Federal Register August 26, 2008 (Volume 73)

Agencies Publishing on August 26, 2008

Agriculture Department (6)
Commerce Department (7)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (1)
Election Assistance Commission (1)
Energy Department (14)
Environmental Protection Agency (5)
Farm Credit Administration (1)
Federal Communications Commission (8)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (0)
Federal Reserve System (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Interior Department (11)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (5)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (6)
Personnel Management Office (2)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
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Selective Service System (1)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (9)
Transportation Department (11)
Treasury Department (5)
Veterans Affairs Department (5)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, CA; Decreased Assessment Rate This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2008-09 and subsequent crop years from $0.75 to $0.60 per hundredweight of dates handled. The Committee locally administers the m...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS Dried Prunes Produced in California; Decreased Assessment Rate This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) for the 2008-09 and subsequent crop years from $0.60 to $0.30 per ton of salable dried prunes. The Committee locally administers the marketing order tha...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Agriculture Department > FS Motorized Vehicle Use on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest (Forest) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to document and disclose the potential environmental effects of establishing and designating a system of roads, trails and areas for wheeled motori...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Agriculture Department > RBS Notice of a Public Meeting on Implementation of Title IX, Energy Authorities of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 The Business and Cooperative Programs, an Agency in the Rural Development Mission Area of the United States Department of Agriculture, will hold a public meeting September 4, 2008, entitled "Expanding Rural Renewable Energy Opportunities--Inviting a...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS Request for an Extension to a Currently Approved Information Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget, for an extension of the currently...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Agriculture Department > FS Sequoia National Forest, Western Divide Ranger District; California; Tule River Reservation Protection Project The proposed project is to reduce surface and ladder fuels on approximately 1,574 acres by constructing fuel breaks, treating planted stands, and prescribed burning between planted stands and fuel breaks. The purpose of the project is to respond to a...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing; Meeting The Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) will meet October 7, 2008.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Tow-Behind Lawn Groomers and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Commerce Department > NOAA Conducting Consultations Pursuant to Section 304(d) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act NOAA solicits public comment on whether development of regulations implementing certain aspects of the consultation provisions of section 304(d) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act is appropriate and, if so, what such regulations should contain to...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we ar...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Commerce Department > NOAA North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Joint Protocol Committee of the Alaska Board of Fisheries and Council will meet in Anchorage, AK.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Commerce Department > NOAA North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Team will meet in Seattle, WA.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Commerce Department > ITA Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Defense Department

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Defense Department > USN Notice of Meeting of the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel The Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will meet to discuss National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC) and Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI) activities. All sessions of the m...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Election Assistance Commission

