January 22, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2007-01-22-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2007-01-22
Announcement of Establishment of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and Solicitation of Nominations for Appointment to the Committee
Document Number: E7-842
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the establishment of a Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee and is seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Committee.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: E7-841
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Fifty-Ninth Report of the TSCA Interagency Testing Committee to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Receipt of Report and Request for Comments
Document Number: E7-837
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) transmitted its 59\th\ ITC Report to the Administrator of EPA on December 13, 2006. In the 59\th\ ITC Report, which is included with this notice, the ITC is revising the TSCA section 4(e) Priority Testing List by removing 22 chemicals. Phenol, 4-(1,1- dimethylethyl)- is being removed because a recently submitted reproductive effects study meets ITC's data needs. Five tungsten compounds and 16 chemicals with insufficient dermal absorption rate data are being removed because their production volumes or worker numbers indicate low potential for occupational exposures.
Draft Guidance for Munitions and Explosives of Concern Hazard Assessment
Document Number: E7-835
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the availability of the Draft Guidance for Munitions and Explosive of Concern Hazard Assessment (Guidance) for public comment. The Guidance was jointly developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Defense, Department of the Interior, and Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials. The Guidance is available to support a recommended method for evaluating explosive safety hazards at military munitions response sites. It also presents approaches to support the evaluation of the effects of removal and remedial actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Restoration, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) regarding explosive hazards at munitions response sites. EPA is providing the public an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Guidance. The Guidance, comment form, and related materials can be found on EPA's Web site at https://www.epa.gov/fedfac/documents/ hazardassesswrkgrp.htm.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Anna Maria, FL
Document Number: E7-832
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is changing the operating regulations governing the Cortez (SR 684) Bridge and the Anna Maria (SR 64) (Manatee Avenue West) Bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, miles 87.4 and 89.2 in Anna Maria, Manatee County, Florida. This rule will require the drawbridges to open on signal, except during daytime hours when the bridge will be on a 30-minute schedule during the winter months and a 20-minute schedule for all other months.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for New Information Collection
Document Number: E7-831
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a new information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on November 3rd, 2006. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Document Number: E7-830
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings, in Portland, OR.
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); Public Meeting
Document Number: E7-829
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Joint Canada-U.S. Review Panel for Pacific hake / Whiting will hold a work session which is open to the public.
Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook
Document Number: E7-827
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is re-opening the public comment period for the draft document titled, ``Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook'' (EPA/600/ R-06/096A). The document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and Development. On October 6, 2006, EPA published a Federal Register notice (71 FR 59107) announcing a 60-day public comment period that ended December 5, 2006. EPA is re-opening the public comment period for an additional 30 days in response to requests to extend the comment period. The Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook provides a summary of statistical data on various exposure factors used in assessing children's exposures. This Handbook serves as a resource for exposure assessors for calculating children's exposures. These factors include: drinking water consumption, soil ingestion and mouthing behavior, inhalation rates, dermal factors including skin surface area and soil adherence factors, consumption of retail and home-grown foods, breast milk intake, and activity pattern data. An interim final version of this handbook was published in 2002. The updated version provides analysis of exposure factors data using the age groups for children as recommended in the EPA document entitled, ``Guidance on Selecting Age Groups for Monitoring and Assessing Childhood Exposures to Environmental Contaminants'' (EPA/630/P-03/003F) (Available on line at https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=146583). As previously stated in 71 FR 59107, EPA is releasing the draft ``Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook'' solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. EPA will consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice when revising the document.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundries (Renewal) EPA ICR Number 2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0543
Document Number: E7-825
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-824
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-823
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
International Trade Administration, North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews
Document Number: E7-822
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On January 17, 2007 the binational panel issued its decision in the review of the final results of the sunset review of antidumping order made by the International Trade Administration, respecting Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico, NAFTA Secretariat File Number USA- MEX-2001-1904-03. The binational panel issued its fourth remand of the International Trade Administration's re-determination on remand. Copies of the panel decision are available from the U.S. Section of the NAFTA Secretariat.
