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[Federal Register: December 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 248)]
[Contents]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73825-73827
Meetings:
Health Care Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel, 73827-73828
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
NOTICES
Superfund program:
Hazardous substances priority list (toxicological profiles),
73828-73830 [HTML] or [PDF]
Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Almonds grown in California, 73671-73676
National Organic Program:
Allowed and prohibited substances; national list; Sunset Review,
73667-73671 [HTML] or [PDF]
Agricultural Research Service
NOTICES
Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:
CrispTek, LLC, 73757
Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Agricultural Research Service
See Forest Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals; correction, 73757
Air Force Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73784
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Barry M. Goldwater Range, AZ; enhancements, 73784-73785 [HTML] or [PDF]
Army Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73785–73786
73786
73786–73787 [HTML] or [PDF]
73787
73787–73788
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
RULES
Medicaid:
School administration expenditures and transportation for school-
age children; elimination of reimbursement, 73635-73651
PROPOSED RULES
Administrative regulations:
Appeals board; revisions to procedures and hearings, 73708-73720
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73830
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
Medicare Education Advisory Panel, 73830-73831
Medicaid:
Disproportionate share hospital allotments; aggregate payments
limitations for mental disease institutions, 73831-73841
Medicare:
Part B drugs; competitive acquisition program (2008 CY);
supplemental participation election period, 73841
Quality improvement program organization contracts--
Various States; proposals, 73842-73843
Medicare and Medicaid:
Program issuances and coverage decisions; quarterly listing,
73990-74086
Meetings:
Applications for new medical services and technologies add-on
payments under the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment
System; FY 2009, 73845-73847
Medicare--
Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups Advisory Panel,
73843-73845
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
Consortium for Medicare Health Plans Operations, et al, 73847-73850
Children and Families Administration
See Refugee Resettlement Office
Commerce Department
See Industry and Security Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 73777
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
New Markets Tax Credit Program, 73976-73987
Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73777-73779
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
Military Personnel Testing Advisory Committee, 73779-73780
National Defense University Board of Visitors, 73780-73781
Privacy Act; systems of records, 73781-73784
Education Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73789-73790
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Elementary and secondary education--
Early Reading First Program, 73790-73796
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Meetings:
National Board for Education Sciences, 73796-73797
Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
Electric arc furnace steelmaking facilities, 74087-74116 [HTML] or [PDF]
Hospital ethylene oxide sterilizers, 73611-73625 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:
Source owners and operators; deadlines to conduct performance tests
Correction, 73625-73626 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air programs:
Stratospheric ozone protection--
Methyl bromide phaseout; 2008 critical use exemption,
74117-74152 [HTML] or [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various
States:
Virginia, 73602-73611 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural
commodities:
Dimethenamid, 73626-73631 [HTML] or [PDF]
Fluroxypyr, 73631-73635 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Superfund program:
Emergency planning and community right-to-know--
Air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste;
administrative reporting exemption,
73700-73708 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Agency comment availability, 73798-73799 [HTML] or [PDF]
Agency weekly receipts, 73799-73800 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
Scientific Counselors Board, 73800-73801 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide programs:
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act--
Pesticide active ingredients and inerts; list, 73801-73802 [HTML] or [PDF]
73802 [HTML] or [PDF]
Risk management evaluations and profiles--
Commercial octabromodiphenyl ether, etc., 73803-73807 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
Chloroneb, 73807-73809 [HTML] or [PDF]
Thiabendazole, etc., 73809-73812 [HTML] or [PDF]
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Pesticides--
Label statements regarding third-party endorsements and cause
marketing claims, 73812-73813 [HTML] or [PDF]
Toxic and hazardous substances control:
Integrated Risk Information System--
Acrylamide; toxilogical review, 73813-73814 [HTML] or [PDF]
Executive Office of the President
See Trade Representative, Office of United States
Export-Import Bank
NOTICES
Meetings:
Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee, 73814-73815
Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
Boeing, 73587-73589
Airworthiness standards:
Special conditions--
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Ltd. Model 429 helicopters,
73579-73582
Boeing Model 757 series airplanes, 73585-73587
Boeing Model 787-8 airplane, 73582-73585
Practice and procedure:
Rulemaking petitions; information requirements; CFR correction,
73579
NOTICES
Aeronautical land-use assurance; waivers:
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI, 73962-73963
St, Louis Regional Airport, East Alton, IL, 73963
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 73963-73964
Meetings:
RTCA, Inc., 73965-73966
Federal Communications Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Radio broadcasting:
Multichannel video and cable television service; program access
rules and examination of programming typing arrangements,
73744-73745
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73815-73821
Debarment proceedings:
Brown, Richard E., 73821-73823
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Federal Deposit Insurance Act:
Bank and savings and loan holding companies; participation by
institution-affiliated parties; policy statement, 73823
Federal Emergency Management Agency
RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
Mississippi and Virginia, 73656-73659 [HTML] or [PDF]
North Carolina; correction, 73655-73656
Various States, 73653-73655 [HTML] or [PDF]
Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:
Various States, 73651-73653 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Flood elevation determinations:
Various States, 73720-73732 [HTML] or [PDF]
73732-73744 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73861
Disaster and emergency areas:
Kansas, 73861-73862
Missouri, 73862
Oklahoma, 73862-73863
Oregon, 73863
Washington, 73863-73864
Meetings:
National Fire Academy Board of Visitors, 73864
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Natural gas pipeline rate and refund report filings, 73797-73798
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Federal Highway Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73966-73968
Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Federal home loan bank system:
Community financial institutions average total assets and directors
annual compensation; limits; annual adjustments,
73823-73824
Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
CEC International et al., 73824
Federal Railroad Administration
RULES
Railroad accidents/incidents; reports classifications and
investigations:
Monetary threshold (2008 CY), 73659-73661 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Exemption petitions, etc.:
Canadian Pacific Railway, 73968-73969
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, 73969
Ohio Central Railroad System, 73969-73970
Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
Change in bank control, 73824-73825
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 73825
Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Human drugs, biological products, or medical devices:
Strategic National Stockpile; product labeling requirements;
exceptions or alternatives, 73589-73602 [HTML] or [PDF]
NOTICES
Meetings:
Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee,
73850-73851
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Prescription Drug User Fee Act IV Information Technology Plan;
comment availability, 73851-73852
Forest Service
PROPOSED RULES
Special areas:
Roadless area conservation; Idaho, 73699
NOTICES
Meetings:
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, 73757-73758
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
National Forest System land management planning directives--
Interstate natural gas pipeline projects, 73758
Health and Human Services Department
See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See Food and Drug Administration
See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
See National Institutes of Health
See Refugee Resettlement Office
PROPOSED RULES
Administrative regulations:
Appeals board; revisions to procedures and hearings, 73708-73720
Homeland Security Department
See Federal Emergency Management Agency
See Transportation Security Administration
See U.S. Customs and Border Protection
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73859-73860
Meetings:
Homeland Security Advisory Council/Secure Borders Open Doors
Advisory Committee, 73860-73861
Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73867-73869
Grant and cooperative agreement awards:
Public Housing Family Self-Sufficiency Program, 73869-73873
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Homeless assistance; excess and surplus Federal properties, 73873
Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Program, 73873-73875
Industry and Security Bureau
RULES
Export administration regulations:
Production; definition; CFR correction, 73589
Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department
PROPOSED RULES
Administrative regulations:
Appeals board; revisions to procedures and hearings, 73708-73720
Interior Department
See Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
National Invasive Species Management Plan (2008-2012),
73875 [HTML] or [PDF]
Water Rights Settlement Act of 2004; implementation; statement of
findings:
Southern Arizona, 73876
Internal Revenue Service
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
Hybrid retirement plans, 73680-73699
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73987
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
Floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and parts from--
China, 73758
Honey from--
Argentina, 73758-73764
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Polyester staple fiber from--
Korea, 73764
Tariff-rate quotas:
Cotton woven fabrics, 73764-73765
International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
3G mobile handsets and components, 73879
Baseband processor chips and chipsets, transmitter and receiver
(radio) chips, power control chips, and products containing
same, including cellular telepho, 73879-73880
Carbon and alloy steel wire rod from--
Egypt, South Africa, and Venezuela, 73881-73882
Various countries, 73880-73881
Coupler devices for power supply facilities, components, and
products containing same, 73882-73883
Ethyl alcohol for fuel use; imports base quantity determination,
73883
Glycine from--
India, Japan, and Korea, 73883-73884
Self-cleaning litter boxes and components, 73884
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 73884-73885
Labor Department
See Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73876-73877
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
Sublette County, WY; Pinedale Anticline Oil and Gas Exploration and
Development Project, 73877-73879 [HTML] or [PDF]
Millennium Challenge Corporation
