International Joint Commission; Notice of Public Comment Period; International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study, 33779-33780 [E6-9132]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 112 / Monday, June 12, 2006 / Notices or participant’s time, and professional costs of $384,750 to $752,400. Issued in Washington, DC, this 6th day of June, 2006. Cris Birch, Acting Chief Technology Officer, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. [FR Doc. E6–9065 Filed 6–9–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7708–01–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 5439] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS–2029, Application for Consular Report of Birth of a Citizen of the United States of America, OMB Control No.1405–0011 Notice of request for public comments. dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: 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: Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America. OMB Control Number: 1405–0011. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Originating Office: Consular Affairs, Office of Overseas Citizen Services (CA/ OCS). Form Number: DS–2029. Respondents: Parents or legal guardians of United States citizen children born overseas. Estimated Number of Respondents: 52,000 per year. Estimated Number of Responses: 52,000. Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes. Total Estimated Burden: 17,333. Frequency: On occasion. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to 60 days from June 12, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: E-mail: GawMA@state.gov. 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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to: • Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper performance of our functions. • Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used. • Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected. • Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of technology. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Abstract of Proposed Collection The DS–2029, Application for Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America, is used by citizens of the United States to report the birth of a child while overseas. The information collected on this form will be used to certify the acquisition of U.S. citizenship at birth of a person born abroad and can be used by that child throughout life. Dated: May 30, 2006. Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State For European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. E6–9133 Filed 6–9–06; 8:45 am] Methodology The DS–2029 will be available to download from the Internet. An application for a Consular Report of Birth is normally made in the consular district in which the birth occurred. The parent respondents will fill the form out and take it to a United States Consulate or Embassy, who will examine the documentation and enter the information provided into the Department of State American Citizen Services (ACS) electronic database. Dated: May 24, 2006. Wanda L. Nesbitt, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. E6–9134 Filed 6–9–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–06–P PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [Public Notice 5438] Determination on U.S. Position on Proposed World Bank Group’s International Financial Corporation (IFC) Projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina Pursuant to section 561 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub. L. 109–102) (FOAA), and Department of State Delegation of Authority Number 289, I hereby determine that the proposed 4.0 million Euro ICF investment package to transform the Ekonomic Kredit Institution (EKI) from a not-for-profit into a commercial financial organization and the 3.0 million Euro IFC investment package to transform MIBOSPO into a commercial financial organization to increase their micro lending capacities, will contribute to a stronger economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, directly supporting implementation of the Dayton Accords. I therefore waive the application of section 561 of the FOAA to the extent that provision would otherwise prevent the U.S. Executive Directors of the IFC from voting in favor of these projects. This Determination shall be reported to the Congress and published in the Federal Register. BILLING CODE 4710–23–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice 5440] International Joint Commission; Notice of Public Comment Period; International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study The International Joint Commission will hold a 60-day public comment period on the report of its International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study Board, which was released on May 31, 2006. The Study Board report presents the Commission with options for regulating the outflows from Lake Ontario through the international hydropower project at Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. The five-year study improves the understanding of how regulation affects the environment, recreational boating, flooding, shoreline erosion, navigation, hydropower production and municipal E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1 dsatterwhite on PROD1PC76 with NOTICES 33780 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 112 / Monday, June 12, 2006 / Notices and industrial water uses from Niagara Falls, New York and Ontario to Trois´ Rivieres, Quebec. The Commission will consider changes to the current regulation plan, Plan 1958–D, and to its Orders of Approval for regulation of Lake Ontario outflows. The public is invited to provide comments on the Study Board report, and any other relevant matters, to assist the Commission in its deliberations. Copies of the Study Board report are available from the Commission at the addresses below, or online from https:// www.ijc.org/en/activities/losl/ index.php. Comments, which must be received by July 31, 2006, can be submitted online at https://www.ijc.org/en/ activities/losl/index.php or sent by letter, fax or email to either address below: U.S. Section Secretary, International Joint Commission, 1250 23rd Street NW., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20440. Tel: (202) 736–9024. Fax: (202) 467–0746. Commission@washington.ijc.org. Canadian Section Secretary, International Joint Commission, 234 Laurier Avenue West, 22nd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 6K6. Tel: (613) 995– 0088. Fax: (613) 993–5583. Commission@ottawa.ijc.org. Once the Commission has adequately considered the Study Board report, public comment and any other relevant information, it will release a ‘‘preliminary decision’’ on regulation of Lake Ontario outflows for public comment. The Commission will examine increasing the benefits of regulation consistent with its responsibility under the Boundary Waters Treaty to ensure suitable and adequate protection of all interests that could be injured as a result of the activities that it approves. The Commission will also hold public hearings, and consult with the governments of Canada and the United States to seek their concurrence, before making a decision whether to change its Orders of Approval or the current regulation plan. The times and locations will be announced. Comments provided in writing or orally will become part of a public record that may be posted on the IJC’s Web site or otherwise made available to the public. To protect the privacy of any person submitting comment, the IJC will remove the following identifying information from the incoming communication before making the comment available to the public: e-mail address, street address, post office box, VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:52 Jun 09, 2006 Jkt 208001 zip code, postal code, telephone number and fax number. The following identifying information will remain part of the record that is made available to the public: Name, organizational affiliation, city, and state/province. For more information, contact Frank Bevacqua (202) 736–9024; bevacquaf@washington.ijc.org. Dated: June 5, 2006. Elizabeth C. Bourget, Secretary, U.S. Section International Joint Commission Department of State. [FR Doc. E6–9132 Filed 6–9–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–14–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary of Transportation [Docket No. OST–2005–20112] Regulatory Review Report Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), DOT. ACTION: Final report. AGENCY: This is the Department’s final report providing a brief response, including a description of further action we intend to take, to the public’s participation in the Department of Transportation’s review of its existing regulations and its current Regulatory Agenda. SUMMARY: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to https:// dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL– 401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. You can access the docket for this notice by inserting the last five-digits of the docket number into the DMS ‘‘quick search’’ function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil Eisner, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, 400 7th St., SW., Room 10424, Washington, DC 20590– 0001. Telephone (202) 366–4723. E-mail neil.eisner@dot.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ADDRESSES: Background The Department of Transportation (Department or DOT) includes the Office of the Secretary (OST), and the following operating administrations (OAs): Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); Federal PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Railroad Administration (FRA); Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Maritime Administration (MARAD); National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA); and St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). Each of these elements of DOT has statutory responsibility for a wide range of regulations. For example, DOT regulates safety in the aviation, motor carrier, railroad, mass transit, motor vehicle, commercial space, and pipeline transportation areas. DOT regulates aviation consumer and economic issues, and provides financial assistance and promulgates and enforces the necessary implementing rules for programs involving highways, airports, mass transit, the maritime industry, railroads, and motor vehicle safety. It writes regulations carrying out such disparate statutes as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Uniform Time Act. Finally, DOT has responsibility for developing policies that implement a wide range of regulations that govern internal programs such as acquisition and grants, access for the disabled, environmental protection, energy conservation, information technology, occupational safety and health, property asset management, seismic safety, security, and the use of aircraft and vehicles. Improvement of our regulations is a continuous focus of the Department. There should be no more regulations than necessary, and those that are issued should be simple, comprehensible, and not burdensome. Most rules are issued following notice to the public and opportunity for comment. Once issued, rules are periodically reviewed and revised, as needed, to assure that they continue to meet the needs for which they originally were designed. To help implement this goal, the Department issued a Notice of Regulatory Review on January 26, 2005 (70 FR 3761), seeking public comment on how to (1) improve our rules to be more effective and less costly or burdensome, (2) identify rules no longer needed and/or new rules that may be needed, and (3) prioritize our current rulemaking activities, which were set forth in our semi-annual Regulatory Agenda. (The latest Agenda preceding the Notice can be found at 69 FR 73492, December 13, 2004; the Department’s last Agenda can be found at 70 FR 64940, October 31, 2005.) At the outset, the Department accepted written public comments and requests to participate in E:\FR\FM\12JNN1.SGM 12JNN1

