Federal Register October 29, 2008 (Volume 73)

Agencies Publishing on October 29, 2008

Agriculture Department (2)
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Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission (1)
Commerce Department (11)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (3)
Environmental Protection Agency (22)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (2)
Federal Reserve System (3)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (10)
Homeland Security Department (5)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (10)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (2)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
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National Institute for Literacy (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Personnel Management Office (1)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (8)
Social Security Administration (1)
Transportation Department (9)
Treasury Department (5)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request National School Lunch Program In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is an extension to a currently approved collection for the Na...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Agriculture Department > FS Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Downpayment and Periodic Payments The Forest Service is proposing to amend the Downpayment rule and the Periodic payments rule to reflect changes in contracting procedures adopted in the April 2004 and June 2006 timber sale contracts. These changes reflect stewardship contracting aut...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008

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Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission Annual Meeting Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission; Annual Meeting	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Commerce Department > BIS Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Requests to Appointment of a Technical Advisory Committee 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 29, 2008
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures In order to provide additional opportunities for the public, the Atlantic Regional Fishery Management Councils, the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions, and other interested parties to comment on the Notice of Intent (NOI) and issue...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Commerce Department > BIS Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures for Agricultural Commodities to Cuba The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is requesting public comments on the effectiveness of its licensing procedures as defined in the Export Administration Regulations for the export of agricultural commodities to Cuba. BIS will include a descri...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered and Threatened Species; Conservation of Threatened Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), publish this final rule to apply all the prohibitions enumerated in section 9(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (A. cervicornis) corals, with limited...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with September anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations,...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Commerce Department > ITA Withdrawal of Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments Withdrawal of Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Thailand: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review The U.S. Department of Commerce ("the Department") is extending the time limit for the final results of the changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot- rolled carbon steel flat products ("hot-rolled steel") from Thailan...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the time limit for the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. The period of review is June 1, 2...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Amendments to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plans for the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic NMFS issues this proposed rule that would implement Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Caribbean FMP) prepared by the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Caribbean Co...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008

NAFTA Panel Reviews:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA North American Free-Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion of Panel Review Pursuant to the Order of the Binational Panel dated September 10, 2008, affirming the final determination described above, the panel review was completed on September 22, 2008.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Payments of Amounts Due Mentally Incompetent Members of the Naval Service The Department of the Navy amends its rules to update existing sections relating to the authority and procedures to designate trustees for Navy and Marine Corps service members who have been determined to be mentally incompetent pursuant to 37 U.S.C....	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Submission for OMB Review; Small Business Size Rerepresentation Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of a new information colle...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Education Department Title I-Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged The Secretary amends the regulations governing programs administered under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, to clarify and strengthen current Title I regulations in the areas of assessment, accounta...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Teaching American History Grant Program:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Teaching American History Grant Program The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement proposes to amend the final selection criteria governing the Teaching American History Grant Program (TAH) as published in the notice of final selection criteria and other application requ...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings, #1 Combined Notice of Filings	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings, #1 Combined Notice of Filings	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Fed...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Carbaryl RED Amendment and Response to Petition to Cancel Registrations; Notice of Availability This notice announces the availability of an amendment to EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for Carbaryl, and EPA's response to a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), insofar as the petition seeks to have EPA canc...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Carbaryl; Order Denying NRDC's Petition to Revoke Tolerances In this Order, EPA denies a petition requesting that EPA revoke all pesticide tolerances for carbaryl under section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The petition was filed on January 10, 2005, by the Natural Resources Defen...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Ethylene Oxide; Preliminary Determination to Terminate Special Review This notice announces EPA's preliminary determination to terminate the Special Review of ethylene oxide (ETO). On January 27, 1978, EPA initiated Special Review based on developmental toxicity, mutagenicity, and neurotoxic effects in workers (43 FR 3...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Nicotine; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Cancel a Pesticide Registration In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel its registration for a product containing the p...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment With this final rule, EPA is amending the pesticide container and containment regulations, which provide for the safe storage and disposal of pesticides as a means of protecting human health and the environment pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fu...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product Registration Approval This notice announces Agency approval of an application to register the pesticide product Bedoukian e,e-9,11-Tetradecdienyl Acetate Technical Pheromone] containing an active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to th...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Products; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Products; Registration Applications This notice announces receipt of applications to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any currently registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Sulfluramid Registration Review Final Decision; Notice of Availability This notice announces the availability of EPA's final registration review decision for the pesticide case sulfluramid. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the stat...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Triclosan; Reregistration Eligibility Decision; Notice of Availability This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide triclosan, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coke Oven Batteries (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1362.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0253 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	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating, EPA ICR Number 0660.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0107 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	Oct 29, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois EPA is approving a request submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on January 24, 2008, to revise the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) for volatile organic compounds (VOC). The approval revises the Illinois SIP by upd...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois EPA is proposing to approve a request submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on January 24, 2008, to revise the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) for volatile organic compounds (VOC). The proposed approval revises the...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Movement of Richmond and Hampton Roads 8-Hour Ozone Areas From the Nonattainment Area List to the Maintenance Area List EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of moving the Richmond and the Hampton Roads 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas from the nonattainment areas list to the...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Movement of Richmond and Hampton Roads 8-Hour Ozone Areas From the Nonattainment Area List to the Maintenance Area List EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). This revision moves the Richmond and Hampton Roads 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas from the nonattainment areas list to the maintenance areas li...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Draft Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene):

