The Secretary of Agriculture's Determination of the Primary Purpose of Pennsylvania's Upper Makefield Township Riparian Restoration and Preservation Grant Program, 42543-42544 [E8-16748]
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Natural Resources Conservation
Service
The Secretary of Agriculture’s
Determination of the Primary Purpose
of Pennsylvania’s Upper Makefield
Township Riparian Restoration and
Preservation Grant Program
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meeting on the Colorado rule, and then
both say and spell your name. Any bags
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encouraged not to bring bags in order to
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environmental impact statement (DEIS),
the DEIS summary, dates for public
meetings in Colorado, and other
information related to this rulemaking
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Charles L. Myers,
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Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Determination.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NRCS is providing public
notice that the Secretary of Agriculture
has determined the payments made
under Pennsylvania’s Upper Makefield
Township Riparian Restoration and
Preservation Grant Program are
primarily for the purpose of protecting
or restoring the environment. NRCS was
assigned technical and administrative
responsibility for reviewing the Upper
Makefield Township Riparian
Restoration and Preservation Grant
Program and making appropriate
recommendations for the Secretary’s
determination of primary purpose. This
determination is in accordance with
section 126 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C.
126), and permits recipients of costshare payments to exclude from gross
income to the extent allowed by the
Internal Revenue Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Township Solicitor, Upper Makefield
Township, 1076 Eagle Road, Newtown,
Pennsylvania 18940; or NRCS, Financial
Assistance Programs Division, Post
Office Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
Section 126(a)(10) of the Internal
Revenue Code, gross income does not
include the ‘‘excludable portion’’ of
payments received under any program
of a State under which payments are
made to individuals primarily for the
purpose of protecting or restoring the
environment. In general, a payment for
selected conservation practices is
exempt from Federal taxation, if it meets
three tests: (1) Was for a capital expense;
(2) does not substantially increase the
operator’s annual income from the
property for which it is made; and (3)
the Secretary of Agriculture certified
that the payment was made primarily
for conserving soil and water resources,
protecting or restoring the environment,
improving forests, or providing habitat
for wildlife. The Secretary of
Agriculture evaluates a conservation
program on the basis of criteria set forth
in 7 CFR part 14, and makes a ‘‘primary
purpose’’ determination for the
payments made under the program. The
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objective of the determinations made
under part 14 is to provide maximum
conservation, environmental protection
or restoration, forestry improvement,
and wildlife benefits to the general
public from the operation of applicable
programs. Final determinations are
made on the basis of program, category
of practices, or individual practices.
Following a primary purpose
determination by the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the
Treasury determines if the payments
made under the conservation program
substantially increase the annual
income derived from the property
benefited by the payments.
Determination
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The Upper Makefield Township
Riparian Restoration and Preservation
Grant Program will use grant funds to
work with landowners in the Houghs
Creek watershed to implement practices
in an established riparian buffer zone
that is 200 feet either side of the creek
stream channel. The riparian zone goals
are to reduce the amount of nutrients,
sediment, organic matter, pesticides,
and other harmful substances from
reaching the water; provide shade along
the creek’s watercourses to moderate
stream temperature and protect fish
habitat; provide streambank stability to
control sediment and erosion; and
conserve existing natural features
important for the protection of
headwater areas, floodplains, springs,
streams, woodlands, and prime wildlife
habitats.
By promoting the establishment of
tree plantings, restorative vegetation,
and streambank repair in the riparian
buffer zone, the Riparian Restoration
and Preservation Grant Program will
provide payments to landowner
participants that are primarily for the
purpose of conserving soil and water
resources, protecting or restoring the
environment, improving forests, or
providing habitat for wildlife.
A ‘‘Record of Decision’’ has been
prepared and is available upon request
from NRCS, Financial Assistance
Programs Division, Post Office Box
2890, Washington, DC 20013.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2008.
Arlen L. Lancaster,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Action Affecting Export Privileges;
Ankair
In the Matter of:
Galaxy Aviation Trade Company Ltd., 15
Moreland Court, Lyndale Avenue, Finchley
Road, London, UK, NW2 2PJ;
Hooshang Seddigh, 15 Moreland Court,
Lyndale Avenue, Finchley Road, London,
UK, NW2 2PJ;
Hamid Shaken Hendi, 5th Floor, 23 Nafisi
Avenue, Shahrak Ekbatan, Karaj Special
Road, Tehran, Iran;
Hossein Jahan Peyma, 2/1 Makran Cross,
Heravi Square, Moghan Ave, Pasdaran
Cross, Tehran, Iran;
Iran Air, Second Floor, No. 23 Nafisi Avenue,
Ekbatan, Tehran, Iran;
Ankair, Yesilkoy Asfalti Istanbul No. 13/4,
Florya, Istanbul, Turkey TR–34810,
Respondents.
Order Modifying Temporary Denial of
Export Privileges of Respondent Ankair
On June 6, 2008, I issued an Order in
accordance with Section 766.24 of the
Export Administration Regulations
(‘‘EAR’’ or the ‘‘Regulations’’),
temporarily denying the export
privileges for 180 days of the following
persons for all items subject to the EAR:
Galaxy Aviation Trade Company Ltd.
(‘‘Galaxy’’), Hooshang Seddigh, Hamid
Shaken Hendi, Hossein Jahan Peyma
(Galaxy’s shareholders), and Iran Air.
