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Peter G. Crane; Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking
Document Number: E5-7641
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received and requests public comment on a petition for rulemaking filed by Peter G. Crane (petitioner). The petition has been docketed by the NRC and has been assigned Docket No. PRM-35-18. The petitioner is requesting that the NRC amend the regulation that governs medical use of byproduct material concerning release of individuals who have been treated with radio pharmaceuticals. The petitioner believes that this regulation is defective on legal and policy grounds. The petitioner requests that the patient release rule be partially revoked to not allow patients to be released from radioactive isolation with more than the equivalent of 30 millicuries of radioactive iodine I-131 in their bodies.
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, Manasquan River, NJ
Document Number: E5-7632
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard proposes to change the regulations that govern the operation of the Route 35 Bridge, at New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway (NJICW) mile 1.1, across the Manasquan River, at Brielle, New Jersey. The proposal will allow the drawbridge to provide vessel openings upon four hours advance notice from December 1 to March 31. This proposal will reduce draw tender services during the non-peak boating season while still providing for the reasonable needs of navigation.
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Stickney Point (SR 72) Bridge, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Mile 68.6, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Sarasota County, FL
Document Number: E5-7631
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard proposes to change the operating schedule of the Stickney Point (SR 72) bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, mile 68.6 in Sarasota County, Florida. This proposed rule would require the drawbridge to open on a 30-minute schedule from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m., Monday through Friday except Federal holidays. This proposed action may improve the movement of vehicular traffic while not unreasonably interfering with the movement of vessel traffic.
Third-Party Servicing of Indirect Vehicle Loans
Document Number: E5-7584
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The NCUA is issuing a proposed rule to regulate purchases by federally insured credit unions of indirect vehicle loans serviced by third-parties. NCUA proposes to limit the aggregate amount of these loans serviced by any single third-party to a percentage of the credit union's net worth. The effect of the proposed rule would be to ensure that federally insured credit unions do not undertake undue risk with these purchases.
Application of Normalization Accounting Rules to Balances of Excess Deferred Income Taxes and Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credits of Public Utilities Whose Assets Cease To Be Public Utility Property
Document Number: E5-7583
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance on the normalization requirements applicable to public utilities that benefit (or have benefited) from accelerated depreciation methods or from the investment tax credit permitted under pre-1991 law. The proposed regulations permit a utility whose assets cease to be public utility property to return to its ratepayers the normalization reserve for excess deferred income taxes (EDFIT) with respect to those assets and, in certain circumstances, also permit the return of part or all of the reserve for accumulated deferred investment tax credits (ADITC) with respect to those assets. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations and a withdrawal of proposed regulations [REG-104385-01] published March 4, 2003, at 68 FR 10190.
Section 482: Methods To Determine Taxable Income in Connection With a Cost Sharing Arrangement; Correction
Document Number: E5-7582
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document corrects notice of proposed rulemaking (REG- 144615-02) that was published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 29, 2005 (70 FR 51116). The document contains proposed regulations that provide guidance regarding methods under section 482 to determine taxable income in connection with a cost sharing arrangement.
Home Mortgage Disclosure
Document Number: E5-7579
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board is publishing a final rule amending the staff commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure). The staff commentary is amended to increase the asset-size exemption threshold for depository institutions based on the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. The adjustment from $34 million to $35 million reflects the increase of that index by 3.51 percent during the twelve-month period ending in November 2005. Thus, depository institutions with assets of $35 million or less as of December 31, 2005, are exempt from data collection in 2006.
Extension of Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions (Multiple Chemicals)
Document Number: 05-24322
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for the pesticides listed in Unit II. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. These actions are in response to EPA's granting of emergency exemptions under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of these pesticides. Section 408(l)(6) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) requires EPA to establish a time-limited tolerance or exemption from the requirement for a tolerance for pesticide chemical residues in food that will result from the use of a pesticide under an emergency exemption granted by EPA.
State Charter School Facilities Incentive Program
Document Number: 05-24321
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Department of Education
The Secretary issues regulations to administer the State Charter School Facilities Incentive program. Under this program, the Department of Education (``Department'') provides competitive grants to States to help charter schools meet their need for facilities.
Marine Safety Center Address Change
Document Number: 05-24319
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
This technical amendment makes non-substantive changes throughout chapters I of title 33 and title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this amendment is to change the address of the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Center as it appears in Coast Guard regulations. This rule will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.
