December 14, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Safety Modifications and Flood Damage Reduction Project for Folsom Dam and Appurtenant Structures (Combined Federal Effort)-Sacramento, El Dorado, and Placer Counties, CA
Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and Public Resources Code, sections 21000- 21177 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the lead Federal agency; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a cooperating Federal agency; and the California Reclamation Board/Department of Water Resources, the lead State agencies; intend to prepare a joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR) for the Safety Modifications and Flood Damage Reduction Project for Folsom Dam and Appurtenant Structures (Combined Federal Effort). The notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and notice of public scoping meetings was published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2005 (70 FR 58469). A notice of change to public scoping meeting dates and locations was published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2005 (70 FR 72314). Reclamation will have an additional scoping meeting on December 15, 2005.
Coordinated Communications
The Federal Election Commission requests comment on proposed revisions to its regulations regarding communications that have been coordinated with Federal candidates and political party committees. The Commission's current rules set out a three-prong test for determining whether a communication is ``coordinated'' with, and therefore an in- kind contribution to, a Federal candidate or a political party committee. In Shays v. FEC, the Court of Appeals invalidated one aspect of the so-called content prong of the coordinated communications test, because the court believed that the Commission had not provided adequate explanation and justification for the current rules under the Administrative Procedure Act. To comply with the decision of the Court of Appeals, and to address other issues involving the coordinated communication rules, the Commission is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. No final decision has been made by the Commission on the issues presented in this rulemaking. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.
Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing
The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are made available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Number 6,546,798, entitled ``Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Resonant Optical Gyroscope,'' issue date April 4, 2003. U.S. Patent Number 6,550,330, entitled ``Differential Amplification for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Ultra-Sensitive Accelerometer,'' issued April 22, 2003. U.S. Patent Number 6,581,465, entitled ``Micro-electro- mechanical systems ultra sensitive accelerometer,'' issued June 24, 2003. U.S. Patent Number 6,763,718, entitled ``Micro-Electro-Mechanical Ultra-Sensitive Accelerometer with Independent Sensitivity Adjustment,'' issued July 20, 2004. U.S. Patent Pending, entitled ``Integrated Circuit Porphyrin-Based Optical Chemical Sensor,'' Navy Case Number 84715. U.S. Patent Pending, entitled ``Wireless Remote Sensor and Method for Making Same,'' Navy Case Number 84769. U.S. Patent Pending, entitled ``Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Magnetic Vibration Power Generator,'' Navy Case Number 84774.
Meetings of the Naval Research Advisory Committee
The Naval Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) will meet to hold briefs of classified information. All sessions of the meetings will be devoted to briefings, discussions and technical examination of information related to the assessment of the role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror.
National Toxicology Program (NTP); Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR); Extension of the Public Comment Period on the Di-(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate (DEHP) Update Expert Panel Report
The CERHR announces a 30-day extension of the public comment period on the DEHP update expert panel report. The CERHR previously announced a public comment period on the DEHP update expert panel report in a prior Federal Register Notice [November 16, 2005 (Vol. 70, No. 220, pg. 69567)]. The DEHP update expert panel report was released by CERHR on November 21, 2005 and public comments will now be accepted by CERHR through Friday, February 3, 2006 instead of the original deadline of January 4, 2006. The DEHP update expert panel report is available from the CERHR Web site (https://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or in print from the CERHR (see ADDRESSES below).
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Before submitting these information collection requirements for clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities identified below.
Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received
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. 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.
Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; General Motors Corporation
This document grants in full the petition of General Motors Corporation, (GM) for an exemption in accordance with Sec. 543.9(c)(2) of 49 CFR part 543, Exemption from the Theft Prevention Standard, for the Pontiac G6 vehicle line beginning with model year (MY) 2007. This petition is granted because the agency has determined that the antitheft device to be placed on the line as standard equipment is likely to be as effective in reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft as compliance with the parts-marking requirements of the Theft Prevention Standard.
Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; General Motors Corporation
This document grants in full the petition of General Motors Corporation, (GM) for an exemption in accordance with Sec. 543.9(c)(2) of 49 CFR part 543, Exemption from the Theft Prevention Standard, for the Chevrolet Malibu/Malibu Maxx vehicle line beginning with model year (MY) 2006. This petition is granted because the agency has determined that the antitheft device to be placed on the line as standard equipment is likely to be as effective in reducing and deterring motor vehicle theft as compliance with the parts-marking requirements of the Theft Prevention Standard.
