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BILLING CODE 3510-JE-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patent and Trademark Office [Docket No. PTO-T-2006-0013] Request for Comments on Removal of Paper Search Collection of Marks That Include Design Elements AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) requests comments on a modified plan to remove the paper search collection of marks that include design elements from the USPTO's Trademark Search Facility and replace them with electronic documents.

The USPTO has determined that the paper search collection is no longer necessary due to the availability and reliability of the USPTO's electronic search system. DATES: Comments must be received by August 22, 2006 to ensure consideration. No public hearing will be held. ADDRESSES: The Office prefers that comments be submitted by electronic mail message to *TMSearchComments@uspto.gov.* Written comments may also be submitted by mail to the Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, attention Mary Hannon; by hand delivery to the Trademark Assistance Center, Concourse Level, James Madison Building, East Wing, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, marked to the attention of Mary Hannon; or by electronic mail message via the Federal eRulemaking Portal.

See the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site ( *http://www.regulations.gov* ) for additional instructions on providing comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. The comments will be available for public inspection on the Office's Web site at *http://www.uspto.gov* and in the Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Hannon, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, by telephone at

(571)272-9569. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Under 35 U.S.C. 41(i), the USPTO must maintain a collection of United States trademark applications and registrations for use by the public in paper, microform, or electronic form. The provision authorizing an electronic search collection was added by section 4804(d)(1) of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (“AIPA”), Title IV, Subtitle B of Public Law 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, 1501A-589. Section 4804(d)(2) of the AIPA provides that the USPTO can eliminate the paper or microform search collection only pursuant to notice and opportunity for public comment, and only after submitting a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives detailing its plan for removal, and certifying that the implementation of such plan will not negatively impact the public. The USPTO has previously provided opportunities for the public to comment on the proposed removal of USPTO's paper search records. See notices at 66 FR 45012 (August 27, 2001) and 67 FR 17055 (April 9, 2002). A public hearing was held May 16, 2002. Comments were reviewed and analyzed, and a modified plan addressing the issues raised during the public comment period was developed. On July 24, 2002, the USPTO submitted a report to Congress detailing a plan for removal of a portion of its paper search collection. However, in response to allegations from the public that there were too many design coding errors in the USPTO's electronic system, the USPTO decided to temporarily retain the portion of the paper collection that includes design coding, and modified its plan accordingly. A report detailing the modified plan was submitted to Congress on May 7, 2003. On May 9, 2003, the USPTO certified to Congress that the USPTO could cease to maintain a paper search collection of marks that consist only of words, without harm to the public. The 2003 report and certification are currently available on the USPTO Web site at *http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/comments/epubsearch/crtpapr.pdf.* While the 2003 report and certification remain effective, the United States subsequently entered a stipulated settlement in *National Intellectual Property Researchers Association, Inc.* v. *Rogan,* Civ. A. No. 03-808-A. Among other terms, the settlement required that the USPTO continue to maintain its paper search collection through at least January 1, 2006, to publish a **Federal Register** notice 60 days prior to ceasing maintenance, and to create microform copies of all paper trademark registrations and expired trademark registrations prior to disposing of them. Since submission of the report to Congress, the USPTO has taken many additional steps to improve the quality and integrity of its electronic search system. Existing Search Facilities The USPTO currently maintains a searchable database of registered marks and marks in pending applications. The public can access the database in the Public Search Facility on the premises of the USPTO and also on the USPTO Web site. The database available on the USPTO premises is called X-Search. On the Web site, the database is referred to as the Trademark Electronic Search System (“TESS”). TESS provides the same data and images as X-Search, and the data is updated according to the same schedule. TESS and X-Search contain text and images of all marks in live registrations and pending applications. They also include text and images of marks in abandoned, cancelled and expired records dating back to 1984. Government insignia protected by U.S. law or by Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention, and insignia that various federally and state recognized Native American tribes have identified as their official tribal insignia, are also included. Trademark examining attorneys have relied exclusively on the electronic search system since before 1990, and public use of the electronic search system has increased substantially. *Public Search Facility.* The public can access X-Search in the Public Search Facility at the USPTO's main offices in Alexandria at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, James Madison Building—East Wing. Training is available. In addition, the public can view and print the contents of trademark application and registration files through the Trademark Image Capture and Retrieval System (“TICRS”), and can view and print Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) proceeding files through TTABVUE. Status and prosecution history information is available through the Trademark Reporting and Monitoring (“TRAM”) System. Electronic searching of trademark assignment records is also available, as are microfilmed deeds, and indexes. All trademark registrations that expired or were cancelled prior to 1990 are available on microform. The USPTO maintains a separate search facility at 2900 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, which contains a paper collection of registration certificates for active and some expired registrations. *Internet Searching.* The public may also search text and images of registered marks and marks in pending and abandoned applications on the USPTO Web site at *http://www.uspto.gov* , using TESS. Trademark assignment records can be searched on-line through Assignments on the Web (“AOTW”), and status and prosecution history information can be obtained on-line through the Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (“TARR”) database. In addition, the public can view and print the contents of trademark application and registration files through the Trademark Document Retrieval (“TDR”) portal, and can view and print TTAB proceeding files through TTABVUE. There is no charge for this information. Discussion The USPTO has recently taken a number of steps to improve the quality and accuracy of its electronic search system. *Pseudo-Marks.* For some marks, the USPTO has added a pseudo-mark field to the electronic system to assist users in locating relevant marks. The pseudo-mark consists of spellings that are similar or phonetically equivalent to a word mark, or the literal equivalent to a pictorial representation of wording in a design mark. Pseudo-marks provide an additional search tool for locating marks that contain an intentionally altered spelling of a normal English word. X-Search and TESS also permit users to search other elements that cannot be searched in the paper files, such as filing date and owner name and address. *Design Marks.* In October of 2004, the Office issued an *Official Gazette* notice inviting the public to submit suggestions regarding the design codes and pseudo-marks entered into the USPTO database, in order to enhance the quality of the pseudo-mark data field and the design coding of images in TESS and X-Search. See *Invitation to the Public to Submit Suggestions Regarding Database Design Codes and Pseudo-Marks* (TMOG Oct. 19, 2004) on the USPTO Web site at *http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2004/week42/patsugg.htm.* Between September 23, 2005, and November 9, 2005, the USPTO received 1792 suggestions for correction of design codes and pseudo-marks in pending applications and registrations. Changes were made in 1583 cases, and no changes were deemed appropriate in the other 209 cases. In October of 2005, the USPTO began sending out notices to every applicant whose mark has a design element, usually in the form of an e-mail message to the applicant or its attorney. Each notice lists the design code(s) that have been applied to the mark, explains what the codes mean, and sets forth a phone number or e-mail box that the applicant can use to suggest corrections or additions to the design codes that the Office has applied. On April 4, 2006, the USPTO began sending notices to applicants whose marks have a pseudo-mark inviting them to correct or add to the pseudo-mark field. Thus, all applicants are given notice and may comment on how a mark is coded and/or what pseudo-mark should be applied. The USPTO regards this as an optimal quality check, since applicants have the strongest interest in assuring that the public can find their applications and registrations. The USPTO will continue to maintain and monitor these e-mail boxes for the use of the public. The Office has design coded approximately 25,723 applications between November 2, 2005, and April 26, 2006, and has received approximately 877 suggestions for corrections or additions to the coding for particular marks in its design code e-mail box. Design codes were added in 464 cases; and no changes were appropriate in the other 413 cases. *Employee Training and Quality Review.* The USPTO administered an examination to its employees and government contractors to ascertain their proficiency in properly tagging data, applying design codes and creating pseudo-marks. Quality reviewers, selected on the basis of the proficiency exam, now review all data tags, pseudo-marks, and design codes before they are uploaded into the automated system. Monthly refresher training on design search codes, pseudo-marks and tagging is provided to employees, which is designed to address problem areas that are identified by the reviewers during the quality review process. Proposed Changes Pursuant to AIPA § 4804(d)(2), the USPTO is announcing a modified plan for removal of the paper search collection from the Trademark Search Facility. *Word Marks.* The electronic search system provides equivalent functionality to the paper files and superior storage, maintenance and efficiency features. For the reasons discussed in this notice and in the report to Congress dated May 7, 2003, the USPTO plans to remove the paper collection of active and expired trademark registrations that consist only of words. The USPTO has determined that a paper collection of registered word marks is no longer necessary, and has met the requirements of the AIPA with respect to their removal. All papers will be microfilmed prior to removal and the microform collection will be available to the public in the Public Search Facility at 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. This will ensure that all information currently available in the paper search collection remains available to the public. The USPTO expects to complete microfilming by March of 2007. Once microfilming is complete, the USPTO will discard the paper collection of marks consisting only of words. The USPTO will issue a notice 60 days prior to removal. The microform collection will be equivalent to the existing paper collection. The USPTO believes that, even absent the microfilming project, removal of the paper collection will not negatively impact the public. Because the USPTO will continue to maintain all existing word marks in non-electronic form, i.e., on microfilm, the certification requirements of AIPA § 4804(d)(2) are not applicable to such marks. *Design Marks.* Marks containing design elements are searchable by design codes. Currently, different coding systems are used for the paper and electronic search systems. The paper design classification system, in which design marks are organized by specific designations (such as “trees,” “grotesque humans” or “circles”), is unique to the USPTO. The electronic system uses the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (“Vienna Classification”). The Vienna Classification is based on a multilateral treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It is a numerical classification index that codifies figurative design elements into categories. Each design element in a specific section is assigned a six-digit number. Design marks are coded by identifying the significant design elements and assigning the appropriate codes. The design codes cover all of the possible designs that can be put into a trademark application and are used to search design marks. A Design Search Code Manual is available on the USPTO Web site at *http://www.uspto.gov.* This manual contains guidance describing elements that are included or excluded from specific codes, cross-references directing the user to related codes, and other explanatory notes and guidelines. The design code manual was recently upgraded to add images to each six digit design code, so that at least one example is now given for each of the six digit design codes. Further, the examples in the manual have been updated and improved. Also, the introduction and general guidelines were rewritten to make them clearer, and many new terms were added to the alphabetical index. The Office has a team working on additional improvements to the manual. To ensure greater accuracy and flexibility in searching designs, the USPTO is developing a new design code field to be added to TESS and X-Search, which will mirror the existing codes in the paper search files. The USPTO will also continue to apply the Vienna Classification System codes now used in TESS and X-Search to all design marks. Thus, the USPTO plans to create a redundant search system that will allow anyone using TESS or X-Search to use the Vienna Classification System, the design coding system now used in the paper search files, or both. While this new design coding system is being developed and tested, the USPTO will continue to add design code registrations to the paper search collection in the Arlington, Virginia paper search facility. Once the new coding system has been tested, the USPTO will:

(1)Begin coding all design marks in incoming applications and new registrations using the new coding system;

(2)stop adding design coded registrations to the paper search collection; and

(3)begin microfilming the paper search collection of design marks. When microfilming is complete, the USPTO will discard the paper search collection of design marks. This plan will result in a highly reliable system that is far superior to the existing paper system. It will create a redundant search system that will be available to all members of the public, not just those on the premises of the USPTO. If a design coding error is made in one system, the design mark in a pending application or registration will be found in a search using the other coding system, since it is unlikely that the same error would be made in both systems. The new redundant design coding system will not be applied to the backfile, i.e., to applications filed or registrations issued before the date on which the system is implemented. However, all information now available about these applications and registrations in the paper search collection will remain available to the public in microform in the Public Search Facility. Thus, all information currently available will remain available in non-electronic format. For the reasons discussed above, the USPTO believes that removal of the paper search collection of marks that include designs will not negatively impact the public. All existing paper records will remain available in microform. Design coding errors will be reduced through checking by applicants and internal training and quality review procedures. The creation of the on-line dual design coding system will benefit the public because it will be available to all members of the public through the Internet. Any interested member of the public is invited to provide comments on this modified plan to eliminate the trademark paper search collection of marks that includes design elements. Once all comments have been reviewed and addressed, and any necessary modifications have been made, the USPTO will submit another report to Congress detailing its plan. The paper collection of marks containing designs will not be removed until the USPTO has certified that the implementation of such plan will not negatively impact the public. An additional notice to the public will be issued 60 days prior to removal. Dated: June 15, 2006. Jon W. Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. E6-9958 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-16-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Air Force Draft Environmental Assessment for the Transformation of the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base, NM AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Air Combat Command, Department of Defense ACTION: Notice of Availability

(NOA)to announce that a Draft Environmental Assessment at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico for transforming the 49th Fighter Wing through retirement of the F-117A, and T-38A, and beddown of the F-22A is available for review. SUMMARY: The United States Air Force is issuing this NOA to announce that a Draft Environmental Assessment

(EA)addressing the proposed transformation of the 49th Fighter Wing (49 FW) at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico is available for review. The Draft EA addresses the potential environmental consequences of a proposal to transform the combat capability of the 49th Fighter Wing and maximize the use of available infrastructure at Holloman AFB by replacing the retiring F-117A aircraft and T-38A aircraft supporting the F-117A mission with two new F-22A squadrons. The transformation would enhance the low observable, precision weapons system capability of the 49th Fighter Wing. The Draft EA is issued in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347), the Council on Environmental Quality NEPA Regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508); and the Air Force's Environmental Impact Analysis Process

(EIAP)(Air Force Instruction 32-7061 as promulgated at 32 CFR 989). The Draft EA analyzes the following actions at Holloman AFB: 1. Retire F-117A and T-38A aircraft currently based at Holloman AFB. 2. Beddown and operate two F-22A aircraft squadrons. 3. Renovate existing facilities and construct new facilities to support the F-22A squadrons. 4. Adjust base manning to reflect F-22A beddown requirements. 5. Conduct F-22A training routinely in airspace within 100 miles of Holloman AFB, to include supersonic operations. 6. Create on Air Traffic Control Assigned Airspace (ATCAA) and modify the Cowboy ATCAA. 7. Expand chaff and flare use in military airspace. Alternative airspace training and the No Action Alternative are addressed in the Draft EA. The Draft EA is available for review at the following: Online at *http://www.a7zpintegratedplanning.org;* Alamogordo Public Library, Artesia Public Library, Branigan Memorial Library, Carlsbad Municipal Library, Cloudcroft Library, Dona Ana Community College Library, El Paso Community College-Rio Grande Campus Library and Transmountain Campus Library, El Paso Public Library, Las Cruces Public Library, New Mexico State University Branson Library, New Mexico State University Alamogordo Library, Ruidoso Public Library, Truth or Consequences Public Library, Village of Carrizozo, Holloman AFB Library, National Technical Information Service, and Mescalero Community Library; or you may also request a copy of the Draft EA from Holloman AFB Public Affairs at 505-572-5406. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments before July 24, 2006 to Ms. Linda DeVine, HQ ACC/A7ZP, c/o SAIC, 22 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200 Hampton, VA 23666. Public comments on this Draft EA are requested pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq. All written comments received during the comment period will be made available to the public and considered during Final EA preparation. The provision of private address information with your comment is voluntary and will not be released for any other purpose unless required by law. However, this information is used to compile the project mailing list and failure to provide it will result in your name not being included on the mailing list. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda DeVine, HQ ACC/A7ZP, c/o SAIC, 22 Enterprise Parkway, Suite 200 Hampton, VA 23666. Bao-Anh Tring, Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E6-9917 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before August 22, 2006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the following:

(1)Type of review requested, *e.g.* new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: June 16, 2006. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development *Type of Review:* New. *Title:* Child Care Survey of Postsecondary Institutions. *Frequency:* One time. *Affected Public:* Not-for-profit institutions. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* Responses: 688. Burden Hours: 688. *Abstract:* Policy and Program Studies Service

(PPSS)needs these data to determine

(1)the extent to which Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) grantees are better able than similar postsecondary institutions to provide child care services to low-income students, and

(2)if data are available to determine if these services improve these students' persistence and graduation rates. Data collected from child care directors at grantee and non-grantee institutions will be used to monitor and improve the CCAMPIS program. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov,* by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3142. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.* Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E6-9908 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview Information; Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities—General Supervision Enhancement Grants; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year

(FY)2006 *Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA)Number:* 84.326X. *Dates: Applications Available:* June 23, 2006. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* August 7, 2006. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* September 6, 2006. *Eligible Applicants:* State educational agencies (SEAs), and if endorsed by the SEA to apply and carry out the project on behalf of the SEA, local educational agencies (LEAs), public charter schools that are LEAs under State law, institutions of higher education (IHEs), other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations. *Estimated Available Funds:* $3,690,000. *Maximum Award:* We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $307,500 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the **Federal Register** . *Number of Awards:* 12. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 12 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description *Purpose of Program:* This program promotes academic achievement and improves results for children with disabilities by supporting technical assistance, model demonstration projects, dissemination of useful information, and implementation activities that are supported by scientifically-based research. *Priority:* In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from allowable activities specified in the statute (see sections 663 and 681(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). *Absolute Priority:* For FY 2006 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is: *General Supervision Enhancement Grants (GSEG).* Background Section 616 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

(IDEA)requires the Department and States to establish and implement systems for monitoring implementation of and enforcing obligations under Parts B and C of IDEA. The Department monitors States, and requires each State to monitor its LEAs, using indicators that the Secretary established for certain priority areas under section 616 of IDEA. Under Part B of the IDEA (Part B) each State must develop a State Performance Plan

(SPP)that, among other things, evaluates its efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of Part B. As part of its SPP, a State must establish targets for the indicators established by the Secretary, and use those targets and indicators in annually reporting to the Secretary on its performance in the priority areas. Each State also must use its targets and the Secretary's indicators to report annually to the public on the performance of each LEA in the State. One of the indicators established by the Secretary under section 616 of IDEA (for the priority area concerning the provision of a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment) is the participation and performance of children with disabilities on the State assessments required under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). States are expected to report on student performance on State assessments in their SPPs and Annual Performance Reports

(APRs)using the same assessment data required under title I of ESEA. Title I of ESEA requires accountability for the academic achievement of all students. Under that law, every school is expected to be working to ensure that every one of its students and group of students meet State achievement standards as documented by their performance on State assessments. Under title I of ESEA, a State's academic assessment system must be valid and reliable for the purposes for which the assessment system is used and it must be consistent with relevant, nationally recognized professional and technical standards for assessment. In addition, a State's academic assessment system must be accessible for use by the widest possible range of students, including students with disabilities, students covered under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and students with limited English proficiency. Under both title I of ESEA and IDEA, State academic assessments must provide for reasonable testing accommodations for students with disabilities where necessary. Many students with disabilities require test accommodations in order to ensure that the State's academic assessment accurately measures their knowledge and skills. Accommodations are changes in testing materials or procedures that ensure that an assessment measures a student's knowledge and skills rather than the student's disabilities or English proficiency. Accommodations generally are grouped into the categories of:

(1)Presentation;

(2)Response;

(3)Setting; and

(4)Timing and Scheduling. Section 612(a)(16)(B) of IDEA requires that all States have guidelines for the provision of appropriate accommodations. In addition, the Department's regulations under title I of ESEA allow States to develop alternate achievement standards that are aligned with the State's academic content standards and reflect professional judgment of the highest learning standards possible for that very limited group of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The Department's regulations under title I of ESEA permit the proficient and advanced scores of students assessed based on alternate achievement standards to be included in adequate yearly progress

(AYP)calculations in the same manner as scores based on grade level achievement, subject to a cap of one percent of all students in the grades assessed, at the district and State level. See *http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2003-4/120903a.pdf* for more information. Under section 612(a)(16)(C) and

(D)of IDEA, States must report on the number and performance of students taking alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards. All alternate assessments that are used for title I ESEA purposes must be designed to generate valid data that can be used for AYP purposes under ESEA. All alternate assessments must also meet the requirements in 34 CFR 200.2 (State Responsibilities for Assessment) and 34 CFR 200.3 (Designing State Academic Assessment Systems), including the requirements relating to validity, reliability, and high technical quality; and fit coherently in the State's overall assessment system under 34 CFR 200.2. The alternate assessment must, among other things:

(1)Be valid and reliable for the purposes for which the assessment system is used;

(2)be consistent with relevant, nationally recognized professional and technical standards; and

(3)be supported by evidence from test publishers or other relevant sources that the assessment system is of adequate technical quality for each purpose required under ESEA. States must include alternate assessment data in their SPPs and APRs relative to performance and participation of children with disabilities on State assessments under IDEA. The Department is announcing the following priority to assist States in:

(1)Developing alternate achievement standards aligned with the State's academic content standards;

(2)developing high-quality alternate assessments that measure the achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities based on those standards;

(3)reporting on the participation and performance of students with disabilities on alternate assessments; and

(4)developing appropriate assessment accommodations that do not alter the established reliability and validity of the assessment instrument. Priority This priority supports projects that assist States in improving their capacity to accurately report on the performance and participation of children with disabilities on the State's assessments. In order to meet this priority an applicant must demonstrate that the project for which it seeks funding will do one or more of the following:

(1)Develop alternate achievement standards aligned with the State's academic content standards;

(2)develop high-quality alternate assessments that measure the achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities based on those standards;

(3)report on the participation and performance of students with disabilities on alternate assessments; and

(4)develop appropriate assessment accommodations that do not alter the established reliability and validity of the assessment instrument. Projects funded under this priority also must—

(a)Budget to attend a two-day Project Directors' meeting;

(b)If the project maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility; and

(c)Provide a written assurance that the State's Assessment Office (e.g., the office that addresses ESEA accountability) was given the opportunity to contribute to the formulation of the application. *Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:* Under the Administrative Procedure Act

(APA)(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on a proposed priority. However, section 681(d) of IDEA makes the public comment requirements under the APA inapplicable to the priority in this notice. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1463 and 1481(d). *Applicable Regulations:* The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants except federally recognized Indian tribes. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only. II. Award Information *Type of Award:* Cooperative agreement. *Estimated Available Funds:* $3,690,000. *Maximum Award:* We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $307,500 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the **Federal Register** . *Number of Awards:* 12. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. *Project Period:* Up to 12 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. *Eligible Applicants:* SEAs, and if endorsed by the SEA to apply and carry out the project on behalf of the SEA, LEAs, public charter schools that are LEAs under State law, IHEs, other public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations. 2. *Cost Sharing or Matching:* This competition does not involve cost sharing or matching. 3. *Other:* *General Requirements* —(a) The projects funded under this competition must make positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of IDEA).

(b)Applicants and grant recipients funded under this competition must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the project (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA). IV. Application and Submission Information 1. *Address to Request Application Package:* Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX:

(301)470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734. You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: *http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html* or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: *edpubs@inet.ed.gov.* If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.326X. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 2. *Content and Form of Application Submission:* Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this competition. Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more than 30 pages, using the following standards: • A “page” is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. • Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs. • Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; the one-page abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support. However, you must include all of the application narrative in Part III. We will reject your application if— • You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or • You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 3. *Submission Dates and Times:* *Applications Available:* June 23, 2006. *Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:* August 7, 2006. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. *Other Submission Requirements* in this notice. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. *Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:* September 6, 2006. 4. *Intergovernmental Review:* This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this competition. 5. *Funding Restrictions:* We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. 6. *Other Submission Requirements:* Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. a. Electronic Submission of Applications We have been accepting applications electronically through the Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand on those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are continuing to participate as a partner in the new government wide Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2006. The General Supervision Enhancement Grants-CFDA Number 84.326X is one of the programs included in this project. We request your participation in Grants.gov. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Grants.gov Apply site at *http://www.Grants.gov.* Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the General Supervision Enhancement Grants at: *http://www.grants.gov.* You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search. Please note the following: • Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary. • When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. • Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. • The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process through Grants.gov. • You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at *http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.* • To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see *http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted* ). These steps include

(1)registering your organization,

(2)registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR), and

(3)getting authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see *http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf).* You also must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please note that the registration process may take five or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit your application in paper format. • You may submit all documents electronically, including all information typically included on the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text) or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that material. • Your electronic application must comply with any page limit requirements described in this notice. • After you electronically submit your application, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your application). • We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: *By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.326X), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260, or *By mail through a commercial carrier:* U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center—Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.326X), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506. Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:

(1)A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,

(2)A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service,

(3)A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier, or

(4)Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:

(1)A private metered postmark, or

(2)A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.326X), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. *Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications:* If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:

(1)You must indicate on the envelope and—if not provided by the Department—in Item 4 of ED 424 the CFDA number—and suffix letter, if any—of the competition under which you are submitting your application.

(2)The Application Control Center will mail a grant application receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at

(202)245-6288. V. Application Review Information *Selection Criteria:* The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package. VI. Award Administration Information 1. *Award Notices:* If your application is successful, we notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally. If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we notify you. 2. *Administrative and National Policy Requirements:* We identify administrative and national policy requirements in the application package and reference these and other requirements in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice. We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the *Applicable Regulations* section of this notice and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant. 3. *Reporting:* At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 4. *Performance Measures:* Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has developed measures that will yield information on various aspects of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program. These measures focus on: the extent to which projects provide high quality products and services, the relevance of project products and services to educational and early intervention policy and practice, and the use of products and services to improve educational and early intervention policy and practice. We will notify grantees if they will be required to provide any information related to these measures. Grantees also will be required to report information on their projects' performance in annual reports to the Department (34 CFR 75.590). VII. Agency Contact FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Wexler, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4019, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:

(202)245-7571. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(FRS)at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request by contacting the following office: The Grants and Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:

(202)245-7363. VIII. Other Information *Electronic Access to This Document:* You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(PDF)on the Internet at the following site: *http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.* To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at

(202)512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the **Federal Register** . Free Internet access to the official edition of the **Federal Register** and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.* Dated: June 14, 2006. John H. Hager, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. [FR Doc. E6-9967 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the **Federal Register** . DATES: Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 6 p.m. ADDRESSES: DOE Information Center, 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Halsey, Federal Coordinator, Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM-90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone

(865)576-4025; Fax

(865)576-5333 or e-mail: *halseypj@oro.doe.gov* or check the Web site at *http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Purpose of the Board:* The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. *Tentative Agenda:* Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and Other Regulations. *Public Participation:* The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to the agenda item should contact Pat Halsey at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. *Minutes:* Minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at the Department of Energy's Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by writing to Pat Halsey, Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM-90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by calling her at

(865)576-4025. Issued at Washington, DC on June 19, 2006. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E6-9927 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6676-6] Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental Review Process (ERP), under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act as amended. Requests for copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal Activities at 202-564-7167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact statements

(EISs)was published in FR dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845). Draft EISs *EIS No. 20060091, ERP No. D-AFS-K65303-CA* , Phoenix Project Area, Treat Poor Forest Health, High Fire Hazard Condition, Develop a Network of Defensible Fuel Profile Zones (DFPZs), and Restore Aspen Stand, Sierraville Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest, Sierra and Nevada Counties, CA. Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to watershed resources, air quality, and noxious weeds, and recommended additional measures to avoid or mitigate them. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20060109, ERP No. D-NPS-E65080-KY* , Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, General Management Plan, Implementation, LaRue County, KY. Summary EPA does not object to the proposed action. Rating LO. *EIS No. 20060124, ERP No. D-AFS-F65062-MN* , Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project, Forest Vegetation Management and Related Transportation System, Superior National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan, Lacroix Ranger District and Kawishiwi Ranger District, St. Louis and Lake Counties, MN. Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about potential impacts to water quality and soil resources from erosion, oil spill or leaks, and compaction as well as emissions from logging equipment, and suggested that the Final EIS include a mitigation plan detailing avoidance or mitgation measures for potential impacts. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20060137, ERP No. D-AFS-F65063-WI* , Twentymile Restoration Project Area, Restore Northern Hardwood Forests to an Uneven-aged Condition, Great Divide Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Ashland and Bayfield Counties, WI. Summary EPA expressed environmental concerns about the proposed alternative meeting the goals set forth in the biological opinion for the management of sensitive species as well as being consistent with the Forest Plan goals of maintaining adequate habitat to support viable populations. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20060165, ERP No. D-NPS-J65463-CO* , Rocky Mountain National Park, Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Implementation, Grand and Larimer Counties, CO. Summary EPA does not object to the proposed project. Rating LO. Final EISs *EIS No. 20060185, ERP No. F-AFS-F65055-MI* , Hiawatha National Forest, Proposed Land and Resource Management Plan, Forest Plan Revision, Implementation, Alger, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, and Schoolcraft Counties, MI. Summary EPA does not object to the preferred alternative. Dated: June 20, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6-9952 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6676-5] Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability *Responsible Agency:* Office of Federal Activities, General Information

