May 11, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-220), the Secretary of Labor annually determines the Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) for uses described in the Law. WIA defines the term ``Low Income Individual'' as one who qualifies under various criteria, including an individual who received income for a six-month period that does not exceed the higher of the poverty line or 70 percent of the lower living standard income level. This issuance provides the Secretary's annual LLSIL for 2005 and references the current 2005 Health and Human Services ``Poverty Guidelines.''

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning economic price adjustment. The clearance currently expires on August 31, 2005. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest service jointly published notice in the Federal Register, March 22, 2005, listing an incorrect expiration date.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Pennsylvania (FEMA-1587-DR), dated 4/ 14/2005. Incident: Flooding. Incident Period: 4/2/2005 through 4/23/2005.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until June 11, 2005, the comment period for the notice, published in the Federal Register of February 9, 2005 (70 FR 6888). In the notice, FDA announced the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``Q8 Pharmaceutical Development.'' FDA is reopening the comment period to provide additional time for public comment consistent with the time for comment provided by other ICH regulatory entities.

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all airplanes equipped with Aero Advantage ADV200 series (part numbers ADVPL211CC and ADVPL212CW) vacuum pumps installed under supplemental type certificate number SA10126SC, through field approval, or other methods. This proposed AD would require you to remove any affected vacuum pump and related monitor system, remove the applicable airplane flight manual supplement (AFMS) and placard, and install an FAA-approved vacuum pump other than the affected part numbers. This proposed AD results from several reports of pump chamber failure. We are issuing this proposed AD to correct problems with the vacuum pump before failure or malfunction during instrument flight rules (IFR) flight that can lead to loss of flight instruments critical for flight. The loss of flight instruments could cause pilot disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Brazil, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. For further information concerning the conduct of these reviews and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207).

In accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations (5 CFR 1320) that implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) intention to request approval for the revision of a currently approved information collection for the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (``Notice''), 69 FR 54614 (September 9, 2004), this Report and Order dismisses the underlying Petition for Rule Making requesting the allotment of Channel 271A at Washington, Kansas, because no comments or expressions of interest in response to the notice were received.

The Audio Division, on its own motion, proposes the substitution of Channel 235A for vacant Channel 265A at Bairoil, Wyoming and the substitution of Channel 267C for vacant Channel 262C at Sinclair, Wyoming. The existing allotments at Bairoil and Sinclair are not in compliance with the minimum distance separation requirements of Section 73.207(b) of the Commission's Rules. The existing Channel 265A at Bairoil and existing Channel 262C at Sinclair are short-spaced to each other by 57.2 kilometers. The minimum distance spacing requirement for these allotments is 95 kilometers. Additionally, Channel 262C at Sinclair is short-spacing to licensed FM Station KYOD, Channel 261C1, Glendo, Wyoming by 186.4 kilometers. The minimum distance spacing requirement is 209 kilometers. A staff engineering analysis has determined that Channel 235A can be allotted to Bairoil, Wyoming in conformity with the Commission's rules without a site restriction at coordinates 42-14-40 NL and 107-33-32 WL. Moreover, Channel 267C can be allotted to Sinclair, Wyoming consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of Section 73.207(b) of the Commission's rules, provided there is a site restriction of 9.6 kilometers (6 miles) west at coordinates 41-46-19 NL and 107-13-40 WL.

In this Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), present an updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that we regard as candidates or have proposed for addition to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Identification of candidate species can assist environmental planning efforts by providing advance notice of potential listings, allowing resource managers to alleviate threats and thereby possibly remove the need to list species as endangered or threatened. Even if we subsequently list a candidate species, the early notice provided here could result in more options for species management and recovery by prompting candidate conservation measures to alleviate threats to the species. The CNOR summarizes the status and threats that we evaluated in order to determine that species qualify as candidates and to assign a listing priority number to each species. Additional material that we relied on is available in the Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Forms (species assessment forms, previously called candidate forms) for each candidate species. We request additional status information that may be available for the 286 candidate species. We will consider this information in preparing listing documents and future revisions to the notice of review, as it will help us in monitoring changes in the status of candidate species and in management for conserving them. We also request information on additional species that we should include as candidates as we prepare future updates of this list. This document also includes our findings on resubmitted petitions and describes our progress in revising the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants during the period May 5, 2004, through May 2, 2005.

This document announces that the 2004 revenue threshold between Class A carriers and Class B carriers is increased to $125 million. The 2004 revenue threshold between larger Class A carriers and mid-sized carriers is increased to $7.403 billion.