August 27, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2007-08-27-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2007-08-27
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; New Hurricane Education Recovery Awards
Document Number: E7-17019
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Education
On July 16, 2007, we published in the Federal Register (72 FR 38827) a notice inviting applications for the New Hurricane Education Recovery Awards for FY 2007 competition. That notice established an August 17, 2007 deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for this funding. Only applicants who timely submitted a pre-application and received an e-mail from the Department with the applicant's calculated allotment for an award were eligible to submit a full application by the August 17, 2007 deadline. In order to afford as many eligible applicants who timely submitted pre-applications as possible an opportunity to receive funding, we are reopening the New Hurricane Education Recovery Awards FY 2007 competition to eligible applicants who timely submitted a pre- application and received an e-mail from the Department with the applicant's calculated allotment for an award. Accordingly, the DATES section is updated as follows.
Notice of Agency Meeting
Document Number: E7-16968
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1975.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0548
Document Number: E7-16924
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
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.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries, Catalytic Cracking, Reforming and Sulfur Units (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1844.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0554
Document Number: E7-16922
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
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.
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: E7-16920
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Availability of SBA Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2008-2012 and Request for Public Comment
Document Number: E7-16917
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice announces the availability of the Small Business Administration's draft Strategic Plan. The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 requires that Federal agencies update their strategic plans every three years and, in doing so, solicit the views and suggestions of those entities potentially affected by or interested in the plan. Therefore, the Agency is interested in receiving comments on our draft Strategic Plan.
Sixth Public Meeting for Reclamation's Managing for Excellence
Document Number: E7-16916
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation Bureau
The Bureau of Reclamation is holding a meeting to inform the public about the Managing for Excellence project. This meeting is the third to be held in 2007 to inform the public about the action items, progress, and results of the Managing for Excellence project and to seek broad public input and feedback. Subsequent meetings are anticipated and will be held in collaboration with the public.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-16915
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: E7-16914
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the 2007 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 630 of the GOA.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1442.19, OMB Control Number 2050-0085
Document Number: E7-16913
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
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.
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
Document Number: E7-16907
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Labor
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Montana; Correction
Document Number: E7-16905
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The Bureau of Land Management published a Notice of Proposed Legislative Withdrawal in the Federal Register on August 7, 2007. The document contained an incorrect legal description.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff, Announces the Following Meeting
Document Number: E7-16903
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E7-16901
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of State
The Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation will meet in the Department of State, 2201 ``C'' Street NW., Washington, DC, September 24-25, 2007, in Conference Room 1498. Prior notification and a valid government-issued photo ID (such as driver's license, passport, U.S. government or military ID) are required for entrance into the building. Members of the public planning to attend must notify Steven Galpern, Office of the Historian (202-663-1130) no later than September 20, 2007 to provide date of birth, valid government-issued photo identification number and type (such as driver's license number/state, passport number/country, or U.S. government ID number/agency or military ID number/branch), and relevant telephone numbers. If you cannot provide one of the enumerated forms of ID, please consult with Steven Galpern for acceptable alternative forms of picture identification. The Committee will meet in open session from 1:30 p.m. through 3 p.m. on Monday, September 24, 2007, in the Department of State, 2201 ``C'' Street, NW., Washington, DC, in Conference Room 1498, to discuss declassification and transfer of Department of State records to the National Archives and Records Administration and the status of the Foreign Relations series. The remainder of the Committee's sessions from 3:15 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, September 24, 2007, and 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, will be closed in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). The agenda calls for discussions of agency declassification decisions concerning the Foreign Relations series and other declassification issues. These are matters not subject to public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and the public interest requires that such activities be withheld from disclosure. Questions concerning the meeting should be directed to Marc J. Susser, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, Department of State, Office of the Historian, Washington, DC, 20520, telephone (202) 663-1123, (e-mail history@state.gov).
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: DS-156, Nonimmigrant Visa Application, OMB Control Number 1405-0018
Document Number: E7-16900
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Title of Information Collection: Nonimmigrant Visa Application. OMB Control Number: 1405-0018. Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection. Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA/VO). Form Number: DS-156. Respondents: Nonimmigrant visa applicants. Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,000,000. Estimated Number of Responses: 12,000,000. Average Hours Per Response: 1 hour. Total Estimated Burden: 12,000,000 hours per year. Frequency: Once per respondent. Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2008 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
Document Number: E7-16896
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing an exemption to the phaseout of methyl bromide to meet the needs of 2008 critical uses. Specifically, EPA is proposing uses that qualify for the 2008 critical use exemption and the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced, imported, or supplied from existing stocks for those uses in 2008. EPA is taking action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect recent consensus decisions taken by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) at the 18th Meeting of the Parties (MOP). EPA is seeking comment on the list of critical uses and on EPA's determination of the amounts of methyl bromide needed to satisfy those uses.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-16895
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
The EIA has submitted the energy information collection Form EIA-871A/J, ``Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement under section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: E7-16894
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Justice
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the United States Marshals Service (USMS), Department of Justice, is issuing public notice of its proposal to modify a system of records entitled, ``U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Records, JUSTICE/USM-015.'' This notice was last published in the Federal Register in full on November 8, 1999, at 64 FR 60832, 47; and modified in part on January 31, 2001, at 66 FR 8425 and on January 25, 2007, at 72 FR 3410.
Preparation for International Conference on Harmonization Meetings in Yokohama, Japan; Public Meeting; Correction
Document Number: E7-16892
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal Register on August 13, 2007 (72 FR 45250). The document announced a public meeting entitled ``Preparation for ICH meetings in Yokohama, Japan'' to provide information and receive comments on the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) as well as the upcoming meetings in Yokohama, Japan. The topics to be discussed are the topics for discussion at the forthcoming ICH Steering Committee Meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit public input prior to the next Steering Committee and Expert Working Groups meetings in Yokohama, Japan, October 27 through November 1, 2007, at which discussion of the topics underway and the future of ICH will continue.
Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model DA 42 Airplanes
Document Number: E7-16891
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-08-27
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) originated 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:
Government National Mortgage Association: Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) Program-Payments to Securityholders; Book-Entry Procedures; and Financial Reporting
Document Number: E7-16890
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
On May 7, 2007, the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) published a proposed rule that would restrict the issuance of physical certificates representing Ginnie Mae mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and clarify that book-entry securities may be withdrawn from the Federal Reserve book-entry system after Ginnie Mae has approved a request for physical certificates, also known as definitive securities, in the same amount. The rule also proposed to eliminate the requirement for a classified balance sheet. Ginnie Mae did not receive any public comments on this rule. Ginnie Mae is adopting, at this final rule stage, the proposed rule without change.
Sun Chemical Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E7-16889
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: E7-16882
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-16880
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Clarification of Section 6411 Regulations
Document Number: E7-16878
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final and temporary regulations clarifying that for purposes of allowing a tentative adjustment, the IRS may credit or reduce the tentative adjustment by an assessed tax liability, whether or not that tax liability was assessed before the date the application for tentative carryback was filed, and other unassessed tax liabilities in certain other circumstances. The portions of this document that are final regulations provide technical revisions that remove all references to IRS district director and service center director, as those positions no longer exist within the IRS. The offices of the district director and service center director were eliminated by the IRS reorganization implemented pursuant to the IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998. The text of the temporary regulations serves as the text of the proposed regulations, set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking on this subject in the Proposed Rules section in this issue of the Federal Register.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings (Addendum)
Document Number: E7-16877
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In addition to the items noted in the earlier Notice for the September 17-21, 2007 meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), the full Council will also consider a control date for the commercial dolphin/wahoo sector and the Council will take action as appropriate.
Clarification to Section 6411 Regulations
Document Number: E7-16876
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the computation and allowance of the tentative carryback adjustment under section 6411 of the Internal Revenue Code. Those temporary regulations clarify that for purposes of allowing the tentative adjustment, the IRS may credit or reduce the tentative adjustment by an assessed tax liability, whether or not that tax liability was assessed before the date the application for tentative carryback is filed, and other unassessed liabilities in certain other circumstances. Those regulations also remove all references to IRS district director or service center director, as these positions no longer exist within the IRS. The offices of the district director and service center director were eliminated by the IRS reorganization implemented pursuant to the IRS Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998. The text of the temporary regulations serves as the text of these proposed regulations.
Atlantic Sea Island Group LLC, Safe Harbor Energy Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application
Document Number: E7-16875
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration announce that they have received an application for the licensing of a natural gas deepwater port, and that the application appears to contain the required information. This notice summarizes the applicant's plans and the procedures that will be followed in considering the application.
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-16874
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-16873
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Application for Conveyance of Federal Mineral Interests, Pima County, AZ
Document Number: E7-16872
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
The surface owner of the lands described in this notice, aggregating approximately 320.00 acres, has filed an application for the purchase of the federally owned mineral interests in the lands. Publication of this notice temporarily segregates the mineral interest from appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining law.
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-16871
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-16870
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
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.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-16869
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
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.
Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines; Notice of Meeting Cancellation
Document Number: E7-16868
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
CSX Transportation, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Portsmouth County, VA
Document Number: E7-16867
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)
Document Number: E7-16866
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Document Number: E7-16865
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and Recommendations
Document Number: E7-16864
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-08-27
Agency: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved information collection.
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