Revised Compliance Dates for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitation Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
Document Number: 05-24303
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA proposes to extend certain compliance dates in the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirements (40 CFR part 122) and Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards (ELGs) (40 CFR part 412) for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in conjunction with EPA's efforts to respond to the order issued by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. EPA, 399 F.3d 486 (2nd Cir. 2005). The purpose of today's proposed rule is to address timing issues associated with the Agency's response to the Waterkeeper decision. This proposal would revise dates established in the 2003 CAFO rule, issued on February 12, 2003, by which facilities newly defined as CAFOs were required to seek permit coverage and by which all CAFOs were required to have nutrient management plans (NMPs) developed and implemented. EPA is proposing to extend the date by which operations defined as CAFOs as of April 14, 2003, who were not defined as CAFOs prior to that date, must seek NPDES permit coverage, from February 13, 2006, to March 30, 2007. EPA is also proposing to amend the date by which operations that become defined as CAFOs after April 14, 2003, due to operational changes that would not have made them a CAFO prior to April 14, 2003, and that are not new sources, must seek NPDES permit coverage, from April 13, 2006, to March 30, 2007. Finally, EPA is proposing to extend the deadline by which CAFOs are required to develop and implement NMPs, from December 31, 2006, to March 30, 2007. This proposal would revise all references to the date by which NMPs must be developed and implemented currently in the 2003 CAFO rule. EPA will also be issuing a proposed rule to revise the 2003 CAFO regulations more broadly in order to address the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision in a subsequent Federal Register Notice, which the Agency plans to propose for public comment in early 2006.
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing
Document Number: 05-24300
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On May 13, 2005 (70 FR 25676), EPA issued direct final rule amendments and a parallel proposal to provide additional compliance options for the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing. One proposed amendment specified that compliance with the weight percent hazardous air pollutant (HAP) limit in coatings products may be demonstrated based on formulation data. However, the proposed amendment did not include de minimis limits for HAP in formulation data as allowed in other surface coating NESHAP. Due to adverse comment, we withdrew that provision of the direct final, and we are now issuing final amendments to specify that certain raw material formulation data as supplied to coating manufacturers may be used to demonstrate compliance with the weight percent HAP limit.
Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives: Extension of California Enforcement Exemptions for Reformulated Gasoline to California Phase 3 Gasoline
Document Number: 05-24298
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This final rule exempts refiners, importers, and blenders of gasoline subject to the State of California's Phase 3 reformulated gasoline (CaRFG3) regulations from certain enforcement provisions in the Federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations. We are taking this action because we believe that gasoline complying with the CaRFG3 regulations will provide emissions benefits equivalent to Federal Phase II RFG and because California's compliance and enforcement program will in practice be sufficiently rigorous to assure that the standards are met. Since the Federal RFG program began in 1995, California refiners, importers and blenders have been continuously exempted from certain enforcement-related requirements such as recordkeeping and reporting, and certain sampling and testing requirements. This final rule extends those exemptions, which are applicable to California Phase 2 gasoline, to CaRFG3. It also restores the definition of ``California gasoline'' which was erroneously and accidentally deleted during a prior rulemaking.
Electioneering Communications
Document Number: 05-24297
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Election Commission is amending its rules defining ``electioneering communication'' under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (``FECA'' or the ``Act''). The changes modify the definition of ``publicly distributed'' and the exemptions to the definition of ``electioneering communication'' consistent with the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Shays v. FEC, portions of which were affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Specifically, the changes eliminate the exemption from the electioneering communication provisions for certain tax-exempt organizations and revise the definition of ``publicly distributed,'' a term used in the regulatory definition of ``electioneering communication.'' The Commission is not adopting any other regulatory exemptions considered in this rulemaking. The Commission is also deferring further consideration of a proposed exemption for advertisements promoting films, books and plays until after completing the rulemakings that respond to Shays v. FEC. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.
Extension of Administrative Fines Program
Document Number: 05-24296
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Section 721 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (``2006 Appropriations Act'') amended the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000, to extend the expiration date for the Administrative Fines Program (``AFP''). Under the AFP, the Federal Election Commission (``Commission'') may assess civil monetary penalties for violations of the reporting requirements of section 434(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act (``Act'' or ``FECA''). Accordingly, the Commission is extending the applicability of its rules and penalty schedules in implementing the AFP. Further information is provided in the Supplementary Information that follows.
