February 15, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Expression Pathology, Inc., a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license to practice in the field of consumable slides and other coated substrates for laser microdissection of tissue samples for life science research, and human clinical and veterinary diagnostic applications in the United States and certain foreign countries, the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,905,738: Generation of Viable Cell Active Biomaterial Patterns by Laser Transfer, Navy Case No. 79,702.//U.S. Patent No. 6,936,311: Generation of Biomaterial Microarrays by Laser Transfer, Navy Case No. 82,621.// U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/863,833: Biological Laser Printing for Tissue Microdissection via Indirect Photon-Biomaterial Interactions, Navy Case No. 96,075.//U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/863,850: Biological Laser Printing for Tissue Microdissection via Indirect Photon-Biomaterial Interactions, Navy Case No. 84,621 and any continuations, divisionals or re-issues thereof.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 5- year review of the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) under section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The purpose of reviews conducted under this section of the Act is to ensure that the classification of species as threatened or endangered on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (50 CFR 17.11 and 17.12) is accurate. The 5-year review is an assessment of the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that Danisco USA, Inc., has filed a petition proposing that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of polydextrose as a bulking agent, formulation aid, humectant and texturizer in all foods, except meat and poultry.

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.

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security gives notice that its Federal Emergency Management Agency proposes to establish a System of Records, entitled the Letter of Map Amendment system, DHS/FEMA/NFIP/LOMA-1. This system of records will contain individually identifying information voluntarily provided by applicants for Letters of Map Amendments to exclude properties from special flood hazard area maps when appropriate.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the U.S. Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent No. 6,883,453: UNMANNED WATERCRAFT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.// U.S. Patent No. 6,889,624: GRAPPLE ANCHOR DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER TOWING OF WATERCRAFT.//U.S Patent No. 6,895,371: GEOMETRICAL MODELING OF STRUCTURAL PRODUCTS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,898,584: MONITORING OF AIRCRAFT USAGE.//U.S Patent No. 6,921,898: BI-DIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DETERMINATION BY LARGE SCALE FIELD MEASUREMENT.// U.S Patent No. 6,926,567: DIRECTIONAL STEERING CONTROLLED JET PROPULSION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,930,311: LIGHTWEIGHT NEUTRON REMMETER.//U.S. Patent No. 6,932,013: MANEUVERING OF SUBMERGED WATERJET PROPELLED SEA CRAFT.//U.S. Patent No. 6,932,661: STEERING AND DIRECTIONAL REVERSING CONTROL FOR WATERJET PROPULSION.//U.S. Patent No. 6,953,003: WATERCRAFT LANDING CRADLE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,960,865: POLYURETHANE ELECTROSTRICTION.// U.S. Patent No. 6,961,597: STRIPS FOR IMPARTING LOW NONLINEARITY TO HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR MICROWAVE FILTERS.//U.S. Patent No. 6,964,738: BIOREACTOR PROCESSING OF WASTEWATER.//U.S Patent No. 6,965,505: SHIP DEGAUSSING SYSTEM AND ALGORITHM.//U.S Patent No. 6,968,802: BUOYANT RETRIEVAL OF UNMANNED SEAWATER VEHICLES.//U.S. Patent No. 6,976,599: MULTI-RAIL DUAL HOISTING CRANE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,981,400: SLIP METER FOR DETERMINATION OF SURFACE SLIP RESISTANCE.// U.S. Patent No. 6,981,673: WEAR RESISTING SLEEVE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING ARRESTING CABLES.//U.S. Patent No. 6,981,598: TURN-TABLE DUAL HOISTING CRANE.//U.S. Patent No. 6,982,502: HYBRID ELECTRIC LINEAR ACTUATOR.//U.S Patent No. 6,983,710: HIGH SPEED BRAKING OF SUBMERGED PROPELLED SEA CRAFT.//U.S. Patent No. 6,991,468: FOLDED FOIL AND METAL FIBER BRAID ELECTRICAL CURRENT COLLECTOR BRUSH.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has changed the selection of target organs used in dose reconstructions NIOSH produces under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) for energy employees with lymphoma cancers. This change responds to an evaluation by NIOSH of current scientific data on lymphoma, which revealed that the site of the radiation injury can differ from the site of the tumor or cancer origin documented in the medical files of a lymphoma cancer patient. The new process for selecting dose reconstruction target organs for energy employees with lymphoma cancers includes selecting the target organ that would have received the highest radiation dose from among relevant, possibly irradiated organs, as determined through the dose reconstruction process, when the identity of the target organ is in question. This change may result in the Department of Labor calculating higher probability of causation determinations for select lymphoma cases among previously decided and current EEOICPA cancer claims.

