April 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of additional funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant Program, Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grant Program, Lead Technical Studies Grant Program, Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program, Operation Lead Elimination Action Program, Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program, and Lead Outreach Grant Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). This announcement contains the names and addresses of the award recipient and the amount of award.

A 1.21 acre parcel of public land located in Lane County, Oregon is being considered for sale at not less than appraised market value. This parcel is proposed to be sold through modified competitive procedures.

The purpose of this notice is to announce a meeting of the Compact Council created by the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act of 1998 (Compact). Thus far, the federal government and 22 states are parties to the Compact which governs the exchange of criminal history records for licensing, employment, and similar purposes. The Compact also provides a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system to exchange such records. The United States Attorney General appointed 15 persons from federal and state agencies to serve on the Compact Council. The Council will prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the Interstate Identification Index system. Matters for discussion are expected to include: (1) Minimum Standards for Identification Verification (2) Revised Standardized Reasons Fingerprinted for Civil/Applicant Fingerprint Submissions (3) Interim Final Rule on the Outsourcing of Noncriminal Justice Administrative Functions The meeting will be open to the public on a first-come, first- seated basis. Any member of the public wishing to file a written statement with the Compact Council or wishing to address this session of the Compact Council should notify Mr. Todd C. Commodore, FBI Compact Officer, at (304) 625-3803, at least 24 hours prior to the start of the session. The notification should contain the requestor's name and corporate designation, consumer affiliation, or government designation, along with a short statement describing the topic to be addressed, and the time needed for the presentation. Requestors will ordinarily be allowed up to 15 minutes to present a topic.

As required by law, the Federal Trade Commission (the ``FTC'' or ``Commission'') requests public comment on its implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (``COPPA'' or ``the Act''), 15 U.S.C. 6501-6508, through the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (``COPPA Rule'' or ``the Rule''). The COPPA Rule imposes certain requirements on operators of Web sites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age and other Web sites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from a child under 13 years of age. The Commission requests comment on the costs and benefits of the Rule as well as on whether it should be retained, eliminated, or modified. The Commission also requests comment concerning the Rule's effect on: practices relating to the collection and disclosure of information relating to children; children's ability to obtain access to information of their choice online; and the availability of Web sites directed to children. At the end of the FTC's review, the agency will submit a report to Congress assessing the implementation of the Rule. All interested persons are hereby given notice of the opportunity to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the Rule. As explained in a separate document being published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Commission is also issuing a final amendment to the Rule to extend the sliding scale mechanism, which allows Web site operators to use e-mail with additional verification steps to obtain verifiable parental consent for the collection of personal information from children for internal use by the Web site operator, until the conclusion of this broader review.

On March 21, 2005, the Department of Commerce (Department) published in the Federal Register the final affirmative countervailing duty determination on bottle-grade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India for the period from April 1, 2003, to March 31, 2004. Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Bottle-Grade Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Resin from India, 70 FR 13460 (March 21, 2005) (Final Determination). We are amending our Final Determination to correct certain ministerial errors alleged by Reliance Industries Ltd. (Reliance) pursuant to section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). See ``Amended Final Results of Review'' section, below.

The Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is interested in cooperating with organizations with expertise in sustainable development and sustainable facilities (e.g., non-profit organizations, universities, trade associations, organizations that practice sustainable development, etc.) in connection with its Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse (ER3) initiative. Please note that EPA will not compensate cooperating organizations for their efforts in connection with this initiative.

In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found the on-road motor vehicle emissions budgets contained in the revision to the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria severe 1-hour ozone nonattainment area attainment demonstration SIP adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of our finding, the budgets from the submitted attainment demonstration SIP revision must be used for future conformity determinations in the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area.

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506 (C)(2)(A)).

The Climate and Global Change (C&GC) Program represents a NOAA contribution to evolving national and international programs designed to improve our ability to observe, understand, predict, and respond to changes in the global environment. This program builds on NOAA's mission requirements and long-standing capabilities in global change research and prediction. The NOAA Program is a key contributing element of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), which is coordinated by the interagency Committee on Environmental and Natural Resources. NOAA's program is designed to complement other agencies' contributions to that national effort.

On March 28, 2005, pursuant to 30 CFR 256.29(c) as a matter of information to the public, the MMS published in the Federal Register the Notice of Availability of the proposed Notice of Sale for OCS Sale 196 in the Western GOM. The title of that Notice correctly identified the proposed sale as an oil and gas lease sale in the Western GOM. However, in the summary of the action, the sale was incorrectly identified as a Central GOM sale. We are issuing this Notice to correct that error.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to elicit information on the current science related to foodborne illness associated with the consumption of sprouts. In October 2004, FDA released a produce safety action plan entitled ``Produce Safety from Production to Consumption: 2004 Action Plan to Minimize Foodborne Illness Associated with Fresh Produce Consumption'' (Produce Action Plan). One item in the Produce Action Plan is to initiate rulemaking to minimize foodborne illness associated with the consumption of sprouted seeds. However, because of the complexities of the issues and the uncertainty about what the current science could support, FDA believes that it would be of value to hold a public meeting to gather information relevant to a possible regulation. We request that those who speak at the meeting, or otherwise provide FDA with their comments, focus on the questions relating to the microbial safety of seeds destined for sprouting and sprouted seeds set out in section II of this document.

This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F (KC-10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, DC-10-40F, MD-10-10F, MD-10-30F, MD-11, and MD-11F airplanes, that would have required repetitive operation of the exterior emergency door handle of the forward passenger door to determine if binding exists in the exterior emergency control handle mechanism, and corrective action, if necessary. This new action revises the proposed rule by requiring revised procedures for the operational test. The actions specified by this new proposed AD are intended to prevent failure of the forward passenger doors to operate properly in an emergency condition, which could delay an emergency evacuation and possibly result in injury to passengers and flightcrew. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.

The North Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on Thursday, May 12, 2005 at the Mt. Baker Ranger District office, 810 State Route 20, Sedro Woolley, WA, and on Friday, May 20, 2005 at the Whatcom County Parks and Recreation Department Conference Room, 3373 Mt. Baker Highway, Bellingham, WA. Both meetings will begin at 9 a.m. The purpose of the first meeting will be to (1) elect a new RAC Chairperson, (2) discuss a Charter, and (3) begin review of proposed projects for 2006. The second meeting will (1) finish the review of proposed projects for 2006 and (2) conduct committee member voting on proposed projects. All North Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Resource Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. The North Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Resource Advisory Committee advises Whatcom and Skagit Counties on projects, reviews project proposals, and makes recommendations to the appropriate USDA official for projects to be funded by Title II dollars. The North Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Resource Advisory Committee was established to carry out the requirements of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's (``ALJ'') initial determination (``ID'') terminating the above-captioned investigation as to all the respondents on the basis of withdrawal of the complaint.