Disclosure of Government Information; Addition of Designated Official
Document Number: 05-24295
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce
This final rule amends the Department of Commerce's Freedom of Information Act regulations (15 CFR part 4) by adding an official authorized To deny requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act, and requests for correction or amendment under the Privacy Act, for the Technology Administration.
Examining System and Programs for Specific Positions and Examinations (Miscellaneous)
Document Number: 05-24286
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Office of Personnel Management, Personnel Management Office, Agencies and Commissions
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is republishing the proposed rule published on December 13, 2005, due to information that was inadvertently omitted. The purpose of these regulations is to revise the Administrative Law Judge Program. The purpose of these revisions is to remove procedures that appear in other parts of this chapter, update outdated information, and remove the internal examining processes from the regulations. Additionally, these revisions describe OPM and agency responsibilities concerning the Administrative Law Judge Program. This proposed regulation continues the basic intent of making administrative law judges independent in matters of tenure and compensation.
Member Business Loans
Document Number: 05-24285
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NCUA is revising its member business loans (MBL) rule to clarify the minimum capital requirements a federally insured corporate credit union (corporate) must meet to make unsecured MBLs to members that are not credit unions or corporate credit union service organizations (corporate CUSOs). NCUA is also revising the definition of a construction or development loan (C&D loan) to include certain loans to borrowers who already own or have rights to property and the definition of net worth to be more consistent with its definition in the Federal Credit Union Act (Act) and NCUA's prompt corrective action regulation (PCA). Finally, the rule clarifies that a state may rescind a state MBL rule without NCUA's approval.
Requirements for Insurance
Document Number: 05-24284
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NCUA is issuing its rule on the purchase of assets and assumption of liabilities by federally-insured credit unions to clarify which transfers of assets or accounts require approval by the NCUA Board.
Section 1374 Effective Dates
Document Number: 05-24283
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations that provide guidance concerning the applicability of section 1374 of the Internal Revenue Code to S corporations that acquire assets in carryover basis transactions from C corporations on or after December 27, 1994, and to certain corporations that terminate S corporation status and later elect again to become S corporations.
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model DHC-8-400 Series Airplanes
Document Number: 05-24245
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model DHC-8-400 series airplanes. This AD requires an inspection of the laminated shims for cracks, damage, or extrusion between the forward attachment fittings of the horizontal stabilizer and the top rib of the vertical stabilizer; a torque check of the attachment bolts in the attachment fittings of the front, middle, and rear spars; and corrective actions if necessary. This AD results from a report indicating that delaminated shims extruded from the interface between the forward attaching fittings of the horizontal stabilizer and the top rib of the vertical stabilizer, and that inadequate torque values of some bolts were found. We are issuing this AD to prevent reduced structural integrity of the horizontal stabilizer, and consequent loss of controllability of the airplane.
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600), CL-600-2A12 (CL-601), and CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A and CL-601-3R) Airplanes
Document Number: 05-24244
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier Model CL-600-1A11 (CL-600), CL-600-2A12 (CL-601), and CL-600-2B16 (CL-601-3A and CL-601-3R) airplanes. This AD requires measuring to detect migration of the lower gimbal pin and inspecting for other discrepancies of the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator (HSTA). This AD also requires replacing or modifying the HSTA, as applicable. This AD results from reports of failure of the lower gimbal pin of the HSTA. We are issuing this AD to prevent migration of the lower gimbal pin of the HSTA, which could result in loss of the horizontal stabilizer and consequent loss of control of the airplane.
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
Document Number: 05-24235
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Department of Transportation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the SLSMC, the SLSDC is amending the joint regulations by updating the Seaway Regulations and Rules in various categories. The proposed changes will update the following sections of the Regulation and Rules: Condition of Vessels; Preclearance and Security for Tolls; Seaway Navigation; Toll Assessment and Payment; and Information and Reports. These proposed amendments are necessary to take account of updated procedures and/or technology and will enhance the safety of transits through the Seaway. Several of the proposed amendments are merely editorial or for clarification of existing requirements.
