October 14, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register October 14, 2008

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

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 14, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2008
We are advising the public of our decision to begin issuing permits for the importation into the United States of fresh guava fruit from Mexico. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comme...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services (a) provide notice of the first meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and (b) solicit written comments pertinent to review of the Dietary Guidelines for Amer...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2008
NMFS issues this temporary rule for a period of 30 days, to allow shrimp fishermen to use limited tow times as an alternative to Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) in state and Federal waters offshore of Texas (from the Texas/Louisiana boundary southward...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Application for Reorganization/Expansion:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 26 Atlanta, GA Area
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Application for Subzone Status; Foreign-Trade Zone 20 Suffolk, VA:

Title Type Published
STIHL Inc. (Outdoor Power Products Manufacturing and Distribution), Virginia Beach, VA
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries including: trip limit adjustments; the reopening of the Pacific whiting primary seasons for the shore-based, catcher/processor, and mothership...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory entities will hold public meetings.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS) will hold a work session by telephone conference, which is open to the public, to develop recommendations for the November 2008 Council meeting.
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

Title Type Published
NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to training activities conducted in the Southern California Range Complex (SOCAL), which extends south and southwest off the southern California...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008
NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to training activities conducted off the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico for the period of January 2009 through January 2014. Purs...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot a...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreements Implementation:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies items subject to Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes ma...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is granting an exemption to firms designated by the Tokyo Financial Exchange, Inc. (TFX) from the application of certain of the Commission's foreign futures and option regulations based up...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the appointment of the members of the Performance Review Board (PRB) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, to include the Joint Staff, the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Defense Field Activities, th...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Board of Visitors of the Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet to review, develop and provide recommendations on all aspects of the academic and administrative policies of the University; examine all aspects of professional military educati...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Filings:

Title Type Published
Southwestern Power Administration
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Dixie Pipeline Co.; Technical Conference
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Transmission Barriers to Entry; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Ocean Dumping:

Title Type Published
EPA is withdrawing an earlier proposal to designate an ocean dredged material disposal site near the mouth of the Rogue River, Oregon, and is re-proposing to designate an ocean dredged material disposal site located offshore of the Rogue River, Orego...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Presidential Transition Coordinating Council; establishment (EO 13476)
Presidential Document Oct 14, 2008

Special observances:

Title Type Published
Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 8303)
Presidential Document Oct 14, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
This document addresses proposed revisions to the Commission's rules and policies regarding stolen vehicle recovery systems (SVRS) and the use of frequency 173.075 MHz. The Commission takes these actions in response to a petition for rulemaking filed...
Rule Oct 14, 2008
In this document, we seek comment on ways to further strengthen management, administration, and oversight of the Universal Service Fund ("USF" or "Fund"), how to define more clearly the goals of the USF, and to identify any additional quantifiable pe...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The Commission will consider an Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Memorandum Opinion and Order considering issues with respect to the low power television digital transition. 2 Public Safety & Title: Improving Public Safety Homeland S...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission denied an application for review filed by Edward Czelada of a Report and Order in this proceeding. The Report and Order upgraded the class of Station WIDL from Channel 221A to 221C3, reallotted Channel 221C3 from Caro to Cass City, Mic...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution proposed by Southeastern Media Holdings, Inc. ("SMH"), the permittee of WFXG-DT, post-transition digital channel 51, Augusta, Georgia. SMH requests the substitution of digital channel 31 for...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008
The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution proposed by WTVM License Subsidiary, LLC ("WTVM"), the permittee of WTVM-DT, post-transition digital channel 9, Columbus, Georgia. WTVM requests the substitution of digital channel 11 for pos...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008
The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution proposed by Pappas Telecasting of Central Nebraska, L.P. ("Pappas"), the permittee of KHGI-DT, DTV channel 36, Kearney, Nebraska. Pappas requests the substitution of DTV channel 13 for channe...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend through Octo...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The FTC plans to conduct a study to examine consumer perception of environmental marketing claims. This activity is part of the Commission's regulatory review of the Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims ("Green Guides" or "Guides"). B...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend thro...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

Title Type Published
This document contains the final revisions to the interim rules of procedures of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Contract Appeals Board (Board), which was published in the Federal Register on June 26, 2008. These rules supersede the interi...
Rule Oct 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 Oct 14, 2008

Implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (of 2005):

Title Type Published
AHRQ and OCR are announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Including How to Become a Patient Safety Organization." The Interim Guidance document explains how the Departme...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

International Drug Scheduling; Convention of Psychotropic Substances, etc:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until October 20, 2008, the comment period for the notice on "International Drug Scheduling; Convention on Psychotropic Substances; Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs," published in the Federal Reg...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) and Analysis to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting an extension of their approval for the followi...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Great Lakes Regional Waterways Management Forum will hold a meeting in Cleveland, OH, to discuss various waterways management issues. Potential agenda items may include agency updates from the Canadian Coast Guard Central and Arctic Region, Army...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Quarterly Listings:

Title Type Published
This document provides required notice of substantive rules issued by Coast Guard field units and temporarily effective between April 2007 and June 2008, that were not published in the Federal Register. This quarterly notice lists temporary special l...
Rule Oct 14, 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 lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest to Kivalin...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce our decision and the availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for our Interagency Florida Panther Response Plan. Our EA considers alternatives for...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has incorporated public comments into a revision of the marine mammal stock assessment report for the northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) stoc...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Delta Petroleum Corporation for competitive oil and gas leases WAOR58372 and WAOR58373...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Delta Petroleum Corporation for noncompetitive oil and gas leases WAOR58397, WAOR58398...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Delta Petroleum Corporation for competitive oil and gas leases WAOR61140 and WAOR61142...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Realty Action:

Title Type Published
In Federal Register [73 FR 50342] on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, make the following correction. Under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION heading, the legal description should read:
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: NICS Act State Record Estimates Data Collection.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Disabilities for Nonimmigrant Aliens.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Licensed Firearms Manufacturers Records of Production, Disposition, and Supporting Data.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Report of Firearms Transactions
Notice Oct 14, 2008
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Records of Acquisition and Disposition, Registered Importers of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War on the U.S. Munitions Imports List.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Consent Decree
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Lodging of Three Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Importer of Controlled Substances Notice of Application:

Title Type Published
Hopsira, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Manufacture of Controlled Substances Notice of Application:

Title Type Published
Halo Pharmaceutical Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Revocation of Registration and Denial of Application:

Title Type Published
Sunny Wholesale, Inc.; Correction
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of Labor will hold a hearing on the Department's proposed class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA, or the Ac...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the Department of Labor will hold a hearing on the Department's proposed regulation under provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA, or the Act), and the Internal Revenue Code of...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
This notice of proposed rulemaking is issued to inform the public that the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is considering adoption of new fees for registration of claims, special services and Licensing Division services, and that the Offi...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008

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 Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Electronic Records Archives (ACERA). The committee s...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB)
Notice Oct 14, 2008

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
NCUA is amending its share insurance rules to simplify coverage for revocable trust accounts. The amendments will make the rules easier to understand and apply without decreasing coverage, result in faster share insurance determinations in the event...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title Type Published
The National Endowment for the Arts (Endowment) is publishing a notice of an amendment to its systems of records, as required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4).
Notice Oct 14, 2008

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 14, 2008
This request is being issued to initiate the National Cyber Leap Year under the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). The goal of the National Cyber Leap Year is to identify the most promising game-changing ideas with the potential...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses, etc.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
On May 9, 2008 (73 FR 26349), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC; Commission) issued, for public comment, a draft policy statement on the regulation of advanced reactors. This final policy statement reinforces the Commission's current policy rega...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Acceptance for Docketing of an Application for Combined License:

Application for a Combined License:

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations regarding documentation required for appointments of disabled veterans. The purpose of this change is to provide consistency with the policy implemented by the Department of V...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 14, 2008
The Securities and Exchange Commission is requesting public comment related to the study to be conducted by the Commission under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 of "mark-to-market" accounting applicable to financial institutions, inc...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 19(b) of the Act and rule 19b-1 under the Act.
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 14, 2008
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Oct 14, 2008

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

Title Type Published
On August 26, 2008, notice was published on page 50394 of the Federal Register (volume 73, number 166) of determinations made by the Department of State pertaining to the exhibit, "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy." The referenced notice is correcte...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to request extension of approval (with modifications) for three years of a currently approved information collection.
Notice Oct 14, 2008
This document publishes the final data on thefts of model year (MY) 2006 passenger motor vehicles that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2006. The final 2006 theft data indicated an increase in the vehicle theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2006. The final...
Rule Oct 14, 2008
This notice announces that the FHWA and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (State) have developed a proposed MOU, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 326, under which the FHWA would assign to the State the FHWA's responsibility for deter...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
This establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the ad...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Airworthiness Directives; Withdrawal:

Title Type Published
This action withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80C2 and CF6-80E1 series turbofan engines. That action would have required replacement of a...
Proposed Rule Oct 14, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announce the availability of the Mid County Parkway (MCP) Draft Environmental Impact Report/Envir...
Notice Oct 14, 2008
FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for the proposed State Route 76 (SR-76) South Mission Road to the Interstate 15 (I-15) interchange highway improvement project in San Diego...
Notice Oct 14, 2008

Modification of Class D Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action modifies Class D Airspace at MacDill AFB, FL. The MacDill AFB Air Traffic Control Tower no longer operates on a full time basis; therefore, the Class D Airspace associated with the tower operations must be modified to reflect the times wh...
Rule Oct 14, 2008

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations relating to the modification of regulations governing the IRS Balanced System for Measuring Organizational and Employee Performance. These regulations affect internal operations of the IRS and the systems that...
Rule Oct 14, 2008
Performance Review Board, Internal Revenue Service; Appointment of Members of the Legal Division
Notice Oct 14, 2008
Performance Review Board, Internal Revenue Service; Appointment of Members of the Legal Division
Notice Oct 14, 2008

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