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Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Council, 3519 E6-695 Meetings; advisory committees: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels, 3519 E6-693 Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services PROPOSED RULES Medicare: Inpatient psychiatric facilities prospective payment system; (2007 RY) payment rates; update, 3616-3752 06-488 Coast Guard Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:
Savannah River, GA, 3442-3446 E6-654 NOTICES Meetings: Recreational Boating Safety Strategic Planning Panel, 3520-3521 E6-659 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See National Telecommunications and Information Administration NOTICES Voting age population (2005); estimates, 3456 E6-660 Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation PROPOSED RULES Export programs:
Commodities procurement for foreign donation, 3442 E6-683 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3488 06-672 Corporation Corporation for National and Community Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3488-3489 E6-712 Customs Customs and Border Protection Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions Departmental Advisory Committee, 3521 06-557 Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
Regulatory Audit Division; address change, 3521 06-556 Defense Defense Department See Engineers Corps RULES Acquisition regulations: Contracting by negotiation, 3413-3414 06-566 Pilot Mentor-Protege Program, 3414-3415 06-568 Simplified acquisition procedures, 3412-3413 06-567 Specialized service contracting, 3415-3416 06-562 Utility rates established by regulatory bodies, 3418 06-564 Utility services acquisition, 3416-3417 06-565 PROPOSED RULES Acquisition regulations: Earned Value Management Systems, 3449-3453 E6-705 Foreign acquisition procedures, 3448-3449 E6-706 Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related thresholds, 3446-3448 E6-701 Drug Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3542-3543 E6-681 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Cerilliant Corp., 3543-3545 E6-720 Clariant LSM (Missouri), Inc., 3545 E6-719 Clinical Trial Services, 3545 E6-717 Cody Laboratories Inc., 3545-3546 E6-718 National Center for Natural Products Research-NIDA MProject, University of Mississippi, 3546 E6-716 Sigma Aldrich Research Biochemicals, Inc., 3546 E6-715 Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3489-3490 E6-685 E6-686 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
Elementary and secondary education— Native Hawaiian Education Program, 3490-3494 E6-750 Innovation and improvement— Charter School Program, 3494-3499 E6-755 Postsecondary education— Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, 3499-3502 E6-749 Privacy Act; systems of records, 3503-3507 E6-746 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board— Oak Ridge Reservation, TN, 3507-3508 E6-721 Engineers Engineers Corps PROPOSED RULES Navigation regulations:
Lake Washington Ship Canal, Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, WA; scheduled operational hours; modification procedures; withdrawn, 3446 E6-708 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Tennessee; correction, 3412 06-582 NOTICES Meetings: Scientific Counselors Board Executive Committee, 3509-3510 E6-726 Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions: BASF Corp., 3510-3512 06-578 ExxonMobil Chemical Co., 3512-3513 06-571 FAA Federal Aviation Administration NOTICES Exemption petitions; summary and disposition, 3603 E6-656 FCC Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Common carrier services:
Wireless telecommunications services— 800 MHz air-ground radiotelephone service licenses auction, 3513-3518 06-664 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings, 3508-3509 E6-689 E6-692 Federal Housing Federal Housing Finance Board NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3518 06-614 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration RULES Motor vehicle safety standards: Commercial driver's license standards; school bus endorsement Correction, 3613 C6-413 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies:
Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 3518 E6-735 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee corridor, WI; commuter rail extension; meetings, 3603-3606 E6-657 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Endangered and threatened species: Recovery plans— Tidewater goby, 3524-3525 E6-696 Forest Forest Service RULES National Forest System timber; sale and disposal: Market-related contract term additions; indices, 3409-3412 06-548 NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:
Tongass National Forest, AK, 3454-3455 06-555 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Federal travel: Per diem— Various States; maximum rates, 3518-3519 06-613 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Health Resources and Services Administration Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; living donor status guidelines, 3519-3520 E6-661 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Customs and Border Protection Bureau See Transportation Security Administration See U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services Industry Industry and Security Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3457 E6-673 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office IRS Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3607-3609 E6-744 E6-745 E6-747 E6-748 Meetings:
Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 3609-3612 E6-734 E6-736 E6-737 E6-738 E6-739 E6-752 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Forged stainless steel flanges from— India and Taiwan, 3457-3458 E6-724 Softwood lumber products from— Canada, 3458-3463 E6-653 Stainless steel bar from— France, 3463-3468 E6-658 Steel concrete reinforcing bars from— Turkey, 3468-3469 E6-652 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews: Alloy magnesium from— Canada, 3469 E6-655 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations:
Axle bearing assemblies, components, and products containing same, 3540-3541 E6-682 Paper clips from— China, 3541 E6-722 Stainless steel wire rod from— Various countries, 3541-3542 E6-723 Justice Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration Labor Labor Department See Mine Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Resource Advisory Committees— Coos Bay, 3525 E6-713 Survey plat filings: Wyoming, 3525-3526 E6-694 Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3526-3540 E6-687 E6-688 E6-690 E6-691 E6-731 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration RULES Education and training:
Shaft and slope construction mine workers; training standards; correction, 3613 C5-24624 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Nonconforming vehicles importation eligibility determinations, 3606-3607 E6-707 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— North Pacific halibut and sablefish, 3429-3434 06-594 NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3469-3472 E6-669 E6-670 E6-671 E6-672 Exempted fishing permit determinations, etc., 3472-3474 E6-733 Marine mammals:
