Federal Register December 22, 2008 (Volume 73)

Agencies Publishing on December 22, 2008

Agriculture Department (9)
Commerce Department (12)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (5)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (11)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (4)
Environmental Protection Agency (10)
Federal Communications Commission (4)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (2)
General Services Administration (2)
Health and Human Services Department (21)
Homeland Security Department (12)
Housing and Urban Development Department (5)
Interior Department (13)
International Trade Commission (1)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1)
Personnel Management Office (2)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (2)
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Railroad Retirement Board (3)
Securities and Exchange Commission (6)
Small Business Administration (2)
State Department (2)
Transportation Department (10)
Treasury Department (8)
Veterans Affairs Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Forest Resource Coordinating Committee The Secretary of Agriculture intends to establish the Forest Resource Coordinating Committee (Committee) pursuant to Section 8005 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246) passed into law as an amendment to the Cooperative F...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FNS Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-School Food Purchase Study-III In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed collection of data for the School Food Purchase Study- III. This is a request for reinstatement with c...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Section 610 Review:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Section 610 Review This action summarizes the results under the criteria contained in section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), of an Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) review of Marketing Order No. 927, regulating the handling of pears grown in Oregon and...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Section 610 Review This action summarizes the results under the criteria contained in section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), of an Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) review of Marketing Order No. 966, regulating the handling of tomatoes grown in Florida...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS Walnuts Grown in California; Section 610 Review This action summarizes the results under the criteria contained in section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), of an Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) review of Marketing Order No. 984, regulating the handling of walnuts grown in Californ...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

United States Standards for Grades:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Bunched Carrots The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the possible revisions to the United States Standards for Grades of Bunched Carrots. A...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Carrots With Short Trimmed Tops The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the possible revisions to the United States Standards for Grades of Carrots with Short...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Blueberries The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising an official grade standard, is soliciting comments on the petition to revise the Uni...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Agriculture Department > AMS United States Standards for Grades of Topped Carrots The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), prior to undertaking research and other work associated with revising official grade standards, is soliciting comments on the possible revisions to the United States Standards for Grades of Topped Carrots. AM...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Export Trade Certificate of Review On December 16, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to U.S. Shippers Association ("USSA").	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > MBDA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Awards Program 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	Dec 22, 2008

