March 23, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for ALAMAST and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent that claims that human drug product.

On July 28, 2004, NHTSA received a petition for rulemaking from Honda Motor Company Ltd. requesting that the agency amend the applicability of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 204, ``Steering control rearward displacement.'' Specifically, it petitioned to exempt vehicles that already comply with the unbelted frontal barrier crash requirements of FMVSS No. 208, ``Occupant crash protection.'' This notice denies this petition for rulemaking.

This document announces the next meeting date and agenda of the Consumer Advisory Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to make recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission (``Commission'') regarding consumer issues within the jurisdiction of the Commission and to facilitate the participation of all consumers in proceedings before the Commission.

EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from components at petroleum refineries, chemical plants, light crude oil production facilities, and natural gas production and processing facilities. We are approving local rules that regulate these emission sources under the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act).

EPA is taking direct final action approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Colorado on April 12, 2004. This revision makes a minor change to Colorado Regulation No. 1. The intended effect of this action is to make federally enforceable those provisions that EPA is approving. The EPA is taking this action under section 110 of the Clean Air Act (Act).

Briefly provide a statement of the proposed demonstration project indicating that this is a CARE demonstration project and whether it is for a local or statewide project; Type of organization applying (school, state agency, voluntary agency, etc.); Geographic area to be served (urban, rural, suburban); Description of target population to be served; Statement of the program intervention; Brief description of the proposed project. Description of Applicant Organization: Describe the decision-making authority and structure (e.g. relationship to the Board of Directors), its resources, experience, existing program units and/or those to be established if funding is obtained. This description should cover personnel, time and facilities and contain evidence of the organization's capacity to provide the rapid and effective use of resources needed to conduct the project, collect necessary data and evaluate it. Rationale: Describe the rationale for use of the proposed approach based upon previous practice and review of the literature and/ or evaluation findings. Geographic Area: Describe the geographic area to be served. Document the incidence of adolescent pregnancy, and describe economic conditions, income levels, existing services and unmet needs in the proposed service area. Program Outcome Objectives: Provide a clear statement of results or benefits expected that are consistent with the OAPP performance measures. Objectives should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-framed. Care Services Demonstration Model: Describe the program, including how services will continue to be provided to clients after the birth of the child to enable parents to acquire good parenting skills and to ensure that their children are developing normally physically, intellectually and emotionally. Describe how the applicant will add care services to supplement existing adolescent health services in a school, hospital or other community setting. Describe how the applicant will provide directly, or by referral, each of the required ten core services and any supplemental services as appropriate. As appropriate, state how the project will be coordinated, integrated and linked to existing services within the service area. Describe case management and follow-up procedures. Describe the population, recruitment methods and selection criteria. Describe how the applicant will as appropriate, involve families, voluntary associations, religious and charitable organizations and other groups in the private sector. Workplan and Timetable: Provide a year long work plan and timetable, which spans at least three years of program implementation. Numbers and Types of Clients: Provide estimates of clients expected to be served during the first year (e.g. adolescent mothers, extended family members, fathers of their children, husbands, and/or male partners with whom they are in a long-term relationship). Documentation of Support: Provide a summary of the views of public agencies, providers of services and the general public in the geographical area to be served. Provide documentation of the support from other community agencies. Continuation Funding: Describe the plan regarding continuation of services at the termination of this Federal funding. Evaluation Plan: The evaluation plan must clearly articulate the program interventions and/or processes to be tested; theory upon which the program intervention is based; proposed questions/hypotheses the evaluation will address; instruments, including information regarding reliability and validity of instruments; sampling plan and data collection schedule; data analysis plan, including statistical tests. Describe how the evaluation is consistent with the program, particularly how data will be used for mid-course corrections and ongoing program improvements. Discuss how the evaluator will ensure confidentiality of the data. Describe the qualitative methodology planned and how it will be integrated with the required quantitative design. Describe how the data will be collected. Appendices: Include articles of incorporation and mission statement for private nonprofit organizations. Resumes of key staff and detailed position descriptions. How the project will obtain parental consent. Letters of commitment and support from other providers. Provide evidence of a working agreements with an evaluator affiliated with a college or university located in the applicant's State. The entities to be involved in the evaluation must be identified, their willingness to participate documented, their role (s) described and their capability documented by an attached curriculum vitae. Provide a copy of the table of contents of the proposed curriculum, plus a list of any other instructional materials that will be an integral part of the proposed project. Applicants must be familiar with Title XX in its entirety to ensure that they have complied with all applicable requirements. A copy of the legislation is included in the application kit. A Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number is required for all applications for Federal assistance. Organizations should verify that they have a DUNS number or take the steps necessary to obtain one. Instructions for obtaining a DUNS number are included in the application package, and may be downloaded from the OPA Web site.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is revising its regulations regarding pleadings. The regulations are revised to eliminate, in all pleadings except requests for rehearing, a recent formatting requirement that the pleadings contain a section entitled ``Statement of Issues.''

