver is that no small business manufacturers are supplying this clas...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department State-36 Security Records Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to alter an existing system of records, STATE-36, pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C.(r)), and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-130, Ap...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders 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 and invites public comment. The F...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007
Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Request for a New Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new information collection: Customer Satisfactio...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ Airplanes We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from service history of incidents and accidents involving transport category turbojet airplanes without leading edge high lift devices, tha...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 2007
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Hartzell Propeller Inc. Compact Series Propellers The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for all Hartzell Propeller Inc. models ( )HC-( )( )Y( )-( )( )( ) compact series, constant speed or feathering propellers with Hartzell manufactured "Y" shank aluminum blades. That AD cu...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Airworthiness standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Standards: Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes Emergency landing conditions; CFR correction	Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Federal agency actions on proposed highways; judicial review claims:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in North Carolina This notice announces actions taken by FHWA that are final agency actions within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139 (I)(1). These final agency actions relate to a proposed highway project, U.S. 64 Improvements--Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina fro...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007

Motor carrier safety standards:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators FMCSA proposes to revise the standards for mandatory training requirements for entry-level operators of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate operations who are required to possess a commercial driver's license (CDL). The proposed rule would...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Treasury Department

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Calculating and Apportioning the Section 11(b)(1) Additional Tax under Section 1561 for Controlled Groups. This document removes the final regulation for Sec. 1.1561-2, amends Sec. Sec. 1.1561-2T and 1.1563-1T, and adds Sec. 1.1502-47T. These temporary regulations affect component members of a controlled group of corporations and consolidated groups filin...	Rule	Dec 26, 2007
Treasury Department > IRS Calculating and Apportioning the Section 11(b)(1) Additional Tax Under Section 1561 for Controlled Groups In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that affect component members of a controlled group of corporations and consolidated groups filing life-nonlife Federal income tax re...	Proposed Rule	Dec 26, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department

Medical benefits:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Reasonable Charges for Medical Care or Services; 2008 Calendar Year Update Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), section 17.01 sets forth the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical regulations concerning "reasonable charges" for medical care or services provided or furnished by VA to a veteran for: (1) A n...	Notice	Dec 26, 2007