(202)564-7167 or *http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.* Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 6/12/2006 through 6/16/2006 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. *EIS No. 20060253, Draft EIS, AFS, NV* , Jarbidge Ranger District Rangeland Management Project, Authorize Continued Livestock Grazing, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Columbia River, NV, Comment Period Ends: 8/7/2006, Contact: James Winfrey 775-778-6129. *EIS No. 20060254, Final EIS, FHW, NY,* Southtowns Connector/Buffalo Outer Harbor Project, Improvements on the NYS Route 5 Corridor from Buffalo Skyway Bridge to NYS Route 179, in the City of Buffalo, City of Lackawanna and Town of Hamburg, Erie County, NY, Wait Period Ends: 7/24/2006, Contact: Robert Arnold 518-431-4127. *EIS No. 20060255, Final EIS, NPS, IA,* Hoover Creek Stream Management Plan, Implementation, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, IA, Wait Period Ends: 7/24/2006, Contact: Bruce McKeeman 319-643-2541. *EIS No. 20060256, Draft EIS, AFS, CA,* Pilgrim Vegetation Management Project, Proposes Commercial Thinning/Sanitation, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 8/7/2006, Contact: Dennis Poehlmann 530-926-9656. *EIS No. 20060257, Draft EIS, AFS, AK,* Helicopter Access to Conduct Forest Inventory and Analysis

(FIA)in Wilderness, Implementation, Tongass and Chugach National Forest, AK, Comment Period Ends: 8/7/2006, Contact: Ken Post 907-586-8796. *EIS No. 20060258, Draft EIS, FRC, OR,* Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project, Application for Relicensing of a Existing 173 megawatt(MS) Project, (FERC No. 2195-011) Clackamas River Basin, Clackamas County, OR, Comment Period Ends: 8/7/2006, Contact: John Blair 202-502-6092. *EIS No. 20060259, Final EIS, BLM, UT,* Uinta Basin Natural Gas Project, Proposal to Produce and Transport Natural Gas in the Atchee Wash Oil and Gas Production Region, Resource Development Group, Right-of-Way Grant, U.S. COE Section 404 Permit and Endangered Species Act Permit, Uintah County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 7/24/2006, Contact: Stephanie Howard 435-781-4400. Amended Notices *EIS No. 20060181, Draft EIS, BLM, 00,* Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project, Construction and Operation a New 230-mile 500 kV Electric Transmission Line between Devers Substation in California and Harquahala Generating Substation in Arizona, Comment Period Ends: 08/11/2006, Contact: Greg Hill 760-251-4840. Revision to FR Notice Published 5/19/2006: Comment Period Extended from 7/05/2006 to 8/11/2006. *EIS No. 20060209, Draft EIS, NPS, PA,* Flight 93 National Memorial, Designation of Crash Site to Commemorate the Passengers and Crew of Flight 93, Implementation, Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, PA, Comment Period Ends: 8/14/2006, Contact: Jeff Reinbold 814-443-4557. Revision of FR Notice Published 5/26/2006: Extending Comment Period from 7/17/2006 to 8/14/2006. *EIS No. 20060218, Draft EIS, FHW, NY,* Williamsville Toll Barrier Improvement Project, Improvements from New York Thruway, Interstate 90 between Interchange 48A and 50, Funding, Erie and Genesee Counties, NY, Comment Period Ends: 7/24/2006, Contact: Amy Jackson-Grove 518-431-4125. Revision to FR Notice Published 6/2/2006: Correction to Comment Period from 7/17/2006 to 7/24/2006. Dated: June 20, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6-9951 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0484; FRL-8068-1] Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's progress in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during fiscal year 2005. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires EPA to publish information about EPA's annual achievements in this area. This notice discusses the integration of tolerance reassessment with the reregistration process, and describes the status of various regulatory activities associated with reregistration and tolerance reassessment. The notice gives total numbers of chemicals and products reregistered, tolerances reassessed, Data Call-Ins issued, and products registered under the “fast-track” provisions of FIFRA. Finally, this notice contains the schedule for completion of activities for specific chemicals during fiscal years 2006 through 2008. DATES: This notice is not subject to a formal comment period. Nevertheless, EPA welcomes input from stakeholders and the general public. Written comments, identified by the docket ID number [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0484], should be received on or before August 22, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0484, by one of the following methods: • *Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov/* . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *Mail* : Office of Pesticide Programs

(OPP)Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. • *Delivery* : OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. *Instructions* : Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0484. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available on-line at *http://www.regulations.gov/* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be captured automatically and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm/* . *Docket* : All documents in the docket are listed in the index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* , or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number is

(703)305-5805. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol P. Stangel, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone:

(703)308-8007; e-mail: *stangel.carol@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. Although this action may be of particular interest to persons who are interested in the progress and status of EPA's pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment programs, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. *Submitting CBI.* Do not submit this information to EPA through EDOCKET, regulations.gov, or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. *Tips for preparing your comments.* When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, **Federal Register** date, and page number). ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations

(DCI)notices under section 3(c)(2)(B) issued to support product reregistration by active ingredient. • Progress in reducing the number of unreviewed, required reregistration studies. • The aggregate status of tolerances reassessed. • The number of applications for registration submitted under subsection (k)(3), expedited processing and review of similar applications, that were approved or disapproved. • The future schedule for reregistrations in the current and succeeding fiscal year. • The projected year of completion of the reregistrations under section 4. FIFRA, as amended in 1988, authorizes EPA to conduct a comprehensive pesticide reregistration program--a complete review of the human health and environmental effects of older pesticides originally registered before November 1, 1984. Pesticides meeting today's scientific and regulatory standards may be declared “eligible” for reregistration. To be eligible, an older pesticide must have a substantially complete data base, and must not cause unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment when used according to Agency approved label directions and precautions. In addition, all pesticides with food uses must meet the safety standard of section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) 21 U.S.C. 346a, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act

(FQPA)of 1996. Under FFDCA, EPA must make a determination that pesticide residues remaining in or on food are “safe”; that is, “that there is reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue” from dietary and other sources. In determining allowable levels of pesticide residues in food, EPA must perform a more comprehensive assessment of each pesticide's risks, considering: • Aggregate exposure (from food, drinking water, and residential uses). • Cumulative effects from all pesticides sharing a common mechanism of toxicity. • Possible increased susceptibility of infants and children; and • Possible endocrine or estrogenic effects. As amended by FQPA, FFDCA requires the reassessment of all existing tolerances (pesticide residue limits in food) and tolerance exemptions within 10 years, to ensure that they meet the safety standard of the law. EPA was directed to give priority to the review of those pesticides that appear to pose the greatest risk to public health, and to reassess 33% of the 9,721 existing tolerances and exemptions within 3 years (by August 3, 1999), 66% within 6 years (by August 3, 2002), and 100% in 10 years (by August 3, 2006).The Agency met the first two statutory deadlines and is on schedule to meet the third. EPA's approach to tolerance reassessment under FFDCA is described fully in the Agency's document, “Raw and Processed Food Schedule for Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment” (62 FR 42020, August 4, 1997) (FRL-5734-6). The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act

(PRIA)of 2003 became effective on March 23, 2004. Among other things, PRIA directs EPA to complete Reregistration Eligibility Decisions

(REDs)for pesticides with food uses/tolerances by August 3, 2006, and to complete all non-food use pesticide REDs by October 3, 2008. EPA's schedule for meeting these deadlines is available on the Agency's website at *www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm.* III. FQPA and Program Accountability One of the hallmarks of the FQPA amendments to the FFDCA is enhanced accountability. Through this summary of performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration, tolerance reassessment, and expedited registration, EPA describes progress made during the past year in each of the program areas included in FIFRA section 4(l). A. Status of Reregistration During fiscal year

(FY)2005 (from October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005), EPA made significant progress in completing risk assessments and risk management decisions for pesticide reregistration (See Table 1). **Table 1.—Reregistration/Risk Management Decisions Completed: In FY 2005 and FY 1991 through FY 2005** FY 2005 Decisions Total, FY 1991 through FY 2005 28 REDs (27 countable) 2,4-D 2,4-DB Ametryn 4-Amylphenol Aquashade Azadioxabicyclooctane Benzisothiazolin-3-one Chloroneb Chlorsulfuron Dimethipin Dodine Endothall Ethofumesate Ferbam (case 2180 already counted with Ziram) Fluometuron Inorganic polysulfides Maneb Mancozeb Metiram Napropamide Nitrapyrin Phenmedipham Pyrazon Sethoxydim Tau-fluvalinate Thidiazuron Trichloromelamine Xylene (Aromatic solvents) 271 REDs 0 IREDs 23 IREDs 13 TREDs Ammonia Bromine Cyhexatin Fluazifop-p-butyl Flumiclorac-pentyl Imazamethabenz-methyl Maleic hydrazide Methyl eugenol Nicosulfuron Procymidone Putrescent whole egg solids Sulfuric acid monourea Tanol derivatives 83 TREDs The Agency's decisions are embodied in Reregistration Eligibility Decision

