April 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the withdrawal of a proposed revised form that was issued in the Federal Register on November 20, 2001.

This notice announces a revision to and expansion of a previously-established Privacy Act system of records, the Global Enrollment System, to facilitate the creation of a consolidated database to collect biometric and biographic data for individuals who voluntarily exchange personally identifiable information in return for expedited transit at U.S. border entry points. The Global Enrollment System will enhance transportation security by affording United States Customs and Border Protection, the system owner, the opportunity to perform advanced screening on low-risk trusted travelers and to expedite the security screening process of these trusted travelers as their low-risk status is confirmed.

The Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC), its Subcommittees on Outreach and Hazardous Cargo Transportation Security (HCTS), and its Working Group on Barge Emissions and Barge Placarding will meet to discuss various issues relating to the marine transportation of hazardous materials in bulk. These meetings will be open to the public.

This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for the residues of the fungicide thiabendazole, (2-(4-thiazolyl) benzimidazole) in or on dry pea.

This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for the combined residues of total fluroxypyr (fluroxypyr MHE and its metabolite fluroxypyr) in or on garlic and shallot (bulb), and onion (dry bulb).

This notice with comment period describes the procedure for redistribution of States' unexpended Federal fiscal year (FY) 2003 SCHIP allotments remaining at the end of FY 2005 to those States that fully expended such allotments. This notice also announces the application of the provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA, Pub. L. 109-171, enacted on February 8, 2006) concerning the availability of additional allotments appropriated to eliminate States' funding shortfalls under the SCHIP in FY 2006. The redistributed FY 2003 allotments and the additional allotments to eliminate shortfalls in FY 2006 will be available through the end of FY 2006 (September 30, 2006). This notice also describes the DRA amendments to the SCHIP statute relating to the provisions for ``qualifying States'' to elect to receive a portion of their available SCHIP allotments as increased Federal matching funds for certain expenditures in their Medicaid programs.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) filed by Ivy Laboratories, Division of Ivy Animal Health, Inc. The ANADA provides for use of single-ingredient Type A medicated articles containing melengestrol and monensin to make two-way combination drug Type C medicated feeds for heifers fed in confinement for slaughter.

Emera Energy Service, Inc. (EES) has applied to amend its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

This document contains a final exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and from certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The exemption permits a ``qualified termination administrator'' (QTA) of an individual account plan that has been abandoned by its sponsoring employer to select itself or an affiliate to provide services to the plan in connection with the termination of the plan, to pay itself or an affiliate fees for those services, and to pay itself for services provided prior to the plan's deemed termination. The exemption also permits a qualified termination administrator of an abandoned plan to: (1) Designate itself or an affiliate as the provider of an individual retirement plan or other account for the distribution of a participant or beneficiary who fails to make an election regarding the disposition of such benefits; (2) select a proprietary investment product as the initial investment for such plan or account; (3) provide a federally insured bank or savings association account for small distributions; and (4) pay itself or its affiliate fees in connection therewith. This exemption is being granted in connection with the Department's final regulation at 29 CFR 2578.1, relating to the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans, the Department's final regulation at 29 CFR 2550.404a-3, relating to the Safe Harbor for Distributions From Terminated Individual Account Plans, and the Department's final regulation at 29 CFR 2520.103-13, relating to the Terminal Report for Abandoned Individual Account Plans, which are being published simultaneously in this issue of the Federal Register. The exemption will affect individual account plans, the participants and beneficiaries of such plans, certain plan service providers, and the fiduciaries of such plans.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is announcing its intention to renew its authority for the collection of information for noncoal reclamation, 30 CFR part 875.

The Department of the Army is proposing to add a system of records to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense is deleting a system of records notice from its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Glenn/Colusa County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Willows, California. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes, (3) Public Comment, (4) Website Update, (5) Project Proposals/Possible Action, (6) General Discussion, (7) Next Agenda.

The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive detailed and ultrasonic inspections of the thrust links of the rear engine mounts for any crack or fracture and corrective actions if necessary. This new AD requires repetitive replacement of the thrust links with new or overhauled thrust links, which ends the repetitive detailed and ultrasonic inspections. This AD results from the finding of fractured and cracked forward lugs of the rear engine mount thrust link on the number one strut on two airplanes. We are issuing this AD to prevent cracked or fractured thrust links that could lead to the loss of the load path for the rear engine mount bulkhead and damage to other primary engine mount structure, which could result in the in-flight separation of the engine from the airplane and consequent loss of control of the airplane.