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 22 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from vision standards if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The agency has concluded that granting these exemptions will provide a level of safety that will be equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of a 5-Year Review of Greenback Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 5- year review of greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). A 5-year review is a periodic process conducted to ensure that the listing classification of a species is accurate. A 5-year review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information on greenback cutthroat trout that has become available since its reclassification as a threatened species in 1978. Based on the results of this 5-year review, we will make the requisite finding under the ESA.
Information Collection: Bioenergy Program
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of an approved information collection with revision associated with the forms used under the Bioenergy Program. This information collection is needed to administer the Bioenergy Program.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Rubens and His Age: Masterpieces From the Hermitage”
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Rubens and His Age: Masterpieces from the Hermitage'', imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, from on or about January 30, 2006, until on or about August 30, 2006, and at possible additional venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef From Japan
We are amending the regulations governing the importation of meat and other edible animal products by allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of whole cuts of boneless beef from Japan. We are taking this action in response to a request from the Government of Japan and after conducting a risk analysis and considering public comments. This action will allow the importation of beef from Japan while continuing to protect against the introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States.
Conference Call Meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (the Committee) to be held via telephone conference. This meeting is open to the general public, which may participate by following the instructions below.
Source of Income From Certain Space and Ocean Activities; Source of Communications Income; Hearing Cancellation
This document provides notice of cancellation of a public hearing on proposed rulemaking relating to the governing of source of income from certain space and ocean activities under section 863 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Chattanooga, Halls Crossroads, Harrogate, and Lake City, TN
This document grants a counterproposal to reallot and change the community of license for Station WXJB(FM) from Channel 243A at Harrogate, TN, to Channel 244A at Halls Crossroads, TN. The document also denies a mutually exclusive proposal to allot Channel 244A to Lake City, TN. Although each proposal would result in a first local service, a first local service at Halls Crossroads is preferred because it has a larger population than Lake City. See 68 FR 33669, June 5, 2003. See also SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Sanderson, Texas
The Audio Division, at the request of Big Bend Broadcasting, allots Channel 274C1 at Sanderson, Texas, as the community's second local FM service. Channel 274C1 can be allotted to Sanderson, Texas, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 17.6 km (11.0 miles) south of Sanderson. The coordinates for Channel 274C1 at Sanderson, Texas, are 29-59-17 North Latitude and 102-26-32 West Longitude. The Government of Mexico has concurred in this allotment, which is located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Connersville, IN, Erlanger, KY, Lebanon, KY, Lebanon Junction, KY, Madison, IN, New Haven, KY, Norwood, OH, Richmond, IN, and Springfield, KY
This document grants a petition filed by Rodgers Broadcasting seeking the substitution of Channel 262A for Channel 262B at Connersville, Indiana, reallotment of Channel 262A from Connersville, Indiana to Norwood, Ohio, as its first local service and modification of Station WIFE(FM) license accordingly. See 70 FR 7219, published February 11, 2005. The document also grants the substitution of Channel *265A for vacant Channel *266A at Madison, Indiana; the substitution of Channel 267B1 for Channel 267B at Richmond, Indiana and modification of the FM Station WFMG license accordingly; the substitution of Channel 266A for Channel 265A at Erlanger, Kentucky, and modification of the FM Station WIZF license accordingly; and the substitution of Channel 265A for Channel 265C3 at Lebanon, Kentucky, and modification of the WLSK(FM) license accordingly. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Eminence, Lebanon, Linn, Potosi and Rolla, MO
This document grants a Counterproposal filed by Four Him Enterprises, LLC in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making in this proceeding. See 66 FR 38410, July 24, 2001. Specifically, the license of Station KHZR, Channel 249C3, Potosi, Missouri, is modified to specify operation on Channel 249C2.To accommodate this upgrade, this document makes four related channel substitutions. Channel 248A is substituted for vacant Channel 276A at Linn, Missouri. The license of Station KDAA, Channel 248A, Rolla, Missouri, is modified to specify operation on Channel 276A. The license of Station KJEL, Channel 279C, Lebanon, Missouri, is modified to specify operation on Channel 279C0. This document allots Channel 281A to Eminence, Missouri, to provide a first local service. The reference coordinates for the Channel 249C2 allotment at Potosi, Missouri, are 37-58-30 NL and 90-48-30 WL. The reference coordinates for the Channel 276A allotment at Rolla, Missouri, are 37-57-50 NL and 91-45-54 WL. The reference coordinates for the Channel 281A allotment at Eminence, Missouri, are 37-14-30 NL and 91-26-00 WL. The reference coordinates for the Channel 248A allotment at Linn, Missouri, are 38-29-06 NL and 91-51-06 WL. The reference coordinates for the Channel 279C0 allotment at Lebanon, Missouri, are 37-41-06 NL and 92-41-40 WL. This document also dismisses BPH-20030401ABZ and a separate Petition for Reconsideration filed by Four Him Enterprises, LLC. With this action, the proceeding is terminated.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Hornbeck, LA; and Mojave and Trona, CA
The Audio Division, at the request of Charles Crawford, allots Channel 269A at Hornbeck, Louisiana, as the community's first local FM service. Channel 269A can be allotted to Hornbeck, Louisiana, in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 7.2 km (4.5 miles) west of Hornbeck. The coordinates for Channel 269A at Hornbeck, Louisiana, are 31-18-42 North Latitude and 93-28-12 West Longitude. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION infra.
