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Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E8-31047
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E8-31046
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity
Document Number: E8-31045
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
This notice announces the opportunity to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) for Research and Technical Assistance (RTA) and invites proposals. The OEA is authorized by 10 U.S.C. 2391, to make grants to, or conclude cooperative agreements or enter into contracts with, a State or local government or any private entity to conduct research and provide technical assistance in support of the Defense Economic Adjustment Program, and assist communities, businesses and workers responding to Defense changes under 10 U.S.C. 2391 and Executive Order 12788, as amended. OEA is the Department of Defense's primary source for assisting communities that are adversely impacted by Defense program changes, including base closures or realignments, base expansions, and contract or program cancellations. Awards provided under this announcement support the Defense Economic Adjustment Program by: (1) Providing analysis and dissemination of information; and (2) support to innovative approaches.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: E8-31044
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Air Force Department
The Department of Air Force proposes to amend seven systems of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2009; E-Prescribing Exemption for Computer Generated Facsimile Transmissions; Corrections
Document Number: E8-31027
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This document corrects several technical and typographical errors in the final rule with comment period that appeared in the November 19, 2008 Federal Register entitled ``Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2009; E-Prescribing Exemption for Computer-Generated Facsimile Transmissions; and Payment for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS); Final Rule'' (73 FR 69726).
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revised Management Authority for Dark Rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: E8-31020
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues a final rule that implements Amendment 73 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 77 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (collectively, Amendments 73/77). Amendments 73/77 remove dark rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus) from both fishery management plans (FMPs). The State of Alaska (State) will assume management of dark rockfish catch by State-permitted vessels in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and the Gulf of Alaska, in addition to its existing authority in State waters. This action is necessary to allow the State to implement more responsive, regionally based management of dark rockfish than is currently possible under the FMPs. This action will improve conservation and management of dark rockfish and promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMPs, and other applicable laws.
Morristown & Erie Railway Inc., d/b/a Stourbridge Railway-Operation Exemption-Stourbridge Railroad Company
Document Number: E8-31017
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
2, 4-D, Bensulide, Chlorpyrifos, DCPA, Desmedipham, Dimethoate, Fenamiphos, Metolachlor, Phorate, Sethoxydim, Terbufos, Tetrachlorvinphos, and Triallate; Technical Amendment
Document Number: E8-31010
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of September 17, 2008, concerning the modification of certain tolerances for a number of pesticides including the herbicides DCPA and sethoxydim as a 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). This document corrects clerical errors made in the final rule.
Fomesafen; Notice of Receipt of Request To Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registrations
Document Number: E8-31009
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily cancel the registration of certain products containing the pesticide fomesafen. The request would not terminate the last fomesafen products registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant this request at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the request, or unless the registrant withdraws the request within this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petition on Food Contact Surfaces
Document Number: E8-31008
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the amendment of regulations 40 CFR 180.940(a) for residues of antimicrobial pesticide formulation containing n-Alkyl(C12- C14) dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chlorides applied to food contact surfaces in public eating places, dairy processing equipment, and food processing equipment and utensils.
Television Broadcasting Services; Columbus, GA
Document Number: E8-31005
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by WTVM License Subsidiary, LLC, the permittee of post-transition station WTVM- DT, to substitute DTV channel 11 for post-transition DTV channel 9 at Columbus, Georgia.
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget
Document Number: E8-31004
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Television Broadcasting Services; Augusta, GA
Document Number: E8-31003
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Media Holdings, Inc., permittee of station WFXG-DT, to substitute DTV channel 31 for its assigned post-transition DTV channel 51 at Augusta, Georgia.
National Express Corporation-Intra-Corporate Family Transaction Exemption
Document Number: E8-30953
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
CSX Transportation, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Niagara County, NY
Document Number: E8-30921
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee: Meeting
Document Number: E8-30902
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
List of Countries Requiring Cooperation With an International Boycott
Document Number: E8-30877
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, Department of Treasury
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Document Number: E8-30872
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E8-30853
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2009-2010 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures
Document Number: E8-30778
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS proposes a rule to set the 2009-2010 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California and to revise rebuilding plans for four of the seven overfished rockfish species, consistent with the Mangunson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. Together, the revisions to rebuilding plans and the 2007-2008 harvest specifications and management measures are intended to rebuild overfished stocks as soon as possible, taking into account the status and biology of the stocks, the needs of fishing communities, and the interaction of the overfished stocks within the marine environment.
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases OKNM 117608; OKNM 117609
Document Number: E8-30772
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Pursuant to the provisions of 43 CFR 3108.2-3(b)(2), Capital Land Services, Inc. timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases OKNM 117608 and OKNM 117609 for lands in Woodward County, Oklahoma, and was accompanied by all required rentals and royalties accruing from March 1, 2008, the date of termination.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: E8-30762
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: ``The AHRQ Data Inventory.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October 24th, 2008 and allowed 60 days for public comment. One comment was received. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: E8-30725
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
Document Number: E8-30723
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC). The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA on environmental issues and programs that impact, or are of concern to, farms, ranches, and rural communities. The FRRCC is a part of EPA's efforts to expand cooperative working relationships with the agriculture industry and others who are interested in agricultural issues to achieve greater progress in environmental protection. The purpose of this teleconference is to discuss and approve the draft FRRCC recommendations on EPA's Draft Biofuels Strategy. A copy of the meeting agenda will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/ocemlfrrcc.
National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E8-30722
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines
Document Number: E8-30669
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration
The final rule establishes the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) requirements for refuge alternatives in underground coal mines and the training of miners in their use. It includes testing and approval requirements. The final rule implements section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006. Consistent with the MINER Act, it includes MSHA's response to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Report on Refuge Alternatives.