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Draft Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene): In Support of the Summary Information in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Correction EPA announced on October 16, 2008 (73 FR 61416), that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct a review of the draft document titled, "Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Pe...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Pesticide Product Registration:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Product Registration; Conditional Approval This notice announces Agency approval of an application submitted by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., to conditionally register the pesticide product VipCot containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the pro...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances This regulation amends the tolerances in the 40 CFR 180.518 for residues of the fungicide, pyrimethanil, 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2- pyrimidinamine, in or on pome fruit crop group 11, establishes tolerances for the residues of pyrimethanil in or on appl...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Texas:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Texas: Final Authorization of State-Initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program During a review of Texas' regulations, the EPA identified a variety of State-initiated changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). We have determined that these changes are minor and satisfy all req...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Texas: Final Authorization of State-Initiated Changes and Incorporation by Reference of State Hazardous Waste Management Program During a review of Texas' regulations, EPA identified a variety of State-initiated changes to Texas' hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (RCRA), for which the State had not previously sought authorizat...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title	Type	Published
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission SES Performance Review Board Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members to the EEOC Performance Review Board.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals In this document, the Commission clarifies a number of existing rules relating to cable carriage of digital signals. As explained, the carriage elections that must be made by October 1, 2008, will determine a station's carriage rights throughout the...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Consumer Advisory Committee The Commission announces the date and agenda of the next meeting of its Consumer Advisory Committee "Committee".	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program The FDIC is issuing this Interim Rule following a determination of systemic risk pursuant to section 13(c)(4)(G) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As a result of this systemic risk determination, and in an effort to avoid or mitigate serious adve...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Notice of Agreements Filed Agreements Filed	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Federal Maritime Commission Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants Ocean Transportation Intermediary License	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Substantiation for Dietary Supplement Claims Made Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled "Substantiation for Dietary Supplement Claims Made Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Waiver of In Vivo Demonstration of Bioequivalence of Animal Drugs in Soluble Powder Oral Dosage Form Products and Type A Medicated Articles The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Methyl Esters of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (Cis-9, Trans-11 and Trans-10, Cis-12-Octadecadienoic Acids) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the regulations for food additives permitted in feed and drinking water of animals to provide for the safe use of methyl esters of conjugated linoleic acid (cis-9, trans-11 and trans-10, cis-12 octad...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Council on Graduate Medical Education; Notice of Meeting Council on Graduate Medical Education	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Memorandum of Understanding:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Memorandum of Understanding With the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a Part of the National Institutes of Health The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the National Inst...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Memorandum of Understanding With the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). This MOU identifies the terms of collaboration between FDA and USAMRII...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Importer Self-Assessment Product Safety Pilot This document announces the expansion of the Importer Self- Assessment Program (ISA) to include the Importer Self-Assessment- Product Safety Pilot (ISA-PS). The ISA-PS is a partnership that will be created among CBP, the Consumer Product Safety Commi...