Implementation of Section 621(a)(1) of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as Amended by the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on how to implement section 621(a)(1) of the Communications Act. Because several potential competitors seeking to enter the multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) marketplace have alleged that in many areas the current operation of the local franchising process serves as a barrier to entry, the Commission solicits comment on section 621(a)(1)'s directive that local franchising authorities (LFAs) not unreasonably refuse to award competitive franchises, and whether the franchising process unreasonably impedes the achievement of the interrelated federal goals of enhanced cable competition and accelerated broadband deployment and, if so, how the Commission should act to address that problem.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Commercial Shark Management Measures
NMFS has decided not to initiate the rulemaking requested by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine Fisheries (Petitioner), to amend the current time/ area closure for Atlantic sharks off the Mid-Atlantic region. NMFS does not have any new information to support the Petitioner's proposal of a closure inside of 15 fathoms along the North Carolina coast nor the assertion that such a closure would still attain the management goal of protecting juvenile sandbar and prohibited dusky sharks. NMFS will consider new information concerning the impacts of the current time/area closure (which has been in place for one time period from January 1 to July 31, 2005) and the results of upcoming large coastal shark (LCS) and dusky shark stock assessments to determine whether changes to the time/area closure are appropriate. In addition, NMFS will monitor any changes to shark regulations by coastal states and will continue to work with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) in terms of development of an interstate shark plan, which may warrant a review of existing Federal regulations and consideration of further changes to the time/area closure.
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product Prospectuses
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publishes this notice to announce the availability of draft Prospectuses for four of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Products (Products) for public comment. These draft Prospectuses address the following CCSP Topics: Product 1.3 Reanalysis of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change; Product 4.1 Coastal Elevation and Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise; Product 5.1 Uses and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and other Projections in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions; and Product 5.3 Decision Support Experiments and Evaluations Using Seasonal to Interannual Forecasts and Observational Data. After consideration of comments received on the draft Prospectuses, the final Prospectuses along with the comments received will be published on the CCSP Web site.
Notification of U.S. Fish Quotas and an Effort Allocation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area
NMFS announces that fish quotas and an effort allocation are available for harvest by U.S. fishermen in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area. This action is necessary to make available to U.S. fishermen a fishing privilege on an equitable basis.
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval
The Federal Communications Commissions, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Milk in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona-Las Vegas Marketing Areas; Final Decision on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreement and to Orders
This document is the final decision proposing to adopt changes to provisions of the producer-handler definitions of the Pacific Northwest and Arizona-Las Vegas orders as contained in a Recommended Decision published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2005. This document is subject to approval by producers.
Notice of Opportunity To Comment on Model Safety Evaluation on Technical Specification Improvement for Boiling Water Reactor Plants; to Risk-Inform Requirements Regarding Selected Required Action End States Using the Consolidated Line Item Improvement Process
Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to changes to end state requirements for required actions in Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) plants' technical specifications (TS). The NRC staff has also prepared a model no-significant-hazards- consideration (NSHC) determination relating to this matter. The purpose of these models is to permit the NRC to efficiently process amendments that propose to adopt technical specifications changes, designated as TSTF-423, related to Topical Report GE NEDC-32988, Revision 2, ``Technical Justification to support Risk Informed Modification to Selected Required Action End States for BWR Plants,'' which was approved by an NRC SE dated September 27, 2002. Licensees of BWR nuclear power reactors to which the models apply could then request amendments, confirming the applicability of the SE and NSHC determination to their reactors. The NRC staff is requesting comment on the model SE and model NSHC determination prior to announcing their availability for referencing in license amendment applications.
Environmental Impact Statement: Salt Lake County, UT
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the effort to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be terminated for transportation improvements in the 3500 South Corridor in Salt Lake County, Utah.
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