(RED)documents, Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (IREDs), and Reports on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and [Interim] Risk Management Decisions (TREDs). 1. *REDs* . Through the reregistration program, EPA is reviewing current scientific data for older pesticides (those initially registered before November 1984), reassessing their effects on human health and the environment, and requiring risk mitigation measures as necessary. Pesticides that have sufficient supporting data and whose risks can be successfully mitigated may be declared “eligible” for reregistration. EPA presents these pesticide findings in a RED document. i. *Overall RED progress* . EPA's overall progress at the end of FY 2005 in completing Reregistration Eligibility Decisions

(REDs)for groups of related pesticide active ingredients or cases is summarized in Table 2. **Table 2.—Overall RED Progress, FY 1991 through FY 2005** REDs completed 271 (44%) Cases canceled 231 (38%) REDs to be completed 110 (18%) Total reregistration cases 612 (100%) ii. *Profile of completed REDs* . A profile of the 271 REDs completed by the end of FY 2005 is presented in Table 3. **Table 3.—Profile of 271 REDs Completed, FY 1991 through FY 2005** Pesticide active ingredients 45 Pesticide products about 11,600 REDs with food uses 155 Post-FQPA REDs 130 Post-FQPA REDs with food uses* 102 *EPA is revisiting tolerances associated with the 53 food use REDs that were completed before FQPA was enacted to ensure that they meet the safety standard of the new law, as set forth in the Agency's August 4, 1997, Schedule for Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment. iii. *Risk reduction in REDs* . Through the reregistration program, EPA seeks to reduce risks associated with the use of older pesticides. In developing REDs, EPA works with stakeholders including pesticide registrants, growers and other pesticide users, and environmental and public health interests, as well as the States, USDA, and other Federal agencies and others to develop measures to effectively reduce risks of concern. Almost every RED includes some measures or modifications to reduce risks. The options for such risk reduction are extensive and include voluntary cancellation of pesticide products or deletion of uses; declaring certain uses ineligible or not yet eligible (and then proceeding with follow-up action to cancel the uses or require additional supporting data); restricting use of products to certified applicators; limiting the amount or frequency of use; improving use directions and precautions; adding more protective clothing and equipment requirements; requiring special packaging or engineering controls; requiring no-treatment buffer zones; employing ground water, surface water, or other environmental and ecological safeguards; and other measures. 2. *Interim REDs or IREDs* . EPA issues IREDs for pesticides that are undergoing reregistration, require a reregistration eligibility decision, and also must be included in a cumulative assessment under FQPA because they are part of a group of pesticides that share a common mechanism of toxicity. An IRED is issued for each individual pesticide in the cumulative group when EPA completes the pesticide's risk assessment and interim risk management decision. An IRED may include measures to reduce food, drinking water, residential, occupational, and/or ecological risks, to gain the benefit of these changes before the final RED can be issued following the Agency's consideration of cumulative risks. For example, EPA generally has not considered individual organophosphate

(OP)pesticide decisions to be completed REDs or tolerance reassessments. Instead, the Agency has issued IREDs for these chemicals. EPA will complete the risk assessments and reregistration eligibility decisions for OP pesticides with IREDs, once the Agency completes a cumulative assessment of the OPs. 3. *Tolerance reassessment “TREDs.”* EPA issues Reports on FFDCA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and [Interim] Risk Management Decisions, known as TREDs, for pesticides that require tolerance reassessment decisions under FFDCA, but do not require a reregistration eligibility decision at present because: • The pesticide was first registered after November 1, 1984, and is considered a “new” active ingredient, not subject to reregistration; • EPA completed a RED for the pesticide before FQPA was enacted; or • The pesticide is not registered for use in the U.S. but tolerances are established that allow crops treated with the pesticide to be imported from other countries. As with IREDs, EPA will not complete risk assessment and risk management for pesticides subject to TREDs that are part of a cumulative group until cumulative risks have been considered for the group. During FY 2005, in addition to completing 13 TREDs, EPA also completed 168 tolerance assessment decisions for pesticide inert ingredients that are exempted from the tolerance requirement. Almost 900 of the 9,721 tolerance reassessment decisions required by the amended FFDCA are for such inert ingredient tolerance exemptions. EPA has reassessed 573 of these inert ingredient tolerance exemptions to date, and plans to complete the reassessment of all the inert ingredient tolerance exemptions by August 2006. As a result of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, food-contact surface sanitizers previously regulated by both EPA and the Food and Drug Administration were transferred to EPA's sole jurisdiction. Consequently, the approximately 107 ingredients that made up these sanitizer solutions in 21 CFR 178.1010 were transferred to 40 CFR part 180, subpart D. In addition to reassessing the 9,721 tolerances and exemptions for food and feed commodities, EPA also must reassess these sanitizer tolerance exemptions by August 3, 2006. The Antimicrobials Division

(AD)in EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is responsible for reassessing exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for the food-contact surface sanitizing solutions requiring reassessment. AD is reassessing 60 of the 107 exemptions, either as free-standing decisions or through REDs. During FY 2005, AD completed 35 tolerance exemption reassessments decisions for 22 of these 60 food-contact surface sanitizing solution ingredients. EPA is reassessing tolerance exemptions for the other food-contact surface sanitizing solutions through other REDs and inert exemption decisions. 4. *Goals for FY 2006 and future years* . EPA's major pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment goals for FY 2006 and future years are as follows. i. *Complete individual pesticide risk management decisions* . EPA's goal in conducting the reregistration and tolerance reassessment program is to complete about 45 Reregistration Eligibility Decisions

(REDs)and Interim REDs (IREDs) during FY 2006, for pesticides with associated tolerances, and to complete a total of about 45 REDs in FY 2007 and FY 2008, for pesticides with no food uses or tolerances. This will satisfy PRIA requirements and support the Agency's tolerance reassessment goal. EPA's schedule for completing these decisions appears near the end of this document, and also is available on the Agency's Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm* . ii. *Complete tolerance reassessment decisions* . EPA is continuing to reassess tolerances within time frames set forth in FFDCA as amended by FQPA, giving priority to those food use pesticides that appear to pose the greatest risk. Integration of the reregistration and tolerance reassessment programs has added complexity to the reregistration process for food use pesticides. The Agency successfully reached its first two tolerance reassessment milestones by completing over 33% of all tolerance reassessment decisions by August 3, 1999, and over 66% by August 3, 2002. EPA plans to meet the final FQPA tolerance reassessment goal. iii. *Evaluate cumulative risks* . Once EPA completes individual risk assessments for the OPs, carbamates and others, the Agency will make cumulative risk findings for each of these common mechanism groups of pesticides. For further information, see EPA's cumulative risk website, *http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative/* . B. Product Reregistration; Numbers of Products Reregistered, Canceled, and Amended At the end of the reregistration process, after EPA has issued a RED and declared a pesticide reregistration case eligible for reregistration, individual end-use products that contain pesticide active ingredients included in the case still must be reregistered. This concluding part of the reregistration process is called “product reregistration.” In issuing a completed RED document, EPA sends registrants a Data Call-In

