January 7, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register January 7, 2009

View all documents issued on January 7, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

78 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 7, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Development's intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for 7 CFR Part 4284, Subpart K, Agricult...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The Foreign Agricultural Service published a document in the Federal Register of December 18, 2008, concerning funds availability and inviting applications for the Emerging Markets Program. The document contained incorrect dates.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
We are proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of Hass avocados from Peru into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, Hass avocados from Peru would have to be produced in accordance with a sy...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2009

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Board of Directors of the Hope for Homeowners Program

HOPE for Homeowners Program; Program Regulations:

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This interim final rule amends the HOPE for Homeowners Program regulations established by the Board of Directors (Board) of the HOPE for Homeowners Program (Program) and published on October 6, 2008. The regulations are being amended to provide addit...
Rule Jan 07, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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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 Jan 07, 2009
The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade established the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue (Business Dialogue or Dialogue) in July 2006. This notice announces four open membership opportunities for American representatives to join th...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Antidumping:

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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has preliminarily determined that the respondents in this review, covering the period December 1, 2006, through November 30, 2007, have made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. If thes...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
In response to a request from Marsan Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Marsan), a producer of pasta, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3), the Department is initiating a change...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
On September 30, 2008, in response to a request from an interested party, the Department of Commerce published a notice of initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand. The pe...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Commodity Matchbooks from India:

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Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Meetings:

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Boundary County, ID, Application for Subzone, Hoku Materials, Inc.; Cancellation of Public Hearing
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination, etc.:

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The Department of Commerce preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks from the People's Republic of China. For information on the estimated sub...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Commission of Fine Arts logo Commission of Fine Arts

Meetings:

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Commission of Fine Arts
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) proposes to alter a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The National Reconnaissance Office is deleting a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The Department of the Air Force proposes to delete a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is proposing to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers (Corps) is canceling the preparation of a federal Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposal by Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) to conduct work below the ordinary high water mark of the Mis...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Meetings:

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces the following Feder...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Blanket Authorizations:

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Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Southern Natural Gas Co.; 2008 Abandonment and Replacement Project
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The Western Area Power Administration (Western), an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), intends to prepare a joint environmental impact statement/environmental impact report (EIS/EIR) for the construction and operation of the proposed Tran...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Filings:

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City of Anaheim, CA
Notice Jan 07, 2009
Heavenly Valley, L.P.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
New York State Electric Gas Corp.
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Informal Settlement Conference:

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Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Motion and Request for Shortened Response Time:

Title Type Published
Arlington Storage Co., LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Extract of Chenopodium ambrosioides near ambrosioides on all food commodities when applied/used as a biochemical insecticide/acaricide. AgraQuest, Inc. s...
Rule Jan 07, 2009
EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) (524-EUP-99) to the pesticide applicant--Monsanto Company. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
This notice announces EPA's receipt of an application 524-EUP- 99 from Monsanto Company requesting an amendment to the experimental use permit (EUP) for the plant-incorporated protectants: 1) Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and the genetic m...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Approval, Disapproval, and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove State Implementation Plan revisions submitted by the State of Utah on September 15, 2006, October 1, 2007, and March 7, 2008 to Utah's Rule R307-405 ("Permits: Major Sources in Attainment...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2009

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule:

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This action contains a minor correction to the final Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule, which was published on December 11, 2008 (73 FR 75340) and will be effective on January 12, 2009. As mandated by the Debt Collection Improvement Ac...
Rule Jan 07, 2009

Pesticide Tolerances:

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EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of December 10, 2008, concerning the establishment of tolerance residues of novaluron in or on sugarcane, cane and tomato. This document is being issued to correct an amendment to the section as publish...
Rule Jan 07, 2009

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special observances:

Title Type Published
National Mentoring Month (Proc. 8333)
Presidential Document Jan 07, 2009

Trade:

Title Type Published
Israel; certain agricultural products, extension of duty-free treatment
Presidential Document Jan 07, 2009

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Regarding Revisions to the Laboratory Protocol to Measure the Quantity of Nicotine:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the uniform protocol for the analysis of nicotine, total moisture, and pH in smokeless tobacco products ("Protocol"). The Protocol, originally published in the Federal Register in 1999 (64 FR 14086) and revised in the Federal Regis...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 and as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing effort to review and update legacy system of records notices, the Department of Homeland Security is giving notice that it proposes to update and...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with...
Rule Jan 07, 2009

Meetings:

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The Homeland Security Information Network Advisory Committee will hold a teleconference call on January 13, 2008, to discuss implementation efforts associated with the Next Generation of the Homeland Security Information Network. Teleconference call...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is amending its regulations in 43 CFR part 3500 for leasing of solid minerals other than coal and oil shale to distinguish fringe acreage lease requirements from lease modification requirements, and to describe acc...
Rule Jan 07, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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By Order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, dated April 5, 2005, and pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepar...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
This notice announces the termination of the process to develop an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Special Resource Study for the Delaware Coastal Area. The study area includes the coastal regions of the state of Delaware. A Notice of In...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Meetings:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a public meeting on American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). This meeting will help us gather information from the public in preparation of our 2009 findings on the export of American ginseng...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Outer Continental Shelf Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Mid-Atlantic Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale (220):

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The Minerals Management Service hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period for the Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 Call for Information and Interest/Nominations (Call) and Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease:

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Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Abraxas Petroleum Corp. for competitive oil and gas lease WYW143474 for land in Conver...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

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The Copyright Office published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2008, a notice pertaining to its triennial rulemaking proceeding in accordance with a provision of the Copyright Act which was added by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and wh...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2009

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Management and Budget Office

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Under the authority of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 1104(d)) and 44 U.S.C. 3504(e), the Office of Management and Budget, through the Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC), is soliciting proposals from the publ...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of Issuance and Availability of Regulatory Guide 3.25, Revision 1.
Notice Jan 07, 2009

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is adding Inbound International Expedited Services 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 Jan 07, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Amendment to the National Market System Plan for the Selection and Reservation of Securities Symbols; Additions:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009
NYSE Alternext US LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009
NYSE Alternext US LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 07, 2009

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

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Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jan 07, 2009
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits, etc.
Notice Jan 07, 2009
The Commonwealth of Virginia has petitioned for approval of alternate requirements governing certain aspects of Federal odometer law. NHTSA is issuing a final determination granting Virginia's petition.
Rule Jan 07, 2009

Airworthiness Directives:

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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Jan 07, 2009

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements (Filed the Week Ending November 28, 2008):

Title Type Published
Composite Passenger Tariff Coordinating Conference Composite Resolution 002bk
Notice Jan 07, 2009

Emergency Temporary Closures for Safety and Security for Inauguration of the President of the United States:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section 658.11(e) of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, the Washington, DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) has requested approval of a plan to temporarily close segments of the Interstate to all traffic except motor coaches and bu...
Notice Jan 07, 2009

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