December 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Results 51 - 100 of 2,397
Advanced Electronics, Inc., Boston, MA; Notice of Negative Determination on Remand
Document Number: E7-25362
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Main Street Capital Corporation, et al.; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-25357
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2008
Document Number: E7-25353
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Using data from Management Information System annual reports, FRA has determined that the 2006 rail industry random testing positive rates were 0.60 percent for drugs and 0.13 percent for alcohol. Because the industry-wide random drug testing positive rate has remained below 1.0 percent for the last two years, the Federal Railroad Administrator (Administrator) has determined that the minimum annual random drug testing rate for the period January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008, will remain at 25 percent of covered railroad employees. In addition, because the industry-wide random alcohol testing violation rate has remained below 0.5 percent for the last two years, the Administrator has determined that the minimum random alcohol testing rate will remain at 10 percent of covered railroad employees for the period January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008.
Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed Loans for Fiscal Year 2008; Maximum Portion of Guarantee Authority Available for Fiscal Year 2008; Annual Renewal Fee for Fiscal Year 2008
Document Number: E7-25352
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107(b) and 4280.126(c), Rural Development (the Agency) has the authority to charge an annual renewal fee for loans made under the Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Improvements (9006) Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to that authority, the Agency is establishing the renewal fee rate at one- fourth of 1 percent for the B&I Guaranteed Loan Program and one-fourth of 1 percent for the 9006 Guaranteed Loan Program. These rates will apply to all loans obligated in fiscal year (FY) 2008 that are made under the cited programs. As established in 7 CFR 4279.107 and 4280.126, the amount of the fee on each guaranteed loan will be determined by multiplying the fee rate by the outstanding principal loan balance as of December 31, multiplied by the percent of guarantee. As set forth in 7 CFR 4280.126(a), each fiscal year the Agency shall establish the initial guarantee fee rate for loans made under the 9006 Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to that authority, the Agency is establishing the initial guarantee fee rate at 1 percent for loans made in FY 2008. As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107(a) and 4279.119(b)(4), each fiscal year the Agency shall establish a limit on the maximum portion of B&I guarantee authority available for that fiscal year that may be used to guarantee loans with a B&I guarantee fee of 1 percent or guaranteed loans with a guarantee percentage exceeding 80 percent. Allowing the guarantee fee to be reduced to 1 percent or exceeding the 80 percent guarantee on certain B&I guaranteed loans that meet the conditions set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107 and 4279.119 will increase the Agency's ability to focus guarantee assistance on projects which the Agency has found particularly meritorious. For 1 percent fees, the borrower's business supports value-added agriculture and results in farmers benefiting financially, or such projects are high impact as defined in 7 CFR 4279.155(b)(5) and located in rural communities that remain persistently poor, which experience long-term population decline and job deterioration, are experiencing trauma as a result of natural disaster, or are experiencing fundamental structural changes in its economic base. For guaranteed loans exceeding 80 percent, such projects must be a high-priority project in accordance with 7 CFR 4279.155. Not more than 12 percent of the Agency's quarterly apportioned B&I guarantee authority will be reserved for loan requests with a guarantee fee of 1 percent, and not more than 15 percent of the Agency's quarterly apportioned guarantee authority will be reserved for guaranteed loan requests with a guaranteed percentage exceeding 80 percent. Once the respective quarterly limits are reached, all additional loans for that quarter will be at the standard fee and guarantee limits in 7 CFR part 4279. As an exception to this paragraph and for the purposes of this notice, loans developed by the North American Development Bank (NADBank) Community Adjustment and Investment Program (CAIP) will not count against the 15 percent limit. Up to 50 percent of CAIP loans may have a guaranteed percentage exceeding 80 percent. The funding authority for CAIP loans is not derived carryover or recovered funding authority of the B&I Guaranteed Loan Program.
Millennium India Acquisition Company Inc.; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-25350
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Jon Karl Dively, D.D.S.; Denial of Application
Document Number: E7-25347
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
The Lawsons, Inc., t/a The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy; Denial of Application
Document Number: E7-25346
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: E7-25345
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Revision of Federal Speculative Position Limits
Document Number: E7-25344
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reopening the period for public comment to provide interested persons additional time to comment on certain proposed amendments pertaining to the Federal speculative position limits for agricultural commodities.
Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered Women's Shelters/Grants to Native American Tribes (Including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal Organizations
Document Number: E7-25341
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children and Families Administration
This announcement governs the proposed award of formula grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal organizations. The purpose of these grants is to assist Tribes in establishing, maintaining, and expanding programs and projects to prevent family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance for victims of family violence and their dependents. This announcement sets forth the application requirements, the application process, and other administrative and fiscal requirements for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. Grantees are to be mindful that although the expenditure period for grants is a two-year period, an application is required every year to provide continuity in the provision of services. (See Section II. Award Information, Expenditure Periods.)
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
Document Number: E7-25340
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Department of Transportation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the SLSMC, the SLSDC is proposing to amend the joint regulations by updating the Regulations and Rules in various categories. The proposed changes would update the following sections of the Regulations and Rules: Condition of Vessels; Seaway Navigation; and, Information and Reports. The SLSDC is seeking to harmonize the ballast water requirements for vessels transiting the U.S. waters of the Seaway with those currently required by Canadian authorities for transit in waters under Canadian jurisdiction of the Seaway. These proposed amendments are necessary to take account of updated procedures and would eliminate the confusion regarding the requirements for saltwater flushing in the binational waters of the Seaway System.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: E7-25339
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Education
The Acting Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants for Battered Women's Shelters/Grants to States; Notice of Grant
Document Number: E7-25338
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children and Families Administration
This announcement governs the proposed award of mandatory grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to States (including Territories and Insular Areas). The purpose of these grants is to assist States in establishing, maintaining, and expanding programs and projects to prevent family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance for victims of family violence and their dependents. This announcement sets forth the application requirements, the application process, and other administrative and fiscal requirements for grants in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.
Medical Review Board Public Meeting
Document Number: E7-25337
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces a public meeting of the Agency's MRB. The MRB public meeting will provide the public an opportunity to observe and participate in MRB deliberations about the revision and development of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation (FMCSR) medical standards, in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-25336
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions; Notice of Grant
Document Number: E7-25335
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children and Families Administration
This announcement governs the proposed award of formula grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to private, non-profit State Domestic Violence Coalitions (Coalitions). The purpose of these grants is to assist in the conduct of activities to promote domestic violence intervention and prevention and to increase public awareness of domestic violence issues. This notice for family violence prevention and services grants to Coalitions serves two purposes. The first is to confirm a Federal commitment to reducing domestic violence; and the second purpose is to urge States, localities, cities, and the private sector to become involved in State and local planning towards an integrated service delivery approach.
Agency Information Collection Activities
Document Number: E7-25334
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b), this notice announces that new information collection requirement (ICR) listed below has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This new ICR pertains to 49 CFR Part 262. Additionally, FRA hereby announces that other ICRs listed below have been re-approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). These ICRs pertain to Parts 215, 216, 219, 223, and 239. The OMB approval numbers, titles, and expiration dates are included herein under supplementary information.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-25332
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-25329
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization
Document Number: E7-25328
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Alpha Energy Master, Ltd.; Notice of Issuance of Order
Document Number: E7-25327
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-25325
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Hyrum City Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment
Document Number: E7-25324
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Questar Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization
Document Number: E7-25320
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Corrected Filing
Document Number: E7-25319
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Electronic Signatures on Documents: East West Resort Transportation, LLC, and TMS, LLC, dba Colorado Mountain Express (CME), Application for Exemption
Document Number: E7-25318
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The FMCSA announces that it has received from East West Resort Transportation, LLC, and TMS, LLC, dba Colorado Mountain Express (CME), an application for an exemption from the original signature requirement for a driver on the application for employment required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The exemption would allow CME to use an electronic signature as a functional equivalent of an original signature on the driver employment applications. CME states that the use of electronic signatures would substantially improve the level of service that it can provide the public, as it would expedite processing of employment applications as well as improve cost efficiency in its business. FMCSA requests public comment on CME's application for exemption.
Towing Safety Advisory Committee; Vacancies
Document Number: E7-25309
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC). TSAC advises the Coast Guard on matters relating to shallow-draft inland and coastal waterway navigation and towing safety.