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Quarterly IRS Interest Rates Used in Calculating Interest on Overdue Accounts and Refunds on Customs Duties This notice advises the public of the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2008, t...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Homeland Security Department Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Program This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeks comment on a recent amendment to the Homeland Security Act entitled the Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate. The amendment requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) to "r...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Extension of Compliance Date:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Implementation in the Maritime Sector; Hazardous Materials Endorsement for a Commercial Driver's License This document informs owners and operators of facilities located within Captain of the Port Zones Buffalo, Duluth, Detroit, Lake Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie that the date by which they must implement access control procedures utilizing TWIC has be...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG National Boating Safety Advisory Council On October 1, 2008, The United States Coast Guard published a notice in the Federal Register (73 FR 57126) announcing a meeting of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) and its subcommittees to discuss issues relating to recreational b...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Loan Guarantees for Indian Housing The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications We invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Interior Department > FWS Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson and Richmond Counties, NC We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge. In the final CCP, we describe how we will man...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Interior Department > MMS Royalty Relief for Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases-Conforming Regulations to Court Decision MMS is delaying until December 8, 2008, 60 days from the date of publication, the effective date of a rule that will conform the regulations at 30 CFR parts 203 and 260 to the Federal Court's decision in Santa Fe Snyder Corp. v. Norton, 385 F.3d 884...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact; Availability:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, Georgetown, Horry, and Marion Counties, SC We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge. In the final CCP, we describe how we will ma...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Santa Fe, NM; Correction Notice; correction.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Inventory Completion:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and New York State Museum, Albany, NY Notice.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA Notice.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Interior Department > NPS Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Anchorage, AK Notice.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Recreation Public Purposes Act Classification:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Recreation & Public Purposes Act Classification; Utah The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined that public lands in Tooele County, Utah have been examined and found suitable for classification for conveyance to the City of Wendover, Utah under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purpos...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification; Utah The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has determined that certain public lands located in Kane County, Utah, are suitable for classification for conveyance to the Western Kane County Special Services District under the authority of the Recreation and P...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Catheters, Consoles and Other Apparatus for Cryosurgery and Components Thereof; Notice of Decision Not To Review an Initial Determination Granting a Joint Motion To Terminate the Investigation Based on a Settlement Agreement Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 19) issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") terminating the investigation based on a settleme...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > ETA Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration, Amendment of Regulations The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is issuing this final rule to update regulations that implement the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937. 29 U.S.C. 50. DOL issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on December 13, 2007, outlining propo...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Labor Department > OSHA Electrical Standard; Clarifications; Corrections The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule revising its electrical installation standard for general industry on February 14, 2007. This notice clarifies the scope of one provision in the final standard and addres...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