(DCI)notice requesting any product-specific data and specific revised labeling needed to complete reregistration for each of the individual pesticide products covered by the RED. Based on the results of EPA's review of these data and labeling, products found to meet FIFRA and FFDCA standards may be reregistered. A variety of outcomes are possible for pesticide products completing this final phase of the reregistration process. Ideally, in response to the DCI notice accompanying the RED document, the pesticide producer, or registrant, will submit the required product-specific data and revised labeling, which EPA will review and find acceptable. At that point, the Agency may reregister the pesticide product. If, however, the product contains multiple active ingredients, the Agency instead issues an amendment to the product's registration, incorporating the labeling changes specified in the RED; a product with multiple active ingredients may not be fully reregistered until the last active ingredient in its formulation is eligible for reregistration. In other situations, the Agency may temporarily suspend a product's registration if the registrant has not submitted required product-specific studies within the time frame specified. The Agency may cancel a product's registration because the registrant did not pay the required registration maintenance fee. Alternatively, the registrant may request a voluntary cancellation of their end-use product registration. 1. *Product reregistration actions in FY 2005* . EPA counts each of the post-RED product outcomes described above as a product reregistration action. A single pesticide product may be the subject of several product reregistration actions within the same year. For example, a product's registration initially may be amended, then the product may be reregistered, and later the product may be voluntarily canceled, all within the same year. During FY 2005, EPA completed the product reregistration actions detailed in Table 4. **Table 4.—Product Reregistration Actions Completed during FY 2005** Product reregistration actions 99 Product amendment actions 63 Product cancellation actions 342 Product suspension actions 0 Total actions 504 2. *Status of the product reregistration universe* . The status of the universe of pesticide products subject to reregistration at the end of FY 2005 is shown in Table 5 below. This overall status information is not “cumulative”--it is not derived from summing up a series of annual actions. Adding annual actions would result in a larger overall number since each individual product is subject to multiple actions--it can be amended, reregistered, and/or canceled, over time. Instead, the “big picture” status information in Table 5 should be considered a snapshot in time. As registrants and EPA make marketing and regulatory decisions in the future, the status of individual products may change, and numbers in this table are expected to fluctuate. **Table 5.—Status of the Universe of Products Subject to Product Reregistration, for FY 2005 (as of September 30, 2005)** Products reregistered 1,875 Products amended 505 Products canceled 4,375 Products sent for suspension 30 Total products with actions completed 6,785 Products with actions pending 4,828 Total products in product reregistration universe 11,613 The universe of 11,613 products in product reregistration at the end of FY 2005 represented an increase of 1,210 products from the FY 2004 universe of 10,403 products. The increase consists of 1,150 products associated with FY 2005 REDs, 35 products associated with TREDs, and 25 products that were added as a result of DCI activities and processing for several previously issued REDs and IREDs. At the end of FY 2005, 4,828 products had product reregistration decisions pending. Some pending products await science reviews, label reviews, or reregistration decisions by EPA. Others are not yet ready for product reregistration actions; they are associated with more recently completed REDs, and their product-specific data are not yet due to be submitted to or reviewed by the Agency. EPA's goal is to complete 450 product reregistration actions during fiscal year 2006. C. Number and Type of DCIs to Support Product Reregistration by Active Ingredient 1. *DCIs for REDs* . The number and type of Data Call-In requests or DCIs that EPA is preparing to issue under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to support product reregistration for pesticide active ingredients included in FY 2005 REDs are shown in Table 6. **Table 6.—DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY 2005 REDs** Case Name Case Number Number of Products Covered by the RED 1 Number of Product Chemistry Studies Required 2 Number of Acute Toxicology Studies Required 3 Number of Efficacy Studies Required 2,4-D 0073 696 31 Not Completed Yet 0 2,4-DB 0196 22 31 48 (6 batches/2 products not batched) 0 4-t Amylphenol and Salts 3016 37 PDCI has not been completed yet Antimicrobial RED—Acute toxicity batching not completed yet PDCI has not been completed yet Ametryn 2010 4 31 24 (4 products not batched) 0 Aquashade 4010 4 31 24 (4 products not batched) 0 Azadioxabicylclooctane 3023 2 PDCI has not been completed yet Antimicrobial RED—Acute toxicity batching not completed yet PDCI has not been completed yet Benzisothiazolin-3-one 3026 47 PDCI has not been completed yet 108 (5 batches/13 not batched) PDCI has not been completed yet Chloroneb 0007 12 31 60 (2 batches/8 not batched) 0 Chlorsulfuron 0631 16 31 72 (2 batches/10 products not batched) 0 Dimethipin 3063 5 31 24 (4 products not batched) 0 Dodine 0161 5 31 24 (4 products not batched) 0 Endothall 2245 30 31 36 (2 batches/4 products not batched) 0 Ethofumesate 2265 18 31 66 (3 batches/8 products not batched) 0 Ferbam 2180 7 31 24 (4 products not batched) 0 Fluometuron 0049 19 31 36 (5 batches/1 product not batched) 0 Inorganic Polysulfides 4054 17 31 96 (16 products not batched) 0 Mancozeb 0643 100 31 144 (5 batches/19 products not batched) 0 Maneb 0642 21 31 60 (3 batches/7 products not batched) 0 Metiram 0644 4 31 18 (3 products not batched) 0 Napropamide 2450 15 31 48 (5 batches/3 not batched) 0 Nitrapyrin 0213 4 31 12 (1 batch/1 product not batched) 0 Phenmedipham 0277 16 31 96 (16 products not batched) 0 Pyrazon 2570 3 31 18 (3 products not batched) 0 Sethoxydim 2600 10 31 48 (1 batch/7 not batched) 0 Tau-Fluvalinate 2295 5 31 18 (3 products not batched) 5 Thidiazuron 4092 18 31 42 (4 batches/3 products not batched 0 Trichloromelamine 3144 8 PDCI has not been completed yet 36 (1 batch/5 not batched) PDCI has not been completed yet Xylene 3020 5 31 18 (3 products not batched) 0 Total No. of Products 1,150 1 The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The product total that appears in the RED document (counted when the RED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when the RED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each RED, as they are being tracked for product reregistration. 2 This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the RED. 3 In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA “batches” products that can be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if six acute toxicology studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the sorting process include each product's active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary labeling). The Agency does not describe batched products as “substantially similar,” because all products within a batch may not be considered chemically similar or have identical use patterns.(Note: FIFRA section 24(c) or Special Local Need

(SLN)registrations are not included in the acute toxicity batchings because they are supported by a valid parent product (section 3) registration.) 2. *DCIs for IREDs* . EPA completed no IREDs during FY 2004. 3. *DCIs for TREDs* . There are special cases where product-specific DCIs may be required for TREDs, particularly if the Agency believes that adequate product chemistry or acute toxicity data are not currently on file to support the reregistration of the products associated with the TREDs. The Agency is requiring a product-specific DCI for the following TRED: **Table 7.—DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY 2005 TRED** Case Name Case Number Number of Products Covered by the TRED 1 Number of Product Chemistry Studies Required 2 Number of Acute Toxicology Studies Required 3 Number of Efficacy Studies Required Fluazifop-p-butyl 2285 35 31 84 (4 batches/10 not batched) 0 Total No. of Products 35 1 The number of registered products containing a pesticide active ingredient can change over time. The product total that appears in the TRED document (counted when the TRED is signed) may be different than the number of products that EPA is tracking for product reregistration (counted later, when the TRED is issued). This table reflects the final number of products associated with each TRED, as they are being tracked for product reregistration. 2 This column shows the number of product chemistry studies that are required for each product covered by the TRED. 3 In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA “batches” products that can be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if six acute toxicology studies usually were required per product, only six studies (rather than 30 studies) would be required for the entire batch. Factors considered in the sorting process include each product's active and inert ingredients (e.g., identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate, aerosol, wettable powder, granular), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary labeling). The Agency does not describe batched products as “substantially similar,” because all products within a batch may not be considered chemically similar or have identical use patterns.(Note: FIFRA section 24(c) or Special Local Need

(SLN)registrations are not included in the acute toxicity batchings because they are supported by a valid parent product (section 3) registration.) D. Progress in Reducing the Number of Unreviewed, Required Reregistration Studies EPA has made progress in reviewing scientific studies submitted by pesticide registrants in support of pesticides undergoing reregistration (See Table 8). The percent of studies reviewed by EPA remained constant in FY 2005. **Table 8.—Review Status of Studies Submitted for Pesticide Reregistration, End of FY 2005** Pesticide Reregistration List, per FIFRA Section 4(c)(2) Studies Reviewed + Extraneous 1 Studies Awaiting Review Total Studies Received List A 11,238 + 589 = 11,827 (87%) 1,788 (13%) 13,615 List B 6,542 + 1,033 = 7,575 (81%) 1,748 (19%) 9,323 List C 2,096 + 334 = 2,430 (84%) 464 (16%) 2,894 List D 1,248 + 133 = 1,381 (86%) 229 (14%) 1,610 Total Lists A-D 21,124 + 2,089 = 23,213 (84.6%) 4,229 (15.4%) 27,442 (100%) 1 Extraneous studies is a term used to classify those studies that are not needed because the guideline or data requirement has been satisfied by other studies or has changed. E. Aggregate Status of Tolerances Reassessed During FY 2005, EPA completed 772 tolerance reassessments and ended the fiscal year with a total of 7,817 tolerance reassessment decisions to date, addressing over 80% of the 9,721 tolerances that require reassessment (See Table 9). EPA reassessed over 33% of all food tolerances by August 3, 1999, and completed over 66% of all required tolerance reassessment decisions by August 3, 2002, meeting two important statutory deadlines established by the FQPA. EPA's general schedule for tolerance reassessment (62 FR 42020, August 4, 1997) identified three groups of pesticides to be reviewed; this grouping continues to reflect the Agency's overall scheduling priorities. In completing tolerance reassessment, EPA continues to give priority to pesticides in Group 1, the Agency's highest priority group for reassessment. 1. *Aggregate accomplishments through reregistration and other programs* . EPA is accomplishing tolerance reassessment through the registration and reregistration programs; by revoking tolerances for pesticides that have been canceled (many as a result of reregistration); by reevaluating pesticides with pre-FQPA REDs, and through other decisions not directly related to registration or reregistration, described further below. EPA is using the Tolerance Reassessment Tracking System (TORTS) to compile this updated information and report on the status of tolerance reassessment (See Table 9). **Table 9.—Tolerance Reassessments Completed Post-FQPA by Fiscal Year, through FY 2005*** Tolerances Reassessed Through... During Late FY 96 During FY 1997 During FY 1998 During FY 1999 During FY 2000 During FY 2001 During FY 2002 During FY 2003 During FY 2004 During FY 2005 Total, End of FY 2005 Reregistration/REDs 25 339 277 359 44 46 231 79 87 413 1,897 Tolerance Reassessments/TREDs 0 0 0 0 0 0 776 14 119 69 970 Registration 0 224 308 340 55 216 200 0 71 -- 1,412 Tolerance revocations 3 0 812 513 22 35 545 0 172 75 2,239 Other decisions 0 1 0 233 0 0 905 26 18 165 1,299 Total tolerances reassessed 28 564 1,397 1,445 121 297 2,657 119 467 722 7,817 *Includes corrected counts for some previous years. i. *Reregistration/REDs* . EPA is using the reregistration program to accomplish much of tolerance reassessment. For each of the tolerance reassessment decisions made through REDs since enactment of the FQPA, the Agency has made the finding as to whether there is a reasonable certainty of no harm, as required by FFDCA. Many tolerances reassessed through reregistration remain the same while others may be raised, lowered, or revoked. ii. *Tolerance reassessments/TREDs* . Tolerances initially evaluated through REDs that were completed before FQPA was enacted in August 1996 now are being reassessed to ensure that they meet the new FFDCA safety standard. EPA issues these post-RED tolerance reassessment decisions as TREDs. The Agency also issues TREDs summarizing tolerance reassessment decisions for some developing REDs, for new pesticide active ingredients not subject to reregistration, and for pesticides with import tolerances only. Tolerance reassessments for pesticides that are not part of a cumulative group may be counted at present and are included in the FY 2005 accomplishments.Tolerance reassessments for pesticides that are part of a cumulative group are not included in the Agency's lists of accomplishments. These tolerances will be considered again and their reassessment will be completed after EPA completes a cumulative risk evaluation for the group. iii. *Registration* . Like older pesticides, all new pesticide registrations must meet the safety standard of FFDCA. Many of the registration applications EPA receives are for new uses of pesticides already registered for other uses. To reach a decision on a proposed new food use of an already registered pesticide, EPA must reassess the aggregate risk of the the existing tolerances, as well as the proposed new tolerances, to make sure there is reasonable certainty that no harm will result to the public from aggregate exposure from all uses. iv. *Tolerance revocations* . Revoked tolerances represent uses of many different pesticide active ingredients that have been canceled in the past. Some pesticides were canceled due to the Agency's risk concerns. Others were canceled voluntarily by their manufacturers, based on lack of support for reregistration. Tolerance revocations are important even if there are no domestic uses of a pesticide because residues in or on imported commodities treated with the chemical could still present dietary risks that may exceed the FFDCA “reasonable certainty of no harm” standard, either individually or cumulatively with other substances that share a common mechanism of toxicity. v. *Other reassessment decisions* . In addition to the types of reassessment actions described above, a total of 1,299 additional tolerance reassessment decisions have been made, some for inert ingredient tolerance exemptions, through actions not directly related to registration or reregistration. A list of these other tolerance reassessment decisions with their **Federal Register** citations is available in the docket for this **Federal Register** notice. Other support documents are available in docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0162. 2. *Accomplishments for priority pesticides* . During FY 2005, EPA completed tolerance reassessment decisions for many high priority pesticides in review, including OPs, carbamates, organochlorines, and carcinogens (See Table 10). **Table 10.—Tolerance Reassessments Completed for Priority Pesticides** Pesticide Class Tolerances to be Reassessed Reassessed by End of FY 2005 Carbamates 545 317 (58.17%) Carcinogens 2,008 1,530 (76.20%) High hazard inerts 5 5 (100%) Organochlorines 253 253 (100%) Organophosphates

