January 18, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2006-01-18-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2006-01-18
Office of Innovation and Improvement; Notice Extending the Deadline Date for Transmittal of Applications for the Teaching American History Program Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Competition
Document Number: E6-505
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Education
On December 6, 2005, we published in the Federal Register (70 FR 72624) a notice inviting applications for the Teaching American History program's FY 2006 competition. The original notice for this FY 2006 competition established a February 3, 2006, deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for funding under this program. For this competition, applicants are required to submit their applications electronically through the Department's Electronic Grant Application System (e-Application). In order to accommodate a move of the e- Application system, which will result in the unavailability of the system on the original deadline date, we are extending the deadline date for transmittal of applications for the Teaching American History program FY 2006 competition.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats
Document Number: E6-499
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic of China; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E6-498
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On July 11, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2003 - 2004 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on folding metal tables and chairs (FMTCs) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is June 1, 2003, to May 31, 2004. We have now completed the 2003 - 2004 administrative review of the order. Based on comments received, we have made changes in the dumping margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. For details regarding these changes, see the section of this notice entitled ``Changes Since the Preliminary Results.'' The final results are listed below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section.
Gray Portland Cement and Clinker from Mexico: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E6-484
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On September 13, 2005, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on gray portland cement and clinker from Mexico. The review covers one manufacturer/exporter, CEMEX, S.A. de C.V., and its affiliate, GCC Cemento, S.A. de C.V. The period of review is August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes in the margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section of this notice.
Request for Certification of Compliance-Rural Industrialization Loan and Grant Program
Document Number: E6-473
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the following: Applicant/Location: Riverside Technologies Newell, LLC, Newell, West Virginia. Principal Product: The loan, guarantee, or grant applicant plans to build a plant which would use a proprietary technology known as ``pyrolysis'' to take scrap rubber and produce synthetic carbon black, oil, scrap steel and gas. The NAICS industry codes for this enterprise are: 32519 Other Basic Chemical Manufacturing; 325199 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing; 324199 All Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing; and 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
National Conference on Weights and Measures: Interim Meeting
Document Number: E6-471
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Interim Meeting of the 91st National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held January 22 through 25, 2006, at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. This meeting is open to the public. Detailed meeting agendas and information on registration requirements, fees and hotel information can be found at https:// www.ncwm.net. The NCWM is an organization of weights and measures officials of the states, counties, and cities of the United States, Federal Agencies, and private sector representatives. This meeting brings together government officials and representatives of business, industry, trade associations, and consumer organizations to consider subjects related to the field of weights and measures technology, administration and enforcement. Pursuant to (15 U.S.C. 272(b)(6)), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) supports the NCWM as one of several means it uses to solicit comments and recommendations on revising or updating a variety of publications related to legal metrology and to promote uniformity among the States in laws, regulations, methods, and testing equipment that comprises regulatory control of commercial weighing and measuring devices and practices. Publication of this Notice by the NIST on the NCWM's behalf is being undertaken as a public service; NIST does not necessarily endorse, approve, or recommend any of the proposals contained in the notice.
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Document Number: E6-470
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA''), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for the Microbial Pesticide Bacillus mycoides
Document Number: E6-468
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for the microbial pesticide Bacillus mycoides isolate J in or on sugar beets.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) CASAC Particulate Matter Review Panel; Notification of a Public Advisory Committee Meeting (Teleconference)
Document Number: E6-467
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter (PM) Review Panel (Panel) to consider providing the Agency with additional advice and recommendations concerning EPA's proposed revisions to the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Courbet and the Modern Landscape”
Document Number: E6-460
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of State
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 ``Courbet and the Modern Landscape,'' 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 J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, from on or about February 21, 2006, until on or about May 14, 2006, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, from on or about June 18, 2006, until on or about September 10, 2006, the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, from on or about October 15, 2006, until on or about January 7, 2007, 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.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS-3077, Request for Entry Into Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program, OMB 1405-XXXX
Document Number: E6-459
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Title of Information Collection: Request for Entry into Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program. OMB Control Number: None. Type of Request: New collection. Originating Office: CA/OCS/CI. Form Number: DS-3077. Respondents: Concerned parents or their agents, institutions, or courts. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2400/year. Estimated Number of Responses: 2400/year. Average Hours Per Response: 50 minutes. Total Estimated Burden: 1992 hours/year. Frequency: On occasion. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Emergency Comment Request, Grant Application Standard Logic Model; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
Document Number: E6-458
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: E6-457
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: E6-456
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Special Management Zone (SMZ) Monitoring Team.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: E6-455
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a 3-day Council meeting on January 31, and February 1 and 2, 2006, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: E6-454
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; Renewed Approval of Information Collections: OMB Control Numbers 2126-0032 and 2126-0033 (Financial and Operating Statistics for Motor Carriers of Property)
Document Number: E6-453
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA invites public comment on its intent to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew two information collections entitled, ``The Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property (Form M)'' and ``The Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property (Form QFR).'' These information collections are necessary to ensure that motor carriers comply with FMCSA's financial and operating statistics (F&OS) program requirements. This notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: E6-452
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Council/BOF will meet on February 3, 2006 at the Fourth Avenue Theatre.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: E6-451
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Halibut Charter Guidelines Harvest Level (GHL) Committee will meet in Anchorage, AK.
