May 28, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register May 28, 2008

View all documents issued on May 28, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

86 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 28, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008
We are proposing to amend the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. The proposed changes were voted on an...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Funding Opportunity Title:

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The following paragraph has been added to the beginning of the Summary portion of the January 22, 2008, Federal Register Notice: The Risk Management Agency (RMA) did not receive complete and valid application packages for the State of Delaware under...
Notice May 28, 2008

Meetings:

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The Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee will tentatively meet in Golden, CO. The purpose of the meeting is to continue to provide the new committee members with the information they need to be effective committee members and review severa...
Notice May 28, 2008
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an Agency delivering the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or the Agency, intends to hold public scoping meetings a...
Notice May 28, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 72 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP) to NMFS for review. If approved, Amendment 72 would revise the FMP to state that the Council w...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008
NMFS implements regulations to limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 2C of Southeast Alaska to the guideline harvest level (GHL) of 931,000 lb (422.3 mt). The inte...
Rule May 28, 2008

Endangered Species; File No. 10037:

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Notice is hereby given that Dr. Douglas Peterson, Warnell School of Forest Resources (Fisheries Division), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, has been issued a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of scie...
Notice May 28, 2008

Endangered Species; File No. 1595-02:

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Notice is hereby given that Mr. Michael M. Hastings, University of Maine, 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, ME 04469, has been issued a modification to scientific research Permit No. 1595-01.
Notice May 28, 2008

Pacific Halibut Fisheries:

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This action corrects the regulatory text of a final rule published on August 8, 2003 (68 FR 47256), that implemented guideline harvest levels (GHLs) for the guided sport charter vessel fishery in the International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulator...
Rule May 28, 2008

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations:

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Uncovered Innerspring Units from the People's Republic of China, South Africa, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Notice May 28, 2008

Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination:

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that sodium metal from France (sodium metal) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff...
Notice May 28, 2008

isheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels participating in the Amendment 80 limited access fishery in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 (Zone 1) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary...
Rule May 28, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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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 May 28, 2008

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a curr...
Notice May 28, 2008
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...
Notice May 28, 2008

TRICARE:

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This rule confirms as final a January 2007 interim final rule which implements two provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (NDAA FY06). First, Section 715 of the NDAA FY06 extends the time frame certain dependents of...
Rule May 28, 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 May 28, 2008
This notice is being published in the Federal Register consistent with section 457(b)(2) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Section 457 of GEPA authorizes the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) to enter into a compliance agree...
Notice May 28, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Notice of Filings
Notice May 28, 2008
In this notice, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to revise the EQR Data Dictionary to clarify the definition of Contract Commencement date. If adopted, this proposal will make reporting this information less burdensome a...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Filings:

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Entergy Services, Inc.
Notice May 28, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 request f...
Notice May 28, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
Notice May 28, 2008
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 May 28, 2008

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of one meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Land Mid-Cycle Subcommittee.
Notice May 28, 2008

Pesticide Tolerances:

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This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fluopicolide in or on vegetable, root, subgroup 1A, except sugar beet and carrot; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2; vegetable, bulb, group 3-07; and Brassica, head and stem, subgroup...
Rule May 28, 2008
This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of hexythiazox in or on corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; and corn, field, forage. Gowan Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Rule May 28, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 8260)
Presidential Document May 28, 2008

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency) issues this final rule to amend its regulation governing financing of processing and marketing operations by Farm Credit System (Farm Credit, FCS, or System) institutions under titles I and II of the Far...
Rule May 28, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Commission will revise its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to recover the amount of regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for fiscal year 2008. Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, provides for the annu...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008
The Commission asks whether the eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) obligation to provide monthly digital television (DTV) transition notices to low-income subscribers should be expanded to require the provision of such notices to all subscribe...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice May 28, 2008

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

No documents available.

General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation:

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approv...
Notice May 28, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting comments on whether a registry could facilitate standardization of feasibility trials studying local treatment of small breast cancers with different thermal ablation devices and therapies (i.e. cr...
Notice May 28, 2008

Medicare Program:

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This final rule allows the Secretary to collect claims data that are presently being collected for Part D payment purposes for other research, analysis, reporting, and public health functions. The Secretary needs to use these data because other publi...
Rule May 28, 2008

Meetings:

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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Initial Review Group
Notice May 28, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form N- 300, Application to File Declaration of Intention; OMB Control No. 1615-0078.
Notice May 28, 2008
This Notice announces that effective June 27, 2008 only Form I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status with a revision date of October 17, 2007, will be accepted for filing applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The Form I-821, wi...
Notice May 28, 2008

Drawbridge Operation Regulations:

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The Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Rio Vista Drawbridge across the Sacramento River, mile 12.8, at Rio Vista, CA. The deviation is necessary to allow the b...
Rule May 28, 2008

Meetings:

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The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet on June 11, 2008 in Arlington, VA. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice May 28, 2008

Safety Zone:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean within a 250 yard radius of Ambrose Light (LLNR 720) located at position 40[deg]27[min]00[sec] N, 073[deg]48[min]00[sec] W, approximately 8.35 nautical miles...
Rule May 28, 2008
The Coast Guard will implement a safety zone during the Edenton 4th of July Celebration Firework Display, a fireworks display to be held over the waters of the Edenton Bay, Edenton, North Carolina, Vessel traffic in portions on the Edenton Bay adjace...
Rule May 28, 2008
The Coast Guard proposes to establish moving and fixed safety zones around all vessels carrying Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargo in the waters of the Caribbean Sea and Bahia de Ponce, Puerto Rico. This action will protect the public from the inheren...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Security Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a security zone around any vessel being escorted by one or more Coast Guard, State, or local law enforcement assets on the navigable waters of the Captain of the Port Zone, Charleston, South Carolina. This action is ne...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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This is a correction to the May 2, 2008 (73 FR 24308), request for comments. This notice is necessary to correct the hour burden for the requirements in Sec. 250.301(a) in the burden table. The information collection request (ICR) concerns the paperw...
Notice May 28, 2008
The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice May 28, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2008-09 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the initiation of a status review for the northern Mexican gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops). Through this action, we encourage all interested parties to provide us information regardin...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Meetings:

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The Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG) affords stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, management, and technical input concerning Trinity River (California) restoration efforts to the Trinity Management Council (TMC). This notice...
Notice May 28, 2008

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Hearing:

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Section 206 of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3204) requires the Commission to report biennially to the Congress by September 30 of each reporting year on the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and U.S. consumers, as well as on the effectiveness of t...
Notice May 28, 2008

Investigations:

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Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 21, 2008, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Tessera, Inc. of San Jose, California. A supplemen...
Notice May 28, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 6) issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting a motion to file an amended complaint add...
Notice May 28, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Denial Of Application:

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Paul H. Volkman
Notice May 28, 2008

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Termination, Limited Reductions in Funding, and Debarment Procedures; Recompetition; Suspension procedures:

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LSC recently published a notice regarding a Rulemaking Workshop it is conducting in connection with its rulemaking to consider revisions to its regulations on termination and suspension. The date for the Workshop listed in that notice has changed.
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) announces that it is planning to submit a request for a three-year extension of an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management a...
Notice May 28, 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation:

No documents available.

Meetings:

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held for the pur...
Notice May 28, 2008

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

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NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 199...
Notice May 28, 2008

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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NCUA is amending a number of its regulations by making minor technical corrections and grammatical changes. The amendments delete duplicate words, add proper punctuations, and make other grammatically necessary corrections. The amendments are intende...
Rule May 28, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 28, 2008
Issuance, Availability of Regulatory Guide 1.45, Revision 1.
Notice May 28, 2008

Administrative Changes:

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to update the street address for its Region IV office, and to update a telephone number and e-mail address for the Office of Information Services (OIS). This document is necessary to...
Rule May 28, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation (SFC) license amendment application, dated January 28, 2003, and subsequently revised...
Notice May 28, 2008

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension, without cha...
Notice May 28, 2008
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to implement a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 permitting prevailing rate (wage) employees to earn compensatory time off for time spent in a...
Rule May 28, 2008

Prevailing Rate Systems:

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing a proposed rule to change the annual schedule of nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System wage surveys from a fiscal year cycle to a calendar year cycle. The purpose of this change is to move c...
Proposed Rule May 28, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

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This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Arkansas (FEMA-1758-DR), dated 05/20/2008. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 05/02/2008 and continuing.
Notice May 28, 2008
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Maine (FEMA-1755-DR), dated 05/09/2008. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/28/2008 and continuing through 05/14/2008.
Notice May 28, 2008
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Maine ( FEMA-1755-DR), dated 05/14/2008. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/28/2008 through 05/14/2008.
Notice May 28, 2008

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Determination on Provision of Assistance for Sudan
Notice May 28, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FY 2009 Refugee Admissions Program
Notice May 28, 2008
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice May 28, 2008

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Meetings:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC), pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Notice May 28, 2008

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is sol...
Notice May 28, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 222, Appendix D, FRA is updating the Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold (NSRT). This action is needed to ensure that the public has the proper threshold of permissible risk for calculati...
Notice May 28, 2008
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 its review and approval. The FMCSA seeks approval to...
Notice May 28, 2008

Meetings:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 28, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
This document contains a correction to the regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that governs presumptive service connection for certain diseases from exposure to ionizing radiation during military service. This correction is require...
Rule May 28, 2008
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations governing the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program to implement statutory provisions in the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000, the...
Rule May 28, 2008

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