(OPs)1,691 1,147 (67.83%) Other 5,219 4,565 (87.47%) Total 9,721 7,817 (80.41%) 3. *Tolerance reassessment and the organophosphates* . EPA developed an approach for assessing cumulative risk for the OP pesticides as a group, as required by FFDCA, and applied this methodology in conducting an OP cumulative risk assessment. The Agency issued preliminary and revised OP cumulative risk assessment documents in December 2001 and June 2002, available on EPA's Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative* . Through this assessment of the OP pesticides, EPA has evaluated several hundred OP tolerances and found that most require no modification to meet the new FFDCA safety standard. The Agency's regulatory actions on individual OP pesticides during the past few years have substantially reduced the risks of these pesticides. EPA plans to complete IREDs and REDs for the three remaining individual OP pesticides (DDVP, dimethoate, and malathion) in FY 2006. Most of the reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions that EPA has made for the OP pesticides will not be considered complete until after the Agency concludes its cumulative evaluation of the OPs. The results of individual OP assessments (IRED and TRED documents) include significant risk mitigation measures, however, and any resulting tolerance revocations are counted as completed tolerance reassessments. In addition, some OP tolerances that make at most a minimal or negligible contribution to the cumulative risk from OP pesticides were counted as reassessed during FY 2002. Once EPA completes a cumulative evaluation of the OPs, the Agency will reconsider individual OP IREDs and TREDs, and complete reregistration eligibility and tolerance reassessment decisions for these pesticides. F. Applications for Registration Requiring Expedited Processing; Numbers Approved and Disapproved By law, EPA must expedite its processing of certain types of applications for pesticide product registration, i.e., applications for end use products that would be identical or substantially similar to a currently registered product; amendments to current product registrations that do not require review of scientific data; and products for public health pesticide uses. During FY 2005, EPA considered and approved the numbers of applications for registration requiring expedited processing (also known as “fast track” applications) shown in Table 11. **Table 11.—Fast Track Applications Approved in FY 2005** Me-too product registrations/Fast track 340 Amendments/Fast track 2,639 Total applications processed by fast track means 2,979 For those applications not approved, the Agency generally notifies the registrant of any deficiencies in the application that need to be corrected or addressed before the application can be approved. Applications may have been withdrawn after discussions with the Agency, but none were formally “disapproved” during FY 2005. On a financial accounting basis, EPA devoted 31.7 full-time equivalents

(FTEs)in FY 2005 to reviewing and processing applications for fast track me-too product registrations and label amendments. The Agency spent approximately $3.56 million in FY 2005 in direct costs (i.e., time on task, not including administrative expenses, computer systems, management overhead, and other indirect costs) on expedited processing and reviews. G. Future Schedule for Reregistrations EPA plans to complete tolerance reassessment by August 3, 2006, as required by FFDCA, and also to complete reregistration eligibility decisions for pesticides with food uses by that date. REDs for pesticides that have no food uses or tolerances will be completed by October 3, 2008. The Agency's schedule for completing these decisions is as follows. This schedule also is available on EPA's website at *http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm* . 1. *RED, IRED, and TRED Schedules for FY 2006* . List 1 contains pesticides scheduled for Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs), Interim REDs (IREDs), and Reports on FQPA Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decisions (TREDs) in FY 2006. Although this list may change due to the dynamic nature of the review process, EPA is committed to meeting the reregistration and tolerance reassessment deadlines. Any pesticides for which decisions are not completed during the current fiscal year will be rescheduled for decisions the following year. *List 1.—FY 2006 RED, IRED, and TRED Schedule* *REDs* ADBAC Aliphatic alkyl quarternaries Aliphatic solvents Alkylbenzene sulfonates Cacodylic acid Chlorine dioxide Copper compounds II Copper salts Copper sulfate Cypermethrin Dicamba Dichloran

(DCNA)Ethylene oxide Glutaraldehyde Imazapyr Inorganic chlorates Inorganic sulfites Iodine MCPB Metaldehyde Methanearsonic acid, salts (DSMA, MSMA, CAMA) MGK-264 Mineral acids, weak (sodium carbonate) PCNB Permethrin 2-Phenylphenol and salts Phytophtora palmivora Piperonyl butoxide Propiconazole Propylene oxide Pyrethrins Resmethrin Rotenone Salicylic acid TCMB Triadimefon *IREDs* Aldicarb Carbofuran Dichlorvos

(DDVP)Dimethoate Formetanate HCl Malathion Simazine *TREDs* Acetochlor Amitraz Azadirachtin Benzaldehyde Bitertanol Boric acid group CP enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate Ethephon Fomesafen Imazaquin Methyl bromide Neomycinphosphotransferase II Oxytetracycline Propazine Sodium cyanide Streptomycin Triadimenol Tridemorph 2. *Post-2006 REDs* . REDs for pesticides with no associated tolerances will be completed in FY 2007 and FY 2008, unless decisions for these pesticides can be completed sooner. Lists 2 and 3 contain pesticides scheduled for REDs in FY 2007 and FY 2008. *List 2.—FY 2007 RED Schedule* 2,4-DP Acrolein Aliphatic alcohols Aliphatic esters Alkyl trimethylenediamine Allethrin stereoisomers Amical 48 Antimycin A Benzoic acid Bioban-p-1487 Bromonitrostyrene Chlorflurenol Chloropicrin Chromated arsenicals

(CCA)Coal tar/creosote Copper and oxides Dazomet Dikegulac sodium Formaldehyde Grotan Irgasan MCPP Methyl bromide Methyldithiocarbamate salts (metam sodium/metam potassium) MITC Octhilinone Pentachlorophenol *List 3.—FY 2008 RED Schedule* 4-Aminopyradine Busan 77 Flumetralin Mefluidide Naphthalene Naphthalene salts Nicotine Organic esters of phosphoric acid (new case) p-Dichlorobenzene Polypropylene glycol Prometon Siduron Sodium fluoride Sodium/potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate salts (case 2180 already counted with ziram) Sulfometuron methyl Sumithrin TBT-containing compounds Tetramethrin Triforine Trimethoxysilyl quats H. Projected Year of Completion of Reregistrations EPA generally is conducting reregistration in conjunction with tolerance reassessment, which FFDCA mandates be completed by August 2006. EPA plans to meet the statutory deadline for completing tolerance reassessment, and in so doing, to complete reregistration eligibility decisions for pesticides with tolerances, as required by PRIA. The Agency expects to complete remaining reregistration eligibility decisions for pesticides with no food uses or tolerances during FY 2007 and FY 2008 (by October 3, 2008).Product reregistration, which takes place only after the reregistration eligibility decisions have been completed for the active ingredients, will not likely be completed before 2012. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: June 16, 2006. Susan B. Hazen, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. [FR Doc. E6-9956 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516; FRL-8073-8] Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA)requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice

(PMN)or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from May 22, 2006 to June 2, 2006, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period. DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number, must be received on or before July 24, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification

(ID)no. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516, by one of the following methods. • *http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *Mail* : Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. • *Hand Delivery* : OPPT Document Control Office (DCO, EPA East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is