Advisory Circular (AC) 23-13A, Fatigue, Fail-Safe, and Damage Tolerance Evaluation of Metallic Structure for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes
Document Number: E6-450
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces the issuance of Advisory Circular (AC) 23-13A, Fatigue, Fail-Safe, and Damage Tolerance Evaluation of Metallic Structure for Normal, Utility, Acrobatic, and Commuter Category Airplanes. The AC sets forth an acceptable means, but not the only means, to show compliance with applicable fatigue, fail-safe, and damage tolerance evaluations required for metallic structure in normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes. The AC provides information on approval of continued operational flight with known cracks in the structure of small airplanes, regardless of certification basis. The AC also clarifies the use of AC 20-128A in the evaluation of rotorburst structural hazards in small airplanes. Finally, the AC consolidates existing policy documents and certain technical reports into one document.
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act
Document Number: E6-449
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 required by the 2000 amendment of Section 7A of the Clayton Act. Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, Public Law 94-435, 90 Stat. 1390 (``the Act''), requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions, which meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds in the Act, to file notification with the Commission and the Assistant Attorney General and to wait a designated period of time before consummating such transactions. Section 7A(a)(2) requires the Federal Trade Commission to revise those thresholds annually, based on the change in gross national product, in accordance with Section 8(a)(5). The new thresholds, which take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, are as follows:
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E6-448
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Education
The IC Clearance Official, 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.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: E6-447
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Education
The IC Clearance Official, 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.
Melaleuca; Availability of an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
Document Number: E6-446
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact have been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service relative to the issuance of a permit for the environmental release of the nonindigenous fly Fergusonina turneri Taylor and its obligate nematode Fergusobia quinquenerviae Davies and Giblin-Davis, which are potential biological control agents of Melaleuca quinquenervia. The environmental assessment documents our review and analysis of environmental impacts associated with, and alternatives to, issuing a permit for the environmental release of the fly and its obligate nematode in the continental United States. Based on its finding of no significant impact, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that an environmental impact statement need not be prepared.
Draft Guidelines on Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products: Management of Adverse Event Reports (VICH Topic GL24) and Data Elements for Submission of Adverse Event Reports (VICH Topic GL42)
Document Number: E6-445
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
The International Cooperation on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for the Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH) has developed two draft guidelines titled ``Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products: Management of Adverse Event Reports'' and ``Pharmacovigilance of Veterinary Medicinal Products: Data Elements for Submission of Adverse Event Reports.'' These draft guidelines describe, respectively, standardized terminology for the identification of possible adverse events following the use of veterinary medicinal products, and the specific data elements to be used for the submission and exchange of spontaneous adverse event reports between marketing authorization holders (licensees/permittees) and regulatory authorities. Because the draft guidelines apply to pharmacovigilance and adverse event reporting on veterinary vaccines regulated by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act, we are requesting comments on the scope of each guideline and its provisions so that we may include any relevant public input on the drafts in the Agency's comments to the VICH Steering Committee.
Horse Protection; Public Meeting
Document Number: E6-444
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Animal Care program will host a meeting to present current information on the enforcement of the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and provide a forum for horse industry members and other interested persons to comment on the Horse Protection Program, development of the HPA Operating Plan for 2007 and beyond, and other Horse Protection matters. This notice provides the meeting's agenda, location, and date.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Cosmetic Labeling Regulations
Document Number: E6-443
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including collections of information in current rules, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information collection provisions in FDA's cosmetic labeling regulations. FDA's cosmetic labeling regulations, as published in the Federal Register on March 15, 1974 (39 FR 10054 at 10056) and subsequently amended, most recently on March 17, 1999 (64 FR 13254 at 13297), remain unchanged by this notice. FDA is publishing this notice in compliance with the PRA. This notice does not represent any new regulatory initiative.
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: E6-442
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Maine Disaster # ME-00002 Declaration of Economic Injury
Document Number: E6-441
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is an amendment of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Maine, dated 01/06/2006. Incident: Outbreak of red tide in the waters off Maine. Incident Period: May 24, 2005 and continuing.
Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
Document Number: E6-440
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Water Treatment Chemicals. The basis for waivers is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these classes of products to the Federal government. The effect of a waiver would be to allow otherwise qualified regular dealers to supply the products of any domestic manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program. The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments and potential source information from interested parties.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Document Number: E6-436
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
In the Matter of Certain Light-Emitting Diodes and Products Containing Same; Notice of Commission Final Determination of No Violation of Section 337 as to Five Patents and Violation of Section 337 as to Three Patents; Issuance of Limited Exclusion Order; Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E6-429
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that there is no violation of 19 U.S.C. 1337 by Dominant Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd. (``Dominant'') with respect to United States Patent Nos. 6,066,861, 6,277,301, 6,613,247, 6,245,259, and 6,592,780 (collectively, the ``Particle Size Patents''); that there is a violation by Dominant with respect to United States Patent Nos. 6,376,902, 6,469,321, and 6,573,580 (collectively, the ``Lead Frame Patents''); and that the Commission has determined to issue a limited exclusion order.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
Document Number: E6-428
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting comments concerning REG-161424-01 (Final), Information Reporting for Qualified Tuition and Related Expenses; Magnetic Media Filing Requirements for Information Returns, and REG-105316-98 (Final), Information Reporting for Payments of Interest on Qualified Education Loans; Magnetic Media Filing Requirements for Information (TD 8992).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
Document Number: E6-427
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-01-18
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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