Applications for Expansion:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Port Freeport, Texas, Application for Expansion Foreign-Trade Zone 149 Port Freeport, TX	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 8 - Toledo, Ohio Area, Application for Expansion Foreign-Trade Zone 8 - Toledo, OH Area	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations; Additions to the List of States Parties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > BIS Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations: Additions to the List of States Parties; Updates to Contact Information for the Treaty Compliance Division; Editorial Corrections The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this final rule to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) by updating the address for submitting declarations, reports, and advance notifications under the CWCR and for submitt...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA, Interior Department > FWS Habitat Conservation Plan for the City and County of San Francisco, through its Public Utilities Commission, for the Operation and Maintenance Activities of its Alameda Watershed, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the FWS and NMFS (Services), are issuing this notice to advise the public of our intent, in coordination with the San Francisco Planning Department, to conduct public scoping necessary to gath...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Foreign-Trade Zone 82 Mobile, AL, Expansion of Manufacturing Authority:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 82 Mobile, Alabama, Expansion of Manufacturing Authority, Sony Electronics Inc. (Digital Print Media Products), Dothan, Alabama Sony Electronics Inc. (Digital Print Media Products), Dothan, AL	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Grants of Authority for Subzone Status:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, Amgen Manufacturing Limited (Biotechnology and Healthcare Products), Juncos, Puerto Rico Amgen Manufacturing Ltd. (Biotechnology and Healthcare Products), Juncos, PR	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Survey in Southeast Asia, March-July 2009 NMFS has received an application from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (L-DEO), a part of Columbia University, for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting a mar...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator) has made a preliminary determination that the subject EFP application submitted by Wallace and Associates contains all the requi...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Pacific Halibut Fisheries:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Guided Sport Charter Vessel Fishery for Halibut NMFS proposes regulations that would limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area 2C (Area 2C) of Southeast Alaska to one halibut per day. This proposed regula...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Conducting Air-to-Surface Gunnery Missions in the Gulf of Mexico In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting air-to-surface (A-S) g...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Accreditation Requirements for Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies To Test To the Requirements for Lead Content in Children's Metal Jewelry as Established by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC" or "Commission") today publishes requirements pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ("CPSIA"), Public Law 110-314, for accreditation of third party conformity assessment bo...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USAF Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Department of Air Force proposes to amend a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records The Defense Information Systems Agency is deleting two systems of records notices in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Army Growth at Fort Lewis and the Yakima Training Center (YTC), WA The U.S. Army intends to prepare an EIS to analyze the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of implementing the stationing and realignment decisions in the 2007 "Grow the Army" Programmatic EIS (GTA PEIS) and other ongoing Army realignment and sta...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Balanced Vision Plan, a Multipurpose Project Containing Ecosystem Restoration, Flood Risk Management, and Recreational Enhancement Alternatives Along the Trinity River Within and Adjacent to the Existing Dallas Floodway in Dallas County, Dallas, TX The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, in partnership with the City of Dallas recommends the incorporation of various flood risk management measures, ecosystem restoration features, and recreational enhancements to the Dallas...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Notice of Availability of the Final 1999 Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Dredged Material Management Plan for the Port of New York and New Jersey The responsible lead agency is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--New York District (District). The Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) project area is in the Port of New York/New Jersey and includes the New York Bight Apex, the Lower Bay Complex...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)-Louisiana, Amite River Diversion Canal Modification Feasibility Study The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)--Louisiana, Amite River Diversion Canal Modification restoration project. This restoration project w...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)-Louisiana, Convey Atchafalaya River Water to Northern Terrebonne Marshes Feasibility Study The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)--Louisiana, Convey Atchafalaya River Water to Northern Terrebonne Marshes restoration project. This...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)-Louisiana, Medium Diversion at White's Ditch Feasibility Study The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)--Louisiana, Medium Diversion at White's Ditch restoration project. This restoration project will pro...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)-Louisiana, Small Diversion at Convent/Blind River Project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)--Louisiana, Small Diversion at Convent/Blind River restoration project. This restoration project inv...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Defense Department > COE Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)-Louisiana, Terrebonne Basin Barrier Shoreline Restoration Project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA)--Louisiana, Terrebonne Basin Barrier Shoreline Restoration Project. This restoration project will re...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Army Science Board 2009 January Plenary Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 102-3. 140 through 160, the Department of the Ar...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Partnerships in Character Education Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Partnerships in Character Education Program	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)Special Focus Competition:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)-Special Focus Competition: European Union-United States Atlantis Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 European Union-United States Atlantis Program	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings, #1 Combined Notice of Filings	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Combined Notice of Filings	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Energy Department > FERC Standards of Conduct for Transmission Providers On October 16, 2008, the Commission issued Order No. 717, which revised the Standards of Conduct for natural gas and electric transmission providers.\1\ Order No. 717 became effective on November 26, 2008, 30 days after publication in the Federal Reg...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Energy Conservation Program:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Electric Motors The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing new test procedures for measuring the efficiency of small electric motors, including both single-phase and polyphase and to update the industry references and clarify the scope of coverage for DOE's existin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Alternative Work Practice To Detect Leaks From Equipment Numerous EPA air emissions standards require specific work practices for equipment leak detection and repair. On April 6, 2006, we proposed a voluntary alternative work practice for leak detection and repair using a newly developed technology, optica...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 14, 2007 EPA is making an interim final determination to extend the stay of certain requirements in the standards of performance for petroleum refineries.	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update for Florida EPA is finalizing the update of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Air Regulations proposed in the Federal Register on September 4, 2008. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward boundaries must be updated period...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency TSCA Section 5 Premanufacture and Significant New Use Notification Electronic Reporting; Revisions to Notification Regulations EPA is proposing amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 5 Premanufacture and Significant New Use Notification regulations to facilitate the introduction and use of electronic reporting. This action is intended to streamline and...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Stafford County Reasonably Available Control Technology Under the 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by theCommonwealth of Virginia. This SIP revision fulfills Virginia's reasonably available control technology (RACT) requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) with resp...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading Program The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a revision to New Jersey's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted on November 3, 2008. The proposed SIP revision includes a regulation that allows for continuation of New Jersey's s...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Registration Review:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Registration Review; Citric Acid, and Salts Docket Opened for Review and Comment Citric Acid, and Salts Docket Opened for Review and Comment	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 14, 2007 EPA is proposing to extend the stay of certain provisions of the new standards of performance for petroleum refineries. In the "Rules and Regulations" section of this Federal Register, we are extending the stay as a direct final rule without a prior...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries; Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 14, 2007 On June 24, 2008, EPA promulgated amendments to the Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries and new standards for process units constructed, reconstructed, or modified after May 14, 2007. EPA received three petitions for reconsideration of...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Environmental Protection Agency Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 14, 2007 EPA is taking direct final action on the new standards of performance for petroleum refineries. On June 24, 2008, EPA promulgated new standards for petroleum refineries. Following that action, the Administrator received three petitions for reconsider...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority, Comments Requested The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office of Management and Budget The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or s...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission First Meeting of the Advisory Committee for the 2011 World Radiocommunication Conference In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the initial meeting of the WRC- 11 Advisory Committee will be held on January 13, 2009, at the Federal Communications Commission. The purpose of the me...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Recordkeeping Requirements for Qualified Financial Contracts The FDIC is adopting a final rule establishing recordkeeping requirements for qualified financial contracts (QFCs) held by insured depository institutions in a troubled condition as defined in this rule. The appendix to the rule requires an instituti...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Risk Based Assessments The FDIC is amending our regulations to increase risk-based assessment rates effective for the first quarter 2009 assessment period. This is in accordance with the Restoration plan for the DIF published on October 16, 2008, in the Federal Register.	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Federal Maritime Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Meetings; Sunshine Act Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 22, 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	Dec 22, 2008

