March 5, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document notifies the public that the Administrator of EPA has forwarded to the Secretaries of Agriculture, and Health and Human Services a draft proposed rule under sections 21 and 25(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). As described in the Agency's semi-annual Regulatory Agenda, the draft proposed rule updates the data requirements in 40 CFR part 158 for the registration of antimicrobial pesticide products. Besides providing the regulated community with clearer and more transparent information, once finalized the data requirements will enhance the development of health and environmental data to conduct scientifically sound chemical/hazard risk assessments to protect human health and the environment.

The United States Mint is setting prices for 2008 American Eagle Gold Coins and the 2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Gold Coin. Pursuant to the authority that 31 U.S.C. 5111(a) and 5112(a)(7-11), & (o) grant the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold coins, and to prepare and distribute numismatic items, the United States Mint will mint and issue American Eagle Gold Proof Coins and the 2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Gold Coin. The 2008 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins will be available in four proof denominations with the following weights: One-ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, one-tenth ounce. The United States Mint also produces an American Eagle four-coin set that contains one coin of each denomination. The 2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Gold Coin will be available in a one-half ounce version. In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701(b)(2)(B), the United States Mint is setting the price of these coins to reflect recent increases in the market price of gold. Accordingly, the United States Mint will make available the following 2008 American Eagle Proof Gold Coins and the 2008 Elizabeth Monroe First Spouse Gold Coin according to the following price schedule:

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre- clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Veterans' Employment & Training Service is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Veteran Employment Services Survey. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of methoxyfenozide per se; benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2-methyl-2-(3,5- dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)hydrazide in or on the food commodities acerola; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage; animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay; avocado; bean, dry, seed; bushberry subgroup 13-07B; canistel; feijoa; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, forage; grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay; guava; jaboticaba; kurrat; mango; onion, green, subgroup 3- 07B; papaya; passionfruit; peanut; peanut, hay; peanut oil; sapodilla; sapote, black; sapote, mamey; star apple; starfruit; vegetable, tuberous and corm, except potato, sub group 1D; and wax jambu. This regulation also establishes time-limited tolerances for indirect or inadvertent residues of methoxyfenozide; benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2- methyl-, 2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide and indirect or inadvertent combined residues of methoxyfenozide and its metabolites RH-117,236 free phenol of methoxyfenozide; 3,5- dimethylbenzoic acid N-tert-butyl-N'-(3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoyl) hydrazide, RH-151,055 glucose conjugate of RH-117,236; 3,5-dimethyl benzoic acid N-tert-butyl-N-[3 ([beta]-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-2- methylbenzoyl]-hydrazide and RH-152,072 the malonylglycosyl conjugate of RH 117,236 in or on the food commodities animal feed, nongrass, group 18; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16; grass forage, fodder, and hay, group 17; herb and spice, group 19; vegetable, bulb, group 3-07; vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7; vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2; vegetable, legume, group 6; and vegetable, root and tuber, group 1. Dow AgroSciences LLC and Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The time-limited tolerances will expire on September 30, 2010.

On November 20, 2007, the Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), 72 FR 65233 seeking comments on whether the Department should adopt a rule to enhance airline passenger protections in the following ways: Require carriers to adopt contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays and incorporate them in their contracts of carriage, require carriers to respond to consumer problems, deem operating a chronically delayed flight to be unfair and deceptive, require carriers to publish delay data, require carriers to publish complaint data, require on-time performance reporting for international flights, and require carriers to audit their compliance with their customer service plans. In a section of the ANPRM entitled ``Regulatory Notices'' the Department addressed a number of general regulatory issues as they relate to the ANPRM, including DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures, Federalism, the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act. In its discussion of Executive Order 13132 (``Federalism''), which sets forth certain requirements for Federal agencies when they are ``taking action that preempts State law,'' the ANPRM concluded that it ``does not propose any regulation that * * * preempts State law.'' Based upon comments DOT has received, and upon its own further review, the Department has determined that this statement has been misconstrued in the overall context of the proposed DOT regulation and its impact upon State law. This notice clarifies the Department's prior statement concerning preemption in this area.

The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 210, Cabin Systems and Equipment.

The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot and anchored gillnet fishermen in an area totaling approximately 1,238 nm\2\ (4,246 km\2\), east of Chatham, Massachusetts for 15 days. The purpose of this action is to provide protection to an aggregation of northern right whales (right whales).

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) is preparing a draft environmental impact statement to consider the establishment of a research (control) area in Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS). Activities are restricted within research areas in order to facilitate better understanding of resources and environmental processes. This notice announces the beginning of public scoping pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. The public scoping process, including public scoping meetings, is intended to solicit information and comments on the range and significance of issues related to the establishment of a research area at Gray's Reef. The results of this scoping process will assist NOAA in formulating alternatives for the draft environmental impact statement for the proposed research area. This notice contains times, dates, and locations for scoping meetings.

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as: