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Code · REGISTER · 2006-11-08 · U.S. Department of Energy · BILLING CODE 6820-EP-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: SES Performance Review Board Standing Register. SUMMARY: This · Proposed Rules

Proposed Rules. SES Performance Review Board Standing Register

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BILLING CODE 6820-EP-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: SES Performance Review Board Standing Register. SUMMARY: This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of PRB members. DATES: These appointments are effective as of September 30, 2006. Employee Name: ABBOTT III, WALTER D ALLEVA, JOHN A ALLISON, JEFFREY M ANDERSON, CHARLES E ANDERSON, CYNTHIA V ANDERSON, MARGOT H ANGULO, VERONICA A AOKI, STEVEN NMN ARKIN, RICHARD W ARMSTRONG, DAVID J ARTHUR III, WILLIAM JOHN ASCANIO, XAVIER NMN ASHWORTH, DENNIS J AVERY, NAPOLEON S BACA, FRANK A BACA, MARK C BAILEY JR, LAWRENCE O BAKER, KENNETH E BARKER JR, WILLIAM L BASHISTA, JOHN R BAUER, CARL O BEAMON, JOSEPH A BEARD, SUSAN F BEARSON, DARREN W BEAUDRY-LOSIQUE, JACQUES BELMAR, WARREN NMN BENNETT, RUTH B BESERRA, FRANK J BIENIAWSKI, ANDREW J BLACK, RICHARD L BLACK, STEVEN K BLACKWOOD, EDWARD B BLADOW, JOEL K BOARDMAN, KAREN L BONILLA, SARAH J BORGSTROM, CAROL M BORGSTROM, HOWARD G BOYD, DAVID O BOYD, GERALD G BRADLEY, SAMUEL M BRESE, ROBERT F BREZNAY, GEORGE B BROCKMAN, DAVID A BROMBERG, KENNETH M BRONSTEIN, ELI B BROWN III, ROBERT J BUBAR, PATRICE M BURGESON, ERIC R BURNS, ALLEN L BURROWS, CHARLES W BUTTRESS, LARRY D BYON-WAGNER, AESOOK NMN CADIEUX, GENA E CALLAHAN, SAMUEL N CALLENDER, BRIAN W CAMPBELL II, HUGH T CAMPBELL, JAMES THOMAS CARABETTA, RALPH A CARDINALI, HENRY A CARLSON, JOHN T CARY, STEVEN V CAVANAGH, JAMES J CERVENY, THELMA J CHACEY, KENNETH A CHALK, STEVEN G CHAVEZ-WILCYNSKI, JAN M CHUNG, DAE Y CLAPPER, DANIEL R COLLARD, GEORGE W COLLAZO, YVETTE T CONTI, JOHN J COOK, JOHN S COOKE JR, KEVIN R COREY, RAY J COSTLOW, BRIAN D CRAIG JR, JACK R CRANDALL, DAVID H CRAWFORD, DAVID W CROSS, CLAUDIA A CUEVAS, STEVEN J CYGELMAN, ANDRE I DAUB, VERNON NMN DAUGHERTY, MAURICE W DE ALVAREZ, ALEXIS C DE LORENZO, RALPH H DECKER, JAMES F DEDIK, PATRICIA NMN DEENEY, CHRISTOPHER NMN DEHMER, PATRICIA M DEHORATIIS JR, GUIDO NMN DEIHL, MICHAEL A DELWICHE, GREGORY K DEMKO, JOSEPH C DER, VICTOR K DESMOND, WILLIAM J DIAMOND, BRUCE M DICAPUA, MARCO S DICKERSON, PAUL H DIFIGLIO, CARMEN NMN DOBRIANSKY, LARISA E DOOLEY III, GEORGE J DYER, J RUSSELL EDGERTON, PATRICK D EGGER, MARY H EKIMOFF, LANA NMN ELWOOD, JERRY W ERBSCHLOE, DONALD R ERICKSON, LEIF NMN EULE, STEPHEN D FAUL, JERRY W FIORE, JAMES J FISCHETTI, MICHAEL P FOLEY, KATHLEEN Y FRANCO JR., JOSE R FRANKLIN, CHARLES ANSON FRANKLIN, RITA R FREDRIKSEN, KATHARINE A FREI, MARK W FRESCO, MARY ANN E FRYBERGER, TERESA A FURRER, ROBIN R FURSTENAU, RAYMOND V FYGI, ERIC J GASPEROW, LESLEY A GEISER, DAVID W GENDRON, MARK O GERRARD, JOHN E GIBSON JR, WILLIAM C GILBERTSON, MARK A GLENN, DANIEL E GOLAN, PAUL M GOLDSMITH, ROBERT NMN GOLLOMP, LAWRENCE A GOODRUM, WILLIAM S GOTTLIEB, PAUL A GREENBERG, RAYMOND F GREENWOOD, JOHNNIE D GRESHAM, LARRY M GROSE, AMY E GRUENSPECHT, HOWARD K GUEVARA, ARNOLD E GUEVARA, KAREN C HACSKAYLO, MICHAEL S HARDING, TODD K HARDWICK JR, RAYMOND J HARRELL, JEFFREY P HARRIS, ROBERT J HARTMAN, JOHN R HARVEY, TOBIN K HASS, RICKEY R HAWTHORNE, JOAN GATES HAYWARD, MARY ALICE HENNEBERGER, KAREN O HENNEBERGER, MARK W HENRY, EUGENE A HERRERA, ROBERT D HICKOK, STEVEN G HIXON JR, HARRY W HODSON, PATRICIA J HOFFMAN, DENNIS J HOFFMAN, PATRICIA A HOLLAND, MICHAEL D HOLLOWELL, BETTY L N HUDSON, JODY L HUFFER, WARREN L HUIZENGA, DAVID G HUNEMULLER, MAUREEN A HUNTEMAN, WILLIAM J HUTTO III, F CHASE HYNDMAN, JOHN E INGOLS, ADAM B IZELL, KATHY D JAFFE, HAROLD NMN JENKINS, ROBERT G JOHNSON, ROBERT SHANE JOHNSON, SANDRA L JOHNSTON, MARC NMN JONAS, DAVID S JONES, KATHY D JORDAN, ROBERT R JORDAN, ROSALIE M JUAREZ, LIOVA D KAEMPF, DOUGLAS E KANE, MICHAEL C KAUFFMAN, STORM R KEANE, CHRISTOPHER J KEARNEY, JAMES H KELLY, KEVIN NMN KENDELL, JAMES M KENNEDY, JOHN P KERSTEN, JOHN H KESELBURG, JAMES D KHAN, TARIQ M KIGHT, GENE H KILPATRICK, MICHAEL A KIRKENDALL, NANCY J KLEIN, KEITH A KNOLL, WILLIAM S KNOX, ERIC K KOLB, INGRID A C KOLEVAR, KEVIN M KOLTON, ANNE WOMACK KONOPNICKI, THAD T KOPPLE, SCOTT A KOURY, JOHN F KOUTS, CHRISTOPHER A KOVAR, DENNIS G KROL, JOSEPH J KUNG, HUIJOU HARRIET KUSNEZOV, DIMITRI F LAGDON JR, RICHARD H LAMBERT, JAMES B LANGE, ROBERT G LANTHRUM, J GARY LAWRENCE, ANDREW C LAZOR, JOHN D LEE, STEVEN NMN LEHMAN, DANIEL R LEMPKE, MICHAEL K LERSTEN, CYNTHIA A LEWIS III, CHARLES B LEWIS JR, WILLIAM A LEWIS, ROGER A LINGAN, ROBERT M LISOWSKI, PAUL W LIVENGOOD, JOANNA M LOWE, OWEN W LOYD, RICHARD NMN LUCZAK, JOANN H MAHARAY, WILLIAM S MALE, BARBARA D MALINOVSKY, JOSEPH M MALOSH, GEORGE J MARCINOWSKI III, FRANK NMN MARKEL JR, KENNETH E MARLAY, ROBERT C MARMOLEJOS, POLI A MARTINEZ, ELOY DENNIS MASTERSON, MARY A MCCLOUD, FLOYD R MCCONNELL, JAMES J MCCORMICK, MATTHEW S MCCRACKEN, STEPHEN H MCKEE, BARBARA N MCKENZIE, JOHN M MCRAE, JAMES BENNETT MEEKS, TIMOTHY J MELLINGTON, SUZANNE P MEYER, CHARLES E MILLER, CLARENCE L MILLER, DEBORAH C MILLER, WENDY L MINK, LELAND L MIOTLA, DENNIS M MIZROCH, JOHN F MONETTE, DEBORAH D MONTANO, PEDRO A MOODY III, DAVID C MOORER, RICHARD F MOREDOCK, J EUN MORTENSEN, RICHARD W MORTENSON, VICTOR A MOSQUERA, JAMES P MUELLER, TROY J MURPHIE, WILLIAM E NAPLES, ELMER M NEALY, CARSON L NEUHOFF, JON W NEUMAYR, MARY BRIDGET C NEWELL, JOHN D NICOLL, ERIC G NOLAN, ELIZABETH A NORMAN, PAUL E O'FALLON, JOHN R OLENCZ, JOSEPH NMN OLINGER, SHIRLEY J OLIVER, LAWRENCE R OLIVER, STEPHEN R OLSON, DEAN G OOSTERMAN, CARL H OSHEIM, ELIZABETH L OTT, MERRIE CHRISTINE OWEN, MICHAEL W OWENDOFF, JAMES M PARKS JR, WILLIAM P PARNES, SANFORD J PATEL, YOSEF NMN PAVETTO, CARL S PEASE, HARRISON G PENRY, JUDITH M PETERSON, BRADLEY A PIEPER, FREDRICK G PIPER II, LLOYD L PODONSKY, GLENN S PON, JEFF T H POWELL, JAMES R POWERS, KENNETH W PROVENCHER, RICHARD B PRZYBYLEK, CHARLES S PUMPHREY, DAVID L PYKE JR, THOMAS N RAMSEY, CLAY HARRISON RHEAUME, CYNTHIA A RHODERICK, JAY E RICHARD, MICHAEL T RICHARDS, AUNDRA M RICHARDSON, HERBERT NMN ROACH, RANDY A ROBINSON, DAVID M RODEKOHR, MARK E RODGERS, DAVID E RODGERS, STEPHEN J ROSEN, SIMON PETER RUDINS, GEORGE NMN RUSSO, FRANK B RYDER, THOMAS S SALM, PHILIP E SALMON, JEFFREY T SANCHEZ, NANCY N SANTANA, CATHERINE Y SCHEINMAN, ADAM M SCHEPENS, ROY J SCHMITT, WILLIAM A SCHMITZ, THOMAS A SCHNAPP, ROBERT M SCHOENBAUER, MARTIN J SCHWARTZ, DOUGLAS H SCHWIER, JEAN F SCOTT, BRUCE B SCOTT, RANDAL S SELLERS, ELIZABETH D SHAGES, JOHN D SHARPLEY, CHRISTOPHER R SHEARER, C RUSSELL H SHEELY, KENNETH B SHEPPARD, CATHERINE M SHERRY, THEODORE D SILBERGLEID, STEVEN A SILVERSTEIN, BRIAN L SIMON-GILLO, JEHANNE E SIMPSON, EDWARD R SINGER, MARVIN I SITZER, SCOTT B SKUBEL, STEPHEN C SLUTZ, JAMES A SMITH, BARRY ALAN SMITH, DENISE H SMITH, KEVIN W SMITH, THOMAS Z SMITH-KEVERN, REBECCA F SNIDER, LINDA J SOHINKI, STEPHEN M SOLICH, DONALD J SPADER, WILLIAM F SPAMPINATO, FRANCIS C SPEARS, TERREL J STACY, GERALD L STAFFIN, ROBIN NMN STALLMAN, ROBERT M STARK, RICHARD M STARNES, ALBERT J STONE, BARBARA R STONE, CHERYL M STRAKEY JR, JOSEPH P STRAUSS, NEAL J STRAYER, MICHAEL R SURASH, JOHN E SWEETNAM, GLEN E SWIFT III, JOHN E SWIFT, JUSTIN R TAVARES, ANTONIO F TAYLOR, STEVE C TAYLOR, WILLIAM J TEDROW, RICHARD T TORKOS, THOMAS M TRAUTMAN, STEPHEN J TRIAY, INES R TURI, JAMES A TURNER, JAMES M TYNER, TERESA M UNDERWOOD, WILLIAM R VAGTS, KENNETH A VALDEZ, WILLIAM J VANZANDT, VICKIE A VIOLA, MICHAEL V WAGNER, M PATRICE WAISLEY, SANDRA L WALL, EDWARD JAMES WALSH, ROBERT J WARNICK, WALTER L WEEDALL, MICHAEL J WEIS, MICHAEL J WELLS, RITA L WESTON-DAWKES, ANDREW P WHITAKER JR, MARK B WHITE, DONALD G WHITNEY, JAMES M WIEKER, THOMAS L WILBANKS, LINDA R WILCHER, LARRY D WILKEN, DANIEL H WILKES, BRYAN K WILLIAMS, ALICE C WILLIAMS, MARK H WILLIAMS, RHYS M WILMOT, EDWIN L WORTHINGTON, PATRICIA R WRIGHT, STEPHEN J WUNDERLICH, ROBERT C YUAN-SOO HOO, CAMILLE C ZAMORSKI, MICHAEL J ZIESING, ROLF F Issued in Washington, DC November 1, 2006.
Claudia A. Cross, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer/Director, Office of Human Capital Management. [FR Doc. E6-18831 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: Designation of Performance Review Board Chair. SUMMARY: This notice provides the Performance Review Board Chair designee for the Department of Energy. DATES: This appointment is effective as of September 30, 2006.