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration Protecting Federal Employees and the Public From Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Federal Workplace This bulletin cancels and replaces GSA Bulletin FPMR D-245, Protecting Federal Employees and the Public From Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Federal Workplace, which was published in the Federal Register on October 20, 1997 (62 FR 54461). This bulle...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Final Payment Under Building Services Contract Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved in...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Agency Information Collection Request; 30-Day Public Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act Declaration pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6d) to provide targeted liability protections for pandemic influenza diagnostics, personal respiratory protection devices, and respiratory support devices based o...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Grants Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Grants	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Notice of Draft Document Available for Public Comment The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of the following draft document available for public comment entitled "Preventing Deaths and Injuries...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service Background; Investigations of Individuals in Positions Involving Regular Contact With or Control Over Indian Children, OPM-306 In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budge...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > IHS Request for Public Comment: 30-Day Proposed Information Collection: Indian Health Service; HIV Knowledge/Attitudes/Practice Customer Survey In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which requires 30 days for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budge...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantee Implementation Evaluation	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Compliance Policy Guide:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Compliance Policy Guide; Radiofrequency Identification Feasibility Studies and Pilot Programs for Drugs; Notice to Extend Expiration Date The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the expiration date of compliance policy guide (CPG) Sec. 400.210 entitled "Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) Feasibility Studies and Pilot Programs for Drugs" to December 31, 2010.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Tissue Expander; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Tissue Expander." This draft guidance document describes a means by which the tissue expander device ty...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

General and Plastic Surgery Devices:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA General and Plastic Surgery Devices: Proposed Classification for the Tissue Expander The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to classify into class II (special controls) the tissue expander, as a device intended for temporary (less than 6 months) subdermal implantation to stretch the skin for surgical applications, specif...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Medicare Program:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2009; Corrections This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the update notice published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2008, entitled "Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2009."	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Medicare Programs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare Program; Request for Nominations to the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups This notice solicits nominations of five new members to the Advisory Panel on Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) Groups (the Panel). There will be five vacancies on the Panel as of August 16, 2009. The purpose of the Panel is to review the APC g...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CMS Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Exemption of Permit-Holding Laboratories in the State of New York This notice announces that CMS has granted exemption from CLIA requirements to laboratories located within the State of New York that possess a valid permit under Article Five of Title V of the Public Health Law of the State of New York and its imple...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; Meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors (NTP BSC). The NTP BSC is a federally chartered, external advisory group composed of scientists from the public and private sectors that prov...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > HRSA National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps; Notice of Meeting National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA National Incident Management System Guideline for the Credentialing of Personnel The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Guideline for the Credentialing of Personnel (the Guideline). The Guideline provides guidance on how to best credential the personn...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > FEMA National Incident Management System Intelligence/Investigations Function Guidance Document The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Intelligence/Investigations Function Guidance Document (NIMS I&I). This document provides guidance on utilizing and integrating the...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Accreditation and Approval as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, Intertek USA, Inc., 1848 Suntide Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78409, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and veget...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, Intertek USA, Inc., 5401 Evergreen Ave., Jacksonville, FL 32208, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and veget...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, Intertek USA, Inc., 134 Heinsohn Rd. Suite A Corpus Christi, TX 78406, Corpus Christi, TX 78469, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum produ...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, Saybolt LP, 1501 Delmar B. Drawdy Dr., Tampa, FL 33605, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, Saybolt LP, 414 Westchester, Corpus Christi, TX 78469, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation and Approval of Saybolt LP, as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12 and 19 CFR 151.13, Saybolt LP, 18251 Cascades Ave. South Suite A, Tukwila, WA 98188, has been approved to gauge and accredited to test petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vege...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Accreditation as a Commercial Laboratory:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation of Altol Chemical and Environmental Lab Inc, as a Commercial Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12, Altol Chemical and Environmental Lab Inc, Sabanetas Industrial Park, Building M-1380, Ponce, PR 00715, has been accredited to test petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Accreditation of Inspectorate America Corporation, as a Commercial Laboratory Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.12, Inspectorate America Corporation, 2184 Jefferson Hwy., Lutcher, LA 70071, has been accredited to test petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Approval as a Commercial Gauger:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCBP Approval of Intertek USA, Inc., as a Commercial Gauger Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 19 CFR 151.13, Intertek USA, Inc., 1020 Holland Sylvania Road, Holland, OH 43528, has been approved to gauge petroleum, petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils for customs purposes, in accorda...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Security Zone:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Security Zone; Escorted Vessels in Captain of the Port Zone Jacksonville, FL The Coast Guard is making permanent an interim rule establishing a security zone around any vessel being escorted by one or more Coast Guard assets, or other Federal, State, or local law enforcement assets within the Captain of the Port Zone Jacksonv...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Housing and Urban Development Department

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Disposition of HUD-Owned Single Family Assets in Revitalization Areas This proposed rule would implement a statutorily established program to make HUD-held single family homes and mortgage assets available for sale to units of general local government, states, Indian tribes, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit enti...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Construction Complaint-Request for Financial Assistance 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	Dec 22, 2008
Housing and Urban Development Department Local Appeals to Single-Family Mortgage Limits 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	Dec 22, 2008
Housing and Urban Development Department Manufactured Housing Dispute Resolution-State Certification Form; Information for Federal Manufactured Housing Dispute Resolution 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	Dec 22, 2008
Housing and Urban Development Department Multifamily Financial Management Template 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	Dec 22, 2008

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Alaska Native Claims Selection 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 Sea Lion Corporation. The lands are in the vicinity of Hooper Bay...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > NIGC Amendments to Various National Indian Gaming Commission Regulations The proposed rule modifies various Commission regulations to reduce reporting burdens on tribes, update costs for background investigations, clarify definitions and regulatory intent, and update audit requirements to consolidate and reflect industry...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > BLM Call for Nomination for Utah's Resource Advisory Council The purpose of this notice is to request public nominations to fill one position in Category Three, (Elected Official), for Utah's Resource Advisory Council. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1730) directs the Secretary of...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties National Register of Historic Places; Weekly Listing of Historic Properties	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

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

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Information Collection Sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; 1018-0113; Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA) Grant Programs 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	Dec 22, 2008

