February 13, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Forest Service is issuing a new directive to Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2070 for native plant materials, which provides direction for the use, growth, development, and storage of native plant materials.

The National Tree-marking Paint Committee will meet in Asheville, North Carolina on May 13-15, 2008. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss activities related to improvements in, concerns about, and the handling and use of tree-marking paint by personnel of the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Crab Advisory Committee, in Anchorage, AK.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a request for a new shipper review under the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain issued on June 24, 2005. See Chlorinated Isocyanurates from Spain: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order, 70 FR 36562 (June 24, 2005). In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(c), we are initiating an antidumping new shipper review of Inquide Flix, S.A., (Inquide). The period of review (POR) of this new shipper review is June 1, 2007 through November 30, 2007.

This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

This document provides notice that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of certain multifunctional machines which may be offered to the United States Government under an undesignated government procurement contract. CBP has concluded that, based upon the facts presented, certain goods imported into Japan are substantially transformed in Japan such that Japan is the country of origin of the finished multifunctional machines for government procurement purposes.

This document provides notice that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final determination concerning the country of origin of two types of ball seals to be offered to the United States Government under an undesignated government procurement contract. Based on the facts presented, CBP has concluded that the operations performed in China do not result in a substantial transformation of the U.S. components. Therefore, the assembled ball seals will not be considered to be products of China.

The Fish and Wildlife Service announces that a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge in Georgetown, Horry, and Marion Counties, South Carolina, is available for distribution. This Draft CCP/EA was prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1997, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and describes the Service's proposal for management of this refuge over the next 15 years.

The Secretary of Labor invites interested parties to submit nominations, and materials in support of nominations, for membership on ACCSH.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of two supplemental new animal drug applications (NADAs) filed by IVX Animal Health, Inc. The supplemental NADAs provide revised labeling for phenylbutazone tablets used in horses and dogs.

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Proposed Collection: Title: The Parkinson's, Genes and Environment (PAGE) Study II. Type of Information Collection Request: NEW. Need and Use of Information Collection: We propose a large case-control study to evaluate roles of environmental exposures, genes, and gene-environment interactions in the etiology of late-onset sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). This project, the Parkinson's, Genes and Environment Study II (PAGE II), will be developed based on the infrastructure that was set up for the ongoing PAGE I project. PAGE I was designed to prospectively evaluate diet and lifestyle exposures in relation to PD risk. In PAGE I, we expect to recruit approximately 1,200 incident PD cases and 2,800 controls from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health (DH) cohort. The dietary and lifestyle data were collected as part of the NIH-AARP DH baseline surveys in the mid-1990s by investigators from the National Institute of Cancer. The cases in PAGE I were PD cases who reported a physician diagnosed PD during the 10 year follow-up of NIH-AARP DH cohort and controls were appropriately selected by frequency matching from participants without PD in the same cohort. As part of PAGE I, we are confirming PD diagnoses for self-identified PD cases by contacting their neurologists and reviewing medical records and are collecting saliva samples for genetic testing from both cases and appropriately selected controls. As the NIH-AARP DH study was designed to examine dietary and lifestyle exposures important in the etiology of cancer, many environmental exposures key to PD research were not collected. Examples include pesticide use, occupational history, history of infections, and use of statins. Therefore the primary aim of the PAGE II project is to retrospectively collect these important environmental exposures from PD cases and appropriately selected controls. Cases and controls identified from PAGE I will be re-contacted and interviewed for data collection in PAGE II. Assuming a 70% response rate from cases and controls, we expect to obtain this information from approximately 850 PD cases and 1960 controls. This data collection, together with the dietary and lifestyle data and genetic samples obtained in PAGE I, will make the PAGE study one of the largest and most comprehensive studies to date to examine environmental and genetic causes of PD. Frequency of Response: One 90 minute long telephone interview. Affected Public: Individuals. Type of Respondents: We will enroll men and women who participated in the PAGE I study. The annual reporting burden is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 2810. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1 computer assisted telephone interview (CATI). Average Burden Hours per Response: 1.5. Estimated Total Burden Hours Requested: 4215. The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at $30 (assuming $20 hourly wage x 1.50 hours) for the interview. There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or Maintenance Costs to report. Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. For Further Information: To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, contact: Dr. Honglei Chen, Epidemiology Branch, NIEHS, Building 101, A3-05, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or call non-toll-free number (919) 541-3782 or E-mail your request, including your address to: chenh2@a_niehs.nih.gov. Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of the date of this publication.

FMCSA previously announced its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 26 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The Agency has reviewed the comments submitted in response to the previous announcement and concluded that granting these exemptions will provide a level of safety that will be equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.