April 23, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

NOAA publishes this notice to change the funding amounts, year of funds, the approximate range of awards that will be made, and the earliest start dates of awards for the solicitation ``FR 2007 Regional Integrated Ocean Observing System Development,'' which was originally announced in the Federal Register on December 27, 2006. This notice applies to only those applicants who have already submitted letters of intent and who have been invited to submit full proposals.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the Noise Exposure Maps submitted by the City of Atlanta for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et. seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements. The FAA also announces that it is reviewing a proposed Noise Compatibility Program that was submitted for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport under Part 150 in conjunction with the Noise Exposure Map, and that this program will be approved or disapproved on or before October 7, 2007.

The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 207, Airport Security Access Control Systems.

The FAA hereby provides notice of intent to execute an agreement with the City of Pompano Beach, Florida, to formally release certain airport properties, 295.7 acres, at the Pompano Beach Airpark, Pompano Beach, FL from the conditions, reservations, and restrictions as contained in a Quitclaim Deed agreement between the FAA and the City of Pompano Beach, dated August 29, 1947, and correctional Quitclaim Deed dated December 18, 1947, and supplemental Quitclaim Deed dated June 24, 1948; and approve interim non-aeronautical uses for certain other airport properties, 250 acres, at the Pompano Beach Airpark, Pompano Beach, FL. The release of property from the conditions, reservations, and restrictions as contained in the Quitclaim Deed agreements will allow the City of Pompano Beach to make a one-time payment, per parcel being formally released, to the Airport Capital Improvement Fund to permit use of the properties for municipal purposes without further compensation to the airport. The City will make periodic deposits into the fund until there are adequate funds to make a one-time payment per parcel. Compensation for each property will be provided in this manner. For parcels being used for interim, non- aeronautical purposes, the City will compensate the airport based on current fair market rental value. Revenues produced by interim uses will be deposited into a separate Airport Enterprise Fund. These funds must be used for airport purposes. The property is located in the City of Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida. The parcels are currently designated as both aeronautical and non-aeronautical uses. The properties to be formally released to the City of Pompano Beach are expected to remain municipal uses. FAA has agreed that the property value for the formal releases will be determined through historical appraisals of lands based on the year they were developed for municipal use. Interest will be assessed on each property in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(o) at a fixed rate from the date the property was converted to a non-aeronautical, municipal use to the date the city makes its one-time payment to the Airport Capital Improvement Fund. Funds received through the release of airport properties will be subsequently reinvested in airport capital improvements, as mutually agreed upon by the FAA and the City. Documents reflecting the Sponsor's request and the draft agreement are available, by appointment only, for inspection at the City of Pompano Beach municipal offices and the FAA Orlando Airports District Office.

The OCC, the Board, the FDIC, and the OTS (the Agencies) have prepared this report pursuant to section 37(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Section 37(c) requires the Agencies to jointly submit an annual report to the Committee on Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the United States Senate describing differences between the capital and accounting standards used by the Agencies. The report must be published in the Federal Register.

The United States faces serious public health threats from the deliberate use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN)by hostile States or terrorists, and from naturally emerging infectious diseases that have a potential to cause illness on a scale that could adversely impact national security. Effective strategies to prevent, mitigate, and treat the consequences of CBRN threats is an integral component of our national security strategy. To that end, the United States must be able to rapidly develop, stockpile, and deploy effective medical countermeasures to protect the American people. The HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) has taken a holistic, end-to-end approach that considers multiple aspects of the medical countermeasures mission including research, development, acquisition, storage, maintenance, deployment, and guidance for utilization. Phase one of this approach established the HHS PHEMCE Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats (HHS PHEMCE Strategy). The HHS PHEMCE Strategy, published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2007, described a framework of strategic policy goals and objectives for identifying medical countermeasure requirements and establishing priorities for medical countermeasure evaluation, development and acquisition. These strategic policy goals and objectives were used to establish the Four Pillars upon which this HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Implementation Plan (HHS PHEMCE Implementation Plan) is based. The HHS PHEMCE Implementation Plan considers the full spectrum of medical countermeasures-related activities, including research, development, acquisition, storage/maintenance, deployment, and utilization. The HHS PHEMCE Implementation Plan is consistent with the President's Biodefense for the 21st Century and is aligned with the National Strategy for Medical Countermeasures against Weapons of Mass Destruction.

NMFS issues this final rule to implement measures to modify the existing reporting and recordkeeping requirements for federally permitted seafood dealers/processors, and the observer requirements for participating hagfish vessels. The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) requested that this information collection program be developed to gather additional information on the unique aspects of the hagfish fishery and its interaction with other federally managed fisheries. The information collected from fishery participants (dealers/processors and vessels) will help the Council potentially develop a Hagfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP).

As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, Washington, established by the Secretary of the Interior, will hold a public meeting. The purpose of the Conservation Advisory Group is to provide technical advice and counsel to the Secretary of the Interior and Washington State on the structure, implementation, and oversight of the Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Program.