Application for Recordable Disclaimer of Interest in Lands:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Application for Recordable Disclaimer of Interest in Lands, Bingham County, ID An application has been filed by Randy Lynne Jackson, personal representative of the estate of Donald F. Jackson, deceased, for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest from the United States for land in Bingham County, Idaho. This notice is intended to i...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco County, CA We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce that the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (draft CCP/EA) is available for review and comment. Also available for r...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the White Pine Energy Station Final Environmental Impact Statement, Nevada The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) to authorize granting rights-of-way (ROWs) for the construction of the White Pine Energy Station and eventual disposal of the site, and for the constructio...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Adequacy of the Environmental Assessment and Fair Market Value Public Meeting for the Miller Canyon Coal Tract, Emery County, UT The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a public meeting on January 21, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Emery City Town Hall, 15 South Center, Emery, Utah, for the proposed competitive sale, of the Miller Canyon coal tract. BLM requests public comment o...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > BLM State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet on January...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado) In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet a...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope Science Initiative, Science Technical Advisory Panel, Alaska In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI) Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will meet...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission In the Matter of Certain Refrigerators and Components Thereof; Notice of Commission Decision Not To Review an Initial Determination Granting in Part and Denying in Part Complainant's Motion To Amend the Complaint and Notice of Investigation Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 15) granting in part and denying in part complainant's motion fo...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Justice Department

Consent Decree:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Ascension Holding Company, LLC, et al.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Simon Wrecking Co., Inc., et al.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Planetary Science Subcommittee; Meeting The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The Meeting will be held for the pur...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments 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	Dec 22, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Final Supplement 34 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, Regarding the License Renewal of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 Southern Nuclear Operating Co., Inc.; License Renewal of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Units 1 and 2)	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Personnel Management Office

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

Title	Type	Published
Personnel Management Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reclearance of an Expiring Information Collection: OMB Control No. 3206-0106; Form INV 10, “Mail Reinterview Form” In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), this notice announces that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for re-clearance of an expiring inf...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Personnel Management Office Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information Collection: Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living Allowance Price and Background Surveys In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for reinstatement of the Nonforeign Area Cost-of-Living Allowance Price and Background Sur...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Administrative Practice and Procedure, Postal Service The Commission is adding Express Mail and Priority Mail Contract 2 to the Competitive Product List. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations and a recent Postal Service request. Republication of the lists of...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Postal Regulatory Commission New Domestic Mail Product The Commission is adding Parcel Select & Parcel Return Service Contract 1 to the Competitive Product List. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations and a recent Postal Service request. Republication of the li...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding two (2) Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Manag...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding three (3) Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Man...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Securities and Exchange Commission

