September 19, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2007-09-19-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2007-09-19
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-18568
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
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.
Research Plan for Dosimetric and Toxicologic Assessment of Amphibole Asbestos Fiber-Containing Materials From Libby, MI
Document Number: E7-18521
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This action announces a plan for a series of research projects aimed at addressing the toxicological effects and dosimetry of amphibole asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from Libby, Montana (referred to here as Libby amphibole). Although available human data establish the toxicity of asbestos, and preliminary dose response analyses for Libby amphibole have been developed, these estimates can be refined by addressing some of the key uncertainties that exist due to gaps in our understanding or lack of quantitative descriptions of internal dosimetry and toxicological effects. This planned set of projects is aimed at addressing these gaps and providing tools for quantitative characterization, including a comparative analysis of the toxicity of Libby amphibole relative to asbestos fibers and asbestos- like mineral occurrences. Other key areas of research will also inform the risk assessment, including inherent toxicity of Libby amphibole relative to other forms of asbestos and differential susceptibility, including that of different life stages. EPA conducted an internal and external review of the research plan and has documented the responses to comments.
Gulf Opportunity Pilot Loan Program (GO Loan Pilot)
Document Number: E7-18520
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice announces the extension of the ``Notice of waiver of regulatory provisions'' for SBA's GO Loan Pilot until September 30, 2008. Due to the scope and magnitude of the devastation to Presidentially-declared disaster areas resulting from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Agency is extending its full guaranty and streamlined and centralized loan processing available through the GO Loan Pilot to the small businesses in the eligible parishes/counties through September 30, 2008.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-18519
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Listing of Fish Advisories (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1959.03, OMB Control Number 2040-0226
Document Number: E7-18517
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
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: E7-18516
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
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.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1687.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0314
Document Number: E7-18513
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
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 OMB Responses
Document Number: E7-18511
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Amitraz, Atrazine, Ethephon, Ferbam, Lindane, Propachlor, and Simazine; Tolerance Actions
Document Number: E7-18508
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is revoking certain tolerances for the insecticides amitraz and lindane; the herbicides atrazine, propachlor, and simazine; the plant growth regulator ethephon; and the fungicide ferbam. Also, EPA is modifying certain tolerances for the herbicide atrazine, propachlor, and simazine; the insecticide amitraz; the plant growth regulator ethephon; and the fungicide ferbam. In addition, EPA is establishing new tolerances for the herbicide atrazine and the plant growth regulator ethephon. The regulatory actions finalized in this document are in follow-up to the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and tolerance reassessment program under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q).
Government-Furnished Headstone and Marker Regulations
Document Number: E7-18503
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
This final rule amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations applicable to Government-furnished headstones or markers for placement in a national, State veterans, or private cemetery. The final rule specifies that a veteran's spouse or surviving spouse, whose remains are unavailable for burial, and who died after November 11, 1998, is eligible for a memorial headstone or marker for placement in a national or State veterans cemetery. This final rule also specifies that a veteran's dependent child, whose remains are unavailable for burial, and who died after December 22, 2006, is eligible for a memorial headstone or marker for placement in a national or State veterans cemetery. Lastly, this final rule extends for 1 year the authority to provide a Government-furnished headstone or marker for already marked graves of eligible veterans whose deaths occurred on or after September 11, 2001, for placement in private cemeteries. This final rule is necessary to incorporate statutory amendments into VA regulations.
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
Document Number: E7-18502
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 38 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). One of these chemical substances is also subject to a TSCA section 5(e) consent order issued by EPA. This action requires persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process any of these 38 chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification will provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs.
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E7-18497
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Chloroneb, Cypermethrin, Methidathion, Nitrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen, Pirimiphos-methyl, Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thidiazuron, and Tribuphos; Tolerance Actions
Document Number: E7-18496
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is revoking certain tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb and thiabendazole; the herbicide sulfosate; the defoliant thidiazuron; the insecticides cypermethrin, methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil microbiocide nitrapyrin. Also, EPA is modifying certain tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb and thiabendazole; the herbicides oxyfluorfen and tebuthiuron; the defoliants thidiazuron and tribuphos; the insecticides cypermethrin, methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil microbiocide nitrapyrin. In addition, EPA is establishing new tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb and thiabendazole; the herbicide oxyfluorfen; the defoliants thidiazuron and tribuphos; the insecticides cypermethrin, methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil microbiocide nitrapyrin. The regulatory actions finalized in this document are in follow-up to the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and tolerance reassessment program under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q).