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5440]


International Joint Commission; Notice of Public Comment Period; 
International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study

    The International Joint Commission will hold a 60-day public 
comment period on the report of its International Lake Ontario-St. 
Lawrence River Study Board, which was released on May 31, 2006.
    The Study Board report presents the Commission with options for 
regulating the outflows from Lake Ontario through the international 
hydropower project at Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. The 
five-year study improves the understanding of how regulation affects 
the environment, recreational boating, flooding, shoreline erosion, 
navigation, hydropower production and municipal

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and industrial water uses from Niagara Falls, New York and Ontario to 
Trois-Rivi[eacute]res, Quebec.
    The Commission will consider changes to the current regulation 
plan, Plan 1958-D, and to its Orders of Approval for regulation of Lake 
Ontario outflows.
    The public is invited to provide comments on the Study Board 
report, and any other relevant matters, to assist the Commission in its 
deliberations. Copies of the Study Board report are available from the 
Commission at the addresses below, or online from https://www.ijc.org/
en/activities/losl/index.php.
    Comments, which must be received by July 31, 2006, can be submitted 
online at https://www.ijc.org/en/activities/losl/index.php or sent by 
letter, fax or email to either address below:

U.S. Section Secretary, International Joint Commission, 1250 23rd 
Street NW., Suite 100, Washington, DC 20440. Tel: (202) 736-9024. Fax: 
(202) 467-0746. Commission@washington.ijc.org.
Canadian Section Secretary, International Joint Commission, 234 Laurier 
Avenue West, 22nd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1P 6K6. Tel: (613) 995-0088. Fax: 
(613) 993-5583. Commission@ottawa.ijc.org.

    Once the Commission has adequately considered the Study Board 
report, public comment and any other relevant information, it will 
release a ``preliminary decision'' on regulation of Lake Ontario 
outflows for public comment. The Commission will examine increasing the 
benefits of regulation consistent with its responsibility under the 
Boundary Waters Treaty to ensure suitable and adequate protection of 
all interests that could be injured as a result of the activities that 
it approves.
    The Commission will also hold public hearings, and consult with the 
governments of Canada and the United States to seek their concurrence, 
before making a decision whether to change its Orders of Approval or 
the current regulation plan. The times and locations will be announced.
    Comments provided in writing or orally will become part of a public 
record that may be posted on the IJC's Web site or otherwise made 
available to the public. To protect the privacy of any person 
submitting comment, the IJC will remove the following identifying 
information from the incoming communication before making the comment 
available to the public: e-mail address, street address, post office 
box, zip code, postal code, telephone number and fax number. The 
following identifying information will remain part of the record that 
is made available to the public: Name, organizational affiliation, 
city, and state/province.
    For more information, contact Frank Bevacqua (202) 736-9024; 
bevacquaf@washington.ijc.org.

    Dated: June 5, 2006.
Elizabeth C. Bourget,
Secretary, U.S. Section International Joint Commission Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E6-9132 Filed 6-9-06; 8:45 am]
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