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[Federal Register: December 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 245)]
[Contents]
[Page III-VI]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Agriculture Department
See  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
See  Farm Service Agency
See  Forest Service

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
RULES
Viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products:
    Live vaccines; standard requirements, 72563-72564

Army Department
See  Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72681

Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are
See  Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
          Disabled

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOTICES
Privacy Act; systems of records, 72729-72737

Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See  National Technical Information Service

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72665-72666
Procurement list; additions and deletions, 72666-72668

Comptroller of the Currency
RULES
Community Reinvestment Act; implementation:
    Small bank, small savings association, etc.; threshold amount
            adjustments; technical correction, 72571-72574

Defense Department
See  Army Department
See  Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72679-72681
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 72681

Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72682-72683
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Elementary and secondary education--
        Even Start Family Literacy Program, 72683-72689

Employee Benefits Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72761-72767

Energy Department
See  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board--
        Nevada Test Site, NV, 72689-72690
        Oak Ridge Reservation, TN, 72689

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office
RULES
Consumer products; energy conservation program:
    Energy conservation standards--
        New Federal commercial and multi-family high-rise residential
                buildings and low-rise residential buildings, 
                  72565-72571 [HTML] or [PDF]

Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Beaufort County, NC; Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan phosphate mine
            operation continuation, 72681-72682 [HTML] or [PDF]

Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans:
    Preparation, adoption, and submittal--
        Prevention of significant deterioration and nonattainment new
                source review; reasonable possibility in recordkeeping,
                72607-72617 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
          States:
    South Dakota, 72617-72622 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural
          commodities:
    Glufosinate-ammonium, 72622-72626 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72704-72706 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Agency comment availability, 72706-72707 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Agency weekly receipts, 72707-72708 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Environmental Policy and Technology National Advisory Council,
            72708 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Total Coliform Rule Distribution System Advisory Commitee, 
              72708-72709 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide programs:
    Special reviews--
        Dichlorvos, 72709-72710 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Nicotine, etc., 72710-72713 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Polypropylene glycol, 72713-72715 [HTML] or [PDF]
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Integrated Risk Information System; 2008 program announcement,
            72715-72719 [HTML] or [PDF]

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    Oxides of nitrogen and sulfur; environmental criteria; integrated
            science assessment, 72719-72720 [HTML] or [PDF]
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
    Citizens petitions--
        Sierra Club, 72885-72896 [HTML] or [PDF]

Executive Office of the President
See  National Drug Control Policy Office

Farm Service Agency
RULES
Special programs:
    Emergency agricultural assistance (2007); crop disaster and
            livestock indemnity programs, 72863-72878
    Livestock compensation and catfish grant programs (2005-2007),
            72878-72884 [HTML] or [PDF]

Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:
    Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast out performance
            requirements to support air traffic control service, 
              72637-72641
Airworthiness directives:
    BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd.; withdrawn, 72636-72637
    McDonnell Douglas; correction, 72823

Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio stations; table of assignments:
    North Carolina and Tennessee, 72626
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72720-72723
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Keeney, Lonnie L., 72723-72724

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
RULES
Community Reinvestment Act; implementation:
    Small bank, small savings association, etc.; threshold amount
            adjustments; technical correction, 72571-72574

Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Presidential candidates (2008):
    Net outstanding campaign obligations statements; matching fund
            submission dates and post date of ineligibility dates to
            submit, 72724-72725

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Hydroelectric applications, 72693-72704
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Atmos Pipeline & Storage, LLC, 72690
    Azusa, CA, 72690-72691
    East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc, 72691
    El Paso Electric Co., 72691-72692
    Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 72692
    Southeastern Power Administration, 72692
    Southwestern Power Administration, 72692-72693

Federal Highway Administration
RULES
Engineering and traffic operations:
    Uniform Traffic Control Devices Manual--
        Traffic sign retroreflectivity; maintenance methods, 
                  72574-72582

Federal Labor Relations Authority
PROPOSED RULES
Unfair labor practice proceedings:
    Office of General Counsel's role during investigatory stage, 
              72632-72636

Federal Reserve System
RULES
Community Reinvestment Act; implementation:
    Small bank, small savings association, etc.; threshold amount
            adjustments; technical correction, 72571-72574
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72725-72727
Banks and bank holding companies:
    Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 72727

Federal Transit Administration
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Utah County, UT; potential high-capacity fixed-guideway transit and
            roadway infrastructure improvements, 72813-72815 [HTML] or [PDF]

Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species and marine mammal permit
          applications, determinations, etc., 72749 [HTML] or [PDF]

Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee, 72737-72738
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Dietary lipids and cancer, soy protein and coronary heart disease,
            antioxidant vitamins and cancers, and selenium and cancers;
            health claims; reevaluation, 72738-72740

Forest Service
NOTICES
Recreation fee areas:
    Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, CO; forest
            cabin rental program, 72665

Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  Health Resources and Services Administration
See  National Institutes of Health
See  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Naional Toxicology Program:
    Interagency Center for Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological
            Methods; ten-year anniversary symposium and five-year plan,
            72727-72729

Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act:
    Potential eligibility for compensation announcment; declaration and
            filing deadlines, 72740-72741

Homeland Security Department
See  U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72746-72747
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Homeless assistance; excess and surplus Federal properties, 
              72747-72749

Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
See  Minerals Management Service
See  National Park Service
See  Reclamation Bureau

Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Foreign tax credit limitation categories; reduction, 72582-72592
    Overall foreign and domestic losses; treatment, 72592-72606
Procedure and administration:
    Actuarial services, enrollment; user fees, 72606-72607
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    Foreign and domestic losses; treatment; cross-reference, 
              72646-72648
    Foreign tax credit limitation categories; reduction; cross-
            reference, 72645-72646

International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
    Frozen fish fillets from--
        Vietnam, 72668
    Frozen warmwater shrimp from--
        China, 72668-72670
    Polyethylene retail carrier bags from--
        China, 72670
    Stainless steel bar from--
        India, 72671-72674
    Wooden bedroom furniture from--
        China, 72674

Labor Department
See  Employee Benefits Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72759-72761

Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Alaska Native claims selection:
    Chugach Alaska Corp., 72750
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Powder River Federal Coal Production Region, WY; Federal coal
            lease-by-application, 72750-72751 [HTML] or [PDF]
Resource management plans, etc.:
    Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; oil shale and tar sands development,
            72751-72753 [HTML] or [PDF]

Minerals Management Service
PROPOSED RULES
Outer Continental Shelf; oil, gas, and sulphur operations:
    Plans, applications, and permits; processing fees; electronic
            payment, 72648-72652
Royalty management:
    Deepwater Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases; royalty
            relief; regulations conformed to court decision, 
              72652-72657

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72768-72769

National Archives and Records Administration
NOTICES
Agency records schedules; availability, 72769-72770

National Drug Control Policy Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72770-72771

National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72741-72742
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 72742-72744

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Northeastern United States fisheries--
        Atlantic sea scallop, 72626-72630
    West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries--
        Pacific Coast groundfish, 72630-72631
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions--
        Experimental permitting process, exempted fishing permits, and
                scientific research activity, 72657-72664 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Convention Act of 1984;
          conservation and management measures, 72826-72861
Marine mammal permit applications, determinations, etc., 72674-72675
Meetings:
    Council Coordination Committee, 72675
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 72676
    North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 72676
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 72676-72677
    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 72677-72678
    South Atlantic Fishery Management Council et al., 72677-72678

National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:78
    Governors Island National Monument, NY, 72753-72754 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, AK; off-road
            vehicles recreational use along Nabesna Area trails, 
              72754-72755 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Advisory
            Commission, 72755-72756
    Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee, 72756

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National Technical Information Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Advisory Board, 72678-72679

Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72771
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co., 72774-72775 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
    Independent External Review Panel to Identify Vulnerabilities in
            U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Materials Licensing
            Program, 72775-72776
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
    Mallinckrodt Inc., 72771-72773

Office of National Drug Control Policy
See  National Drug Control Policy Office

Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Personnel management demonstration projects:
    National Nuclear Security Administration; pay banding and
            performance-based pay adjustments, 72776-72802

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
NOTICES
Pipeline safety:
    Waiver petitions--
        TransCanada Pipelines Ltd., 72815-72819

Reclamation Bureau
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Northwest Area Water Supply Project, ND, 72756-72757 [HTML] or [PDF]
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Grassland Bypass Project extension, Merced and Fresno Counties, CA,
            72757-72758 [HTML] or [PDF]
    Red River Valley Water Supply Project, ND, 72758-72759 [HTML] or [PDF]

Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Securities:
    Suspension of trading--
        Score One, Inc., 72802
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 72803-72804
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 72804-72808
    International Securities Exchange, LLC, 72808-72809
    NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 72809-72813

Social Security Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Supplemental security income:
    Aged, blind, and disabled--
        Parent-to-child deeming from stepparents, 72641-72645

State Department
NOTICES
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Convention Act of 1984;
          conservation and management measures, 72826-72861

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
          approvals, 72744

Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Canadian National Railway Corp. et al., 72819-72822 [HTML] or [PDF]

Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Community Reinvestment Act; implementation:
    Small bank, small savings association, etc.; threshold amount
            adjustments; technical correction, 72571-72574

Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Federal Highway Administration
See  Federal Transit Administration
See  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
    Hearings, etc.--
        Taga Air Charter Service, Inc., 72813

Treasury Department
See  Comptroller of the Currency
See  Internal Revenue Service
See  Thrift Supervision Office

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
NOTICES
Citizenship and identity; oral declarations no longer satisfactory as
          evidence, 72744-72745
Commercial gauger and laboratory accreditations:
    Approval--
        Inspectorate America Corp., 72745-72746

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Separate Parts in This Issue
Part II
Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
          State Department, 72826-72861

Part III
Agriculture Department, Farm Service Agency, 72864-72884

Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 72885-72896 [PDF]

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