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 8 of the Clayton Act
Document Number: E7-821
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required by the 1990 amendment of Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 prohibits, with certain exceptions, one person from serving as a director or officer of two competing corporations if two thresholds are met. Competitor corporations are covered by Section 8 if each one has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000, with the exception that no corporation is covered if the competitive sales of either corporation are less than $1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the Federal Trade Commission to revise those thresholds annually, based on the change in gross national product. The new thresholds, which take effect immediately, are $24,001,000 for Section 8(a)(1), and $2,400,100 for Section 8(a)(2)(A).
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Other Solid Waste Incineration Units: Reconsideration
Document Number: E7-820
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On December 16, 2005, EPA published final rules entitled, ``Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Other Solid Waste Incineration Units.'' Following that final action, the Administrator received a petition for reconsideration. In response to the petition, on June 28, 2006, EPA announced our reconsideration of whether SSI should be excluded from the other solid waste incineration units (OSWI) rules and requested comment on this issue. After carefully considering all of the comments and information received through our reconsideration process, we have concluded that no additional changes are necessary to the final OSWI rules. With respect to all other issues raised by the petitioner, we deny the request for reconsideration.
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act
Document Number: E7-819
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 required by the 2000 amendment of Section 7A of the Clayton Act. Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, Pub. L. 94-435, 90 Stat. 1390 (``the Act''), requires all persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions, which meet or exceed the jurisdictional thresholds in the Act, to file notification with the Commission and the Assistant Attorney General and to wait a designated period of time before consummating such transactions. Section 7A(a)(2) requires the Federal Trade Commission to revise those thresholds annually, based on the change in gross national product, in accordance with Section 8(a)(5). The new thresholds, which take effect 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, are as follows:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Plastic Parts and Products Surface (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 2044.03; OMB Control Number 2060-0537
Document Number: E7-817
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Magnesium Refining (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 2098.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0536
Document Number: E7-816
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval: Comment Request: National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Modification and Variance Requests: EPA ICR Number 0234.09, OMB Control Number 2080-0021; Correction
Document Number: E7-815
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA published Federal Register on January 3, 2007 (72 FR 130- 132), requesting comments and information on specific aspects of the proposed information collection to enable it to evaluate the impact of the Discharge Monitoring Report-Quality Assurance (DMR-QA) program on the Clean Water Act's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permittees. The document contains an incorrect heading. Deadline for seeking public comment has been extended to March 15, 2007.
Seaway Regulations and Rules: Periodic Update, Various Categories
Document Number: E7-814
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Department of Transportation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the SLSMC, the SLSDC is amending the joint regulations by updating the Seaway Regulations and Rules in various categories. The changes update the following sections of the Regulation and Rules: Condition of Vessels; Preclearance and Security for Tolls; Seaway Navigation; Dangerous Cargo; and, General. These amendments are necessary to take account of updated procedures and will enhance the safety of transits through the Seaway. Several of the amendments are merely editorial or for clarification of existing requirements.
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Missile Launch Operations from San Nicolas Island, CA
Document Number: E7-813
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization (LOA) to take three species of marine mammals incidental to missile launch operations from San Nicolas Island, CA (SNI) has been issued to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWC-WD), Point Mugu, CA.
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; On-ice Geotechnical Operations in the Beaufort Sea
Document Number: E7-812
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS has received an application from ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc (CPAI) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting on-ice geotechnical operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and State of Alaska leases in the U.S. Beaufort Sea in spring 2007. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an authorization to CPAI to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of ringed seals for a limited period during the proposed project period.
Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Hawaiian Monk Seal
Document Number: E7-811
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces a 5- year review of the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. The Hawaiian monk seal was listed as a threatened species under the ESA on November 23, 1976. On April 30, 1986, critical habitat was designated at all beach areas, lagoon waters, and ocean waters out to a depth of 10 fathoms around Kure Atoll, Midway, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Island, Laysan Island, Gardner Pinnacles, French Frigate Shoals, Necker Island and Nihoa Island; critical habitat was extended to include Maro Reef and waters around all habitat out to the 20 fathom isobath on May 26, 1988. A 5-year review is a periodic process conducted to ensure that the listing classification of a species is accurate. A 5-year review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information on Hawaiian monk seals that has become available since their original listing as an endangered species in 1976. Based on the results of this 5-year review, we will make the requisite findings under the ESA.
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP): Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (EU) and Loss of GSP Eligibility
Document Number: E7-809
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative, Trade Representative, Office of United States, Executive Office of the President
As a result of becoming EU Member States on January 1, 2007, Bulgaria and Romania are no longer designated as beneficiary developing countries under the U.S. GSP program, effective as of that date.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-807
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Education
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: E7-806
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Education
The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Membership in a Registered Futures Association
Document Number: E7-805
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') has amended its regulations to require that all persons registered with the Commission as futures commission merchants (``FCMs''), subject to an exception for certain notice-registered securities brokers or dealers (``BDs''), must become and remain members of at least one registered futures association (``RFA''). This action is consistent with the regulatory philosophy underlying the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (``CFMA'').
Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget Approval; Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff on Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Automated Blood Cell Separator Device Operating by Centrifugal or Filtration Separation Principle
Document Number: E7-804
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a collection of information entitled ``Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff on Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Automated Blood Cell Separator Device Operating by Centrifugal or Filtration Separation Principle'' has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-803
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Oriental Fruit Fly; Addition and Removal of Quarantined Areas in California
Document Number: E7-801
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are amending the Oriental fruit fly regulations by adding the Santa Ana area of Orange County, CA, to the list of quarantined areas and restricting the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. In addition, we are removing a portion of San Bernardino County, CA, from the list of quarantined areas and removing restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from that area. These actions are necessary to prevent the artificial spread of Oriental fruit fly to noninfested areas of the United States and to remove restrictions that are no longer necessary on the interstate movement of regulated articles from areas where Oriental fruit fly has been eradicated.
Pueblo of Pojoaque Liquor Control Act
Document Number: E7-797
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs Bureau
This notice publishes the Pueblo of Pojoaque Liquor Control Act. The Act regulates and controls the possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Pueblo of Pojoaque Indian Reservation. The reservation is located on trust land and this Act allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the exterior boundaries of the Pueblo of Pojoaque Indian Reservation. This Act will increase the ability of the tribal government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within their reservation, and at the same time will provide an important source of revenue and strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal services.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation
Document Number: E7-795
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Review of Diagnostic Tests Available for the Detection of Tuberculosis in Imported Nonhuman Primates Undergoing Federal Quarantine
Document Number: E7-794
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces a public meeting on the subject of tuberculosis detection in imported nonhuman primates. The purpose of the meeting is to review current Institute of Laboratory Animal Research recommendations and compare newer diagnostic tests available for tuberculosis testing in nonhuman primates.
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Document Number: E7-792
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the preparation of a Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). We intend to gather the information necessary for preparing the CCP and EA pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. We are providing this notice to advise other Federal and State agencies and the public of our intention to conduct detailed planning on this refuge, and to obtain suggestions and information on the scope of issues to include in the environmental document. We will involve the public through open houses, informational and technical meetings, and written comments. Special mailings, newspaper articles, and announcements will provide information about opportunities for public involvement in the planning process.
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice
Document Number: E7-790
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments
Document Number: E7-789
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of FERC Staff Attendance
Document Number: E7-788
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing
Document Number: E7-787
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Indicated Shippers v. Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing
Document Number: E7-785
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Notice of Compliance Filing
Document Number: E7-784
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Termination of License by Implied Surrender and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene
Document Number: E7-783
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application for Shoreline Management Plan and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
Document Number: E7-782
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-01-22
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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