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Appendix 2 of title 5, United States Code, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education (ACDE) is scheduled to be held on May 5, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Oranien Wiesbaden, Platter Strasse 2, 65193 Wiesbaden, Germany. The purpose of the ACDE is to recommend to the Director, DoDEA, general policies for the operation of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS); to provide the Director with information about effective educational programs and practices that should be considered by DoDDS; and to perform other tasks as may be required by the Secretary of Defense. The meeting emphases will be the current operational qualities of schools and the institutionalized school improvement processes, as well as other educational matters. For further information contact Mr. Jim Jarrard at 703-588-3121, or at James.Jarrar@hq.dodea.edu.

The Forest intends to supplement the May 2003 ``Cayuga Project'' Final Environmental Impact Statement. The supplement would clarify and add more detail to the cumulative effects analysis regarding certain Regional Forester Sensitive Species that may be affected by the actions considered in the original Environmental Impact Statement.

The Board is revising the Federal Reserve's cash services policy to reduce depository institutions' overuse of Federal Reserve Bank currency processing services, which could affect approximately 150 to 225 depository institutions with high-volume currency operations. The Board is adding two elements to the policy: (1) A custodial inventory program that provides an incentive to depository institutions to hold $10 and $20 notes in their vaults to meet customers' demand, and (2) a fee to depository institutions that deposit fit $10 or $20 notes at a Reserve Bank and order the same denomination, above a de minimis amount, during the same business week. In general, the Federal Reserve expects depository institutions to recirculate to their customers fit currency deposited with them and to deposit only excess or unfit currency with Reserve Banks. The Reserve Banks will amend section 3.3 of Operating Circular 2 to implement the provisions of the final policy.

The Board has approved the second quarter 2006 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The second quarter 2006 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.178. The second quarter 2006 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.562. The second quarter 2006 RCAF-5 is 0.537.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Turbomeca Arriel 1B, 1D, and 1D1 turboshaft engines. This AD requires inspecting the 2nd stage nozzle guide vanes (NGV2) for wall thickness. This AD results from one instance of a fractured 2nd stage turbine blade followed by an uncommanded engine shutdown. We are issuing this AD to detect and prevent perforation of the NGV2 that could cause fracture of a turbine blade that could result in an uncommanded engine in-flight shutdown on a single-engine helicopter.

We are approving an amendment to the Wyoming abandoned mine land reclamation (AMLR) plan (hereinafter referred to as the ``Wyoming Plan'' or ``Plan'') under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). Wyoming proposed revisions and additions to its abandoned mine land (AML) Plan by removing phrases concerning liens for reclamation on private lands and by removing and adding words concerning contract eligibility. Wyoming intended to revise its Plan in accordance with the amendments required by OSM to make it consistent with SMCRA.

On October 12, 2005, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing hazardous waste combustors. Subsequently, the Administrator received four petitions for reconsideration of the final rule. In this proposed rule, EPA is granting reconsideration of one issue in the petitions submitted by Ash Grove Cement Company and the Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition: The new source standard for particulate matter (PM) for cement kilns that burn hazardous waste. We are requesting comment on a revised new source particulate matter standard for cement kilns. We are also requesting comment on corresponding changes to the new source particulate matter standards for incinerators and liquid fuel boilers.