DTV Tuner Requirements
Document Number: 05-24217
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document modifies the rules to advance the date on which new television receivers with certain screen sizes and other TV receiving devices such as VCRs and digital video recorders, must include the capability to receive digital television signals forward four months. This action is intended to further the Commission's efforts to ensure that consumers are able to receive off-the-air digital broadcast television services as soon as possible.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Cambridge, Newark, St. Michaels, and Stockton, MD and Chincoteague, VA
Document Number: 05-24216
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 69 FR 9790 (March 2, 2004) this Report and Order denies a request by CWA Broadcasting, Inc., the licensee of Station WINX-FM, St. Michaels, Maryland, to upgrade its present Channel 232A to Channel 232B1, reallot Channel 232B1 to Cambridge, Maryland, and modify Station WINX-FM's license accordingly. The Report and Order allots Channel 235A to Newark, Maryland, thus providing that community with a first local aural transmission service. The reference coordinates for Channel 235A at Newark, Maryland are 38-12-20 NL and 75-17-15 WL, with a site restriction of 5.0 kilometers (3.1 miles) south of Newark. The Report and Order denies the counterproposal of Route 12 Community Broadcasters to allot Channel 232A to Stockton, Maryland, and allots Channel 233A to Chincoteague, Virginia, which would provide Chincoteague with a second local aural transmission service. The reference coordinates for Channel 233A at Chincoteague are 37-56-00 NL and 75-22-36 WL.
New Preparation Requirements for Bundles of Mail on Pallets
Document Number: 05-24209
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
This final rule changes preparation requirements for bundles of Periodicals, Standard Mail, and Package Services flat-size mail or irregular parcels on pallets. The rule gives the conditions under which mailers must prepare an area distribution center, bulk mail center/ auxiliary service facility, or sectional center facility pallet with 250 or more pounds of bundles.
National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities
Document Number: 05-24071
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is proposing revised standards to limit emissions of perchloroethylene (PCE) from existing and new dry cleaning facilities. In 1993, EPA promulgated technology-based emission standards to control emissions of PCE from dry cleaning facilities. As required by section 112(d)(6) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA has reviewed the standards and is proposing revisions to take into account new developments in production practices, processes, and control technologies. In addition, pursuant to CAA section 112(f), EPA has evaluated the remaining risk to public health and the environment following implementation of the technology-based rule and is proposing more stringent standards in order to protect public health with an ample margin of safety. The proposed standards are expected to provide further reductions of PCE beyond the 1993 national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP), based on application of equipment and work practice standards.
Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks
Document Number: E5-7512
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) has adopted final amendments to its Regulation A to reflect the Board's approval of an increase in the primary credit rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. The secondary credit rate at each Reserve Bank automatically increased by formula as a result of the Board's primary credit rate action.
Use of Diagnostic Code Numbers; Schedule of Ratings-Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders
Document Number: 05-24272
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities by updating references to diagnostic codes in two regulations. These amendments are necessary to correct outdated references in the Schedule for Rating Disabilities.
New Animal Drugs; Change of Sponsor; Chloramphenicol Capsules
Document Number: 05-24270
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor for a new animal drug application (NADA) for chloramphenicol capsules from Nylos Trading Co., Inc., to Pharmaceutical Ventures, Ltd.
Revision of Method for Calculating Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents; Announcement of Reporting Threshold for Calendar Year 2006
Document Number: 05-24267
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
FRA is amending a portion of the accident reporting regulations. Specifically, FRA is amending the method for calculating the monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/ incidents. The amendment is necessary because, in 2001, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ceased collecting and publishing railroad wage data used by FRA in the calculation. Consequently, FRA has had to seek a new source of publicly-available data. In the new formula, FRA uses wage data collected and maintained by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in place of the unavailable BLS wage data. As equipment data remain available from the BLS, there is no change to the source of the equipment component of the reporting threshold. The purpose of the rule is to ensure and maintain comparability between different years of accident data by having the threshold keep pace with any increases or decreases in equipment and labor costs so that each year accidents involving the same minimum amount of railroad property damage are included in the reportable accident counts. In addition, FRA is using the newly established formula to calculate a new accident/incident monetary reporting threshold for calendar year 2006. This final rule increases the monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/incidents from $6,700 to $7,700, and applies to accidents and incidents involving railroad property damage that occur on or after January 1, 2006.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of the Quarter IV Fishery for Loligo
Document Number: 05-24266
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the directed fishery for Loligo squid in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will be closed effective 0001hrs local time, December 18, 2005. Vessels issued a Federal permit to harvest Loligo squid may not retain or land more than 2,500 lb (1.13 mt) of Loligo squid per trip for the remainder of the year (through December 31, 2005). This action is necessary to prevent the fishery from exceeding its annual quota and allow for effective management of this stock.