(202)564-8930. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. • *Instructions* : Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0516. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at *http://www.regulations.gov* , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” systems, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. *Docket* : All documents in the docket are listed in the regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically through regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPPT Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is

(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is

(202)566-0280. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:

(202)554-1404; e-mail address: *TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. As such, the Agency has not attempted to describe the specific entities that this action may apply to. Although others may be affected, this action applies directly to the submitter of the premanufacture notices addressed in the action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. *Submitting CBI* . Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed CBI). In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. *Tips for preparing your comments* . When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket number and other identifying information (subject heading, **Federal Register** date and page number). ii. Follow directions—The agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used. v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at the estimate. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and suggested alternatives. vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. Why is EPA Taking this Action? Section 5 of TSCA requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a PMN or an application for a TME and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from May 22, 2006 to June 2, 2006, consists of the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period. III. Receipt and Status Report for PMNs This status report identifies the PMNs pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period. If you are interested in information that is not included in the following tables, you may contact EPA as described in Unit II. to access additional non-CBI information that may be available. In Table I of this unit, EPA provides the following information (to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the PMNs received by EPA during this period: the EPA case number assigned to the PMN; the date the PMN was received by EPA; the projected end date for EPA's review of the PMN; the submitting manufacturer; the potential uses identified by the manufacturer in the PMN; and the chemical identity. **I. 46 Premanufacture Notices Received From: 05/22/06 to 06/02/06** Case No. Received Date Projected Notice End Date Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical P-06-0537 05/19/06 08/16/06 CBI

(G)Surfactant for resins (polymer additives)

(G)Ester of fatty acid with bisphenol a ethoxylate P-06-0539 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(G)Reactant

(G)Methyl propylhexanol P-06-0540 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(G)Open non-dispersive(coating)

(G)Aliphatic polyester—polyether polyurethane dispersion P-06-0541 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(G)Open non-dispersive(coating)

(G)Aromatic thermoplastic polyurethane P-06-0542 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(G)Plasticizer

(G)Tridecyl phthalate P-06-0543 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(G)Reactant

(G)methyl propylhexanol P-06-0544 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(S)Component of antifouling paint

(G)Metal complex, copolymer of substituted acrylic acid, substituted methacrylate, substituted acrylate, and ethylene glycol substituted acrylate alkyl ether. P-06-0545 05/23/06 08/20/06 CBI

(G)Dispersing agent

(G)Poly(alkoxy), .alpha.-[2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)alkyl]-.omega.-alkoxy- P-06-0546 05/23/06 08/20/06 Cytec Surface Specialties Inc.

(S)Resin for paints and coatings

(G)Substituted carbomonocycle, polymer with isocyanate substituted alkyl carbomonocycle, substituted alkenoates, substituted heteromonocycle, alkanedioic acid, alkane diol, reaction products with substituted alkylamine, compounds with substituted alkanol. P-06-0547 05/23/06 08/20/06 BASF Corporation

(S)Sizing agent

(G)Anionic acrylonitrile-acrylic copolymer dispersion P-06-0548 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences

(G)Process intermediate

(G)Substituted trihalomethylpyridine P-06-0549 05/24/06 08/21/06 CBI

(G)Open, non-dispersive (resin)

(G)Quaternized styrene polymer P-06-0550 05/24/06 08/21/06 CBI

(G)Open, non-dispersive (resin)

(G)Quaternized styrene polymer P-06-0551 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences

(G)Process intermediate

(G)Substituted trihalomethylpyridine chloride P-06-0552 05/24/06 08/21/06 Hybrid Plastics, Inc.

(G)Thermoplastic polymer additive (open, non-dispersive)

(S)Tricyclo[7.3.3.15,11]heptasiloxane-3,7,14-triol, 1,3,5,7,9,11,14-heptakis(2-methylpropyl)- P-06-0553 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences

(G)Process intermediate

(G)Substituted trihalomethylpyridinethiolate P-06-0554 05/24/06 08/21/06 DOW Agrosciences

(G)Process intermediate

(G)Substituted aminotriazolopyrimidine P-06-0555 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI

(G)Coating to make copper laminate

(G)Phthalic anhydride polymer with benzenediamine, carbonylated furandion and substituted aniline P-06-0556 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI

(S)Dispersing agent for crop protection; dispersing agent for home care cleaners

(G)Polyoxyalkylenesilane P-06-0557 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI

(S)Intermediate for dispersing agent

(G)Silane hydride P-06-0558 05/25/06 08/22/06 CBI

(S)Intermediate for dispersing agent

(G)Chlorosilane P-06-0559 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Prepolymer of polyester urethane

(G)Aromatic saturated copolyester P-06-0560 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Paper treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0561 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0562 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Carpet treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer P-06-0563 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0564 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0565 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0566 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0567 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Carpet treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer P-06-0568 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0569 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer P-06-0570 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0571 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0572 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0573 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Carpet treatment additive

(G)Fluorochemical urethane P-06-0574 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Tile surface treatment

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0575 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Paper treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer P-06-0576 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkylacrylate copolymer P-06-0577 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Paper treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymer P-06-0578 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Paper treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer P-06-0579 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkylacrylate copolymer P-06-0580 05/30/06 08/27/06 CBI

(G)Textile treatment additive

(G)Fluoroalkyl acrylate copolymer In Table II of this unit, EPA provides the following information (to the extent that such information is not claimed as CBI) on the Notices of Commencement to manufacture received: **II. 22 Notices of Commencement From: 05/22/06 to 06/2/06** Case No. Received Date Commencement Notice End Date Chemical P-05-0058 05/22/06 05/11/06

(G)Ether amine phosphonate salt P-05-0062 05/22/06 05/11/06

(G)Ether amine phosphonate salt P-05-0304 05/23/06 05/18/06

(S)2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-diethanol, .beta.,.beta.,.beta.',.beta.'-tetramethyl- P-05-0552 05/22/06 05/03/06

(G)Aromatic polyurethane polymer P-05-0722 05/24/06 04/28/06

(G)Carbon black, hydroxy- and 4-[[2-(sulfooxy)ethyl]substituted]phenyl-modified, sodium salt P-05-0835 05/19/06 05/09/06

(G)Vinyl homopolymer, salt P-06-0038 05/24/06 04/30/06

(S)Starch, polymer with 2-propenenitrile, hydrolyzed, potassium salts P-06-0085 05/30/06 05/19/06

(G)(substituted)-benzenecarboxylic acid,2,2′-[(substituted) bis[imino(substituted)-azo]] bis-,tetramethyl ester P-06-0104 05/24/06 04/10/06

(G)Substituted sulfonated phenyl azo naphthalene P-06-0157 05/19/06 04/12/06

(G)Organic acid salt of an alkylalkanolamine P-06-0158 05/19/06 04/12/06

(G)Organic acid salt of an alkylalkanolamine P-06-0159 05/19/06 04/12/06

(G)Organic acid salt of an alkylalkanolamine ethoxylate P-06-0160 05/19/06 04/12/06

(G)Organic acid salt of an ethoxylated alkanolamine P-06-0161 05/19/06 04/12/06

(G)Organic acid salt of an alkanolamine P-06-0174 05/30/06 05/17/06

(G)Amine salt of an organic acid P-06-0244 05/30/06 05/14/06

(G)Isocyanate functional polyester polyether urethane polymer P-06-0245 05/25/06 05/10/06

(G)Siloxanes and silicones, di-me, 3-hydroxypropyl me, ethers with polyalkylene glycol mono[2-hydroxy-3-[[6-(oxiranylalkoxy)alkyl]oxy]alkyl alkyl-carbomonocyclicdicarboxylate] P-06-0271 05/31/06 05/22/06

(S)Oils, agathosma ovata P-06-0292 05/19/06 05/11/06

(G)Olefinic carbamate P-06-0296 05/19/06 05/13/06

(G)Naphthalenesulfonic acid azo substituted naphthalenesulfonic acid amino substituted triazine amino substituted phenyl azo phenyl sulfonyl compound P-06-0301 05/19/06 05/16/06

(G)Modified anionic polyacrylamide P-93-0999 05/24/06 04/27/06

(G)Modified polymer of alkenoic esters and styrene List of Subjects Environmental protection, Chemicals, Premanufacturer notices. Dated: June 8, 2006. LaRona M. Washington, Acting Director, Information Management Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. [FR Doc. E6-9862 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD Notice of Issuance of Technical Bulletin 2006-1 *Board Action:* Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463), as amended, and the FASAB Rules Of Procedure, as amended in April, 2004, notice is hereby given that the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board has issued Technical Bulletin 2006-1, *Recognition and Measurement of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs.* The proposed Technical Bulletin is intended to clarify the required reporting of liabilities and related expenses arising from friable and non-friable asbestos-related cleanup costs. The Technical Bulletin is available on the FASAB Web site at *http://www.fasab.gov/exposure.html* , or by calling 202-512-7350. Respondents are encouraged to comment on any part of the technical bulletin. Written comments are requested by June 30, 2006, and should be sent to: Wendy M. Comes, Executive Director, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 441 G Street, NW., Suite 6814, Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, DC 20548. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Comes, Executive Director, 441 G Street, NW., Mail Stop 6K17V, Washington, DC 20548, or call

(202)512-7350. Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act. Public Law No. 92-463. Dated: June 20, 2006. Charles Jackson, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 06-5630 Filed 6-22-06; 8:45 am]

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