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[Federal Register: August 9, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 153)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VI]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr09au06-154]

                  CONTENTS

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Agriculture Department
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Commodity Credit Corporation
See  Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45516

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
PROPOSED RULES
Animal welfare:
    Captive elephants; space and living conditions, 45438-45439
Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:
    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; minimal-risk regions and
            importation of commodities, 45439-45444
    Sheep and goat semen, 45444-45447

Antitrust Division
NOTICES
National cooperative research notifications:
    American Honda Motor Co., Inc., et al., 45579
    Electrical and Electronics Engineers Institute, 45579-45580
    IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc., 45580
    National Conference of Standards Laboratories, 45580
    Open Mobile Alliance, 45580-45581
    Portland Cement Assoc., 45581-45582
    PXI Systems Alliance, Inc., 45582

Army Department
See  Engineers Corps
PROPOSED RULES
Claims and accounts:
    Claims on behalf of U.S.--
        Worldwide claims processing, 45475-45482 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Fort Campbell, KY; airspace proposal, 45536 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Fort Detrick, MD; U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of
            Infectious Diseases; new facilities, 45536-45537 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Hunter Army Airfield, GA; airspace proposal, 45537 [HTML] or [PDF]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special
            Emphasis Panels, 45568

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45568-45569

Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge operations:
    New Jersey, 45387
    New York, 45386-45387
Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones,
          security zones, etc.:
    Heart Island, Alexandria Bay, NY, 45389-45391
    Lake Erie and Cleveland Harbor, OH, 45393-45395
    Mackinac Bridge and Straits of Mackinac, MI, 45387-45389
    Seneca River, NY, 45391-45393

Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Commission of Fine Arts
NOTICES
Meetings, 45530

Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45516-45517

Defense Department
See  Army Department
See  Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Women in Services Advisory Committee, 45530-45531
Travel per diem rates, civilian personnel; changes, 45531-45536

Education Department
RULES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Postsecondary education--
        Federal Student Aid Programs, 45666-45717
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45541

Energy Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 45541-45542

Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties, MS; Mississippi Coastal
            Improvements Program, 45537-45539 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Palm Beach and Glades Counties, FL; Herbert Hoover Dike, 
	45539 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; record of decision:
    Boston Harbor, MA; Inner Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project,
            45539-45541 [HTML] or [PDF]

Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Pesticide programs:
    Registration review; procedural regulations, 45719-45734 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural
          commodities:
    Inorganic bromide, 45400-45403 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Isophorone, 45403-45408 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Lepidopteran pheromones, 45395-45400 [HTML] or [PDF]

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    Mono- and bis-(1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluoroalkyl) phosphates, 
              45408-45411 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, 45411-45415 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Various inert ingredients; tolerances exemptions revocations,
            45415-45424 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:
    Deadline extensions for source owners and operators to conduct
            performance tests, 45487-45492 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air programs:
    Ambient air quality standards, national--
        8-hour ozone standard; early action compact areas; effective
                date extension, 45492-45497 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    West Virginia, 45482-45485 [HTML] or [PDF]
                   45485-45487 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    National Environmental Education Advisory Council, 45542-45543 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Science Advisory Board, 45543-45544 [HTML] or [PDF]
                            45544-45545 [HTML] or [PDF]
                            45545-45546 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 45559-45560 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide programs:
    Tolerance reassessment and risk management decisions:
        Methyl bromide, 45546-45548 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Tolerance reassessment decisions--
        Ethylene oxide, 45548-45550 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Coppers, 45550-45551 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Metaldehyde, 45551-45554 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Organic arsenical herbicides, 45554-45555 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Propylene oxide, 45555-45557 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., et al., 45557-45559 [HTML] or [PDF]
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Clean Water Act--
        Methylmercury water quality criterion; implementation, 
                  45560-45564 [HTML] or [PDF]

Executive Office of the President
See  Management and Budget Office
See  Presidential Documents
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States

Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Boeing, 45363-45364, 45367-45368
    Bombardier, 45364-45367
    McDonnell Douglas, 45368-45371
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Air Tractor, Inc., 45451-45454, 45457-45471
    Cessna, 45454-45457
    Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., 45449-45451
    Lockheed, 45447-45449
    Stemme GmbH & Co., 45471-45474

Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    California, 45426
    Colorado, 45426
    Texas, 45425-45427
PROPOSED RULES
Common carrier services:
    Missoula Intercarrier Compensation Reform Plan, 45510-45511
Television broadcasting:
    Telecommunications Act of 1996; implementation--
        Broadcast ownership rules; 2006 quadrennial regulatory review,
                45511-45515
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45564
Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc., 45565

Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:
    Maine and Colorado, 45424-45425
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
    Illinois, 45497-45498 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Various States, 45498-45510
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45571-45572
Disaster and emergency areas:
    New Jersey, 45572
    Ohio, 45572
    Virginia, 45572-45573

Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 45565-45566
Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
    A&C Import Export Services, Inc., et al., 45566-45567
    Embarque El Comando et al., 45567

Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 45567-45568
    Permissible nonbanking activities, 45568

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
PROPOSED RULES
Thrift Savings Plan:
    Court orders and legal processes affecting Thrift Savings Plan
            accounts, 45437-45438

Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Appliances, consumer; energy consumption and water use information in
          labeling and advertising:
    Comparability ranges--
        Water heaters, room air conditioners, furnaces, boilers and
                pool heaters, 45371-45374

Financial Management Service
See  Fiscal Service

Fine Arts Commission
See  Commission of Fine Arts

Fiscal Service
NOTICES
Senior Executive Service:
    Performance Review Board; membership, 45597-45598

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Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee, 45569-45570

Foreign Assets Control Office
NOTICES
Sanctions; blocked persons, specially designated nationals, terrorists,
          and narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist
          organizations:
    Additional designations of terrorism-related blocked persons and
            entities, 45598-45599
    Individuals and entities subject to various economic sanctions
            programs; list, 45599-45600

Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Boise, Payette, and Sawtooth National Forests, ID, 
	45517-45518 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Committees--
        Del Norte County, 45518
        Ouachita-Ozark, 45518
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Program; share recomputation;
            correction, 45519

Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Homeland Security Department
See  Coast Guard
See  Federal Emergency Management Agency
See  Transportation Security Administration

Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45573-45574

Indian Affairs Bureau
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Energy Policy Act of 2005; Section 
          1813-Energy rights-of-way on tribal lands, draft report to Congress;
                meetings, 45575

Interior Department
See  Indian Affairs Bureau
See  Land Management Bureau
See  National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission,
            45574

Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits, 45379-45386
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Essential governmental function definition and limitation to
            activities customarily performed by States and local
            governments; definition, 45474-45475
    Repeal of tax interest on nonresident alien individuals and foreign
            corporations received from certain portfolio debt
            investments; public hearing, 45474
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45600-45601
Meetings:
    Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 45601-45602

International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Cased pencils from--
        China, 45519
    Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from--
        Ukraine, 45519-45521
    Light-walled welded rectangular carbon steel tubing from--
        Taiwan, 45521
    Stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from--
        Taiwan, 45521-45530

Justice Department
See  Antitrust Division

Labor Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45582

Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Closure of public lands:
    California, 45575-45576 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Development Project, WY, 
	45576-45577 [HTML] or [PDF]
Realty actions; sales, leases, etc.:
    California, 45577-45578
    Wisconsin, 45578
Recreation management restrictions, etc.:
    Imperial County, CA; temporary off-highway vehicle restriction,
            45578-45579

Management and Budget Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45587-45588

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
RULES
Anthropomorphic test devices:
    Occupant crash protection--
        Hybrid III fifth percentile small adult female crash test
                dummy; chest jacket drawing dimensions; petition
                denied, 45427-45428

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
        Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 45428-45436

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National Park Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, 45579

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 45587
    Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 45587
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc., 45583
    Carolina Power & Light Co., 45583-45584
    Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC, 45584
    R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC, 45585
    Sacramento Municipal Utility District, 45585-45586
    STP Nuclear Operating Co., 45586-45587

Office of Management and Budget
See  Management and Budget Office

Office of United States Trade Representative
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States

Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
International Criminal Court; waiving prohibition on United States
          military assistance to parties to the Rome Statute
          (Presidential Determination)
    No. 2006-18 of August 2, 2006, 45361

Public Debt Bureau
See  Fiscal Service

Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 45589-45590
    NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 45590-45591

Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45591-45592
Disaster loan areas:
    New Jersey, 45592
    Ohio, 45592-45593
Meetings:
    Veterans Business Affairs Advisory Committee, 45593
Small business size standards:
    Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers--
        Plastics pallets (twin sheet thermoformed), 45593

Social Security Administration
RULES
Supplementary security income:
    Social Security Protection Act of 
          2004-Income and resources provisions; changes, 45375-45379
NOTICES
Social security rulings and acquiescence rulings:
    Disability claims; consideration of opinions and other evidence
            from non-acceptable medical sources, 45593-45597

State Department
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
    Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet
            Union Study Advisory Committee, 45597
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
          Appropriations Act:
    Afghanistan; cooperation with U.S.-funded poppy eradication and
            interdiction efforts, 45597
    Colombia; Andean Counterdrug Initiative Section; illicit crops;
            aerial eradication certification, 45597
Gifts to Federal employees from foreign governments; list, 45604-45664

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45570-45571

Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Tariff rate quota amount determinations:
    Raw cane sugar and refined sugar; 2006 FY additional allocations,
            2007 FY country-by-country allocations, 45588-45589

Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Transportation Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 45573

Treasury Department
See  Fiscal Service
See  Foreign Assets Control Office
See  Internal Revenue Service

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
State Department, 45604-45664

Part III
Education Department, 45666-45717

Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 45719-45734 [PDF]

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