December 7, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2006-12-07-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2006-12-07
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: E6-20803
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Color Additive Certification; Increase in Fees for Certification Services
Document Number: E6-20800
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending an interim final rule (IFR) that was published in the Federal Register of March 29, 2005 (70 FR 15755). The IFR amended the color additive regulations by increasing the fees for certification services. The IFR was published with one typographical error regarding fees for repacks of certified color additives and color additive mixtures. FDA also inadvertently omitted the color certification fee study referenced in the IFR from the docket at the time of publication. This document corrects the typographical error in the fees for repacks of certified color additives and color additive mixtures, announces the availability of the referenced color certification fee study, and provides for additional time to submit comments.
Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances; Removal of Essential Use Designations
Document Number: E6-20797
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending its regulation on the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in pressurized containers to remove the essential use designations for beclomethasone, dexamethasone, fluticasone, bitolterol, salmeterol, ergotamine tartrate, and ipratropium bromide used in oral pressurized metered-dose inhalers (MDIs). Under the Clean Air Act, FDA, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is required to determine whether an FDA-regulated product that releases an ODS is essential. None of these products is currently being marketed, which provides grounds for removing their essential use designation. We are using direct final rulemaking for this action because the agency expects that there will be no significant adverse comment on the rule. In the proposed rule section in this issue of the Federal Register, we are concurrently proposing and soliciting comments on this rule. If significant adverse comments are received, we will withdraw this final rule and address the comments in a subsequent final rule. FDA will not provide additional opportunity for comment.
Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances; Removal of Essential Use Designations; Companion Document to Direct Final Rule
Document Number: E6-20796
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing this companion proposed rule to the direct final rule, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, that is intended to amend our regulation on the use of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in pressurized containers to remove the essential use designations for beclomethasone, dexamethasone, fluticasone, bitolterol, salmeterol, ergotamine tartrate, and ipratropium bromide used in oral pressurized metered-dose inhalers (MDIs). Under the Clean Air Act, FDA, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is required to determine whether an FDA-regulated product that releases an ODS is essential. None of these products is currently being marketed, which provides grounds for removing their essential use designation.
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: E6-20790
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: E6-20786
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for new buildings and their contents.
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant Proposals:
Document Number: E6-20785
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of State
The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of four Fusion Arts Exchange programs. The programs will take place over the course of 37 days beginning the second week of July 2007, focused on the themes of Music Composition and Performance, Digital Media and Computer-Assisted Design, Screenwriting and Film Production, and Sports Management, respectively. These programs should provide a multinational group of outstanding undergraduate students a deeper understanding of U.S. society, culture, values and institutions, and should develop their knowledge of and abilities in the above- mentioned professional fields. Each program will host a total of 15 international participants from five Bureau-designated countries, as well as three to five American undergraduate students who will participate alongside their international peers. Prospective applicants may only apply to host one of the four programs listed under this competition; host institutions may not implement more than one Fusion Arts Exchange program concurrently.
Mentor-Protégé Program
Document Number: E6-20782
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Agency for International Development, Agencies and Commissions
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is correcting the date for receiving public comments on the proposed rule published on November 22, 2006 in Vol. 71, No. 225, pp. 67518- 67523. The date printed was December 8, 2006 but should read February 22, 2007.
Final Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: E6-20781
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances Review and Revocation of Order in Part: Stainless Steel Bar from Japan
Document Number: E6-20780
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On November 8, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published a notice of preliminary results of changed- circumstances review with the intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Japan, as described below. See Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed- Circumstances Review and Notice of Intent to Revoke Order in Part: Stainless Steel Bar from Japan, 71 FR 65465 (November 8, 2006) (Preliminary Results). In our Preliminary Results, we invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary determination to exclude 21-2N modified valve/stem stainless steel round bar from Japan (product in question), as described below, from the scope of the order. The Department received no comments and is, therefore, revoking the order in part.
Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand: Final Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E6-20779
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On August 4, 2006, the Department of Commerce (Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results and partial preliminary rescission of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on canned pineapple fruit from Thailand. This review covers two manufacturers/exporters: Vita Food Factory (1989) Ltd. (Vita) and Tropical Food Industries Co., Ltd. (TROFCO). The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. In these final results, we have made no changes to the weighted-average dumping margins determined for Vita and TROFCO in the preliminary results of this administrative review.
Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E6-20777
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has preliminarily determined that sales by the respondents in this review, covering the period December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005, have been made at prices at less than normal value (``NV''). If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of this review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. The Department invites interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested
Document Number: E6-20774
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Justice Programs Office
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip from South Korea: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E6-20773
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from South Korea for the period June 1, 2005 to May 31, 2006.
Unblocking of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers Pursuant to Executive Order 12978
Document Number: E6-20772
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Foreign Assets Control Office, Department of Treasury
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.