Title	Type	Published
Election Assistance Commission Sunshine Act Notice Notice of Virtual Public Forum for EAC Board of Advisors.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Ameren/UE; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Ceresco Power and Light; Notice of Application for Preliminary Permit Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Request for Permission To Withdraw Tariff Filing	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC FirstLight Hydro Generating Company; Notice of Application Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Application To Amend License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Granite County; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, and Soliciting Additional Study Requests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC James and Patricia Tyrpin; Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and/or Motions To Intervene	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Lake George Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application for Surrender of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Mananook Associates; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Modern Hydro; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene and Competing Applications	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Snoqualmie River Hydro/Public Utility, District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Notice of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Whitman River Dam, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene and Competing Applications	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Wyckoff Gas Storage Company LLC.; Notice of Application	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available Control Technology Requirements for Volatile Organic Compounds and Nitrogen Oxides EPA is proposing to remove the limited status of its approval of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision that requires all major sources of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) to i...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia County Reasonably Available Control Technology Under the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP revision pertains to the requirements in meeting the reasonably available control technology (RACT) under the 8-hour ozone...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), Executive Committee Meeting-September 2008 Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a public teleconference of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad rang...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Expert Peer Review Meeting of the Draft Demonstration of Alternative Asbestos Control Method Demolition for Two Asbestos-Containing Buildings EPA is announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for external peer review, has convened a panel of experts and will conduct an independent expert peer meeting September 11-12, 2008, to review the two draft documents titled, Evaluation of the Al...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency), through the FCA Board (Board), has updated and reaffirmed at its regular August Board meeting a policy statement on equal employment opportunity and diversity. The policy statement provides guidance to...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008 In this document, we amend our Schedule of Regulatory Fees to collect $312,000,000 in regulatory fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, pursuant to section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act). These fees are mandated by Congress and ar...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008 In this document, we seek comment on changes to the regulatory fee schedule and methodology.	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget The Federal Communications Commission 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 or s...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget The Federal Communications Commission 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 or s...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Asbury and Maquoketa, IA, and Mineral Point, WI The Audio Division at the request of KM Radio of Independence, LLC, licensee of Station KQMG-FM, Independence, Iowa, proposes the allotment of Channel 238A at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, as its first local service, and the substitution of Channel *254A...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Blythe, CA This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 73.202(b). The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by Prescott Valley Broadcasting Company, Inc. Petitioner propo...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; Cotulla and Dilley, TX The Audio Division grants a Petition for Rule Making issued at the request of Katherine Pyeatt, proposing the allotment of Channel 291A at Dilley, Texas, as its fourth local FM aural transmission service. The reference coordinates for vacant Channel...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Radio Broadcasting Services; French Lick, Indiana; Irvington, KY This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by L. Dean Spencer, requesting the allotment of Channel 261A at Irvington, Kentucky, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 261A can be allotted at Irvingt...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Government in the Sunshine; Meeting Notice	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel; Notification of Public Advisory Panel Meetings The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel (MAS Panel), a Federal Advisory Committee, will hold public meetings on the following dates: Friday, September 19, 2008; Monday, September 22, 2008; Monday, October...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > SAMHSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices In Violation of Federal Law The Department of Health and Human Services proposes to promulgate regulations to ensure that Department funds do not support morally coercive or discriminatory practices or policies in violation of federal law, pursuant to the Church Amendments (42...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Amended Notice of Meeting	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Determination Concerning a Petition to Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a determination concerning a petition to add a class of employees at the Sandia National Laboratory--Livermore, Livermore, California, to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the En...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Projects	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I-290B, Extension of an Existing Information Collection; Comment Request 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 290B, Notice of Appeal to the Office of Administrative Appeals (AAO). OMB Control No. 1615-0095.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Customs and Border Protection Trade Symposium 2008: “Global Trade: Continuity Through Transition” This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will convene its annual trade symposium, featuring panel discussions involving department personnel, members of the trade community and other government agencies, on the agency's r...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Direct Mail Program for Submitting Form I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability To Adopt a Child From a Convention Country, and Form I-800, Petition To Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expanding its Direct Mail Program to include Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, and Form I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a C...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP National Customs Automation Program Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue This document announces Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) plan to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) capabilities. These new cap...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone: Rocket Launch, NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), Wallops Island, VA The U. S. Coast Guard is establishing a security zone extending 12 nautical miles offshore from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) Pad 0B launch complex for the launch of a large suborbital test rocket by the National Aeronautics and Space Ad...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > USGS Agency Information Collection: Comment Request To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we will submit to OMB a new Information Collection Request (ICR) for approval of the paperwork requirements for the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Progr...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > NPS Draft General Management Plan, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Fort Stanwix National Monument, NY Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c) the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Draft General Management Plan (GMP) for Fort Stanwix N...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Acanthomintha ilicifolia (San Diego thornmint) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for Acanthomintha ilicifolia (San Diego thornmint) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 671 acres (ac) (272 hectares (ha...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating revised critical habitat for the Bay checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 18,293 acres...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Peninsular Ranges Population of Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period and the scheduling of public hearings on our October 10, 2007, proposed revision to critical habitat for the Peninsular bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nels...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule Removing the Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), hereby remove the Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus), now more commonly known as the West Virginia northern flying squirrel (WVNFS), from the List of Threatened and Endanger...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > OSM Mississippi Regulatory Program We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of revisions to a previously proposed amendment to the Mississippi regulatory program (Mississippi program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Ac...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > OSM Montana Regulatory Program We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Montana regulatory program (hereinafter, the "Montana program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ("SMCRA" or "the Act"). Montana proposes to clarify ambiguities. Thi...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > USGS National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council Pursuant to Public Law 96-472, the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold a meeting. The meeting location is the Hilton Palm Springs Resort, 400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, California 92262-6605. The Committee...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Realty Action-Recreation and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act Classification, New Mexico The following described public land is determined suitable for classification for leasing and subsequent conveyance to City of Farmington for the Farmington Regional Animal Shelter, under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Ac...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Interior Department > BLM Recreation and Public Purposes Act; Solid Waste Disposal The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) amends a procedural regulation pertaining to the issuance of patents for public lands leased on or before November 9, 1988, for solid waste disposal or related purposes. The existing regulation requires the express...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008

International Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Base Stations and Wireless Microphones; Notice of Investigation Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 22, 2008, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of L-3 Communications Mobile-Vision, Inc. of Boonton,...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
International Trade Commission Sodium Nitrite From China and Germany	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > DEA Elmer P. Manalo, M.D.; Dismissal of Proceeding	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Justice Department > DEA Janet L. Thornton, D.O.; Dismissal of Proceeding	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Justice Department Membership of the Senior Executive Service Standing Performance Review Boards Pursuant to the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the Department of Justice announces the membership of its 2008 Senior Executive Service (SES) Standing Performance Review Boards (PRBs). The purpose of a PRB is to provide fair and impartial review...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act and Other Environmental Statutes	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission AmerGen Energy Company, Oyster Creek Generating Station; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Amergen Energy Company; Clinton Power Station, Unit No. 1; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Amergen Energy Company; Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Notice of Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Facility Operating License, Conforming Amendment, and Opportunity for a Hearing	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Federal Register Notice	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Federal Register Notice	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Critical Position Pay Authority The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to govern the use of a critical position pay authority that allows higher rates of pay for positions that require a very high level of expertise in a scientific, technical, pr...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Personnel Management Office Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to administer the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004, signed into law December 23, 2004. This law establishes dental and vision benefits programs f...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Administrative Practice and Procedure, Confidential Business Information, Postal Service The Commission is proposing rules on the treatment of non- public material submitted by the Postal Service. Issuance of this proposal will allow interested parties to comment on the Commission's approach to implementing a new statutory requirement.	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Postal Regulatory Commission Global Express Package Service Contracts The Commission is noticing seven recently-filed Postal Service Global Express Package Service negotiated service agreements. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Joint Industry Plan; Notice of Filing and Order Approving on a Temporary Basis Amendment No. 2 to the Plan for the Purpose of Developing and Implementing Procedures Designed to Facilitate the Listing and Trading of Standardized Options	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Adopting a New Order Type	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Related to Complex Order Price Check Parameters	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending the Schedule of Fees and Charges for Exchange Services To Add a Credit That Applies to Indications of Interest That Result in Routed and Executed Orders	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Listing of the WisdomTree Dreyfus Emerging Markets Fund	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Rule Change by NYSE Arca, Inc. To Eliminate the Requirement That Orders Sent Via the InterMarket Linkage System and Broker Dealer Orders Receive the Same Billing Treatment	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change by NYSE Arca, Inc. Relating to Listing and Trading of PowerShares Active U.S. Real Estate Fund	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto To Remove From the Nasdaq Rules Fee Provisions Relating to Nasdaq's Mutual Fund Quotation Service	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change as Modified by Amendment No. 1 To Establish an Imbalance Cross	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

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Selective Service System

Title	Type	Published
Selective Service System Forms Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Extension of Clearance Notice.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Authorization of Representative Fees We propose to revise our rules regarding payment of representative fees to allow representatives to charge and receive a fee from third parties without requiring our authorization in certain instances. We also propose to eliminate the requirement tha...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collections: Thirteen Information Collections. The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Aliens Inadmissible Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended: Unlawful Voters This rule adopts as final the Department interim rule which amended the regulations concerning visa ineligibility for aliens who vote unlawfully. The amendment was necessary to comply with the provisions of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000.	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Alfred Kubin” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Art and Love in Renaissance Italy” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Joan Miro: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927-1937” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Paintings From the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “The Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
State Department Industry Advisory Panel: Notice of Open Meeting	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Advance Construction of Federal-Aid Projects The FHWA is revising its regulation for advance construction of Federal-aid projects by: (a) Removing the restriction that a State must obligate all of its allocated or apportioned funds, or demonstrate that it will use all obligation authority alloc...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A310 Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Airbus Model A310 series airplanes. The existing AD currently requires repetitive detailed inspections to detect cracks propagating from the fastener holes tha...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340-300, A340-500, and A340-600 Series Airplanes We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above that would supersede an existing AD. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of anoth...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ Airplanes The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ airplanes. The existing AD currently requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Secti...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701 & 702), CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) Airplanes We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department Procedures for Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Programs In response to petitions from certain transportation industry and labor groups, the Department of Transportation is changing the effective date of 49 CFR 40.67(b) from August 25, 2008, to November 1, 2008. The Department is also requesting comments c...	Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Proposed Modification of the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Class B Airspace Area; Public Meetings This notice announces four fact-finding informal airspace meetings to solicit information from airspace users and others concerning a proposal to revise the Class B airspace area at Dallas/ Fort Worth, TX. The purpose of these meetings is to provide...	Proposed Rule	Aug 26, 2008
Transportation Department Renewal of Approval of Information Collection Requirements In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, this notice announces the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, (DOT) intention to request an extension of the information collection request (ICR) OMB N...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

Treasury Department

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Treasury Department Departmental Offices, Office of Financial Education; Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on a proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, P...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Treasury Department Financial Management Service; Senior Executive Service; Financial Management Service Performance Review Board (PRB) This notice announces the appointment of members to the Financial Management Service (FMS) Performance Review Board (PRB).	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Treasury Department > OCC, OTS, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Joint Report: Differences in Accounting and Capital Standards Among the Federal Banking Agencies; Report to Congressional Committees The OCC, the FRB, the FDIC, and the OTS (the agencies) have prepared this report pursuant to section 37(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Section 37(c) requires the agencies to jointly submit an annual report to the Committee on Financial Serv...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Treasury Department > OCC Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

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Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on VA Disability Compensation and Related Benefits; Notice of Establishment	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection (Application for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation, Death Pension and Accrued Benefits by a Surviving Spouse or Child) Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection (Authorization and Certification of Entrance or Reentrance Into Rehabilitation and Certification of Status) Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection (Election to Apply Selected Reserve Services to either Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty or to the Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve) Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection (Offer To Purchase and Contract of Sale) Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to t...	Notice	Aug 26, 2008

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