Advance Notice To Solicit Comments, Date and Information for Determining the Emissions Reductions Achieved in Ozone Nonattainment and Maintenance Areas From the Implementation of Rules Limiting the VOC Content of AIM Coatings; Second Extension of the Comment Period
Document Number: 05-24260
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is extending the comment period a second time for an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) published on August 31, 2005 (70 FR 51694). The first extension of comment period published in the Federal Register on October 13, 2005 (70 FR 59680). In the August 31, 2005, document, EPA solicited comments, data and information for determining how to calculate the reduction in volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions achieved in ozone nonattainment and maintenance areas from the implementation of rules which limit the VOC content of architectural coatings (commonly referred to as architectural industrial maintenance, or AIM, coatings). In addition to submitting comments, data and information, interested parties may also request to meet with EPA to present their recommended approaches and rationales. Pursuant to requests of the Ozone Transport Commission and the California Air Resources Board and to allow more time in general, EPA is extending the comment period an additional 60 days to February 16, 2006.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Operating Permits Program; State of Iowa
Document Number: 05-24259
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is approving the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Iowa. This revision includes the general rulemaking that Iowa completes for the purpose of updating and clarifying various rules, and making other minor revisions as generally described in this document. EPA is also proposing approval of revisions to the Iowa Operating Permits Program for the purpose of updating and clarifying various rules included in the general rulemaking. These revisions add new definitions, as well as an administrative correction to a previously submitted rule. Approval of these revisions will ensure consistency between the state and Federally-approved rules, and ensure Federal enforceability of the State's revised air program rules.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Operating Permits Program; State of Iowa
Document Number: 05-24258
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA proposes to approve revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the state of Iowa. These revisions include the general rulemaking that Iowa completes for the purpose of updating various rules, making clarifications and other minor revisions. EPA is also proposing approval of revisions to the Iowa Operating Permits Program for the purpose of updating and clarifying various rules included in the general rulemaking. These revisions add new definitions, as well as an administrative correction to a previously submitted rule. Approval of these revisions will ensure consistency between the state and Federally-approved rules, and ensure Federal enforceability of the State's revised air program rules.
Organization of Agreement States; Petition for Rulemaking
Document Number: 05-24250
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received a petition for rulemaking filed by the Organization of Agreement States (OAS). The petitioner is requesting that the NRC amend its regulations to require specific licensing for devices that are currently regulated by a combination of general licensing and registration, and to revise the compatibility category for 10 CFR 31.6 from ``B'' to ``C''. The petitioner believes that these actions are needed to establish a higher national standard of regulation for higher risk generally licensed (GL) devices, and to allow retention of a tool used by Agreement States to track the location and movement of device manufacturers and service providers in their State. This action also addresses a request filed by the Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) of the Florida Department of Health for the NRC to change the compatibility category of 10 CFR 31.5(c)(13)(I) from category ``B'' to category ``C''. Florida BRC believes that NRC regulations are less stringent and that assigning a compatibility category ``B'' will require the State to reduce its current health, safety, and security regulatory control of GL devices.
State, District, and Local Party Committee Payment of Certain Salaries and Wages
Document Number: 05-24249
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Election Commission is amending its rules to revise the method by which State, district and local party committees (collectively ``State party committees'') may pay salaries and wages of employees who spend 25 percent or less of their compensated time in a month on Federal election activity or activity in connection with Federal elections (``Federal-related activity'' or ``Federal-related activities''). These final rules implement the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Shays v. FEC, which held that the Commission had not provided an adequate explanation for its former rules under the Administrative Procedure Act. The Commission is also changing its requirements regarding the method State party committees use to pay for employees' fringe benefits and clarifying its rules regarding the use of funds raised in joint Federal and non-Federal fundraising events. Further information is provided in the Supplementary Information that follows.
Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 Airplanes
Document Number: 05-24247
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes, that would have required repetitive inspections and functional tests of the static port heater assemblies, an inspection of the static port heaters and insulators, and corrective actions if necessary. This new action revises the proposed AD by adding repetitive inspections of the static port heaters and insulators and revising the functional test of the static port heater assemblies. The actions specified by this new proposed AD are intended to prevent an electrical short of the static port heater from sparking and igniting the insulation blanket adjacent to the static port heater, which could result in smoke and/or fire in the cabin area. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.
Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-10, -20, -30, -40, and -50 Series Airplanes; Model DC-9-81 (MD-81), -82 (MD-82), -83 (MD-83), and -87 (MD-87) Airplanes; and Model MD-88 Airplanes
Document Number: 05-24246
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This document revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-10, -20, -30, -40, and -50 series airplanes; Model DC-9-81 (MD-81), -82 (MD-82), -83 (MD-83), and -87 (MD-87) airplanes; and Model MD-88 airplanes. That proposed AD would have required repetitive inspections and functional tests of the static port heater assemblies, an inspection of the static port heaters and insulators, and corrective actions if necessary. This new action revises the proposed AD by adding repetitive inspections of the static port heaters and insulators and revising the functional test of the static port heater. The actions specified by this new proposed AD are intended to prevent an electrical short of the static port heater from sparking and igniting the insulation blanket adjacent to the static port heater, which could result in smoke and/or fire in the cabin area. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition.
Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 777-200 Series Airplanes
Document Number: 05-24243
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 777-200 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require installing a new washer between the lower wing surface and the jam nut of the sump drain valve assembly. This proposed AD results from fuel system reviews conducted by the manufacturer. We are proposing this AD to prevent energy from a lightning strike on the bushing for the sump drain valve from arcing to the inside of the center fuel tank wall, which could create an ignition source in the fuel tank and result in a fuel tank explosion.
Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-300, 747-400, 747-400D, and 747SR Series Airplanes
Document Number: 05-24242
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain 747-100, -200, and -300 series airplanes. The existing AD currently requires repetitive inspections to detect cracking of certain lower lobe fuselage frames, and repair if necessary. This proposed AD would retain all the requirements of the existing AD, and add airplanes to the applicability. This proposed AD results from reports indicating that fatigue cracks were found in lower lobe frames on the left side of the fuselage. We are proposing this AD to detect and correct fatigue cracking of certain lower lobe fuselage frames, which could lead to fatigue cracks in the fuselage skin, and consequent rapid decompression of the airplane.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Arctic Village, AK
Document Number: 05-24231
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action corrects an error in the airspace description contained in a Final Rule that was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, November 17, 2005 (70 FR 69646). Airspace Docket No. 04-AAL- 06.
Revision of Class E Airspace; Koliganek, AK
Document Number: 05-24230
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action revises Class E airspace at Koliganek, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). This rule results in revised Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface at Koliganek Airport, AK.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Tok Junction, AK
Document Number: 05-24229
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action establishes Class E airspace at Tok Junction, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). This rule results in new Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface at Tok Junction Airport, AK.
Proposed Revision of Class E Airspace; Sand Point, AK
Document Number: 05-24228
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to revise the Class E airspace at Sand Point, AK. Three new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs), a revised Departure Procedure (DP) and a revised SIAP are being published for the Sand Point Airport. Adoption of this proposal would result in revised Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) and 1,200 ft. above the surface at Sand Point, AK.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Nondalton, AK
Document Number: 05-24227
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action establishes Class E airspace at Nondalton, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing one new Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) and one Departure Procedure (DP). This rule results in new Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) above the surface at Nondalton Airport, AK.
Establishment of Class E Airspace; New Stuyahok, AK
Document Number: 05-24226
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action establishes Class E airspace at New Stuyahok, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing two new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). This rule results in new Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) above the surface at New Stuyahok Airport, AK.
Hazardous Materials Training Requirements; Correction
Document Number: 05-24225
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This document corrects the final rule, ``Hazardous Materials Training Requirements'' published in the Federal Register of October 7, 2005.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments
Document Number: 05-24221
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Department of Defense
DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to add references to DoD guidance on contracting officers' representatives and DoD purchase, travel, and fuel card programs.
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendment
Document Number: 05-24220
Type: Rule
Date: 2005-12-20
Agency: Department of Defense
DoD is revising the name of 48 CFR Chapter 2 from ``Department of Defense'' to ``Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense.'' This change will facilitate the Government's implementation of the Federal Document Management System, as it will permit the DoD regulations issued under 48 CFR Chapter 2 to be indexed separately from other DoD regulations.
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