December 24, 2008 (Volume 73)

Federal Register December 24, 2008

View all documents issued on December 24, 2008. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

149 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 24, 2008

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for the 1890 Land Grant...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
We are amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products into the United States by restoring Surrey County, England, to the list of regions of the world that are considered free of rinderpest and f...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The National Urban and Community Foresty Advisory Council, (NUCFAC), is charged, by law, to provide recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on urban forestry related issues and opportunities. Part of the Council's role is to recommend the cri...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Pending public comments and feedback received through the BLM Resource Advisory Council (BLM RAC) review and recommendation process, the following National Forests and National Grasslands in the Northern Region propose to begin charging new fees at t...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development administers rural utilities programs through the Rural Utilities Service. USDA Rural Development announces its Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program application win...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas:

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We are denying proposals that would have increased Class I and Class II prices and modified the formulas used to determine Class I and II prices in all Federal milk marketing orders. This document terminates the proceeding on the five proposed amendm...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Nominations for Membership:

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI). The full Committee consists of 16-18 members, and each person selected is expected to serve...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida:

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This is a recommended decision regarding proposed amendments to Marketing Agreement No. 84 and Order No. 905 (order), which regulate the handling of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos (citrus) grown in Florida. Four amendments were propose...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2008

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (Department) has determined the allocation for Calendar Year 2009 of imports of certain worsted wool fabrics under tariff rate quotas established by Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law No. 106-200),...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
This final rule establishes the annual quotas for the 2009 fishing season for sandbar sharks, non-sandbar large coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks managed under Amendment 2 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Mi...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with November anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, w...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Notice is hereby given that Mark Baumgartner, Ph.D., MS <greek-i>33, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, has requested an modification to scientific research Permit No. 1058-1733.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain welded stainless steel pipes (WSSP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for the period of review (POR) December 1, 2006 through...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Application for Expansion:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 65 Panama City, FL
Notice Dec 24, 2008

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

Title Type Published
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 16) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amen...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2008

Foreign-Trade Zone 26:

Title Type Published
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (Motor Vehicles), Atlanta, GA
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status:

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Apparel Group (Apparel Distribution), Lewisville, TX
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions:

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This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the commercial Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to allow fisheries...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Title Type Published
The Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee) has announced the following appointments to the Committee Performance Review Board. The following individuals are appointed as members of the Committee Performance...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Agreement Limits:

Title Type Published
Directive to Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Findings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), implementing procedural provisions of NEPA, and Executive Order (EO) 12114, Environme...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
Foundations for Learning: Applications for New Awards (Fiscal Year 2009)
Notice Dec 24, 2008

National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research:

Title Type Published
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces two priorities for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Res...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Complaints:

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) is informing the public of its collection of historical data and creation of spreadsheet models to provide a benchmark estimate future unit sales of five lamp types (i.e., rough service lamps, vibration service lamps, 3...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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On October 17, 2008, DOE published a Notice of Availability and Public Hearings (73 FR 61845) for the Draft Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft GNEP PEIS, DOE/EIS-0396). That notice commenced a 60-day...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Filings:

Title Type Published
Northeast Utilities Service Co.; NSTAR Electric Co.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Public Service Co. of New Mexico
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Washington Gas Light Co.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in th...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Petition for Rate Approval:

Title Type Published
Northwest Natural Gas Co.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Scoping Meetings and Site Visit:

Title Type Published
Eagle Crest Energy Co.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Settlements:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA has authorized its contractor Guident of Herndon, VA and subcontractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, VA, to access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control A...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is e...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Agency recognizes that there may have been some uncertainty regarding the Bevill status of spent oil shale from above ground retorting operations. This notice reiterates that spent oil shale from the above ground retorting of oil shale is not a B...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
EPA is amending the Final Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) deadline for authorized programs (states, tribes, or local governments) with existing electronic document receiving systems to submit an application for EPA approval to revise...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Final Work Plan and Proposed Registration Review Decision for the pesticides case L-Latic Acid, and opens a public comment period on the proposed registration review decision. Registration review is EPA...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
EPA published a direct final rule and parallel proposal on November 7, 2008 (73 FR 66184) to amend the national volatile organic compound (VOC) emission standards for aerosol coatings, which EPA promulgated on March 24, 2008 (73 FR 15604), by extendi...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
This notice announces Agency approval of an application to register the pesticide product n-Tetradecyl Acetate Technical Pheromone containing an active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of sectio...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
EPA has established registration review dockets for the pesticides listed in the table in Unit III.A. With this document, EPA is opening the public comment period for these registration reviews. Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pestici...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
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 requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel the registrations of 22 rodenticide products co...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("Act"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action and WildEarth Guardians (collectively "Pl...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Control of Emissions from New and In-use Highway Vehicles and Engines:

