February 16, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document provides required notice of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard and temporarily effective between April 1, 2005 and September 30, 2005 that were not published in the Federal Register. This quarterly notice lists temporary local regulations, temporary drawbridge operation regulations, security zones, and safety zones, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible.

Pursuant to the authority delegated by 18 CFR 375.308(x)(1), the Director of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) computes and publishes the project cost and annual limits for natural gas pipelines blanket construction certificates for each calendar year.

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations to reflect changes made by three Public Laws. First, Public Law 106-377, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, changed the rate of compensation payments to certain veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrilla forces, who reside in the United States. Second, Public Law 106-419, the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000, changed the amount of monetary burial benefits that VA will pay to survivors of certain veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrilla forces who lawfully reside in the United States at death. This document adopts with changes the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2001 at 66 FR 66763. This document additionally implements Public Law 108-183, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, and solicits comments on this regulatory amendment only. This public law added service in the Philippine Scouts as qualifying service for payment of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) and monetary burial benefits at the full- dollar rate, and provided for payment of DIC at the full-dollar rate to survivors of certain veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrilla forces who lawfully reside in the United States.

On July 30, 2004, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the plywood and composite wood products (PCWP) source category. The Administrator subsequently received a petition for reconsideration of certain provisions in the final rule. In addition, following promulgation, stakeholders expressed concern with some of the final rule requirements including definitions, the emissions testing procedures required for facilities demonstrating eligibility for the low-risk subcategory, stack height calculations to be used in low-risk subcategory eligibility demonstrations, and permitting and timing issues associated with the low-risk subcategory eligibility demonstrations. In two separate Federal Register notices published on July 29, 2005, we announced our reconsideration of certain aspects of the final rule, and we proposed amendments to the final rule. In the notice of reconsideration, we requested public comment on the approach used to establish and delist a low-risk subcategory of PCWP affected sources, as outlined in the final rule, and on an issue related to the final rule's startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) provisions. In the proposed amendments notice, we proposed simplifying the requirements for the low-risk demonstrations (LRD) and allowing additional time for facilities to submit them. We also requested comment on whether to extend the MACT compliance date. We also clarified some common applicability questions. In this action, we are promulgating amendments to the PCWP NESHAP and providing our conclusions following the reconsideration process.