August 14, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register August 14, 2008

View all documents issued on August 14, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

68 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 14, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek approval to conduct two new information collections, the 2008 On-Farm Renewable Energy Producti...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Cibola National Forest will prepare an environmental impact statement to assess the designation and development of the proposed Rinconada Communication Site on the Mt. Taylor Ranger District. The Forest Service proposes to designate a three-acre...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Record of Decision:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (7 CFR part 650); the Natural Resources Cons...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is adopting new rules governing the conduct of disciplinary investigations, issuing warnings when closing such investigations, disciplinary proceedings, non-disciplinary transfer to disability in...
Rule Aug 14, 2008
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is adjusting certain patent fee amounts for fiscal year 2009 to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The patent statute provides for the annual CPI adjustment of patent fees se...
Rule Aug 14, 2008
Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3233), EDA announces general policies and application procedures for the FY 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Relief Opportunity. This inv...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Applications for Subzones:

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Termination of Critical - Circumstances Investigations:

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The Department of Commerce determines that imports of electrolytic manganese dioxide from Australia are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (t...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

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On March 25, 2008, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published its preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value ("LTFV") in the antidumping investigation of steel wire garment hangers ("hangers") from the People's Republic of Ch...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Fisheries in Western Pacific:

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NMFS announces that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council proposes to amend the Fishery Management Plan for Crustacean Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Crustaceans FMP). If approved by the Secretary of Commerce, Amendment 13 to the C...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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On July 30, 2008, NMFS published a revised Table 4 that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the B...
Rule Aug 14, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Pursuant to the provisions of Part 404 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, which implements Public Law 96-517, as amended, the Department of the Air Force announces its intention to grant Parhelion Labs, Incorporated in the State of California,...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Meetings:

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The NSSO, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration (DOT/RITA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (OASD(NII)) will be conducting a...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Notice Filings
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is revising its approved Public Water Supply Supervision Program. The EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, the...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

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EPA is taking final action under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to approve the Best Available Control Measure (BACM) and the Most Stringent Measure (MSM) demonstrations in the serious area particulate matter (PM-10) plan for the Maricopa County portion of t...
Rule Aug 14, 2008

Clean Water Act Section 303(d):

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This notice announces the final agency action on 27 TMDLs established by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the State of Arkansas, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra C...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as Amended; Proposed Administrative Settlement

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In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed Administrative Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Cost...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Delegation of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories:

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EPA is amending certain regulations to reflect the current delegation status of national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) in Arizona. Several NESHAP were delegated to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality on June 4,...
Rule Aug 14, 2008
Pursuant to section 112(l) of the 1990 Clean Air Act, EPA granted delegation of specific national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality on June 4, 2008, and to the Pima County Depa...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, notice is hereby given that the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS) will meet in September 2008. The MSTRS is a subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committ...
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is giving notice of a conference call of the Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Committee (TCRDSAC). The purpose of th...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Sole Source Aquifer Designation:

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The Regional Administrator of Region I of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined, pursuant to section 1424(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, that the aquifer system that underlies Conanicut Island, Rhode Island is the sole or princ...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on...
Notice Aug 14, 2008
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on...
Notice Aug 14, 2008
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) complies with section 602(c) of the Warning, Alert and Response Network (WARN) Act by adopting rules that require non- commercial educational (NCE) and public broadcast telev...
Rule Aug 14, 2008
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) seeks comment on whether it should adopt rules that require non-commercial educational (NCE) and public broadcast television station licensees and permittees to test the equi...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 14, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of July 17, 2008 (73 FR 40967). The final rule reclassified bone sonometer devices from class III into class II, subject to special controls. The...
Rule Aug 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The President's Council on Bioethics (Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD, Chairman) will hold its thirty-fourth meeting, at which it will discuss its projected white paper on ethical questions in medical care reform as well as hear and discuss presentations on...
Notice Aug 14, 2008
SAMHSA National Advisory Council
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE), has submitted the following information collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collect...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Special Local Regulation:

Title Type Published
The Cape Fear Dragon Boat Festival will take place on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 27, 2008. This event will consist of four 45 foot long Dragon boats racing a 250 meter course.
Rule Aug 14, 2008

Sudan; Extension of the Designation for Temporary Protected Status:

Title Type Published
This Notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security has extended the designation of Sudan for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months, from its current expiration date of November 2, 2008 through May 2, 2010. This Notice also sets fo...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we or us), announce the availability of a draft environmental assessment (DEA) evaluating options for managing take of bald eagles and golden eagles under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act). T...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for Poa atropurpurea and Taraxacum californicum under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Approximately 2,489 acres (ac) (1,009 hectares (ha)) of lan...
Rule Aug 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central California Resource Advisory Council Off-Highway...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Appointment of Individuals To Serve as Members of Performance Review Board.
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 14, 2008
The Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose changes in the Senior Community Service Employment Program resulting from the 2006 Amendments to title...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
LSC is proposing a number of revisions to its regulations on procedures for disclosure of information under the Freedom of Information Act to implement changes in that law made by the OPEN Government Act of 2007. LSC is also proposing to designate th...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act.
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Notice of application for an order under Section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") granting exemptions from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c), and 27(i)(2)(A) of the 1940 Act and Rule 22c-1 thereunder.
Notice Aug 14, 2008

State Department logo State Department

International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of State is amending the text of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Part 121 to add language clarifying how the criteria of Section 17(c) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 ("EAA") are implemented in accordance...
Rule Aug 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board proposes to use a multi-stage Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model to complement its use of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in determining the cost-of-equity component of the railroad industry's cost of capital.
Notice Aug 14, 2008

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
This notice announces the 2008 Annual Review of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA). Under this process petitions may be filed calling for the limitation, withdrawal or suspension of ATPA or ATPDEA benefits by presenting evidence that the eligibil...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 14, 2008
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a notice of Availability of Draft Alternatives Working Paper that was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2008 (73 FR 45268). That not...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) invite the public to comment about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew information collection forms, associated with OSDBU. The coll...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for P&W PW4052, PW4056, PW4060, PW4062, PW4152, PW4156A, PW4158, PW4460, and PW4462 turbofan engines. This proposed AD would require a onetime visual inspection of all EEC-131 model electro...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that FHWA will prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine the need and feasibility of improvements to the Ohio River Crossing along U.S. 421 in Jefferson...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

National Transit Database:

Title Type Published
This notice provides interested parties with the opportunity to comment on the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) National Transit Database (NTD) proposed new policy on natural disaster adjustments to NTD data. If a transit provider suffers a mar...
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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 Aug 14, 2008
This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-103146-08) that was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (73 FR 40999) relating to the return and information statement requirements under section 6039...
Proposed Rule Aug 14, 2008
This document contains final regulations that provide guidance regarding certain changes made to the rules governing S corporations under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005. The final regulations replace...
Rule Aug 14, 2008

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Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission

Record of Decision:

Title Type Published
On May 22, 2008, the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Commission) selected the Proposed Action presented in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Lower Duchesne River Wetlands Mitigation Project (LDWP), April 2008....
Notice Aug 14, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
Notice Aug 14, 2008
Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans
Notice Aug 14, 2008

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