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: E7-18493
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Telecommunications Act Accessibility Guidelines; Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards
Document Number: E7-18492
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Agencies and Commissions
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) has established a Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (Committee) to assist it in revising and updating accessibility guidelines for telecommunications products and accessibility standards for electronic and information technology. This notice announces the dates and times of four upcoming conference calls.
Access to Confidential Business Information by Computer Sciences Corporation and its Identified Subcontractors
Document Number: E7-18491
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has extended the contract until September 30, 2008, by which its authorized contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Chantilly, VA and its subcontractors, will access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI). Authority exists under the contract to extend it until September 30, 2009. If the contract is extended until September 30, 2009, CBI access will continue until that date.
Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Third Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E7-18490
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam''). See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 68 FR 47909 (August 12, 2003) (``Order''). We preliminarily find that QVD Food Company Ltd. (``QVD'') sold subject merchandise at less than normal value (``NV'') during the period of review (``POR''), August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006. We also preliminarily determine that East Sea Seafoods Joint Venture Co., Ltd. (``East Sea'') has not made sales in the United States at prices below normal value. We continue to find that certain frozen fish fillets produced during the expanded POR \1\ by Lian Heng Investment Co., Ltd. and Lian Heng Trading Co., Ltd. (collectively ``Lian Heng'') were made from Vietnamese-origin fish and therefore, are covered by this review. In addition, we are preliminarily rescinding the review for nine companies \2\ which reported having no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. We are also preliminarily rescinding the review for an affiliate of QVD, QVD Dong Thap Food Co., Ltd. (``QVD Dong Thap''), because QVD reported that QVD Dong Thap did not ship any subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.\3\ Finally, we continue to apply an adverse facts available rate of 80.88 percent to Can Tho Agricultural and Animal Products Import Export Company (``CATACO'') because it failed to respond to the Department's two quantity and value questionnaires. If these preliminary results are adopted in our final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which the importer-specific assessment rates are above de minimis.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Gulf of Alaska, Seabird Avoidance Measures Revisions
Document Number: E7-18489
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues a proposed rule that would revise the seabird avoidance measures for the Alaska hook-and-line groundfish and halibut fisheries. The proposed rule would strengthen gear standards for small vessels and eliminate certain seabird avoidance requirements that are not needed or not effective. This action is necessary to revise seabird avoidance measures based on the latest scientific information and to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and associated costs.
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
Document Number: E7-18484
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Wind Hydropower Integration Feasibility Study
Document Number: E7-18480
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration
The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is publishing this notice to inform interested parties of the draft Study Work Plan for performing the Wind Hydropower Integration Feasibility Study (WHFS). The WHFS involves a study on the integration of wind energy generated by Indian tribes and hydropower generated by the Army Corps of Engineers on the Missouri River to supply power to Western. This study applies only to Western's Upper Great Plains Region (UGPR).
National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances; Proposed AEGL Values; Notice of Availability
Document Number: E7-18479
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for Hazardous Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) is developing AEGLs on an ongoing basis to provide Federal, State, and local agencies with information on short-term exposures to hazardous substances. This notice provides a list of 37 hazardous substances for Proposed AEGL values, which are available for public review and comment. Comments are welcome on both the Proposed AEGL values and the Technical Support Documents in the public docket.
Airworthiness Directives; Saab Model SAAB-Fairchild SF340A (SAAB/SF340A) and SAAB 340B Airplanes
Document Number: E7-18478
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
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:
Notice of Closed Meeting of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel
Document Number: E7-18477
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Navy Department
The CNO Executive Panel will report on the findings and recommendations of the Iran Subcommittee to the Chief of Naval Operations. The meeting will consist of discussions of current and future Navy strategy, plans, and policies with respect to Iran, and discussions of future operating environments and force posture implications.
