February 4, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register February 4, 2008

View all documents issued on February 4, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

102 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 4, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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This Notice announces the availability of $6,255,900 of competitive grant funds for the RCDI program through the Rural Housing Service (RHS), an agency within the USDA Rural Development mission area herein referred to as the Agency. Applicants must p...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Forest Service is announcing the availability of the agency's Open Space Conservation Strategy. The Strategy provides a framework to strengthen and focus existing and new Forest Service actions for open space conservation. The goal of the Strateg...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Environmental Impact Statement:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), after receiving nominated oil and gas lease parcels and appropriate lease stipulations from the Forest Service (FS), sold and issued 12 leases, and sold 23 other leases that have not been issued. An appeal to the...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Environmental Statements; Availability, etc.:

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On November 28, 2007, the USDA Forest Service announced its intent to prepare a travel planning environmental impact statement (EIS). The proposed action would designate a site-specific transportation system and prohibit indiscriminate cross-country...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

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The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on February 15, 2008 at the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. This Committee, established by the Secretary of Agriculture on December 15, 1998...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Roadless Area Conservation National Advisory Committee will meet in Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 di...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Request for Proposals:

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The Rural Housing Service (RHS) announces the availability of funds and the timeframe to submit applications for grants to provide emergency services to areas where the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a local, state, or national emergency or...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
This is a request for proposals for guaranteed loans under the section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) pursuant to 7 CFR 3565.4 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 subject to the availability of funding. FY 2008 funding for the section 538...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 Feb 04, 2008
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 Feb 04, 2008
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 Feb 04, 2008

Antidumping or Contervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation:

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

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On September 14, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the "Department") published its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value ("LTFV") in the antidumping investigation of sodium hexametaphosphate ("SHMP") from the People's Republic of...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

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The Hydrographic Services Review Panel (HSRP) was established by the Secretary of Commerce to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on matters related to the responsibilities and authorities set forth in section 303 of the...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is deleting a system of records notice from its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, as codified at 50 U.S.C. App. Section 531, prohibits a landlord from evicting a Service member (or the Service member's family) from a residence during a period of military service except by court order. The law a...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Education Department logo Education Department

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The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Enhanced Assessment Instruments
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians with Disabilities
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

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The EAC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed inform...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The EAC has drafted a procedural manual for its Voting System Test Laboratory Accreditation Program. This manual establishes the administrative procedures for obtaining an EAC accreditation for Voting System Test Laboratories (VSTL). Section 231(b) o...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Intent to Prepare Environmental Assessment:

Notice of Amendment:

Title Type Published
Port Dolphin Energy LLC
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Notice of Filing:

Title Type Published
Airtricity Munnsville Wind Farm, LLC
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. et al.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Town of Tarboro, NC, Spongex LLC, Tarboro, NC
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Petition for Rate Approval:

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Houston Pipe Line Company, L.P.
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Request Under Blanket Authorization:

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Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is approving a revision to the Ohio oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) State Implementation Plan (SIP) containing provisions which control emissions of NO<INF>X</INF> from large internal combustion (IC) engines, makes corrections to typographica...
Rule Feb 04, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing approval of a revision to the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by letter on June 16, 2005. This revision addresses the requirements of EPA's NO<INF>X</INF> SIP Call which requires further reductions in NO<INF>X</INF> em...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2008

Committees; Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.:

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As required by section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, we are giving notice that EPA is establishing the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC). The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide advice to the Administrator...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

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The EPA's EFAB will hold an open meeting of the full board in Washington, DC on March 10-11, 2008. EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on creative ap...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice of a meeting of the Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee (TCRDSAC). The purpose of this meeti...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; availability of funds (Presidential Determination)

Title Type Published
No. 2008-10 of January 29, 2008
Presidential Document Feb 04, 2008

Turkey; proposed agreement for cooperation with the U.S. concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Presidential Determination)

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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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 Feb 04, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this proposed collection of information, in accordance w...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
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 Feb 04, 2008

Implementation of the Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996:

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In this document, the Commission denies an Application for Review filed by a coalition of local exchange carriers ("LEC Petitioners") regarding the Commission's carrier change verification rules. Specifically, the Commission affirms that it is not pe...
Rule Feb 04, 2008

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

No documents available.

