February 2, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) originally published a Federal Register notice on July 26, 2006 soliciting competitive applications for operators of the Cleveland Minority Business Enterprise Center (Cleveland MBEC) and the Queens Minority Business Enterprise Center (Queens MBEC) under its Minority Business Enterprise Center program. However, due to the lack of responsive applications, the Cleveland MBEC and the Queens MBEC competitions were deemed unsuccessful by MBDA. In accordance with 15 U.S.C. 1512 and Executive Order 11625, this notice re-solicits competitive applications for operators of the Cleveland MBEC and the Queens MBEC. This notice supersedes in its entirety the original competitive solicitation notice for these two projects. Responsibility for ensuring that applications are complete and received by MBDA on time is the sole responsibility of the Applicant. Applications that do not meet the requirements of this notice will be rejected.

HUD proposes to establish a new record system to add to its inventory of systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed new system of records identified as HUD/CFO-02, entitled Audit Resolution and Corrective Action Tracking System (ARCATS, P136) will be used by the HUD to track and monitor Audits and Recommendations issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and will reflect the disposition of funds granted, loaned, or administered for key Audits resolutions for the Department.

FMCSA announces that it has received from Quality Driveaway, Inc. (Quality) an application for an exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations regarding maximum driving time for drivers of passenger-carrying vehicles. The exemption would allow Quality drivers delivering new buses without any passengers to be governed by the hours-of-service (HOS) requirements for drivers of property- carrying vehicles. Quality states that the level of safety will be equivalent or greater than the level of safety that would be obtained by complying with the HOS regulations for drivers of passenger-carrying vehicles. FMCSA requests public comment on Quality's application for exemption.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that SUSTIVA (efavirenz) 300-milligram (mg) tablets were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. This determination will allow FDA to approve abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for efavirenz 300-mg tablets, if all other legal and regulatory requirements are met.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary dates. In accordance with our regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department also received a request to revoke one antidumping duty order in part.

The Department of the Navy is altering systems of records notices in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is issuing new regulations to relieve certain categories of individuals from the requirement to undergo fingerprinting, identification, and criminal history records checks under section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, (AEA) before being permitted unescorted access to radioactive materials or other property subject to regulation by the Commission that the Commission determines to be of such significance to the public health and safety or the common defense and security as to warrant such checks.

EPA expressed environmental concerns about cumulative impacts and mitigation. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060378, ERP No. D-NPS-A84030-00, ProgrammaticService-wide Benefits Sharing Project, To Clarify the Rights and Responsibilities of Researchers and National Park Service (NPS) Management in Connection with the Use of Valuable Discoveries, Inventions, and Other Developments, across the United States. Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative. Rating LO. EIS No. 20060413, ERP No. D-FTA-E59003-FL, ProgrammaticSouth Florida East Coast Corridor Transit Analysis Study Tier 1, To Address Transportation Demand, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, FL. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about the impacts to aquatic resources (wetlands, streams, sole source aquifers, and aquatic preserves), communities, archeological and historic properties, and contaminated sites, and noise impacts. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060415, ERP No. D-USA-J11023-CO, Fort Carson Transformation Program, Implementation, Base Realignment and Closure Activities, Fort Carson, El Paso, Pueblo and Fremont Counties, CO. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to water quality, air quality and biological resources, and requested additional information on these impacts and mitigation measures to reduced impacts. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060437, ERP No. D-NRS-D36122-WV, Dunloup Creek Watershed Plan, Voluntary Floodplain Buyout, Implementation, West Virginia Third Congressional District, Fayette and Raleigh Counties, WV. Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO. EIS No. 20060440, ERP No. D-GSA-D81037-VA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Central Records Complex, Site Selection and Construction, Winchester, Frederick County, VA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concern about potential water resource impacts. Rating EC1. EIS No. 20060455, ERP No. D-WPA-K05063-AZ, San Luis Rio Colorado Project, Construct, Operate, Maintain, and Connect a Double-Circuited 500,000-volt Electric Transmission Line, Right-of-Way Grant and Presidential Permit, (DOE/EIS-0395) Yuma County, AZ. Summary: EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO. EIS No. 20060475, ERP No. D-SFW-G64013-TX, Texas Chenier Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Development of a 15-Year Management Plan (Comprehensive Conservation Plan) for Refuge Complex, and Expansion of the Approval Land Acquisition Boundaries (Land Protection Plan) for the Four Refuges: Moody, Anahuac, McFaddin and Texas Point National Wildlife Refuges, Chambers, Jefferson and Galveston Counties, TX. Summary: EPA does not object to the preferred alternative. Rating LO. EIS No. 20060478, ERP No. D-COE-K39102-CA, Success Dam Seismic Remediation Dam Safety Project, Proposes To Remediate Deficiencies in the Dam's Foundation, Tulare River, Tulare County, CA. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about impacts to air quality and aquatic resources, and requested additional information on the alternatives analysis and mitigation for impacts to water resources and fisheries. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060494, ERP No. D-DOE-D09801-WV, Western Greenbier Co- Production Demonstration Project, Construction and Demonstration of a 98 megawatt (MWe) Net Power Plant and Ash Byproduct Manufacturing Facility, Rainelle, WV. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about water resource impacts, coal refuse pile restoration activity, and ash management. Rating EC2. EIS No. 20060247, ERP No. DS-FTA-E40775-FL, Miami North Corridor Project, Updated Information, Transit Improvement between NW 62 Street at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Station and NW 215th Street at the Dade/ Broward Counties Line, Funding, Dade County, FL. Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns about noise and contamination impacts as well as impacts related to relocations. In addition, EPA recommends that mitigation measures be documented in the FEIS as project commitments. Rating EC2.