National Science Board; Committee on Programs and Plans; Sunshine Act; Notice
Document Number: E7-25308
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
In the Matter of Certain Switches and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Determination To Review a Final Determination on Violation of Section 337; Schedule for Filing Written Submissions on the Issues Under Review and on Remedy, the Public Interest, and Bonding
Document Number: E7-25279
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review a portion of the final initial determination (``ID'') issued by the presiding administrative law judge (``ALJ'') on November 7, 2007, regarding whether there is a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, in the above- captioned investigation.
In the Matter of Certain Systems for Detecting and Removing Viruses or Worms, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation
Document Number: E7-25278
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 21, 2007, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Trend Micro Incorporated of Cupertino, California. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain systems for detecting and removing viruses or worms, components thereof, and products containing same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,623,600. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
In the Matter of: Certain R-134a Coolant (Otherwise Known as 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane); Notice of Investigation
Document Number: E7-25275
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 20, 2007, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of INEOS Fluor Limited of the United Kingdom and INEOS Fluor Americas LLC of St. Gabriel, Louisiana. A supplemental letter and amended complaint, which included another complainant, INEOS Fluor Holdings Limited of the United Kingdom, were filed on December 13, 2007. The complaint, as supplemented and amended, alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain R-134a coolant (otherwise known as 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane) by reason of infringement of the claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,744,658. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: E7-25274
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2008 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota Specifications and Effort Controls
Document Number: E7-25256
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces the final rule to set 2008 fishing year specifications for the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery, including quotas for each of the established domestic fishing categories and effort controls for the General category and Angling category. This action is necessary to implement recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), as required by the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), and to achieve domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Extension of Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin that Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Document Number: E7-25255
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This action extends a temporary final rule initially published on October 18, 2005. The regulations contained in the temporary rule, emergency action, published on October 18, 2005, and subsequently extended several times at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will expire on January 1, 2008. This temporary rule extends a closure of Federal waters through December 31, 2008. The FDA has determined that current oceanographic conditions and alga sampling data suggest that the northern section of the Temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) Closure Area remain closed to the harvest of bivalve molluscan shellfish and that the southern area remain closed to the harvest of whole or roe-on scallops. NMFS is publishing the regulatory text associated with this closure in this temporary emergency rule in order to ensure that current regulations accurately reflect the codified text that has been modified and extended numerous times, so that the public is aware of the regulations being extended through December 31, 2008.
Nuclear Decommissioning Funds
Document Number: E7-25223
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final and temporary regulations under section 468A of the Internal Revenue Code relating to deductions for contributions to trusts maintained for decommissioning nuclear power plants. The temporary regulations affect most taxpayers that own an interest in a nuclear power plant and reflect recent statutory changes. The text of these temporary regulations also serves as the text of the proposed regulations set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section in this issue of the Federal Register.
Nuclear Decommissioning Funds
Document Number: E7-25222
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations under section 468A of the Internal Revenue Code relating to deductions for contributions to trusts maintained for decommissioning nuclear power plants. The temporary regulations reflect changes to the law made by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and affect most taxpayers that own an interest in a nuclear power plant. The text of the temporary regulations also serves as the text of these proposed regulations.
Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110
Document Number: E7-25178
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-12-31
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This staff accounting bulletin (``SAB'') expresses the views of the staff regarding the use of a ``simplified'' method, as discussed in SAB No. 107 (``SAB 107''), in developing an estimate of expected term of ``plain vanilla'' share options in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment. In particular, the staff indicated in SAB 107 that it will accept a company's election to use the simplified method, regardless of whether the company has sufficient information to make more refined estimates of expected term. At the time SAB 107 was issued, the staff believed that more detailed external information about employee exercise behavior (e.g., employee exercise patterns by industry and/or other categories of companies) would, over time, become readily available to companies. Therefore, the staff stated in SAB 107 that it would not expect a company to use the simplified method for share option grants after December 31, 2007. The staff understands that such detailed information about employee exercise behavior may not be widely available by December 31, 2007. Accordingly, the staff will continue to accept, under certain circumstances, the use of the simplified method beyond December 31, 2007.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.