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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2005-07-08.xml --- 70 130 Friday, July 8, 2005 Contents Blind Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 05-13413 39513-39514 05-13414 Meetings: Medicare— Ambulatory Payment Classification Groups Advisory Panel, 39514-39516 05-13562 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement list; additions and deletions, E5-3635 39483-39484 E5-3636 CITA Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements NOTICES African Growth and Opportunity Act; determinations:

Ethiopia; handloomed, handmade, or folklore articles, 39490-39491 E5-3590 Corporation Corporation for National and Community Service RULES AmeriCorps National Service Program; provisions and requirements, 39562-39607 05-13038 Defense Base Closure Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission NOTICES Meetings, 05-13472 39491-39492 05-13473 05-13474 Meetings; correction, 39492 05-13477 Defense Defense Department See Navy Department NOTICES Meetings: Dose Reconstruction, Veterans’ Advisory Board, 39492-39493 05-13471 Independent Review Panel to Study the Relationships between Military Department General Counsels and Judge Advocates General, 39493 05-13481 Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 05-13411 39495-39496 05-13412 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Vocational and adult education— School Dropout Prevention Program, 39496-39502 05-13578 05-13579 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 39530-39531 05-13317 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air programs: Ambient air quality standards, national— 8-hour ozone standard; Phase 1 implementation, 39413-39426 05-13483 Air programs;

State authority delegations: Arizona and Nevada, 39426-39432 05-13485 Toxic substances: Fluoropolymer chemicals; enforceable consent agreement and testing consent order, 39630-39637 05-13493 Fluorotelomer-based polymer chemicals; enforceable consent agreement and testing consent order, 39624-39630 05-13492 PROPOSED RULES Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards: Oil and natural gas production facilities, 39441-39457 05-13480 Air programs; State authority delegations:

Arizona and Nevada, 39457 05-13484 NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39506-39507 05-13488 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Agency statements— Comment availability, 39507-39508 05-13468 Weekly receipts, 39508-39509 05-13469 Water pollution control: Clean Water Act— New Hampshire; water quality limited segments; list decisions, 39509 05-13496 Marine sanitation device standard; petitions— New Hampshire, 39509-39510 05-13342 Total maximum daily loads— Louisiana, 39510-39512 05-13489 05-13490 05-13491 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Air traffic operating and flight rules, etc.:

O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL; unscheduled arrivals; reservation system, 39610-39622 05-13363 Airworthiness directives: Airbus; correction, 39559 C5-11707 Rolls-Royce plc, 39412-39413 05-13425 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives: Boeing, 39433-39435 05-13433 McDonnell Douglas, 39435-39441 05-13436 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency PROPOSED RULES Flood elevation determinations: Various States, 39457-39482 05-13442 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Entrega Gas Pipeline, Inc., 39504-39505 E5-3609 Hydroelectric applications, 39505-39506 E5-3608 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Dominion Cove Point LNG, L.P., 39502 E5-3605 Dominion Virginia Power/Dominion North Carolina Power, 39502-39503 E5-3604 KRK Energy, 39503 E5-3607 Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., et al., 39503-39504 E5-3606 FMC Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements filed, etc., 39512 05-13406 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Extensions of credit by Federal Reserve Banks (Regulation A):

Bank primary credit rate increase, 39411-39412 05-13443 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Medical Devices Advisory Committee; public advisory panels or committees— Nonvoting industry representatives, 39516-39517 05-13421 Health 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 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Childhood Vaccines Advisory Commission, 39517-39518 05-13422 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Federal Emergency Management Agency Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Homeless assistance; excess and surplus Federal properties, 39526 05-13309 Interior Interior Department See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39550-39555 05-13593 International International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Hidalgo County, TX; Hidalgo protective levee system; improved flood control alternatives, 39527 05-13426 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Carbon and alloy steel wire rod from— Canada, 39484-39486 E5-3597 Carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from— Various countries, 39486-39487 E5-3596 Welded carbon steel pipe and tube from— Turkey, 39487-39488 E5-3589 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews: Corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from— Canada, 39488 E5-3595 Justice Justice Department See Justice Programs Office Justice Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39527-39529 05-13427 Labor Labor Department See Employment Standards Administration See Labor Statistics Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39529-39530 05-13417 Labor Labor Statistics Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39532-39534 05-13415 05-13416 Mexico Mexico and United States, International Boundary and Water Commission See International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:

National Human Genome Research Institute, 39518 05-13448 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 39520 05-13461 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 39518-39519 05-13447 05-13455 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 39519-39520 05-13458 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 39520 05-13462 National Institute of General Medical Sciences, 39519 05-13454 National Institute on Drug Abuse, 39518-39519 05-13451 05-13452 National Library of Medicine, 39520 05-13459 Scientific Review Center, 39520-39525 05-13449 05-13450 05-13453 05-13456 05-13457 05-13463 05-13464 Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Biosite, Inc., 39525 05-13460 New England Onco Therapeutics, Inc., 39525-39526 05-13446 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Permits: Exempted fishing, 39488-39490 E5-3602 E5-3611 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing, 39493-39494 05-13428 05-13429 05-13430 Meetings: Naval Research Advisory Committee, 39494 05-13423 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39534 E5-3601 Meetings:

Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 39534-39535 E5-3600 Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee, 39535-39536 E5-3599 Railroad Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 05-13444 39536-39537 05-13445 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 39537-39539 E5-3594 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 39539-39540 E5-3598 National Stock Exchange, 39540-39542 E5-3592 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 39542-39544 E5-3593 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster loan areas:

Nebraska, 39544 05-13407 Meetings: National Advisory Council, 39544 05-13408 State State Department NOTICES Meetings: International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 39544-39545 05-13482 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39526-39527 05-13420 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Motor carriers: Control applications— Casino Transportation, Inc., 39545-39546 05-13438 Textile Textile Agreements Implementation Committee See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Thrift Thrift Supervision Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39555-39558 05-13398 05-13399 05-13403 05-13404 05-13405 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 39545 05-13418 Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service See Thrift Supervision Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 05-13440 39546-39549 05-13441 Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Bond Market Association Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, 39550 05-13410 Meetings: Debt Management Advisory Committee, 39550 05-13409 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Corporation for National and Community Service, 39562-39607 05-13038 Part III Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration, 39610-39622 05-13363 Part IV Environmental Protection Agency, 39624-39637 05-13492 05-13493 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 70 130 Friday, July 8, 2005 Rules and Regulations FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Part 201 [Regulation A] Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) has adopted final amendments to its Regulation A to reflect the Board's approval of an increase in the primary credit rate at each Federal Reserve Bank. The secondary credit rate at each Reserve Bank automatically increased by formula as a result of the Board's primary credit rate action. DATES: The amendments to part 201 (Regulation A) are effective July 8, 2005. The rate changes for primary and secondary credit were effective on the dates specified in 12 CFR 201.51, as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board (202/452-3259); for users of Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf

(TDD)only, contact 202/263-4869. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Reserve Banks make primary and secondary credit available to depository institutions as a backup source of funding on a short-term basis, usually overnight. The primary and secondary credit rates are the interest rates that the twelve Federal Reserve Banks charge for extensions of credit under these programs. In accordance with the Federal Reserve Act, the primary and secondary credit rates are established by the boards of directors of the Federal Reserve Banks, subject to the review and determination of the Board. The Board approved requests by the Reserve Banks to increase by 25 basis points the primary credit rate in effect at each of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks, thereby increasing from 4.00 percent to 4.25 percent the rate that each Reserve Bank charges for extensions of primary credit. As a result of the Board's action on the primary credit rate, the rate that each Reserve Bank charges for extensions of secondary credit automatically increased from 4.50 percent to 4.75 percent under the secondary credit rate formula. The final amendments to Regulation A reflect these rate changes. The 25-basis-point increase in the primary credit rate was associated with a similar increase in the target for the federal funds rate (from 3.00 percent to 3.25 percent) approved by the Federal Open Market Committee (Committee) and announced at the same time. A press release announcing these actions indicated that: The Committee believes that, even after this action, the stance of monetary policy remains accommodative and, coupled with robust underlying growth in productivity, is providing ongoing support to economic activity. Although energy prices have risen further, the expansion remains firm and labor market conditions continue to improve gradually. Pressures on inflation have stayed elevated, but longer-term inflation expectations remain well contained. The Committee perceives that, with appropriate monetary policy action, the upside and downside risks to the attainment of both sustainable growth and price stability should be kept roughly equal. With underlying inflation expected to be contained, the Committee believes that policy accommodation can be removed at a pace that is likely to be measured. Nonetheless, the Committee will respond to changes in economic prospects as needed to fulfill its obligation to maintain price stability. Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), the Board certifies that the new primary and secondary credit rates will not have a significantly adverse economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because the final rule does not impose any additional requirements on entities affected by the regulation. Administrative Procedure Act The Board did not follow the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) relating to notice and public participation in connection with the adoption of these amendments because the Board for good cause determined that delaying implementation of the new primary and secondary credit rates in order to allow notice and public comment would be unnecessary and contrary to the public interest in fostering price stability and sustainable economic growth. For these same reasons, the Board also has not provided 30 days prior notice of the effective date of the rule under section 553(d). 12 CFR Chapter II List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 201 Banks, Banking, Federal Reserve System, Reporting and recordkeeping. Authority and Issuance For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Board is amending 12 CFR Chapter II to read as follows: PART 201—EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT BY FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS (REGULATION A) 1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows: Authority: 12 U.S.C. 248(i)-(j), 343 *et seq.* , 347a, 347b, 347c, 348 *et seq.* , 357, 374, 374a, and 461. 2. In § 201.51, paragraphs

(a)and

(b)are revised to read as follows: § 201.51 Interest rates applicable to credit extended by a Federal Reserve Bank. 1 1 The primary, secondary, and seasonal credit rates described in this section apply to both advances and discounts made under the primary, secondary, and seasonal credit programs, respectively.

(a)*Primary credit.* The interest rates for primary credit provided to depository institutions under § 201.4(a) are: Federal Reserve Bank Rate Effective Boston 4.25 June 30, 2005. New York 4.25 June 30, 2005. Philadelphia 4.25 June 30, 2005. Cleveland 4.25 June 30, 2005. Richmond 4.25 June 30, 2005. Atlanta 4.25 June 30, 2005. Chicago 4.25 June 30, 2005. St. Louis 4.25 July 1, 2005. Minneapolis 4.25 June 30, 2005. Kansas City 4.25 June 30, 2005. Dallas 4.25 June 30, 2005. San Francisco 4.25 June 30, 2005.

(b)*Secondary credit.* The interest rates for secondary credit provided to depository institutions under 201.4(b) are: Federal Reserve Bank Rate Effective Boston 4.75 June 30, 2005. New York 4.75 June 30, 2005. Philadelphia 4.75 June 30, 2005. Cleveland 4.75 June 30, 2005. Richmond 4.75 June 30, 2005. Atlanta 4.75 June 30, 2005. Chicago 4.75 June 30, 2005. St. Louis 4.75 July 1, 2005. Minneapolis 4.75 June 30, 2005. Kansas City 4.75 June 30, 2005. Dallas 4.75 June 30, 2005. San Francisco 4.75 June 30, 2005. By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 5, 2005. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 05-13443 Filed 7-7-05; 8:45 am]

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