Filing of Proposed Plan for the Allocation of Regulatory Responsibilities:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Program for Allocation of Regulatory Responsibilities Pursuant to Rule 17d-2; Notice of Filing of Proposed Plan for the Allocation of Regulatory Responsibilities Between the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and the Boston Stock Exchange, Incorporated Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and the Boston Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Related to Fees for Use of the Exchange BATS Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Depository Trust Company; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change To Implement a New Service To Allow Issuers To Track and Limit the Number of Beneficial Owners for an Individual CUSIP Depository Trust Co.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Update Rule Cross-References and Make Other Various Non-Substantive Technical Changes to FINRA Rules00 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Fee Changes International Securities Exchange, LLC	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Generic Listing Standards for Index Multiple Exchange Traded Fund Shares and Index Inverse Exchange Traded Fund Shares NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration Louisiana Disaster Number LA-00021 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-1792-DR), dated 09/13/ 2008. Incident: Hurricane Ike. Incident Period: 09/11/2008 through 11/07/2008. Effective Date: 12/15/2008. Physical Loan...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Small Business Administration Texas Disaster Number TX-00308 This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1791-DR), dated 09/13/2008. Incident: Hurricane Ike. Incident Period: 09/07/2008 through 10/02/2008. Effective Date: 12/12/2008. Physical Loan Appli...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Office of the Chief of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in Calendar Year 2007 The Department of State submits the following comprehensive listing of the statements which, as required by law, Federal employees filed with their employing agencies during calendar year 2007 concerning gifts received from foreign government sources...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Advisory Committee International Postal and Delivery Services As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Department of State gives notice of the fourth meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Postal and Delivery Services. This Committee has been formed in fulfillment of...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 11 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 44 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Transportation Department > FTA Notice of Availability of Guidance on the Application of 49 U.S.C. 5324(c), Railroad Corridor Preservation, and Request for Comments This notice by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of proposed guidance on the application of a provision of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) concern...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Toksook Bay, AK This action revises Class E airspace at Toksook Bay, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). One SIAP is being amended for the Toksook Bay Airport. Additionally, one te...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier-Rotax GmbH 914 F Series Reciprocating Engines We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; General Electric Company (GE) CT7-8A Turboshaft Engines The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain GE CT7-8A turboshaft engines. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive inspections of the electrical chip detectors for the No. 3 bearing. This AD requires removing...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Approval of Noise Compatibility Program:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program for Marana Regional Airport, Marana, AZ The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Town of Marana under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, as amended, (Public Law 96-193) (herei...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee Public Meeting FMCSA announces that the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) will hold a committee meeting on January 6, 2009. The meeting is open to the public.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Revision of Class E Airspace:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Ketchikan, AK This action revises Class E airspace at Ketchikan, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). Seven SIAPs, two Standard Instrument Departure Procedures (SIDs) and a textua...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Transportation Department > FAA Revision of Class E Airspace; Ruby, AK This action corrects an error in the airspace description contained in a Final Rule that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, November 10, 2008 (73 FR 66515). Airspace Docket No. 08-AAL-1.	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revenue Procedure 97-15 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Notice 2005-64 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Treasury Department > OCC, OTS, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Community Reinvestment Act Regulations The OCC, the Board, the FDIC, and the OTS (collectively, the "agencies") are amending their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to adjust the asset-size thresholds used to define "small bank" or "small savings association" and "intermediate...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Treasury Department > IRS Conduit Financing Arrangements This document contains proposed regulations relating to conduit financing arrangements issued under the authority granted by section 7701(l) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The proposed regulations apply to multiple-party financing arrangements...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Treasury Department > IRS Section 6707 and the Failure To Furnish Information Regarding Reportable Transactions This document contains proposed regulations under section 6707 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), which provide the rules relating to the assessment of penalties against material advisors who fail to timely file a true and complete return required...	Proposed Rule	Dec 22, 2008
Treasury Department > IRS Tax Return Preparer Penalties Under Sections 6694 and 6695 This document contains final regulations implementing amendments to the tax return preparer penalties under sections 6694 and 6695 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and related provisions under sections 6060, 6107, 6109, 6696, and 7701(a)(36) refle...	Rule	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department Notice of Meeting Cancellation of the Advisory Committee on the Ten-Year Framework for Energy and Environment Cooperation With China The Department of Treasury's Advisory Committee on the Ten- Year Framework for Energy and Environment Cooperation with China did not convene its first meeting on Monday, December 1, 2008 due to scheduling conflicts.	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National Cemetery Public Law 104-275 was enacted on October 9, 1996. It allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a monetary allowance towards the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle for use in a VA national cemetery. Under VA regulation (38...	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans	Notice	Dec 22, 2008
Veterans Affairs Department Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board; Notice of Meeting Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board	Notice	Dec 22, 2008

Federal Register December 22, 2008

Agencies Publishing on December 22, 2008

Agriculture Department

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

Section 610 Review:

United States Standards for Grades:

Commerce Department

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

Applications for Expansion:

Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations; Additions to the List of States Parties:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Foreign-Trade Zone 82 Mobile, AL, Expansion of Manufacturing Authority:

Grants of Authority for Subzone Status:

Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities:

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions:

Pacific Halibut Fisheries:

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Education Department

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)Special Focus Competition:

Energy Department

Energy Conservation Program:

Environmental Protection Agency

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Registration Review:

Standards of Performance for Petroleum Refineries:

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:

Compliance Policy Guide:

Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff:

General and Plastic Surgery Devices:

Medicare Program:

Medicare Programs:

Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs:

Meetings:

Homeland Security Department

Accreditation and Approval as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory:

Accreditation as a Commercial Laboratory:

Approval as a Commercial Gauger:

Security Zone:

Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Interior Department

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

Application for Recordable Disclaimer of Interest in Lands:

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Justice Department

Consent Decree:

Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

National Archives and Records Administration

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Personnel Management Office

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

P Postal Regulatory Commission

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

Filing of Proposed Plan for the Allocation of Regulatory Responsibilities:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

State Department

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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Railroad Retirement Board