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Document Number: E7-18471
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Guident Technologies, Nortel Government Solutions; Transfer of Data
Document Number: E7-18469
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces that pesticide related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) by the submitter, will be transferred to Guident Technologies and its subcontractor, Nortel Government Solutions in accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Guident Technologies and its subcontractor, Nortel Government Solutions, have been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and access to this information will enable Guident Technologies and its subcontractor, Nortel Government Solutions, to fulfill the obligations of the contract.
Privacy Act Of 1974
Document Number: E7-18464
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e)(4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing a new system of records entitled ``General Counsel Legal Automation Workload System (GCLAWS)-VA'' (144VA026).
Employee Contribution Election and Contribution Allocations; Correction of Administrative Errors; Availability of Records; Death Benefits; Loan Program; Thrift Savings Plan
Document Number: E7-18463
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Agency) is amending the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) regulations to provide additional means to verify that an amount is eligible for rollover to the TSP as authorized by the Treasury Regulations interpreting I.R.C. 401(a)(31), to provide that the procedures applicable to an employee who was misclassified as either CSRS or FERS and the retirement system is corrected to FICA also apply to an employee who elects retroactive non-appropriated fund retirement coverage, and to provide that it will authenticate records in a manner consistent with Federal law and regulations. The Agency is also amending the TSP regulations to provide that it will allow a non-spouse beneficiary to transfer a death benefit payment to an inherited IRA as authorized by the Pension Protection Act of 2006, to provide that a bankruptcy court now lacks jurisdiction over a TSP loan as provided in the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, and to eliminate examples of general and special powers of attorney (some of which are no longer acceptable to the Agency) and, instead, direct participants to a sample form at the TSP Web site.
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
Document Number: E7-18462
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
Document Number: E7-18461
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-18460
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed revision of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information needed to underwrite VA-guaranteed loans.
Establishment of Revisit User Fee Program for Medicare Survey and Certification Activities
Document Number: E7-18458
Type: Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This final rule will establish a system of revisit user fees applicable to health care facilities that have been cited for deficiencies during initial certification, recertification, or substantiated complaint surveys and require a revisit to confirm that corrections to previously-identified deficiencies have been remedied. Consistent with the President's long-term goal to promote quality of health care and to cut the deficit in half by fiscal year (FY) 2009, the FY 2007 Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) budget request included both new mandatory savings proposals and a requirement that user fees be applied to health care providers that have failed to comply with Federal quality of care requirements. The ``Revisit User Fees'' will affect only those providers or suppliers for which a revisit is required to confirm that previously-identified failures to meet federal quality of care requirements have been remedied. The fees are estimated at $37.3 million annually and will recover the costs associated with the Medicare Survey and Certification program's revisit surveys. The fees will take effect on the date of publication of the final rule and will be in effect until the date that the continued authority provided by Congress expires. At the time of publication of this regulation the applicable date is September 30, 2007. If no legislation is enacted, the fees are not retroactive to the beginning of the fiscal year. Any provider or supplier that has a revisit survey conducted on or after the date of publication will be assessed a revisit user fee and will be notified of the assessment upon data system reconciliation which can occur following the closing of the fiscal year. The fees will be available to CMS until expended. The revisit user fee is included in the President's proposed FY 2008 budget. We note through the publication of this final rule that if authority for the revisit user fee is continued, we will use the current fee schedule in this rule for the assessment of such fees until such time as a new fee schedule notice is proposed and published in final form.
Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-18457
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of a currently approved collection and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information needed to determine a presumption of death of a missing veteran.
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “The World of 1607”
Document Number: E7-18456
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of State
On March 7, 2007, notice was published on page 10289 of the Federal Register (volume 72, number 44) of determinations made by the Department of State pertaining to the exhibit, ``The World of 1607.'' The referenced notice is corrected as to additional objects to be included in the exhibition. Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``The World of 1607'', imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Jamestown Settlement, Williamsburg, Virginia, from on or about October 5, 2007, until on or about January 25, 2008, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.
FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting
Document Number: E7-18455
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review the interpretation of the Ecological Significance of Atrazine Stream-Water Concentrations Using a Statistically-Designed Monitoring Program.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E7-18454
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
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.
Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee
Document Number: E7-18453
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, Pub. L. 97-375 and Pub. L. 105-153), we are announcing a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee. The meeting's agenda focuses on prototypes estimates of quarterly GDP by industry and GDP by metro area, aspects involved with measuring R&D by industry and the treatment of exports and imports of R&D and intellectual property. In addition, there will be discussion of the bureau's long term plans.
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Document Number: E7-18452
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Public Comment
Document Number: E7-18451
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Emergency Closure of Selected Public Lands in Monterey County, California
Document Number: E7-18450
Type: Notice
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with 43 CFR 8364.1(a), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hollister Field Office will immediately close selected public lands to the establishment of new geocaches on Fort Ord Public Lands (FOPL) within Monterey County, California. Existing geocaches will be evaluated and BLM will determine whether or not they need to be removed. Specifically, this closure pertains to public lands located within the 7,200-acre Fort Ord Public Lands in T.14, 15, & 16 S., R. 2 E., in Monterey County, California. The public is currently prohibited from engaging in off-trail recreation use as established in an Emergency Closure of Public Lands notice dated December 5, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 235). This action is necessary to prevent geocachers from establishing new geocaches on the Fort Ord Public Lands that may expose themselves, and others, to munitions sites. The action is also intended to reduce off-trail use that can have considerable adverse effects on soil, vegetation, wildlife, endangered species, and authorized uses on the public lands.
Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 747-100, -100B, -100B SUD, -200B, -200C, -300, -400, and -400D Series Airplanes; and Model 747SR Series Airplanes
Document Number: E7-18449
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-100, -100B, -100B SUD, -200B, -200C, -300, -400, and -400D series airplanes; and Model 747SR series airplanes. The proposed AD would have required repetitive inspections of the forward corner reveal of the number 3 main entry doors (MEDs) for cracking, and corrective actions if necessary. Since the proposed AD was issued, we have received comments for the NPRM and new data showing other issues related to the unsafe condition. The data include reports that additional airplanes are affected by the identified unsafe condition; and that a ``sharp edge'' detail may be present on certain one-piece machined 6061 aluminum reveals, which could lead to fatigue cracking. We have determined from these data that the corrective actions proposed by the NPRM are inadequate for addressing the identified unsafe condition. We are considering requiring other rulemaking, which provides corrective actions for the identified unsafe condition. Accordingly, the proposed AD is withdrawn.
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 Series Airplanes and Model A300-600 Series Airplanes
Document Number: E7-18448
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is revising an earlier NPRM for an airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Airbus Model A300 airplanes; and all Airbus Model A300 B4-601, A300 B4-603, A300 B4-620, A300 B4-622, A300 B4-605R, A300 B4-622R, A300 F4-605R, A300 F4-622R, and A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes. The original NPRM would have required inspecting to determine the part number of the sliding rods of the main landing gear (MLG) retraction actuators. For MLG retraction actuators equipped with sliding rods having certain part numbers, the original NPRM would also have required inspecting for discrepancies, including but not limited to cracking, of the sliding rod; and performing corrective actions if necessary. The original NPRM resulted from a report of a failure of a sliding rod of the MLG retraction actuator before the actuator reached the life limit established by the manufacturer. This action revises the original NPRM by proposing to require the return of affected sliding rods to the manufacturer. We are proposing this supplemental NPRM to prevent failure of the sliding rod of the MLG retraction actuator, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the MLG.
Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81 (MD-81) and DC-9-82 (MD-82) Airplanes
Document Number: E7-18447
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2007-09-19
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-9-81 (MD-81) and DC-9-82 (MD-82) airplanes. This proposed AD would require, for certain airplanes, inspecting for cracking of the fuselage skin at the upper corners of the forward passenger doorjamb, installing or replacing doublers as applicable, and doing applicable repairs. This proposed AD results from reports of fatigue cracking in the fuselage skin at the upper corners of the forward passenger doorjamb. We are proposing this AD to prevent cracking of the fuselage skin at the upper corners of the forward passenger doorjamb, which could lead to loss of overall structural integrity of the airplane.
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