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Eligible countries; list, 73885-73887
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
NASA Advisory Council, 73887
National Counterintelligence Center
NOTICES
Privacy Act; systems of records, 73887-73898
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73970-73973
Motor vehicle defect proceedings; petitions, etc.:
Public Citizens; petition denied, 73973-73974
National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
Clinical Center, 73852
National Cancer Institute, 73852-73853
National Center for Research Resources, 73853
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases, 73855
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering,
73855-73856
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 73857
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
73856
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,
73853-73854
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 73854-73855
National Library of Medicine, 73857-73858
Scientific Review Center, 73858
National Intelligence, Office of the Director
NOTICES
Privacy Act; systems of records, 73898-73904
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
Pacific halibut and sablefish, 73665-73666
Marine mammals:
Incidental taking--
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, 73661-73663 [HTML] or [PDF]
73663-73665 [HTML] or [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
Critical habitat designations--
Leatherback turtle, 73745-73747 [HTML] or [PDF]
Fishery conservation and management:
Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries--
Snapper-grouper, 73747-73749
Northeastern United States fisheries--
Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish, 73749-73756
NOTICES
Costal zone management programs and estuarine sanctuaries:
State programs--
Intent to evaluate performance, 73765
Endangered and threatened species and marine mammal permit
applications, determinations, etc., 73766 [HTML] or [PDF]
Fishery conservation and management:
Northeastern United States fisheries--
Summer flounder; overfished determination, 73766
Marine mammals:
Eastern Pacific northern fur seal stock conservation plan,
73766-73770 [HTML] or [PDF]
Meetings:
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 73770-73771
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
North American Datum of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in feet--
Nebraska, 73771
U.S. Climate Change Science Program; research plan summary,
73771-73777 [HTML] or [PDF]
Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73788-73789
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; independent
storage; licensing requirements:
Approved spent fuel storage casks; list
CFR correction, 73579
PROPOSED RULES
Rulemaking petitions:
Nevada, 73676-73680
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
NOTICES
Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health,
73885
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
See National Intelligence, Office of the Director
Office of United States Trade Representative
See Trade Representative, Office of United States
Personnel Management Office
RULES
Retirement:
Retirement Systems Modernization Project, 73573-73579
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Green products and services acquisition; policy letter,
73904-73909 [HTML] or [PDF]
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
NOTICES
Pipeline safety:
Random drug testing; minimum annual percentage rate, 73974-73975
Postal Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Practice and procedure:
Nonpostal services; review and docket establishment, 73909
Refugee Resettlement Office
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Recently arrived refugees; support services; cancellation,
73858-73859
Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Securities Exchange Act:
Nationally recognized statistical rating organizations--
Egan-Jones Rating Co, 73909-73910
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
American Stock Exchange LLC, 73910-73913
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 73913-73926
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 73926-73927
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 73927-73932
International Securities Exchange, LLC, 73932-73939
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 73939-73946
New York Stock Exchange LLC, 73947-73955
NYSE Arca, Inc., 73955-73960
Small Business Administration
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
Oklahoma, 73960
Oregon, 73960-73961
Washington, 73961
Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 73961
Small business size standards:
Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers--
All other miscellaneous electrical equipment and component
manufacturing, 73961-73962
State Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
International Communications and Information Policy Advisory
Committee, 73962
Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
Waybill data; release for use, 73975-73976
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency
See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Trade Agreements Act of 1979; implementation:
Procurement thresholds (2008-2009 CY); correction, 73904
Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Highway Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
See Surface Transportation Board
Transportation Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and
approvals, 73865
Treasury Department
See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
See Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
NOTICES
Overdue accounts and refunds; interest rate calculations, 73865-73867
Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
Homeless Veterans Advisory Committee, 73987-73988
OIF/OEF Veterans and Families Advisory Committee, 73988
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Separate Parts in This Issue
Part II
Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 73990-74086
Part III
Environmental Protection Agency, 74087-74116 [PDF]
Part IV
Environmental Protection Agency, 74117-74152 [PDF]
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