Notice of Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) on the Import of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics for Calendar Year 2007
Document Number: E6-20771
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Department) has determined the allocation for Calendar Year 2007 of imports of certain worsted wool fabrics under tariff rate quotas established by Title V of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law No. 106-200), as amended by the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210), the Miscellaneous Trade Act of 2004 (Public law 108-249), and the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-280). The companies that are being provided an allocation are listed below.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Reporting Requirements and Conservation Measures
Document Number: E6-20770
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS proposes a regulation to implement new reporting and conservation measures under the Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP). These reporting requirements and prohibitive measures would require coastal pelagic species (CPS) fishermen/vessel operators to employ avoidance measures when southern sea otters are present in the area they are fishing and to report any interactions that may occur between their vessel and/or fishing gear and sea otters. The purpose of this proposed rule is to comply with the terms and conditions of an incidental take statement from a biological opinion issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the implementation of Amendment 11 to the CPS FMP.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E6-20769
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; South Carolina: Revisions to State Implementation Plan
Document Number: E6-20768
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve several revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) on April 13, 2005, and October 24, 2005. Both revisions include modifications to South Carolina's Regulation 61-62.1 ``Definitions and General Requirements.'' In the April 13, 2005, submission, Regulation 61-62.1 is being amended to be consistent with the new Federal emissions reporting requirements, referred to as the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), and to streamline the existing emissions inventory requirements. SC DHEC is taking an action that is consistent with the final rule, published on June 10, 2002 (67 FR 39602). The October 24, 2005 submittal revises the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). The revision adds several compounds to the list of compounds excluded from the definition of VOC on the basis that they make a negligible contribution to ozone formation, and similarly removes several compounds from the definition of VOC. This action is being taken pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; South Carolina: Revisions to State Implementation Plan
Document Number: E6-20767
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is approving several revisions to the South Carolina State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) on April 13, 2005, and October 24, 2005. Both revisions include modifications to South Carolina's Regulation 61-62.1 ``Definitions and General Requirements.'' In the April 13, 2005, submission, Regulation 61-62.1 is being amended to be consistent with the new Federal emissions reporting requirements, referred to as the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), and to streamline the existing emissions inventory requirements. SC DHEC is taking an action that is consistent with the final rule, published on June 10, 2002 (67 FR 39602). The October 24, 2005 submittal revises the definition of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). The revision adds several compounds to the list of compounds excluded from the definition of VOC on the basis that they make a negligible contribution to ozone formation, and similarly removes several compounds from the definition of VOC. This action is being taken pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Endangered Species; File No. 1570
Document Number: E6-20764
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), NMFS, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, Florida 33149, has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research.
In the Matter of Certain Switches and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation
Document Number: E6-20763
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 6, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of ATEN International Co., Ltd. of Taiwan and ATEN Technology, Inc. of Irvine, California. A supplement to the complaint was filed on November 27, 2006. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain switches and products containing same by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,035,112. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Completion of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2
Document Number: E6-20761
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority, Agencies and Commissions
This notice is provided in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) and TVA's procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to update information and address the potential environmental impacts associated with its proposal to complete the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2 located in Rhea County, Tennessee. Completion of WBN Unit 2 would help address the need for additional baseload generation in the power service area of the Tennessee Valley Authority and make use of that unfinished asset.
Airworthiness Directives; EADS SOCATA Model TBM 700 Airplanes
Document Number: E6-20760
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as the finding of an improper geometry of some pulley brackets, which can offset the cable in the sheave. The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.
Massachusetts Disaster #MA-00008
Document Number: E6-20759
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated 11/29/2006. Incident: Explosion and Fires. Incident Period: 11/22/2006. Effective Date: 11/29/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/29/2007. Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/29/2007.
Alabama Disaster # AL-00006
Document Number: E6-20758
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Alabama dated 11/29/2006. Incident: Severe Storms and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 11/16/2006. Effective Date: 11/29/2006. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/29/2007. Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/29/2007.
National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Document Number: E6-20755
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Findings of Research Misconduct
Document Number: E6-20754
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Jennifer Blaisdell, University of Pennsylvania and Retinal Consultants of Arizona, Ltd.: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the University of Pennsylvania (UP) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) found that Ms. Jennifer Blaisdell, former Clinical Coordinator for Retinal Consultants of Arizona, Ltd. (RCA), committed research misconduct in a study sponsored by two cooperative agreements funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institutes of Health (NIH): U10 EY012261, ``Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial,'' Dr. Stuart Fine, Principal Investigator (P.I.), and U10 EY012279, ``Coordinating Center for AMD, Complications of Age- Related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial'' (CAPT), Dr. Maureen McGuire, P.I. Specifically, PHS found that Ms. Blaisdell knowingly and intentionally committed research misconduct by: 1. Fabricating a CAPT data form dated 5/29/02 reporting a 30-month telephone follow-up visit with patient 01-026; this patient died on 5/ 3/02; 2. Fabricating a CAPT data form dated 2/20/03 reporting a 43-month telephone follow-up visit with patient 01-019; this patient died on 2/ 10/03; 3. Falsifying a CAPT data form dated 2/13/01 reporting a visit to the clinic on that date for patient 01-049; this patient's visit was 2/ 20/01; 4. Falsifying the CAPT form for patient 01-055 dated 4/11/01, when no clinic visit took place, by substituting information purportedly obtained at a non-study visit on 2/28/01. Ms. Blaisdell has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement in which she has voluntarily agreed, for a period of two (2) years, beginning on November 14, 2006: (1) To exclude herself from serving in any advisory capacity to PHS, including but not limited to service on any PHS advisory committee, board, and/or peer review committee, or as a consultant; and (2) That any institution that submits an application for PHS support for a research project on which Ms. Blaisdell's participation is proposed or which uses her in any capacity on PHS supported research, or that submits a report of PHS-funded research in which she is involved, must concurrently submit a plan for supervision of Ms. Blaisdell's duties to the funding agency for approval. The supervisory plan must be designed to ensure the scientific integrity of her research contribution. Ms. Blaisdell also agrees to ensure that the institution submits a copy of the supervisory plan to ORI. She further agrees that she will not participate in any PHS- supported research until such a supervisory plan is submitted to ORI.
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20748
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20747
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20746
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20745
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20744
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Privacy Act of 1974; Deletion of System of Records
Document Number: E6-20743
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
CMS proposes to delete 10 systems of records from its inventory subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (Title 5 United States Code Sec. 552a). CMS is reorganizing its databases because of the amount of information it collects to administer the Medicare program. Retention and destruction of the data contained in these systems will follow the schedules listed in the system notice.
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20742
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20741
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20739
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested
Document Number: E6-20738
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration
Document Number: E6-20737
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-07
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
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