September 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 4314(c) (4) agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register of the appointment of Performance Review Board (PRB) members. This notice updates the VA Performance Review Board of the Department of Veterans Affairs that was published in the Federal Register on October 24, 2005 (Vol. 70, No. 204).

A Biological Review Team (BRT) consisting of biologists from the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission, Penobscot Indian Nation, NMFS, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have completed a Status Review of Atlantic salmon (Status Review for Anadromous Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)) in the United States.

On August 28, 2006, the Board served a decision to update its computation of the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2005. The composite after-tax cost-of-capital rate for 2005 is found to be 12.2%, based on a current cost of debt of 5.36%; a cost of common equity capital of 15.18%; and a capital structure mix comprised of 30.41% debt and 69.59% common equity. The cost-of-capital finding made in this proceeding will be used in a variety of Board proceedings.

This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an option to a co-exclusive commercialization license to practice the inventions embodied in any or all of (a) U.S. patents 5,468,468 (11/21/ 1995); 5,833,986 (11/10/1998); 5,863,739 (01/26/1999); 5,965,359 (10/ 12/1999); 6,228,600 (05/08/2001) and 6,660,488 (12/09/2003), (b) U.S. patent applications 07/308,282 (02/09/1989, now abandoned), 07/915,884 (7/20/1992, now abandoned), 08/439,095 (05/11/1995, pending), 10/ 700,249 (11/03/2003, pending) and (c) foreign applications corresponding to PCT Patent Application PCT/US90/00617 entitled ``Type Alpha Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Gene'', published as WO 90/10013 (9/7/1990) to AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP having a principal place of business in Boston, MA. The prospective option to a co-exclusive license will have a Licensed Territory which is worldwide. The prospective option to the co-exclusive license will have a Field of Use limited to the development of compositions and methods of utilizing antibody-based products that specifically bind the alpha platelet-derived growth factor receptor ([alpha] -PDGFR/CD140a/PDGFRA/PDGF2/PDGFR-[alpha]), for the treatment of cancer and diagnostics specifically useful therewith. Only a single option to a co-exclusive license will be granted. This notice modifies the notice previously published at FR 69(165): 52514-15 (August 26, 2004).

The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.

On September 1, 2006, the United States Court of International Trade affirmed in part and struck in part the Department of Commerce's redetermination on remand of the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on ball bearings and parts thereof from France. See SKF USA Inc., SKF France S.A., and Sarma v. United States, Court No. 03-00490, slip op. 06-133 (CIT 2006). The Department is now issuing this notice of court decision not in harmony with the Department's determination.

NMFS is adjusting the 2006 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) amount in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow harvest of Pacific cod that will not be harvested under the State of Alaska's guideline harvest level (GHL) for the Aleutian Islands subarea state waters Pacific cod fishery. This action is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI (FMP).

This notice announces the seventh meeting of the American Health Information Community Biosurveillance Data Steering Group in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App.).

This regulation establishes or revises tolerances for combined residues of propiconazole and its metabolites containing the dichlorobenzoic acid (DCBA) moiety expressed as parent compound in or on various commodities; and inadvertent residues in or on alfalfa, forage and alfalfa, hay. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. and Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4), requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

The Department of State announces the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) to be held on Thursday, October 5, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Harry S. Truman Building of the U.S. Department of State. Admittance to the Department of State building is only by means of a pre-arranged clearance list as described in this notice. The Department of State announces the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) to be held on Thursday, October 5, 2006, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Building of the U.S. Department of State. The Truman Building is located at 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520. The committee provides a formal channel for regular consultation and coordination on major economic, social and legal issues and problems in international communications and information policy, especially as these issues and problems involve users of information and communications services, providers of such services, technology research and development, foreign industrial and regulatory policy, the activities of international organizations with regard to communications and information, and developing country issues. The meeting will be led by ACICIP Chair Mr. Richard E. Wiley of Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP. Ambassador David A. Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, and other senior U.S. Government officials will address the meeting. The main focus of this meeting will be to discuss: 1. Upcoming USG telecommunications/ICT consultations in Tokyo (October 16-18, 2006) and Beijing (October 19-20, 2006). 2. Upcoming International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference (November 6-24, 2006). 3. Upcoming Internet Governance Forum (October 30-November 2, 2006). 4. Upcoming U.S.-India Working Group Meeting (December 14-15, 2006). 5. U.S. domestic public safety radio communications coordination in United States border regions. Members of the public may submit suggestions and comments to the ACICIP. Submissions regarding an event, consultation, meeting, etc. listed in the agenda above should be received by the ACICIP Executive Secretary (contact information below) at least ten working days prior to the date of that listed event. They should be submitted in written form and should not exceed one page for each country (for comments on consultations) or for each subject area (for other comments). Resource limitations preclude acknowledging or replying to submissions. While the meeting is open to the public, admittance to the Department of State building is only by means of a pre-arranged clearance list. In order to be placed on the pre-clearance list, we must receive the following information from you no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, October 2, 2006:

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the ``The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and the Diary.'' A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

The Local Government Advisory Committee and the Small Community Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS), and workgroups for Water, Indicators, Regulations and Solid Waste/Environmental Reclamation will meet on October 31-November 2, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. On October 31 and November 2 the meetings will be at the Hilton Atlanta Airport Hotel. On November 1, the meeting will be at the Serenbe Southern Country Inn. The Committee will be discussing its Strategic Action Agenda, new environmental approaches in developing communities, the 2008 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey, cooperative conservation, asset management approaches for water-related infrastructure and other key regional specific initiatives. The SCAS will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, to discuss water-related infrastructure, preferred EPA approaches to implementing regulations with small communities, storm water and drinking water issues, as well as the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey. The Indicators and Regulatory Workgroups will meet jointly from 11 a.m. to noon on October 31, and the Water and Solid Waste and Environmental Reclamation Workgroups will meet in separate sessions also on October 31. The Committee will hear comments from the public between 3:30 p.m.- 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31. Each individual or organization wishing to address the LGAC meeting will be allowed a maximum of five minutes to present their point of view. Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the number listed below to schedule agenda time. Time will be allotted on a first come, first serve basis, and the total period for comments may be extended, if the number of requests for appearances require it. This is an open meeting and all interested persons are invited to attend. LGAC meeting minutes and Subcommittee summary notes will be available after the meeting and can be obtained by written request to the DFO. Members of the public are requested to call the DFO at the number listed below if planning to attend so that arrangements can be made to comfortably accommodate attendees as much as possible. Seating will be on a first come, first serve basis.