The temporary denial order (‘‘TDO’’)
also denied certain export privileges
under the EAR of Ankair, Yesilkoy
Asfalti Istanbul No. 13/4, Florya,
Istanbul, Turkey TR–34810 (‘‘Ankair’’),
specifically, any transactions involving
Boeing 747, manufacturer serial number
24134, tail number TC–AKZ. The TDO
was published in the Federal Register
on June 17, 2008 (73 FR 34249), and
unless renewed in accordance with
Section 766.24(d) of the Regulations,
will expire on December 3, 2008.
The TDO was issued based on
evidence presented to me by the Office
of Export Enforcement (‘‘OEE’’) that the
Respondents were attempting to reexport a U.S. origin Boeing 747,
manufacturer serial number 24134, tail
number TC–AKZ, from Turkey to Iran
without U.S. Government authorization
and that it therefore was necessary in
order to prevent an imminent violation
of the Regulations.
Subsequent to the issuance of the
TDO, OEE has requested that I modify
the TDO as to Ankair to cover all
exports or re-exports of items subject to
the EAR. I have been presented
evidence indicating that Ankair has
violated the TDO and that Ankair has
engaged in and/or is about to engage in
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or attempt further violations of the EAR
involving the re-export of additional
U.S. origin aircraft to Iran without U.S.
Government authorization. Modification
of the TDO to cover all items subject to
the EAR is necessary to prevent further
evasion of the TDO and to give
companies in the United States and
abroad notice to cease dealing with the
Ankair in U.S. origin items so as to
reduce the likelihood of subsequent
exports or re-exports contrary to export
control requirements.
It is therefore ordered:
First, that Ankair, Yesilkov Asfalti
Istanbul No. 13/4, Florya, Istanbul,
Turkey, TR 34810 (‘‘Denied Person’’)
may not, directly or indirectly,
participate in any way in any
transaction involving any commodity,
software or technology (hereinafter
collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’)
exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the
Export Administration Regulations
(‘‘EAR’’), or in any other activity subject
to the EAR including, but not limited to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, license exception, or export
control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the EAR, or in any other
activity subject to the EAR; or
C. Benefiting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the EAR, or in any
other activity subject to the EAR.
Second, that no person may, directly
or indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or re-export to or on behalf
of any Denied Person any item subject
to the EAR;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
any Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the EAR that has been or will
be exported from the United States,
including financing or other support
activities related to a transaction
whereby any Denied Person acquires or
attempts to acquire such ownership,
possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from any Denied Person of
any item subject to the EAR that has
been exported from the United States;
D. Obtain from any Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
EAR with knowledge or reason to know
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Secretary of Agriculture's Determination of the Primary
Purpose of Pennsylvania's Upper Makefield Township Riparian Restoration
and Preservation Grant Program
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Determination.
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SUMMARY: NRCS is providing public notice that the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined the payments made under Pennsylvania's Upper
Makefield Township Riparian Restoration and Preservation Grant Program
are primarily for the purpose of protecting or restoring the
environment. NRCS was assigned technical and administrative
responsibility for reviewing the Upper Makefield Township Riparian
Restoration and Preservation Grant Program and making appropriate
recommendations for the Secretary's determination of primary purpose.
This determination is in accordance with section 126 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (26 U.S.C. 126), and permits
recipients of cost-share payments to exclude from gross income to the
extent allowed by the Internal Revenue Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Township Solicitor, Upper Makefield
Township, 1076 Eagle Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940; or NRCS,
Financial Assistance Programs Division, Post Office Box 2890,
Washington, DC 20013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Section 126(a)(10) of the Internal
Revenue Code, gross income does not include the ``excludable portion''
of payments received under any program of a State under which payments
are made to individuals primarily for the purpose of protecting or
restoring the environment. In general, a payment for selected
conservation practices is exempt from Federal taxation, if it meets
three tests: (1) Was for a capital expense; (2) does not substantially
increase the operator's annual income from the property for which it is
made; and (3) the Secretary of Agriculture certified that the payment
was made primarily for conserving soil and water resources, protecting
or restoring the environment, improving forests, or providing habitat
for wildlife. The Secretary of Agriculture evaluates a conservation
program on the basis of criteria set forth in 7 CFR part 14, and makes
a ``primary purpose'' determination for the payments made under the
program. The
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objective of the determinations made under part 14 is to provide
maximum conservation, environmental protection or restoration, forestry
improvement, and wildlife benefits to the general public from the
operation of applicable programs. Final determinations are made on the
basis of program, category of practices, or individual practices.
Following a primary purpose determination by the Secretary of
Agriculture, the Secretary of the Treasury determines if the payments
made under the conservation program substantially increase the annual
income derived from the property benefited by the payments.
Determination
The Upper Makefield Township Riparian Restoration and Preservation
Grant Program will use grant funds to work with landowners in the
Houghs Creek watershed to implement practices in an established
riparian buffer zone that is 200 feet either side of the creek stream
channel. The riparian zone goals are to reduce the amount of nutrients,
sediment, organic matter, pesticides, and other harmful substances from
reaching the water; provide shade along the creek's watercourses to
moderate stream temperature and protect fish habitat; provide
streambank stability to control sediment and erosion; and conserve
existing natural features important for the protection of headwater
areas, floodplains, springs, streams, woodlands, and prime wildlife
habitats.
By promoting the establishment of tree plantings, restorative
vegetation, and streambank repair in the riparian buffer zone, the
Riparian Restoration and Preservation Grant Program will provide
payments to landowner participants that are primarily for the purpose
of conserving soil and water resources, protecting or restoring the
environment, improving forests, or providing habitat for wildlife.
A ``Record of Decision'' has been prepared and is available upon
request from NRCS, Financial Assistance Programs Division, Post Office
Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2008.
Arlen L. Lancaster,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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