May 10, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to add Chile to the list of countries eligible to export meat and meat products to the United States. Reviews by FSIS of Chile's laws, regulations, and other materials show that its meat inspection system includes requirements equivalent to all provisions in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and its implementing regulations. Although a foreign country may be listed as eligible to export meat and meat products, products from that country must also comply with all other U.S. requirements, including those of the U.S. Customs Service and the restrictions under Title 9, part 94 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations that relate to the importation of meat and meat products from foreign countries into the United States. FSIS and APHIS work closely together to ensure that meat and meat products imported into the United States comply with the regulatory requirements of both agencies. Under this proposal, meat and meat products processed in certified Chilean establishments may be exported to the United States. All such products will be subject to re-inspection at United States ports-of- entry by FSIS inspectors.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the U.S. Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent No. 6,745,715: STERN FLAP CORRECTIVE MOTION AND FUEL SAVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MARINE VESSELS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,746,005: CONSTANT NATURAL FREQUENCY PASSIVE-ACTIVE MOUNT.//U.S. Patent No. 6,751,161: FLUIDBORNE SOUND PROJECTOR WITH SWEEP CLEANING FACILITIES.// U.S. Patent No. 6,752,921: BIOREACTOR TANK INTERNALLY CHAMBERED TO SEQUENTIALLY PERFORM BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION.// U.S. Patent No. 6,765,487: UNDERWATER DETECTION AND DETERRENT SYSTEM.// U.S. Patent No. 6,773,851: SYNTHESIS OF LI2MN409 USING LITHIUM PERMANGANATE PRECURSOR.//U.S. Patent No. 6,779,476: LOW SOLAR ABSORBING NONSKID COMPOSITION AND APPLIED CONFIGURATION FOR A FLIGHT DECK.//U.S. Patent No. 6,798,632: POWER FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD COMPENSATION SYSTEM.//U.S. Patent No. 6,799,126: NONDESTRUCTIVE METHOD FOR DETECTING STRUCTUAL ANOMALIES IN COMPOSITES.//U.S. Patent No. 6,799,396: WATERTIGHT DOOR CLOSURE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,802,962: DECK DRAIN COVER PLATE ASSEMBLY.//U.S. Patent No. 6,805,067: CONTOUR STERN FLAP.//U.S. Patent No. 6,810,365: MONITORING WASTE LIQUID TO DETERMINE MEMBRANE CLEANSING PERFORMANCE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,847,153: POLYURETHANE ELECTROSTRICTION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,854,279: DYNAMIC DESICCATION COOLING SYSTEM FOR SHIPS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,864,858: RADAR REFLECTING RESCUE DEVICE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,879,256: SEAL COMPRESSION INDICATION SYSTEM.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for CFM International CFM56-5, -5B, and -5C series turbofan engines. This AD requires removing certain part number (P/N) air turbine starters from service. This AD results from several reports of uncontained failures of air turbine starters where high-energy particles were not contained within the containment feature of the starter. We are issuing this AD to prevent uncontained failures of air turbine starters, which could result in damage to the airplane.

This document incorporates corrections to clarify the intent of Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-08-06, which was published in the Federal Register on April 19, 2005 (70 FR 20271). AD 2005-08-06 applies to all CENTRAIR 101 series gliders. This action clarifies the applicability to point out that the affected hinge pins were installed at manufacturer on serial numbers 101A600 through 101A637 and could be replaced on other serial number gliders with hinge pins that Centrair delivered between February 20, 1995, and February 28, 2001. We are re- issuing the AD in its entirety to help eliminate any confusion that this AD may have created.

The CNO Executive Panel is to provide consensus advice to the Chief of Naval Operations. The meeting will consist of discussions on strategy, force structure, personnel and organizational issues facing the Navy.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Department of Transportation's (DOT) intention to request extension of a previously approved information collection.

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 extension of currently approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on December 17, 2004 (69 FR 75601).

The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

On April 26, 2005, the Department of Education published a notice in the Federal Register (Page 21403, Column 2) for the information collection, ``The Professional Development Impact Study Full Study Data Collection Instruments''. The Type of Review is hereby corrected to Revision. Under Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden, the number of responses is corrected to 1,224 and the burden hours is corrected to 754. The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), the USDA Forest Service (Lead Agency) and the USDOI Bureau of Land Management (Cooperating Agency) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze and disclose the effects of the updated Bald Mountain Ski Area Master Development Plan (MDP) and 40- year term ski area permit application. Both agencies have authority over the Bald Mountain ski area, which is also known as the Sun Valley Ski Resort.

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

Notice is hereby given that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency delivering the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Utilities Programs, proposes to prepare an Environmental Assessment related to possible financing assistance to Georgia Transmission Corporation for the construction of approximately 40 miles of 500 kilovolt transmission line. The proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line project would be located in McDuffie, Warren, Hancock, Glascock and Washington Counties, Georgia. Meeting Information: RUS will conduct a Scoping Meeting in an open house format from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Warthen Community Center, Warthen, Georgia 31094. Phone: (770) 270- 7741. The Community Center is on Bethlehem Baptist Church Road, located on State Route 102 approximately .25 miles north of the intersection of State Route 15. A second Scoping Meeting will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2005. The meeting will be held at Thomson High School, located at 1160 White Oak Road in Thomson, Georgia 30824. Phone: (706) 595-9393. The purpose of these two meetings are provide information and solicit comments.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to reorganize and rewrite in plain language its disability compensation and pension regulations relating to the duties of VA and the rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries. These revisions are proposed as part of VA's rewrite and reorganization of all of its compensation and pension regulations in a logical, claimant-focused, and user-friendly format. The intended effect of the proposed revisions is to assist claimants, beneficiaries, and VA personnel in locating and understanding these regulations.

The Office of Personnel Management is issuing final regulations to implement a change in law that requires the pay of heads of agencies and other designated employees to be calculated and paid on a biweekly basis instead of on a monthly basis. The final regulations also prescribe the circumstances under which an agency may calculate the pay of an employee on a biweekly pay period basis whose pay otherwise would be calculated on a monthly or other basis.