Flame-Resistant Conveyor Belt, Fire Prevention and Detection, and Use of Air From the Belt Entry
Document Number: E8-30639
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration
This final rule addresses the recommendations of the Technical Study Panel (Panel) on the Utilization of Belt Air and the Composition and Fire Retardant Properties of Belt Materials in Underground Coal Mining. The Panel was established under Section 11 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act of 2006. The final rule is consistent with the Panel's recommendations and includes requirements for: Flame-resistant conveyor belts; training Atmospheric Monitoring System operators; levels of respirable dust in belt entries; airlocks along escapeways; minimum and maximum air velocities; approval for the use of air from the belt entry to ventilate working sections; monitoring point-feed regulators; smoke sensors; standardized tactile signals on lifelines; replacing point-type heat sensors with carbon monoxide sensors; and belt conveyor and belt entry maintenance.
Salvage and Marine Firefighting Requirements; Vessel Response Plans for Oil
Document Number: E8-30604
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-31
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is amending the vessel response plan salvage and marine firefighting requirements for tank vessels carrying oil. These revisions clarify the salvage and marine firefighting services that must be identified in vessel response plans and set new response time requirements for each of the required salvage and marine firefighting services. The changes ensure that the appropriate salvage and marine firefighting resources are identified and available for responding to incidents up to and including the worst case discharge scenario.
Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2008-12-30-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2008-12-30
Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting Via Conference Call; Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Document Number: E8-31141
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations
Document Number: E8-31140
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Order Exempting the Trading and Clearing of Certain Products Related to iShares® COMEX Gold Trust Shares and iShares® Silver Trust Shares
Document Number: E8-31110
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
On November 12, 2008, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or the ``Commission'') published for public comment in the Federal Register \1\ a proposal to exempt the trading and clearing of certain contracts called ``options'' and other contracts called ``security futures'' on each of iShares[supreg] COMEX Gold Trust Shares (``Gold Products'') and iShares[supreg] Silver Trust Shares (``Silver Products'') (collectively, ``Gold and Silver Products'') from the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA'') \2\ and the regulations thereunder to the extent necessary to permit them to be traded and cleared as described below. The contracts are proposed to be traded on national securities exchanges (as to options) and designated contract markets registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'') as limited purpose national securities exchanges (as to security futures), and in both cases to be cleared through the Options Clearing Corporation (``OCC'') in its capacity as a registered securities clearing agency. Authority for this exemption is found in Section 4(c) of the CEA.\3\
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; General Administrative Procedures: Citizen Petitions; Petition for Reconsideration or Stay of Action; Advisory Opinions
Document Number: E8-31058
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the reporting requirements contained in existing FDA regulations regarding the general administrative procedures for a person to petition the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (the Commissioner) to issue, amend, or revoke a rule; to file a petition for an administrative reconsideration or an administrative stay of action; and to request an advisory opinion from the Commissioner.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of Distraction on Consumer Understanding of Risk and Benefit Information in Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Broadcast Advertisements
Document Number: E8-31057
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Due to an administrative error, this document is being republished.
TRICARE; Hospital-Based Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Programs
Document Number: E8-31054
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
This proposed rule will provide that TRICARE approval of a hospital is sufficient for its psychiatric partial hospitalization program (PHP) to be an authorized TRICARE provider. Upon implementation of this provision, separate TRICARE certification of hospital-based psychiatric PHPs would no longer be required. This rule will establish uniform requirements for recognizing a hospital-based PHP as an authorized TRICARE provider.
Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Document Number: E8-31036
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on October 22, 2008 [73 FR 63049]. This is a request for a new collection.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: E8-31035
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Air Force Department
The Department of Air Force proposes to amend a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Television Broadcasting Services; Huntsville, AL
Document Number: E8-31034
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Local TV Alabama License, LLC (``Local TV''), the licensee of station WHNT- DT, to substitute DTV channel 46 for its assigned post-transition DTV channel 19 at Huntsville, Alabama.
Increase in Rates Payable Under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance Program and Other Miscellaneous Issues
Document Number: E8-31033
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
This document amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to reflect increases effective for fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, respectively, in the monthly rates payable under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program in accordance with statutory requirements and previously established formulas; a change in the formula used to calculate entitlement charges for individuals pursuing apprenticeship or other on-job training in accordance with the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004; and nonsubstantive changes for the purpose of clarity and to reflect agency organization.
Notice 2008-14; Repeal of Increased Contribution and Coordinated Party Expenditure Limits for Candidates Opposing Self-Financed Candidates
Document Number: E8-31032
Type: Rule
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Election Commission (``Commission'') is removing its rules on increased contribution limits and coordinated party expenditure limits for Senate and House of Representatives candidates facing self-financed opponents. These rules were promulgated to implement sections 304 and 319 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, known as the ``Millionaires' Amendment.'' In Davis v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court held that sections 319(a) and (b), regarding House of Representatives elections, were unconstitutional. The Court's analysis also applies to the contribution and spending limits in section 304 regarding Senate elections. The Commission, therefore, is removing its rules that implement the Millionaires' Amendment. However, the Commission is retaining certain other rules that were not affected by the Davis decision. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.
Notice of a Public Meeting on Interim Rule for Rural Development Guaranteed Loan Programs
Document Number: E8-31031
Type: Notice
Date: 2008-12-30
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Business-Cooperative Service
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing Service, and Rural Utilities Service, all Agencies within the USDA Rural Development Mission Area, have scheduled an informational and training workshop for new and existing lenders of the Mission Area's guaranteed loan programs. The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize lenders with the new guaranteed loan program regulation, 7 CFR Part 5001, published in the Federal Register on December 17, 2008. The new rule pertains to the Business and Industry, Community Facilities, Water and Waste Disposal, and Rural Energy for America guaranteed loan programs.
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