This action announces the date, time and place for a public hearing on the Proposed Rulemaking entitled ``Extension of the Reformulated Gasoline Program to the East St. Louis, Illinois Ozone Nonattainment Area'' published on December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77690).

Pursuant to 30 CFR 230.8, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is issuing this Notice to document emergency actions and set forth the steps to be taken in the future to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Wolf Creek Dam impounds Lake Cumberland in south central Kentucky. Several engineering studies have identified a high level of risk at Wolf Creek Dam. Accordingly, on January 19, 2007, the Corps made the decision to take emergency action and begin lowering the lake level to ease the stress on the dam's foundation until repairs can be effected. This action has been taken to reduce risk to the public's safety and welfare. The temporary target elevation will be 680 feet above mean sea level (msl) at Wolf Creek Dam. This elevation was selected because it provides the greatest reduction in stress to the dam without creating other public health and safety concerns. This operation will be in effect until repair of the dam or new information allows the pool elevation to be raised. This pool elevation may also drop if worsening conditions create the need for even further lowering of the pool. The Corps believes that the need for action regarding the Wolf Creek Dam is so urgent and compelling that there is no time to follow the usual NEPA procedures before the Corps makes decisions and begins to implement them. The Corps is, therefore, invoking its authority ``Emergency Actions'' under 33 CFR 230.8 and declaring an emergency, making decisions, and taking necessary actions accordingly. The Corps has consulted the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regarding alternative arrangements under NEPA pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.11. This notice serves to initiate the NEPA process. The Corps plans to prepare and circulate an EIS which serves to cover any actions it deems necessary during the repair of the dam's foundation.

Applicant seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On June 18, 2005, applicant made a liquidating distribution to its shareholders, based on net asset value. Expenses of $32,088 incurred in connection with the liquidation were paid by applicant. Filing Date: The application was filed on January 11, 2007. Applicant's Address: One Federal St., Boston, MA 02110.

This action adds to the Procurement List services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that the draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Souris River Basin National Wildlife Refuges (Refuges) is available. This draft CCP/EA describes how the Service intends to manage these Refuges for the next 15 years. We request public comment.

The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is currently conducting a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated truck manifest data. This document announces a new group, or cluster, of ports to be deployed for this test.

This supplemental NPRM revises an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for PW JT9D-7R4G2 series turbofan engines. That proposed AD would have required replacing the old configuration 2nd stage high pressure turbine (HPT) air seal assembly with a new design 2nd stage HPT air seal assembly that increases cooling air flow. That proposed AD resulted from a report of an uncontained failure of the 2nd stage HPT air seal assembly, caused by the air seal assembly brace disengaging from the air seal, due to insufficient cooling air flow. This supplemental NPRM revises the proposed AD by proposing to include additional models of the PW JT9D-7R4 turbofan engines in the applicability, requiring a visual and a fluorescent penetrant inspection of the air seal assembly, replacing the 2nd stage HPT vane assemblies, and reopening the comment period. This NPRM results from comments to the proposed AD. We are proposing this AD to prevent uncontained failure of the 2nd stage HPT air seal assembly, leading to engine in-flight shutdown and damage to the airplane.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dated 01/25/2007. Incident: Fire. Incident Period: 01/11/2007. Effective Date: 01/25/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/26/2007. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/25/2007.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 500, by revising paragraph (b)(5) of Sec. 500.586 to prohibit U.S. persons from registering vessels in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (``North Korea''), or from otherwise obtaining authorization for a vessel to fly the North Korean flag. This paragraph already prohibits U.S. persons from owning, leasing, operating, or insuring any North Korean-flagged vessel.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc Trawl Individual Quota Committee (TIQC) will hold a working meeting, which is open to the public.

The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR schedule through 2012; consider modifications to the SEDAR process; review research and monitoring needs; and discuss a process for addressing post-review assessment corrections.