This notice informs the public of the interest rates and assumptions to be used under certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations. These rates and assumptions are published elsewhere (or can be derived from rates published elsewhere), but are collected and published in this notice for the convenience of the public. Interest rates are also published on the PBGC's Web site (https://www.pbgc.gov).

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of California (FEMA-1628-DR) dated 02/03/2006. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides. Incident Period: 12/17/2005 through 01/03/2006.

As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Department of the Interior, Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program Office gives notice of the second meeting of the Department's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee will meet at the U.S. Department of the Interior, South Building Auditorium, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 2, 2006. Members of the public are invited to attend the Committee Meeting to listen to the committee proceedings and to provide public input. Public Input: Any member of the public interested in providing public input at the Committee Meeting should contact Mr. Steve Glomb, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Each individual providing oral input is requested to limit those comments to three minutes. This time frame may be adjusted to accommodate all those who would like to speak. Requests to be added to the public speaker list must be received in writing (letter, e-mail, or fax) by noon eastern standard time on February 21, 2006. Anyone wishing to submit written comments should provide a copy of those comments to Mr. Glomb in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file formats are: Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files) by noon eastern standard time on February 21, 2006. Document Availability: Interested individuals may view the draft agenda for the meeting online at https://restoration.doi.gov/faca or may request the draft agenda from Mr. Glomb. In preparation for this meeting of the Advisory Committee, the Committee and the public can find helpful background information at the Restoration Program Web site https://restoration.doi.gov. The site provides a good introduction to the program for those who are relatively new to the damage assessment and restoration arena and a useful reference for seasoned practitioners and policy leaders. Links to the statutory and regulatory framework for the program are found at https://restoration.doi.gov/laws.htm. DOI Program policies are found at https://restoration.doi.gov/policy.htm.

In the Federal Register of December 5, 2005 (70 FR 72427), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of collections of information in regulations implementing two flammability standards for carpets and rugs. The regulations are codified at 16 CFR parts 1630 and 1631, and prescribe requirements for testing and recordkeeping by persons and firms issuing guaranties of products subject to the Standard for the Surface Flammability of Carpets and Rugs and the Standard for the Surface Flammability of Small Carpets and Rugs. No comments were received in response to that notice. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for extension of approval of those collections of information without change.

In the Federal Register of December 5, 2005 (70 FR 72429), the Consumer Product Safety Commission published a notice in accordance with provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) to announce the agency's intention to seek extension of approval of the collection of information in the requirements for baby- bouncers, walker-jumpers, and baby-walkers in regulations codified at 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) and 1500.86(a)(4). No comments were received in response to that notice. Therefore, by publication of this notice, the Commission announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of that collection of information without change. The regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6) establishes safety requirements for baby-bouncers, walker-jumpers, and baby-walkers to reduce unreasonable risks of injury to children associated with those products. Those risks of injury include amputations, crushing, lacerations, fractures, hematomas, bruises and other injuries to children's fingers, toes, and other parts of their bodies. The regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(4) requires manufacturers and importers of baby-bouncers, walker-jumpers, and baby-walkers to maintain records for three years containing information about testing, inspections, sales and distribution of these products. The records of testing and other information required by the regulations allow the Commission to determine if baby-bouncers, walker- jumpers, and baby-walkers comply with the requirements of the regulation codified at 16 CFR 1500.18(a)(6). If the Commission determines that products fail to comply with the regulations, the records required by 16 CFR 1500.86(a)(4) enable the firm and the Commission to: (i) Identify specific models of products which fail to comply with applicable requirements; and (ii) notify distributors and retailers in the event those products are subject to recall.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry and FDA staff entitled ``Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Bone Sonometers.'' The draft guidance was developed to support the reclassification of bone sonometers from class III (premarket approval) into class II (special controls). Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is publishing a proposed rule to reclassify these devices accordingly. This draft guidance is neither final nor is it in effect at this time.