September 6, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces the reconvening of the public hearing that began on January 24, 2006, in Alexandria, Virginia, to consider proposals seeking to amend the Class III and Class IV milk price formula manufacturing allowances applicable to all Federal milk marketing orders.

The FAA is requesting public comment on the City of Manchester, New Hampshire's request to change a portion (approx. 58 acres) of airport property from aeronautical use to non-aeronautical use. The property is at various locations on the Airport. The State of New Hampshire will acquire a combination of fee and easements for construction of an access road from State Route 3 to the Airport. The conveyances include property rights for both construction and environmental mitigation. The land was acquired as follows: Surplus Property Deeds dated September 27, 1962, June 4, 1975 (approx. 33 acres; FAAP Project Nos. 9-27-018-C603 and 9-27-018-C605 (approx. 6.5 acres); and City funds (approx. 18 acres). The disposition of proceeds from the disposal of airport property will be in accordance with FAA's Policy and Procedures Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, published in the Federal Register on February 16, 1999.

The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at the Blair Municipal Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).

This document confirms the effective date of the direct final rule which revokes a Class E2 Surface Area, Elko, NV.

This notice announces the ninth meeting of the American Health Information Community Chronic Care Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).

This notice announces the first meeting of the American Health Information Community Quality Workgroup in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.). The Quality Workgroup was created to make recommendations to the American Health Information Community on how HIT can: Provide data for the development of quality measures that are useful to patients and others in the health care industry; automate the measurement and reporting of a comprehensive current and future set of quality measures; and accelerate the use of clinical decision support that will improve performance using quality measures. The workgroup's initial charge will be to make recommendations to the American Health Information Community that specify how certified health information technology should capture, aggregate, and report data for a core set of ambulatory and in-patient quality measures. Date/Time: September 22, 2006, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is intended to notify the general public of their opportunity to attend the open portion of the meeting. Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (i.e., interpreting services, assistive listening devices, materials in alternative format) should notify Sonia Chessen at (202) 219-2195 by September 8. We will attempt to meet requests after this date, but cannot guarantee availability of the requested accommodation. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities.

This document contains final regulations relating to the use of a nonaccrual-experience method of accounting by taxpayers using an accrual method of accounting and performing services. The final regulations reflect amendments under the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002. The final regulations affect qualifying taxpayers that want to adopt, change to, or change a nonaccrual- experience method of accounting under section 448(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code).

The Defense Science Board Task Force on VTOL/STOL will meet in closed session on September 12-13, 2006; at Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. This meeting is a classified executive session to begin the review of gathered data and to begin formulating the report's contents. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics on scientific and technical matters as they affect the perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At these meeting, the Defense Science Board Task Force will: Assess the features and capabilities VTOL/STOL aircraft should have in order to support the nation's defense needs through at least the first half of the 21st century. In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II), it has been determined that these Defense Science Board Task Force meetings concern matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, the meeting will be closed to the public.

Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the White-tailed Deer Management Plan for Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Cuyahoga). The purpose of the plan/EIS is to develop a deer management plan that supports long-term protection, preservation, and restoration of native species and other park resources. A scoping brochure has been prepared that details the issues identified to date and preliminary alternatives to be considered. Copies of that information may be obtained by mail from Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141, telephone 330-650-5071, extension 1, or the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site at https:// www.parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva. Once on the PEPC site, click on the link titled Cuyahoga Valley National Park Deer Management Plan/EIS.

We are proposing to extend pipeline safety regulations to rural onshore hazardous liquid gathering lines and low-stress lines within a defined buffer of previously defined ``unusually sensitive areas.'' These are non-populated areas requiring extra protection because of the presence of sole source drinking water resources, endangered species, or other ecological resources. This proposal will define ``regulated rural onshore gathering lines'' and ``regulated rural onshore low-stress lines'' and require operators of the lines to comply with certain safety requirements. These proposed safety requirements will address the most common threats to the integrity of these rural lines: corrosion and third-party damage. This proposal is intended to provide additional integrity protection for unusually sensitive areas that could be affected by these lines and improve public confidence in the safety of hazardous liquid rural onshore gathering and low-stress lines.

The Bureau of Land Management published in the Federal Register of August 18, 2006, (71 FR 47826) a notice inviting all interested parties to participate with Jacobs Ranch Coal Company on a pro rata cost sharing basis in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America. Inadvertently, the following lands included in the exploration license application were omitted from the notice.

NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 72 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the C season allowance of the 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock specified for Statistical Area 620 of the GOA.

NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 72 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the C season allowance of the 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock specified for Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.

EPA is finalizing our conditional approval of revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) concerning the Discrete Emission Credit Banking and Trading Program.

EPA is approving revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) as it applies to the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria (HGB) ozone nonattainment area. These SIP revisions result from more recent information on ozone formation in the HGB area indicating that a combination of controls on nitrogen oxides (NOX) and highly reactive volatile organic compounds (HRVOCs) should be more effective in reducing ozone than the measures in the previously approved 2001 HGB attainment demonstration plan which relied almost exclusively on the control of NOX. Approval of these revisions incorporates these changes into the federally approved SIP. The approved revisions include a 1-hour ozone standard attainment demonstration, motor vehicle emissions budgets, a demonstration that all reasonably available control measures have been adopted for the HGB area and revisions to satisfy the enforceable commitments contained in the previously approved SIP. These revisions present a new mix of controlled strategies in order to achieve attainment. These revisions include changes to the industrial NOX rules, reducing the stringency from a nominal 90 percent to 80 percent control and revisions to the Texas Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) rules that drop three counties from the I/M program. As part of the approved revisions to the HGB attainment demonstration, Texas has adopted new control measures which EPA has approved or is approving concurrent with this action. The new control measures are increased control of HRVOC emissions and control of emissions from portable gasoline containers. Also, in separate actions in today's Federal Register, EPA is concurrently approving the following emissions trading programs that relate to the HGB attainment demonstration: revisions to the Mass Emissions Cap and Trade Program for the HGB area, the Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Cap and Trade Program for the HGB area, the Emissions Credit Banking and Trading Program, and the Discrete Emissions Credit Banking and Trading Program. The SIP revisions to the HGB attainment demonstration addressed in this rulemaking along with the HRVOC rules and emissions trading programs being concurrently approved, will provide for timely attainment of the 1-hour ozone standard in HGB as demonstrated through the modeling analysis. Additionally, Texas has shown that these revisions will not interfere with any applicable requirement concerning attainment and reasonable further progress, or any other applicable requirement of the Clean Air Act. (Section 110(l) demonstration).

EPA is approving revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan concerning the Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Cap and Trade Program for the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria ozone nonattainment area.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the tenth meeting of the WRC-07 Advisory Committee will be held on October 4, 2006, at the Federal Communications Commission. The purpose of the meeting is to continue preparations for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference. The Advisory Committee will consider any preliminary views and draft proposals introduced by the Advisory Committee's Informal Working Groups.

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 and requesting comment on several issues raised in the petitions of the Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition, the Coalition for Responsible Waste Incineration, and the Sierra Club. In addition, EPA is proposing several amendments and corrections to the final rule to clarify some compliance and monitoring issues raised by several entities affected by the final rule.