November 10, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Committee is proposing to add to the Procurement List a service to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must be Received on or Before: December 10, 2005.

This notice announces the availability of the administrative record file for comment on 43 TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the state of Arkansas under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Browner, et al., No. LR-C-99-114.

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.

NMFS has received applications from the following entities for permits or permit modifications for scientific research on shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum): Dr. Douglas Peterson, Warnell School of Forest Resources (Fisheries Division), University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 (Permit No. 1420); Duke Power Company (Gene E. Vaughan, Principal Investigator), Catawba-Wateree Hydropower Relicensing Project, Mail Code EC 12Y, P.O. Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 28201 (File No. 1543); North Carolina Zoological Park (John D. Groves, Principal Investigator), 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205 (File No. 1545); andDr. Boyd Kynard, S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center (USGS- BRD), Box 796, One Migratory Way, Turners Falls, MA 01376 (File No. 1549).

The General Services Administration (GSA) has reviewed the lodging rates of certain locations in the States of California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin and determined that they are inadequate. Also, GSA is changing the FY 2006 meals and incidental expenses rate in Illinois, city of Chicago, including Cook and Lake Counties, to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees' meals and incidental expenses covered by the per diem. The per diems prescribed in Bulletin 06-03 may be found at https://www.gsa.gov/perdiem.

This proposal would revise guidance of the staffs of the OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, ``the agencies'') relating to the Community Reinvestment Act (``the Act'' or ``CRA'') to address topics related to the revisions the agencies made to their regulations that implement the CRA. After reviewing comments on this proposal, these questions and answers will be added to the Interagency Questions and Answers, an existing document that contains informal staff guidance for examiners and other agency personnel, financial institutions, and the public. Public comment is invited on the proposed guidance, as well as any other community reinvestment issues.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is providing notice of the establishment of the record system, System for Tracking and Administering Real-property (STAR) (GSA/PBS-4). The system collects and maintains information on individuals who lease or receive lease payments for buildings leased to the U.S. government. System information is used to provide contact information and payment information for leased buildings.

The FAA is proposing language to supplement a proposal published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2005. This action is necessary to include in the proposal a provision from the recently enacted Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. The supplemental language allows a person to manufacture one new aircraft based on a type certificate without holding the type certificate or having a licensing agreement from the type certificate holder, provided the manufacturing began before August 5, 2004.

The Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, HHS published a notice in the Federal Register of Friday, May 6, 2005, announcing the anticipated availability of funds for family planning services grants. This notice contained an error. An eligible State/Population/Area was not listed as available for competition in 2006. This Notice corrects the omission of the State of Nebraska State/Population/Area as competitive in 2006.