August 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for the Central Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Complex), consisting of Bald Knob, Big Lake, Cache River, and Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuges, for public review and comment. In this Draft CCP/EA, we describe the alternative we propose to use to manage this complex for the 15 years following approval of the final CCP.

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Washington Resource Advisory Council will meet as indicated below.

The Pacific Council and its advisory entities will hold public meetings. September 11-17, 2009 Pacific Council meeting, which includes advisory body meetings during this time period as listed in this notice, as well as a September 8, 2009 Pacific Council Enforcement Consultants Telephone Conference.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until September 29, 2009, the comment period for the notice published in the Federal Register of January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3617). In that document, FDA requested comments and scientific data and information that would assist in the conduct of a risk assessment of the public health impact of foodborne Listeria monocytogenes in some ready-to-eat foods sliced, prepared, and/or packaged in retail facilities. The risk assessment is being conducted by FDA in collaboration with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The agency is reopening the comment period because FDA and FSIS held a public meeting on June 23, 2009, to present the background, approach, scope, and data needs for the recently initiated interagency risk assessment (74 FR 27276; June 9, 2009) and this additional time will allow for public comment after this meeting.

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting applications for competitive cooperative agreement funds for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 for the credit outreach initiative targeted to American Indian farmers, ranchers, and youth residing primarily on Indian reservations within the contiguous United States. Subject to the availability of appropriations, FSA anticipates the availability of up to $1,135,000 in funding and the award to one successful applicant through a Cooperative Agreement. This request for applications is being made prior to passage of an FY 2010 appropriations bill to allow applicants sufficient time to submit proposals, give the Agency maximum time to process applications, and permit continuity of this program. There is no certainty that there will be appropriated funds to fund these applications, so applicants submitting applications prior to the availability of appropriated funds do so at the risk that there may be no funding. FSA requests proposals from eligible nonprofit organizations, land-grant institutions, and federally-recognized Indian tribal governments interested in a competitively-awarded cooperative agreement to create and implement a mechanism that will provide credit outreach and promotion, pre-loan education, and one-on-one loan application preparation assistance to American Indian farmers, ranchers, and youth. Successful proposals may include other innovative services intended to enhance participation by American Indians in specific FSA Agricultural Credit Programs.

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Learjet Model 45 airplanes. This proposed AD would require inspecting the baggage bay door fire barrier seal for inconel mesh in the fire barrier seal material; for certain airplanes, inspecting the fiberglass doublers for presence of red Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) sealant; and doing related investigative and corrective actions if necessary. This proposed AD results from reports of incorrect external baggage door seal material and door seal sealant as well as incorrect sealant on interior baggage panels used during manufacture of the airplane. We are proposing this AD to prevent the use of door seals and sealant that do not meet flammability requirements, which could result in an uncontrollable and undetected fire within the baggage compartment.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA and the Air Force Research Laboratory. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), and the Air Force Research Laboratory, 711 Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Biosciences and Protection Division, Applied Biotechnology Branch (711 HPW/RHPB) (hereinafter referred to as ``the Parties''), sets forth the agreement of the Parties to facilitate information sharing in the area of toxicogenomic and computational toxicology research. Through the exchange of information, the Parties intend to coordinate research efforts so as to identify and expedite research and development of new tools and technologies that can be implemented that promote new understanding of the mechanisms of biological responses to environmental stressors, including toxic injury, and to identify biomarkers of exposure and disease that can be used to improve and protect human health.

The FMCSA announces a revision of the regulatory guidance concerning the applicability of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to mobile cranes operated in interstate commerce. The regulatory guidance is presented in a question-and-answer format. The guidance is generally applicable to drivers, commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), and motor carrier operations subject to the FMCSRs. All prior interpretations and regulatory guidance concerning the applicability of the FMCSRs to operations of mobile cranes in interstate commerce issued in the Federal Register, as well as memoranda and letters, may no longer be relied upon as authoritative if they are inconsistent with the guidance published today. This guidance will provide the motor carrier industry and Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials with uniform information for assessing the applicability of the FMCSRs to the operations of mobile cranes.

The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Haleakala R&D, Inc. a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice throughout the United States the Government-owned inventions described in U.S. Patent No. 6,806,833: CONFINED PLASMA RESONANCE ANTENNA AND PLASMA RESONANCE ANTENNA ARRAY; U.S. Patent No. 6,674,970: PLASMA ANTENNA WITH TWO-FLUID IONIZATION CURRENT; U.S. Patent No. 6,657,594: PLASMA ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD; U.S. Patent No. 6,650,297: LASER DRIVEN PLASMA ANTENNA UTILIZING LASER MODIFIED MAXWELLIAN RELAXATION; U.S. Patent No. 6,169,520: PLASMA ANTENNA WITH CURRENTS GENERATED BY OPPOSED PHOTON BEAMS; U.S. Patent No. 6,087,993: PLASMA ANTENNA WITH ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR; U.S. Patent No. 6,046,705: STANDING WAVE PLASMA ANTENNA WITH PLASMA REFLECTOR; U.S. Patent No. 6,118,407: HORIZONTAL PLASMA 6,087,992: ACOUSTICALLY DRIVEN PLASMA ANTENNA; and, U.S. Patent No. 5,963,169: MULTIPLE TUBE PLASMA ANTENNA.

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This 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:

We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This 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:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request renewed approval for the collection of information for two technical training program course effectiveness evaluation forms. This collection request has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request describes the nature of the information collection and the expected burden and cost.

We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued 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: