September 25, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register September 25, 2008

View all documents issued on September 25, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 25, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
This document makes technical amendments to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights' notice seeking public comment on information collection activities under its USDA/1890 Programs.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce has approved the revised managem...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce has approved the revised managem...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The Department of Commerce ("Department") received a request for initiation of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar ("SSB") from India from India Steel Works Limited ("India Steel"). After reviewing this...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request for initiation of a changed-circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rods (wire rods) from India from India Steel Works Limited (India Steel). After revi...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Applications:

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The Department hereby solicits applications from persons (including firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who cut and sew men's and boys' cotton shirts in the United States for an allocation of the 2009 tariff rate quotas on certain cotton wo...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We, NMFS, apply the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protective regulations for threatened West Coast salmon and steelhead to the distinct population segment (DPS) of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Puget Sound, Washington.
Rule Sep 25, 2008

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions; CFR correction
Rule Sep 25, 2008
Use of Government Sources by Contractors; CFR correction
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This announces the intention of the U.S. Army to prepare an EIS analyzing the impacts of Army Growth and Force Structure Realignment at Fort Bliss. The Fort Bliss Army Growth EIS will tier from the Final Programmatic EIS for Army Growth and Force Str...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Secretary waives the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c)(2) of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), respectively, that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period exte...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy published a document in the Federal Register of September 18, 2008, announcing the submission of an information request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The document contai...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The Commission is proposing to clarify that the facilities within a nuclear generation plant in the United States that are not regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are subject to compliance with the eight mandatory "CIP" Reliability St...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is proposing to amend its regulations governing standards for business practices of interstate natural gas pipelines to incorporate by reference the most recent version of the standards, Version 1.8, adopted b...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

Applications:

Title Type Published
Corning Natural Gas Co.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Authorization for Continued Project Operation:

Title Type Published
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
We announce the Ninth Conference on Air Quality Modeling. Such a conference is required by Section 320 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to be held every 3 years. The purposes of the ninth conference are to provide an overview of the latest features of the...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

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

Title Type Published
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 t...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
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 t...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

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Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is proposing to approve certain revisions, and to disapprove certain other revisions, of the Nevada State Implementation Plan submitted by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection. These revisions relate to the app...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

Draft Toxicological Review of Ethylene Glycol Mono Butyl Ether (EGBE):

Title Type Published
EPA is announcing that Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct an external peer review workshop to review the external review dra...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving notice of a public meeting to discuss remaining "long-term" issues with the Lead and Copper Rule. This meeting is open to the public and will provide a forum for public discussion of potential issues...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) on October 7-8, 2008. A draft agenda is under development that will include reports from and discussions about iss...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public face-to-face meeting of the chartered SAB to: discuss future environmental science issues within the context of EPA's research directions and priorities, and conduct quality reviews...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
Petitions for Reconsideration and/or Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceedings
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceedings
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Public Mobile Services; CFR correction
Rule Sep 25, 2008
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on proposals in certain ex parte filings submitted by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, International (APCO), the National Emergency Number Association (NE...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is amending its regulations to permit state nonmember banks to participate or assist in certain financial education programs conducted on school premises where, in connection with the program, deposits...
Rule Sep 25, 2008
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Deposit Insurance Requirements After Certain Conversions; Definition of Corporate Reorganization:

Title Type Published
The FDIC is issuing a final rule that amends certain of its regulations by conforming them to Federal statutes amended by the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006, the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 and the Federal Deposit I...
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
On July 21, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") published a Federal Register document soliciting public comments in connection with its review of the Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule ("Used Car Rule" or "Rule"). The doc...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Notice To Award a Program Expansion Supplement to the National Association for State Community Services Program (NASCSP) in Washington, DC.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 25, 2008
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Sep 25, 2008
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Sep 25, 2008
National Institute on Aging
Notice Sep 25, 2008
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Sep 25, 2008
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Sep 25, 2008
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the publi...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule Sep 25, 2008
Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1 percent annual- chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regardi...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-1789-DR), dated September 10, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of California (FEMA-3287-EM), dated June 28, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1786-DR), dated September 2, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1791-DR), dated September 13, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Vermont (FEMA-1790-DR), dated September 12, 2008, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to NANA Regional Corpo...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
On June 25, 2008, the Secretary of the Interior renewed the Charter for the PAWG and Task Groups. There are currently two vacancies on the PAWG for which nominations are being solicited: A representative of (1) Sublette County Government, and (2) the...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

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

Title Type Published
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to ex...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Call for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management's California Desert District is soliciting nominations from the public for five members of its District Advisory Council to serve the 2009-2011 three-year term. Council members provide advice and recommendations to BLM o...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Migratory Bird Hunting:

Title Type Published
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2008-09 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seaso...
Rule Sep 25, 2008
This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which States previously deferred selection. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifica...
Rule Sep 25, 2008
This rule prescribes special late-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (her...
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Migratory Bird Permits:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a document in the Federal Register on August 13, 2008 that revised the regulations governing migratory bird permitting. That document inadvertently used the term "migratory game birds" in a way that c...
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodging of Settlement Pursuant to Clean Air Act
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
This document contains an exemption issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO)
Notice Sep 25, 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Performance Review Board.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 10.7, Revision 2.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 10.9, Revision 2.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

License Termination:

Title Type Published
CBS Test Reactor, Waltz Mill Site, Madison, Pa
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Memorandum of Understanding:

Title Type Published
On September 12, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which establishes a framework for early coordination and participation among the agencies. The...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Peace Corps logo Peace Corps

Title Type Published
As required under the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the Peace Corps is giving notice of a new system of records, Volunteer Language Testing Scores System
Notice Sep 25, 2008
As required under the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the Peace Corps is giving notice of a new system of records, Peace Corps 50th Anniversary Archive.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
This gives notice of OPM decisions granting authority to make appointments under Schedules A, B, and C in the excepted service as required by 5 CFR 6.6 and 213.103.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Periodic Reporting Rules:

Title Type Published
Under a new law, the Postal Service must file an annual compliance report with the Postal Regulatory Commission on costs, revenues, rates, and quality of service associated with its products. It has filed documents with the Commission to change some...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Order Granting Temporary, Conditional Relief from the Net Capital Rule for Barclays Capital, Inc.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under sections 6(c), 12(d)(1)(J), and 57(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") granting exemptions from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (C), 18(a), 21(b), 57(a)(1)-(a)(3), and 61(a) of the Act; under section 57(i) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by section 57(a)(4) of the Act; and under section 12(h) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") granting an exemption from section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Consolidated Tape Association; Order Approving the Twelfth Substantive Amendment to the Second Restatement:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Sep 25, 2008
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Sep 25, 2008
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Maine ( FEMA-1788- DR), dated 09/09/2008. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 07/18/2008 through 08/16/200...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 25, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State hereby gives notice that, on September 4, 2008, it received an application to amend the Presidential Permit that authorizes the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates on th...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Amendment to the International Arms Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of State is removing Rwanda from its regulations on prohibited exports and sales to certain countries as a result of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1823, which terminated remaining arms sanctions against Rwanda.
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of State is amending the text of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to increase the registration fees, change the registration renewal period, and make other minor administrative changes.
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
General Railway Corporation d/b/a Iowa Northwestern Railroad, Osceola and Dickinson Counties, IA
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
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 Sep 25, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) revision of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following col...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The FAA's Federal Register Notice entitled "Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; Centennial Airport, Englewood, CO;" published August 21, 2008, published with several inaccuracies. Because of those inaccuracies we withdraw the August 21, 2008 not...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Abandonment Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Honeywell International Inc. LTS101 series turboshaft and LTP101 series turboprop engines with certain gas generator turbine discs installed. This proposed AD would require reducing the...
Proposed Rule Sep 25, 2008

Airworthiness Standards:

Title Type Published
The FAA is amending the aircraft engine type certification standards by adding standards for pressurized engine static parts that are equivalent to those already adopted by the European Aviation Safety Agency. This rule establishes uniform standards...
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Class D Airspace; Establishment:

Title Type Published
This rule establishes Class D airspace at San Bernardino International Airport, San Bernardino, CA. The FAA is taking this action to provide controlled airspace for the safety of aircraft executing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and...
Rule Sep 25, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Recent observations by PHMSA indicate possible inconsistencies in how natural gas transmission pipeline operators assess and repair anomalies, such as corrosion defects, and apply the results of calculations to their decision making for further actio...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The proposed information collection request (ICR) described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the pr...
Notice Sep 25, 2008
The proposed information collection request (ICR) described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the pr...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Management (OM), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are...
Notice Sep 25, 2008

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