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National Institute for Literacy

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Institute for Literacy National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming closed meeting of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating Licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Florida Power Corporation; Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Amendment to Facility Operating License Florida Power Corp.; Withdrawal of Application	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Personnel Management Office

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Veterans' Preference The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is adopting as a final rule an interim rule that implemented a change to the definition of "active duty" for veterans' preference entitlement contained in Sec. 211.102(f) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulation...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Parcel Return Service Contract 1 The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal. Service Parcel Return Service Contract 1 negotiated service agreement. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Applications:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission The Reserve Fund; Notice of Application Notice of application for a temporary order under Section 22(e)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act").	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Filings:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Consolidated Tape Association; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of the Fourteenth Substantive Amendment to the Second Restatement of the Consolidated Tape Association Plan and the Tenth Substantive Amendment to the Restated Consolidated Quotation Plan Consolidated Tape Association Plan and Consolidated Quotation Plan; Amendments	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Orders of Suspension of Trading:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Hat Trick Beverage, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading Hat Trick Beverage, Inc.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Section 4(c) of Schedule A of the FINRA By-Laws To Increase Certain Qualification Examination Fees Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Related to Rules Governing Options Trading NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing of Amendment Nos. 2 and 3 and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment Nos. 1, 2, and 3, To Create a New NYSE Market Model, With Certain Components To Operate as a One-Year Pilot, That Would Alter NYSE's Priority and Parity Rules, Phase Out Specialists by Creating a Designated Market Maker, and Provide Market Participants With Additional Abilities To Post Hidden Liquidity New York Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change to Temporarily Suspend the Operation of NYSE Rule 123D(3) to Respond to Market Conditions for Thornburg Mortgage, Inc. (TMA) on September 29, 2008 The New York Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Technical Amendments to Definition of Persons Closely Approaching Retirement Age We are modifying the rules we use to determine disability under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act ("Act") to revise the definition of persons "closely approaching retirement age" from "60-64" to "60 or older." These changes acknowledge tha...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Applications of Prescott Support Company, Inc., for Certificate Authority The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should not issue orders finding Prescott Support Company, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and awarding it certificates of public convenience and necessity to enga...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Transportation Department > PHMSA Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays in Processing of Special Permits Applications 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	Oct 29, 2008
Transportation Department Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments This rule 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 t...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Aircraft Industries a.s. (Type Certificate G60EU Previously Held by LETECKÉ ZÁVODY a.s. and LET Aeronautical Works) Model L 23 Super Blanik Sailplane 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	Oct 29, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727 Airplanes We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 727 airplanes. This proposed AD would require inspections for cracking of the left- and right-side shear ties and web posts of the kickload beam and the adjacent structure in...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 & 701) Series Airplanes and Model CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) Series Airplanes The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Bombardier Model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet series 700 & 701) series airplanes and Model CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet series 900) series airplanes. That AD currently req...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236 Canadian National Railway	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Executive Committee of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Meeting The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Petition for Special Approval of Alternate Standard:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Special Approval of Alternate Standard Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.	Notice	Oct 29, 2008
Treasury Department > TTB Establishment of the Leona Valley Viticultural Area (2007R-281P) This Treasury decision establishes the 13.4-square mile "Leona Valley" American viticultural area in northeastern Los Angeles County, California. We designate viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe the origin of their wines and to al...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Expansions of the Russian River Valley and Northern Sonoma Viticultural Areas; Reopening of Comment Period In response to an industry member request, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is reopening the comment period for Notice No. 90, Proposed Expansions of the Russian River Valley and Northern Sonoma Viticultural Areas, a notice of proposed ru...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008
Treasury Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs; Survey of U.S. Ownership of Foreign Securities as of December 31, 2008 By this Notice and in accordance with 31 CFR 129, the Department of the Treasury is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of U.S. ownership of foreign securities as of December 31, 2008. This Notice constitutes legal notificat...	Notice	Oct 29, 2008

Distilled Spirits Plant Regulations (2001R-194P);

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Revision of Distilled Spirits Plant Regulations (2001R-194P); Extension of Comment Period In response to an industry association request, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau extends the comment period for Notice No. 83, Proposed Revision of Distilled Spirits Plant Regulations, a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Fede...	Proposed Rule	Oct 29, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Posttraumatic Stress Disorder The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its adjudication regulations regarding service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by eliminating the requirement of evidence corroborating occurrence of the claimed in-service stres...	Rule	Oct 29, 2008

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Agencies Publishing on October 29, 2008

Agriculture Department

A Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission

Meetings:

Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

NAFTA Panel Reviews:

Defense Department

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

Education Department

Teaching American History Grant Program:

Energy Department

Meetings:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Draft Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene):

Pesticide Product Registration:

Pesticide Tolerances:

Texas:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System

General Services Administration

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

Health and Human Services Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals:

Meetings:

Memorandum of Understanding:

Homeland Security Department

Extension of Compliance Date:

Meetings:

Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Interior Department

Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact; Availability:

Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items:

Inventory Completion:

Recreation Public Purposes Act Classification:

Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification:

International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

N National Institute for Literacy

Meetings:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating Licenses:

Personnel Management Office

P Postal Regulatory Commission

Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Filings:

Orders of Suspension of Trading:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Social Security Administration

Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System, etc.:

Meetings:

Petition for Special Approval of Alternate Standard:

Treasury Department

Distilled Spirits Plant Regulations (2001R-194P);

Veterans Affairs Department

Volume Information

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Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission

N
National Institute for Literacy

P
Postal Regulatory Commission