March 7, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR, dispositions of certain petitions previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of any petition or its final disposition.

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 review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The nature of the information collection is described as well as its expected burden. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) published a 60-day notice and request for comments on this information collection in the Federal Register (69 FR 69668) on November 30, 2004, indicating comments should be submitted by January 31, 2005. One comment was received. The commenter asserted that no waivers should be given, except in the case of medically verified disability, and there is an obligation these students assume and they should pay it. In addition, the commenter indicated that taxpayers are burdened by the costs of this education and they deserve recompense. Also, the commenter asked how many students sought waivers last year and on what grounds. 46 CFR part 310 authorizes the Maritime Administrator to grant waivers in cases where there would be undue hardship or impossibility of performance of the provisions of the agreement, due to accident, illness or other justifiable reason. The regulation also allows for deferments in exceptional cases for entry into a maritime-related graduate course of study, or the graduate may seek approval to accept maritime-related shoreside employment after first seeking afloat employment. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) is cognizant of the obligation of graduates as we review waiver and deferral requests. In 2004, MARAD granted 18 employment determination requests for shoreside employment. These employment determinations were granted for maritime- related shoreside employment on the recommendation from the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, only after the graduates diligently sought afloat employment and were unable to obtain it.

The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.

The following permits were issued.

The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species

The Audio Division, at the request of Brewster Broadcasting Co. in its counterproposal to a petition for rulemaking by John Garabedian, allots Channel 254A at East Harwich, Massachusetts, as the community's first local FM service. Channel 254A can be allotted to East Harwich, Massachusetts, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 5.7 km (3.5 miles) southeast of East Harwich. The coordinates for Channel 254A at East Harwich, Massachusetts, are 41-40-33 North Latitude and 69-58-03 West Longitude.

In this document the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, on delegated authority from the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), announces the publication of the list of wireless domain names, in accordance with an order previously approved by the Commission and information collections requirements previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget, both of which were already published in the Federal Register.

Under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA is proposing revisions to the reporting requirements for the dioxin and dioxin-like compounds category. Toxic equivalents (TEQs) are a weighted quantity measure based on the toxicity of each member of the dioxin and dioxin-like compounds category relative to the most toxic members of the category, i.e., 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin. Under EPCRA section 313, EPA currently requires that facilities report dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in units of total grams for the entire category, and provide a single distribution of the individual dioxin and dioxin-like compounds at the facility. This distribution must represent either total releases, or releases to the media (air, land, water) for which the facility has the best information. The three options discussed in this proposed rule would require reporting (on a new TRI Form R-D) of available information on all relevant portions of the form (e.g., for each waste stream). One option would require the additional reporting of TEQs only. The two preferred options would require reporting of the mass quantity of each individual member of the category and differ primarily in whether the Agency or the facility would perform TEQ computations. Under each of these options, this new information would be in addition to the total grams data currently reported for the entire category and would replace the current reporting of a single distribution of the members of the category. EPA is proposing these revisions in response to requests from members of the public that EPA provide facilities with a method of reporting TEQ data. Comment is specifically sought on all options as well as EPA's preferences for implementing TEQ reporting.

EPA proposes to approve the section 111(d)/129 State Plan submitted by Tennessee for the Pollution Control District (PCD) of the Metro Public Health Department for Nashville/Davidson County on May 28, 2002, for implementing and enforcing the Emissions Guidelines applicable to existing Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators. The Plan was submitted to satisfy Federal Clean Air Act requirements. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, the EPA is approving the Nashville/Davidson County State Plan revision as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial revision amendment and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to the direct final rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this proposed rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will be withdrawn and all public comments received will be addressed in a subsequent final rule based on this proposed rule. The EPA will not institute a second comment period on this rule. Any parties interested in commenting on this rule should do so at this time.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the NASA Solar System Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee.

This rule states BIS's licensing policy regarding transactions involving entities sanctioned by the State Department under three specified statutes, imposes a new license requirement for certain entities sanctioned by the State Department, and identifies one specific entity subject to this new license requirement, Tula Instrument Design Bureau of Russia.

The Military Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub. L. 108-324) makes $10,000,000 available to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to eligible nonindustrial private forest landowners who suffered losses during 2004, as a result of hurricane, tropical storm, or related events for the purposes of debris removal, replanting of timber, and other related purposes. The USDA Forest Service will administer this program, in partnerhsip with State forestry agencies in the States of Alabama and Florida, where signicant loss and damage to forest resources has occurred.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The Mandatory Guidelines were first published in the Federal Register on April 11, 1988 (53 FR 11970), and subsequently revised in the Federal Register on June 9, 1994 (59 FR 29908), on September 30, 1997 (62 FR 51118), and on April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19644). A notice listing all currently certified laboratories is published in the Federal Register during the first week of each month. If any laboratory's certification is suspended or revoked, the laboratory will be omitted from subsequent lists until such time as it is restored to full certification under the Mandatory Guidelines. If any laboratory has withdrawn from the HHS National Laboratory Certification Program (NLCP) during the past month, it will be listed at the end, and will be omitted from the monthly listing thereafter. This notice is also available on the Internet at https:// workplace.samhsa.gov and https://www.drugfreeworkplace.gov.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued Bulletin (BL) 2005-01 to all holders of operating licenses for nuclear power reactors, decommissioning nuclear power reactor sites storing spent fuel in a pool, and wet spent fuel storage sites. This bulletin contains sensitive information relating to material control and accounting (MC&A) programs and is, therefore, being withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390. The bulletin is being provided to only those licensees needing to respond to it.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS) intention to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of the program for ``Rural Development Loan Servicing.''

The Yakutat Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Yakutat, Alaska. The purpose of the meeting is continue business of the Yakutat Resource Advisory Committee. The committee was formed to carry out the requirements of the Secure Rural Schools and Self-Determination Act of 2000. The agenda for this meeting is to review submitted project proposals and consider recommending projects for funding. Project proposals are due by March 7, 2005 to be considered at this meeting.

The Coast Guard is amending the special local regulations at 33 CFR 100.518, established for marine events held annually in the Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland by publishing the name of the events, the dates and modifying the boundaries of the regulated area. The marine events included in this rule include the Safety at Sea Seminar, U.S. Naval Academy crew races and the Blue Angels air show. This rule is intended to restrict vessel traffic in portions of the Severn River during the period of these marine events and is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the event.