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Background. On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Change in Bank Control:

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Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

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This notice announces an extension of the timeline for publication of the "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Conditions for Coverage for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities" final rule. This notice is issued in accordance with section 1871(a)(3)(B) of t...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Clinical Center
Notice Feb 04, 2008
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 04, 2008
National Institute on Aging
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The meeting of the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for February 20, 2008, is cancelled. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of December 21, 2007 (72 FR 72737).
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Scientific Review Center
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will be meeting by teleconference: the meeting will be partially closed.
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act is soliciting comments on the Financial Assistance and Social Service program application forms in order to renew the Office of Management an...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is amending its regulations at 43 CFR part 3130 pertaining to oil and gas resources in the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPR-A). The rule makes oil and gas administrative procedures in NPR-A consistent with S...
Rule Feb 04, 2008
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability for review of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The Service prepared the Dr...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Environmental Impact Statement:

No documents available.

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Northwest California Resource Advisory Council...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

National Register of Historic Places;

Title Type Published
Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Feb 04, 2008

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Advise Concerning Modifications to U.S. Generalized System of Preferences:

Title Type Published
Following receipt on January 18, 2008, of a request from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-497, Advice Concerning Possible...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Lodging of Consent Decree:

Title Type Published
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Record of Vote; Meeting Closure
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Procedures for Completing Uniform Forms of Trustee Final Reports:

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice, through its component, EOUST, is issuing this notice of proposed rulemaking (rule) pursuant to Section 602 of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). The BAPCPA requires the Department...
Proposed Rule Feb 04, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to the modification of technical specification (TS) 3.6.3, Containment Isolation Valves associated with implementati...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Consideration of Issuance of Amendment to Facility Operating License, Proposed No Significant Hazards, etc.:

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This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on January 15, 2008 (73 FR 2553), which informed the public that the NRC issued Amendment No. 228 to Facility Operating License No. DPR-72 for Crystal River Unit No. 3 Nuclear Generati...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Dominion Virginia Power; Acceptance for Docketing Application:

Title Type Published
Combined License for North Anna Unit 3 Docket No. 52-017
Notice Feb 04, 2008

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Administrative Practice and Procedure, Postal Service:

Title Type Published
The Postal Regulatory Commission published a document in the Federal Register on November 9, 2007 (72 FR 63662), adopting new rules. That document inadvertently misidentified, in section 3020.91, the length of time for the Postal Service to file a no...
Rule Feb 04, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Feb 04, 2008
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 04, 2008
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Feb 04, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Cultural Property Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 04, 2008
This notice announces meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to prepare advice on U.S. positions for the March/April 2008 meeting of the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Proposal to Extend Memorandum of Understanding Between United States and Kingdom of Cambodia:

Termination of Statutory Debarment:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has terminated the statutory debarment against Peter Appelbaum pursuant to section 38(g)(4) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2778).
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comme...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
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 Feb 04, 2008
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 extend the following currently approved information collec...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
This action corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register January 8, 2008 (73 FR 1271), Airspace Docket No. 07-ANM-10, FAA Docket No. FAA-2007-28649. In that rule, an error was made in the legal description for Wheatland, WY. Specifically,...
Rule Feb 04, 2008
Section 1604(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 109-59; Aug. 10, 2005), authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to carry out 15 demonstration projects to...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
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 Feb 04, 2008

Airport Noise Compatibility Program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the Noise Compatibility Program submitted by the City of Atlanta under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act")...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for CFM International, S.A. CFM56-7B series turbofan engines. This AD requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) in the Engine Shop Manual (ESM) and the air carrier's approved...
Rule Feb 04, 2008

Commercial Driver's License Standards:

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FMCSA renews Volvo Trucks North America's (Volvo) exemption from the Agency's requirement for certain drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to hold a commercial driver's license (CDL). Volvo requested that its exemption for eight Swedish engine...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Establishment and Removal of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E5 airspace at Indianapolis, IN. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using new RNAV Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP). The FAA is pro...
Rule Feb 04, 2008
This action establishes Class E5 airspace at Long Prairie, MN. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using new RNAV Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP). The FAA proposes this ac...
Rule Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting.
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, the FDIC, and the OTS (the "agencies") may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Meetings:

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An open meeting of the Area 3 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comment, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.
Notice Feb 04, 2008

Request for Public Comments; Community Development Financial Institutions Program:

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This document invites comments from the public on certain issues regarding, for purposes of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program, the CDFI Fund's certification of entities as CDFIs, pursuant to the CDFI Program regulations...
Notice Feb 04, 2008

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