Title Type Published
This notice announces that EPA has granted an engine manufacturer a new and limited variation in the emission-related scheduled maintenance interval for the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve for some heavy duty engine families for model years 200...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Final Registration Review Decision; Availability

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of EPA's final registration review decisions for the pesticides Chitin/Chitosan (case 6063), Farnesol/Nerolidol (case 6061) and Nosema locustae (case 4104). Registration review is EPA's periodic review of pestic...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of December 10, 2008, concerning a 3-day meeting of the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel to consider and review a set of scientific issues being considered by the Agency pertaining an Evaluation of the Resis...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title Type Published
EPA is seeking public comment on a November 6, 2008, petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), requesting that the Agency revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for the pesticide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). T...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution proposed by Barrington Amarillo License LLC ("Barrington"), the licensee of KVIH-TV, analog channel 12, and permittee of KVIH-DT, post- transition DTV channel 20, Clovis, New Mexico. Barringt...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2008

Federal Labor Relations Authority logo Federal Labor Relations Authority

Title Type Published
The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) seeks public comment on a proposed rule that would set out procedures for requesters to follow when making demands on or requests to an employee of the FLRA, the General Counsel of the FLRA (General Counse...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2008

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Request for Addditional Information:

Title Type Published
Port Fee Services Agreement
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) has adopted revisions to part II of its Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR) that are designed to improve intraday liquidity management and payment flows for the banking system, while also h...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Board has decided not to pursue at this time its proposal to change the posting time to 8:30 a.m. for commercial and government automated clearinghouse (ACH) debit transfers that are processed by the Federal Reserve Banks' (Reserve Banks) FedACH...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a renewal of a currently approved...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel (MAS Panel), a Federal Advisory Committee, will hold public meetings on the following dates: Friday, January 30, 2009 and Monday February 2, 2009. GSA utilizes the...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The General Services Administration (GSA) is announcing a public meeting of the GSA Small Business Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (the Subcommittee).
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Food Additives Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; CFR correction
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is reannouncing the invitation for participation in its Regulatory Site Visit Training Program (RSVP). This training program is intended to give CBER regul...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO), a program office within the Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is soliciting nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as members...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Dec 24, 2008
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Office of Global Health Affairs:

Title Type Published
The Office of Global Health Affairs within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") is issuing this final rule to clarify that recipients of HHS funds to implement HIV/AIDS programs and activities under the United States Leadership Ag...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a revised information collection. In acc...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a revised information collection. In acc...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In the "Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007" (the 9/11 Act), Congress authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program. T...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

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

Title Type Published
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB control number 1652-0037, abstracted below. TSA plans to submit the renewal request to the Office of Managemen...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Membership Solicitation:

Title Type Published
This notice requests individuals interested in serving on an Area Maritime Security Committee in any Captain of the Port Zone, nationwide, to submit their applications for membership to their local Captain of the Port. These committees advise the Sec...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

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

Title Type Published
The information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the currently approved collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting pub...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposal...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposal.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing that the information collection request for the title described below has been forwarded to the Office of Management...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice announces the Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting three information collections to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal. The collections are the Student Transportation Form, 10...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting an information collection to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal. The collection concerns Reindeer in Alaska, OMB Contro...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
This notice publishes the Secretary's certification of the Navajo Nation Liquor Regulations. These Regulations regulate and control the possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation is located on extensive res...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
We are approving two proposed amendments to the West Virginia regulatory program related to the State's cumulative hydrologic impact assessment (CHIA) process and regarding material damage to the hydrologic balance. The West Virginia Department of En...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list three species of birds from Latin America and the Caribbean--the Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus), the Chilean woodstar (Eulidia yarrellii), and the St. Lucia forest thrush (Ci...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2008

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has prepared a combined Final Planning Report and Environmental Impact Statement (Final PR/EIS) on the Yakima R...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 20, 2008, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Qimonda AG of Munich, Germany. A supplement to...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
State of North Carolina et al. v. El Paso Natural Gas Company, et al.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
U.S. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
U.S., et al. v. Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
U.S., et al. v. Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
This notice describes MSHA's revised fee schedule for testing, evaluating, and approving mining products as permitted by 30 CFR 5.50. MSHA charges applicants a fee to cover its costs associated with testing and evaluating equipment and materials manu...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Application Nos. and Proposed Exemptions:

Title Type Published
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on January 22, 2009, to discuss a subcommittee recommendation for individuals to achieve Authorized User st...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is adopting final rules on accounting practices, an assumed Federal income tax, and periodic reporting for the Postal Service's theoretical competitive products enterprise. The rules incorporate several changes based on consideration o...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
This document provides notice that the Commission has issued a report on universal postal service and the postal monopoly. It describes how copies of the report and related material can be accessed. It also establishes a new docket for submission of...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service has adopted a considerable number of amendments to its Bylaws, set forth in subchapter A, parts 1 through 11, of title 39 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These amendments implement change...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
Postal Service notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Express Mail & Priority Mail Contract 1 to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List pursuant to 39...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Postal Service notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Express Mail Contract 2 to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 and...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Postal Service notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Parcel Return Service Contract 1 to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List pursuant to 39 U.S.C....
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Postal Service notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Priority Mail Contract 2 to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 an...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Postal Service notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Priority Mail Contract 3 to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 an...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Postal Service notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Priority Mail Contract 4 to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3642 an...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Board has approved the first quarter 2009 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 2009 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.022. The first quarter 2009 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.467. The fi...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Trackage Rights Exemption:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Winamac Southern Railway Co.; A. R. Line, Inc.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of cur...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of cur...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
Aviation Insurance; CFR correction
Rule Dec 24, 2008
On July 11, 2008, NHTSA published in the Federal Register (73 FR 40016) a notice announcing changes to the agency's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and stated that these changes would be implemented beginning with model year 2010 vehicles tested as...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The purpose of this final rule is to revise Part 924 to incorporate changes to the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) that resulted from the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), as...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has tentatively determined that it is necessary to amend further its December 12, 2006 Order that temporarily caps scheduled operations at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LaGuardia), pending the implementation...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Minimum Performance Standard for Personnel Parachute Assemblies and Components contained in technical standard order (TSO)- C23d, dated June 1, 1994, is re-activated.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
This action proposes to establish a low altitude Area Navigation (RNAV) route, designated T-265, in the Chicago/Rockford International Airport, IL, terminal area. T-routes are low altitude Air Traffic Service routes, based on RNAV, for use by aircraf...
Proposed Rule Dec 24, 2008
This notice provides guidance concerning best practices to be followed by importers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment to reduce the likelihood of importing products that contain defects related to motor vehicle safety or do not comply wit...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) to supersede AD 2008-11-17, which applies to certain Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-200, AT-300, AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 series airplanes. AD 2008-11-17 currently requires you to install an o...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
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 24, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 172, 175, 177, 180, 182, 185, 188, 206, 207, 208, 210, 303, 336, and 337 series airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the alternate static air so...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Cessna Model 560 airplanes. That AD currently requires installing new minimum airspeed placards to notify the flightcrew of the proper airspeeds for operating i...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
This document publishes in the Federal Register an amendment adopting Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2008-17-51, which was sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Model MD900 helicopters by individual lette...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all McDonnell Douglas airplanes identified above. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the lower skin and stringers at stations Xw=408 and Xw=-408, and corrective actions if necessary. This...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 airplanes. That AD currently requires, among other things, revision of an existing program of structural inspections. This new AD requi...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA-46-350P, PA-46R-350T, and PA-46- 500TP airplanes. This AD requires you to install a stall warning heat control modification kit. This AD results fro...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
The FAA is superseding emergency airworthiness directive (AD) 2008-19-51 that we sent previously to all known U.S. owners and operators of RRC AE 3007A series turbofan engines. That AD requires performing initial and repetitive eddy current inspectio...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe cond...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Environmental Impact Statement; Intent:

Title Type Published
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of Intent published on November 12, 1996, at 61 FR 58094, to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed State Route 374, from...
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of Intent published on November 7, 2002, at 67 FR 67893, to prepare a Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed North Second Street Conn...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee.
Notice Dec 24, 2008
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 216: Aeronautical Systems Security.
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Petitions:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces the rejection of a petition for preemption of California laws and regulations requiring employers to provide employees with meal and rest breaks. The petition does not satisfy the threshold requirement for preemption under 49 U.S.C. 3...
Notice Dec 24, 2008

Pipeline Safety:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the design factor and design pressure limits for natural gas pipelines made from new Polyamide-11 (PA-11) thermoplastic pipe. Together, these two changes in the regulations allow pipeline operators to operate certain pipelines...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Trackage Rights Exemption:

No documents available.

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This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9434) that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 12, 2008 (73 FR 75566) providing guidance regarding when and to what extent creditors of a corporation will be treated...
Rule Dec 24, 2008
This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9434) that were published in the Federal Register on Friday, December 12, 2008 (73 FR75566) providing guidance regarding when and to what extent creditors of a corporation will be treated a...
Rule Dec 24, 2008

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the sixteenth meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, established by the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003).
Notice Dec 24, 2008

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