Taking and importing— Eglin Air Force Base, FL; air-to-surface gunnery missions in Gulf of Mexico, 3474-3484 06-595 Meetings: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 3484-3485 E6-732 Pacific Fishery Management Council, 3485-3486 E6-727 E6-728 E6-730 Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 3486-3487 E6-729 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: National Science Board, 3546 E6-711 National Telecommunications National Telecommunications and Information Administration NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, 3487-3488 E6-697 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Texas Genco, LP, et al., 3547 E6-710 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Employment: Homeland Security Act of 2002; implementation— Alternative ranking and selection procedures; veterans preference, 3409 06-550 NOTICES Pay under General Schedule: Basic and locality payments for certain Federal employees; adjustments, 3547-3548 E6-680 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RULES Hazardous materials:
Lighters and lighter refills; requirements, 3418-3429 06-464 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3548-3549 E6-667 Securities: Suspension of trading— Safe Transportation Systems, Inc., 3567 06-621 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: American Stock Exchange LLC, 3567-3578 E6-676 E6-698 E6-700 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 3579-3582 E6-662 International Securities Exchange, Inc., 3582-3584 E6-666 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 3584-3586 E6-663 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 3586-3598 E6-668 E6-674 Pacific Exchange, Inc., 3598-3599 E6-703 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 3600-3602 E6-699 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., 3549 E6-677 Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, 3550-3566 E6-664 Sterling Construction Co., Inc., 3566 E6-679 Washtenaw Group, Inc., 3567 E6-678 State State Department NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:
General Advisory Committee and Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, U.S. Section, 3602-3603 E6-714 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3540 06-558 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Federal Transit Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Transportation Transportation Security Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3522 E6-665 Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service MISSING FOR:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 3522-3524 06-540 06-541 06-542 06-569 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 3616-3752 06-488 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. 71 14 Monday, January 23, 2006 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 337 RIN 3206-AK35 Examining System AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management
(OPM)is issuing a final regulation to designate two sections of the Alternative Ranking and Selection Procedures from the Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002 (Title XIII of the Homeland Security Act) as veterans' preference requirements for purposes of a prohibited personnel practice violation, thereby aligning these sections with other statutory provisions covering veterans' preference. DATES: This rule is effective February 22, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Watson by telephone at
(202)606-0830; by fax at
(202)606-2329; by TTY at
(202)418-3134; or by e-mail at *linda.watson@opm.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 7, 2005, OPM published a proposed rule at **Federal Register** 70 FR 17160 designating sections 3319(b) and (c)(2) of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) as veterans' preference requirements for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(11). OPM's authority to designate in regulation a provision of law as a “veterans' preference requirement” is prescribed in 5 U.S.C. 2302(e)(1)(G). The purpose of this designation is to align sections 3319(b) and (c)(2) with the other statutory provisions covering veterans' preference that are listed in section 2302(e)(1) as constituting veterans' preference requirements. As background, this action completes the implementation of specific provisions of the Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002 (Act), Public Law 107-296. The Act provides Federal agencies with a number of human resources flexibilities to enhance their recruitment and hiring programs. These flexibilities include the alternative (category) rating and selection procedures which were codified in 5 U.S.C. 3319. This section provides agencies with the authority to develop a category-based rating method to assess and rate job applicants for positions filled through the competitive examining process. Section 3319(b) protects the rights of preference eligibles by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category in lieu of adding veterans' preference points or applying the “rule of three.” Section 3319(c)(2) prohibits appointing officials from passing over a preference eligible in the same quality category from which a selection is made to select a non-preference eligible unless the requirements of section 3317(b) or 3318(b) are satisfied. This rule designates sections 3319(b) and (c)(2) as veterans' preference requirements, for which, failure to comply constitutes a prohibited personnel practice. For additional background information, please refer to the proposed rule. During the comment period, OPM received six comments to the proposed regulation. Two agencies submitted their comments supporting the proposed regulation and the remaining comments were outside the scope of this rule. We are therefore issuing the final regulation with only stylistic changes. E.O. 12866, Regulatory Review This final rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with E.O. 12866. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that these regulations would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (including small businesses, small organizational units, and small governmental jurisdictions) because they would only apply to Federal agencies and employees. List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 337 Government employees. Linda M. Springer, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Accordingly, OPM is amending 5 CFR part 337 as follows: PART 337—EXAMINING SYSTEM 1. Revise the authority citation for part 337 to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1104(a)(2), 1302, 2302, 3301, 3302, 3304, 3319, 5364; Sec. 1413, Pub. L. 108-136, 117 Stat. 1392, 1665; E.O. 10577, 3 CFR 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; 33 FR 12423, Sept. 4, 1968; 45 FR 18365, Mar. 21, 1980. Subpart C—Alternative Rating and Selection Procedures 2. Revise § 337.304 to read as follows: § 337.304 Veterans' preference. In this subpart:
(a)Veterans' preference must be applied as prescribed in 5 U.S.C. 3319(b) and (c)(2);
(b)Veterans' preference points as prescribed in section 337.101 of this part are not applied in category rating; and
(c)Sections 3319(b) and 3319(c)(2) of title 5, U.S.C. constitute veterans' preference requirements for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(11)(A) and (B). [FR Doc. 06-550 Filed 1-20-06; 8:45 am]
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- 5 CFR 337
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- Pub. L. 108-136
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- 3 CFR 1954
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