Margot H. Anderson Issued in Washington, DC, November 1, 2006. Claudia A. Cross, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer/Director, Office of Human Capital Management. [FR Doc. E6-18832 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Institution of Proceeding and Refund Effective Date November 1, 2006. — California Independent System Operator, Inc Docket No. EL07-1-000. ISO New England, Inc Docket No. EL07-2-000. PJM Interconnection, LLC Docket No.
EL07-3-000. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc Docket No. EL07-4-000. NewYork Independent System Operator, Inc Docket No. EL07-5-000. Southwest Power Pool, Inc Docket No. EL07-6-000. On October 25, 2006, the Commission issued an order that instituted a proceeding in the above-referenced dockets, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e, concerning the justness and reasonableness of the tariffs of the independent system operators
(ISOs)and regional transmission organizations (RTOs). The refund effective date in the above-docketed proceedings, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** . Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18809 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status November 1, 2006. CalPeak Power LLC Docket No. EG06-68-000. Spanish Ford Wind Park 2, LLC Docket No. EG06-69-000. Evergreen Wind Power, LLC Docket No. EG06-71-000. Mt. Tom Generating Company LLC Docket No. EG06-72-000. BG Dighton Power, LLC Docket No. EG06-73-000. FPL Energy Oliver Wind, LLC Docket No. EG06-74-000. Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm, LLC Docket No. EG06-75-000. Noble Clinton Windpark I, LLC Docket No. EG06-76-000. Noble Ellenburg Windpark, LLC Docket No. EG06-77-000. Noble Altona Windpark, LLC Docket No. EG06-78-000. Noble Bliss Windpark, LLC Docket No. EG06-79-000. Hawks Nest Hydro LLC Docket No. EG06-80-000. Take notice that during the month of October 2006, the status of the above-captioned entities as Exempt Wholesale Generators became effective by operation of the Commission's regulations. 18 CFR 366.7(a). Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18812 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP96-200-155] CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing November 1, 2006. Take notice that on October 27, 2006, CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company
(CEGT)tendered for filing and approval an amendment to a negotiated rate agreement between CEGT and Anadarko Energy Services Company and will be effective November 1, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18808 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP07-27-001] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Supplemental Filing November 1, 2006. Take notice that on October 27, 2006, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) submitted for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume No. 1, Sub Third Revised Sheet No. 610, proposed to be effective on November 18, 2006. Texas Eastern states that it is supplementing its filing submitted on October 18, 2006, in the captioned docket (October 18 Filing) with the revised tariff sheet in order to reinstate the language of Section 14.9(A) of the General Terms and Conditions of its Tariff that was inadvertently deleted by the October 18 Filing. Texas Eastern states that copies of its filing have been mailed to all affected customers and interested state commissions, as well as all parties on the official service list. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov* . Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18811 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP03-323-011] Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate November 1, 2006. Take notice that on October 27, 2006, Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (Williston Basin) tendered for filing with the Commission a revised negotiated Rate Schedule FT-1 Service Agreement. The proposed effective date of the Service Agreement is November 1, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov,* using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18810 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 November 1, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Number:* EC07-7-000. *Applicants:* TPG Generations Holdings, LLC; High Desert Power Project; Holland Energy, LLC; Wolf Hills Energy, LLC; University Park Energy, LLC; Big Sandy Peaker Plant, LLC. *Description:* TPF Generation Holdings, LLC, High Desert Power Project, LLC *et al* . submit a section 203 application for indirect transfer of various public utility owners of existing generation facilities. *Filed Date:* 10/23/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0196. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 13, 2006. *Docket Number:* EC07-8-000. *Applicant:* KGen Marshall LLC. *Description:* KGen Marshall LLC submits an Application requesting approval of an expedited sale of jurisdictional assets, *et al.* to Tennessee Valley Authority. *Filed Date:* 10/25/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-0067. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. *Docket Number:* EC07-9-000. *Applicant:* Dynegy Inc. *Description:* Dynegy, Inc *et al.* submits their application requesting authorization to consummate a transaction by which the interest in specific jurisdictional facilities. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0176. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 27, 2006. *Docket Number:* EC07-10-000. *Applicants:* Central Illinois Light Company; AmerenEnergy Resources Generating Company. *Description:* Central Illinois Light Company and AmerenEnergy Resources Gen Co. submits a joint Application for approval of the Disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities under Section 203 of the FPA. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-0156. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Number:* ER00-3562-004. *Applicant:* Calpine Energy Services LP. *Description:* Calpine Energy Services, LP submits its updated triennial market power analysis pursuant to FERC's 10/30/03 Order. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0168. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER02-999-004; ER05-320-002; ER97-2460-007; ER97-2463-004. *Applicants:* Unitil Energy Systems, Inc.; Unitil Power Corporation; Fitchburg Gas Company. *Description:* Unitil Energy Systems, Inc *et al* . submits their updated market power analysis with respect to each company's authority to make sales at market-based rate etc. pursuant to FERC's 2/2/05 Order. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0161. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER03-765-002. *Applicant:* Calpine Oneta Power, LP. *Description:* Calpine Oneta Power, LP submits its Amended Compliance filing for Rate Schedule FERC 2. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0240. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER05-1179-006. *Applicant:* Berkshire Power Company, LLC. *Description:* Berkshire Power Company, LLC submits a Compliance Electric Refund Report. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-5101. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER06-192-001. *Applicant:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. submits its 2006 Amended Compliance Filing and initial Compliance Filing with regard to the requirements of Order 2006-A and 2006-B. *Filed Date:* 10/25/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0185. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER06-1437-001. *Applicants:* Kentucky Utilities Company; Louisville Gas and Electric Company. *Description:* E.ON US, LLC on behalf of Louisville Gas and Electric Co. *et al.* submits an executed Firm Point-to-Point transmission service agreement with Indiana Municipal Power Agency. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0145. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-45-001. *Applicant:* Horizon Power and Light LLC. *Description:* Horizon Power and Light LLC submits an amendment to the petition for acceptance of initial rate schedule, waivers and blanket authority. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0146. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-75-000. *Applicant:* Southern California Edison Company. *Description:* Southern California Edison Company submits revisions to its Transmission Owner Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume 6 and to certain existing transmission contracts to reflect change in Reliability Service Rates. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-0006. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-86-000. *Applicant:* Entergy Services Inc. *Description:* Entergy Services, Inc submits Revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff, to its FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume 3. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0153. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-87-000. *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc.; New England Participating Transmission Owners, Maine Electric Power Company, and New England Power Pool. *Description:* ISO New England, Inc *et al.* submits proposed amendments on the standardization of small generator interconnection agreements and procedures pursuant to FERC's Order 2006-B. *Filed Date:* 10/29/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0154. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-92-000. *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc.; New England Power Pool Participants Committee. *Description:* ISO New England Inc *et al* . submits its Price Finality Market Package revisions. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0157. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-93-000. *Applicant:* Entergy Services Inc. *Description:* Entergy Operating Companies submits a new Schedule 9 and 10 to its Open Access Transmission Tariff and related amendments to the transmission rate formulas for pt-to-pt, *et al.* *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0160. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-94-000. *Applicant:* California Power Exchange Corporation. *Description:* California Power Exchange Corporation submits proposed amendments to its Rate Schedule 1 in order to recover projected expenses for the period of 1/1/07-6/30/07. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0159. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* ER07-95-000. Applicants: Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC; Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc *et al* . submit proposed revisions to the Midwest ISO's OAT&EM Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0155. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER98-1734-012; ER07-98-000. *Applicant:* Commonwealth Edison Company. *Description:* Commonwealth Edison Co modifies its market based tariff to remove the market behavior rules, delete the Code of Conduct re Public Service Enterprise Group Inc and update identifying information etc. *Filed Date:* 10/25/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061027-0003. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following public utility holding company filings: *Docket Number:* PH07-3-000. *Applicant:* Enbridge Inc. *Description:* Enbridge Inc. submits an Exemption Notification pursuant to 18 CFR sections 366.2, *et al.* *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061027-5093. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Number:* PH07-4-000. *Applicant:* Sun Capital Partners III, LLC. *Description:* SUN CAPITAL PARTNERS III, LLC submits a petition for waiver of the Commission's Regulations and PUHCA 2005. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-5019. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* or call
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(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18805 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 October 31, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: *Docket Number:* EG07-6-000. *Applicant:* Caithness Long Island, LLC. *Description:* Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061027-5084. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER99-2948-006; ER00-2918-005; ER00-2917-005; ER05-261-002; ER01-558-004; ER01-557-004; ER01-559-004; ER01-560-004; ER01-556-004; ER01-1654-007; ER01-2641-005; ER05-728-002; ER01-1949-005; ER04-485-002. *Applicants:* Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Constellation Power Source Generation, Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc.; Holland Energy, LLC; University Park Energy, LLC; Wolf Hills Energy, LLC; Big Sandy Peaker Plant, LLC; Handsome Lake Energy, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC; High Desert Power Project, LLC; Constellation NewEnergy Commodities Group Main, LLC; Power Provider, LLC; RE Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC. *Description:* Constellation Energy Group, Inc submits its notification to FERC that it will no longer treat FPL Group MBR Entities as affiliates under the terms of their respective market-based rate tariffs. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0248. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER01-1807-024; ER01-2020-021. *Applicants:* Carolina Power & Light Company; Florida Power Corporation. *Description:* Carolina Power & Light Co and Florida Power Corp submit a Refund Report pursuant to the Commission's 5/21/03 Order. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061026-5022. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-44-005. *Applicants:* BOC Energy Services, Inc. *Description:* BOC Energy Services, Inc submits its notice of non-material change in status. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-0163. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-515-001. *Applicants:* Black Oak Capital, LLC. *Description:* Black Oak Capital, LLC submits an amendment to its 9/13/06 triennial updated market analysis. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-0162. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-311-001. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc.; New York Transmission Owners. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and the New York Transmission Owners submit standard legal terms and conditions for interconnection study agreements pursuant to Order 2006-B, *etc.* *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0242. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-451-010. *Applicants:* Southwest Power Pool, Inc. *Description:* Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits revisions to its OATT in Compliance to Commission's 9/26/06 Order. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0247. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-72-000. *Applicants:* Plymouth Energy, LLC. *Description:* Plymouth Energy, LLC submits a notice of cancellation of FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061027-0001. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-73-000. *Applicants:* CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC. *Description:* CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC submits First Revised Sheet 2 *et al* . to FERC Electric Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume 1, to be effective 10/10/06. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0160 *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-74-000. *Applicants:* Caithness Long Island, LLC. *Description:* Petition of Caithness Long Island, LLC for order accepting market-based rate tariff for filing and granting waivers and blanket approvals. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0162. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-76-000; ER06-1451-001. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation submits Notice of Termination of its FERC Rate Schedule 315 proposed effective 11/1/06. *Filed Date:* 10/25/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0161. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-77-000. *Applicants:* Reliant Energy Etiwanda, Inc. *Description:* Reliant Energy Etiwanda Inc submits its Notice of Cancellation of the Must-Run Service Agreement between Reliant Etiwanda and the California Independent System Operator Corp. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0154. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-78-000. *Applicants:* Southern California Edison Company. *Description:* Southern California Edison Co submits revisions to its Transmission Owner Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume 6 to reflect the annual update of the Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0143. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-79-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services Inc. *Description:* Entergy Services, Inc submits a Revised Interconnection Agreement between Cleco Power, LLC, Entergy Gulf States Inc and Entergy Louisiana, LLC. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0125. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-80-000. *Applicants:* ACN Utility Services, Inc. *Description:* ACN Utility Services, Inc submits Notice of Cancellation of its rate tariff, Original Volume No. 1. *Filed Date:* 10/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0245. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 16, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-81-000. *Applicants:* Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. *Description:* Wisconsin Public Service Corporation submits a revised rate schedule sheet, Fourth Revised Sheet 227 to the Second Revised Rate Schedule FERC No. 51. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0244. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-82-000. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Company submits revisions to its OATT, Thirteenth Revised Volume No. 2 in compliance with FERC Order 2006B. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0246. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-83-000. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Company submits revisions to its OATT, Thirteenth Revised Volume No. 2, First Revised Sheet No. 194 in Compliance filing to the FERC Order 676. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061030-0243. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18806 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 November 2, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER03-888-004. *Applicants:* Nordic Marketing of Illinois, LLC. *Description:* Nordic Marketing of Illinois, LLC submits revision of terms and conditions of its tariff for sales of power at negotiated rates. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0148. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-406-002. *Applicants:* Williams Power Company, Inc. *Description:* Williams Power Company, Inc submits an Amended Offer of Settlement along with an Explanatory Statement. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0124. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-849-007. *Applicants:* California Independent System Operator Corporation. *Description:* California Independent System Operator Corporation submits a compliance filing, pursuant to FERC's 6/22/05 Order. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0149. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-185-004. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc submits worksheets that detail the results of their Real-Time guarantee payment impact test for April 2005. *Filed Date:* 10/23/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061031-0209. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 13, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1315-001. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc submits proposed revisions to the Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff, to its FERC Electric Tariff, Revised Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0143. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-20-001. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, LLC. *Description:* PJM Interconnection LLC submits proposed revisions to its OATT to amend timing requirements for Short Term Transmission Service, Non-Firm Transmission Service and Secondary Network Service requests. *Filed Date:* 10/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0144. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, November 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-88-000. *Applicants:* Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation. *Description:* Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation submits a Notice of Cancellation of its Rate Schedule FERC 71, effective 10/26/06. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0142. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-89-000. *Applicants:* Southern California Edison Company. *Description:* Southern Edison Company submits a Letter Agreement with Green Borders Geothermal, LLC. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0141. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-90-000. *Applicants:* New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. *Description:* New York State Electric & Gas Corporation submits a supplement to Rate Schedule FERC 117, Facilities Agreement with Delaware County Electric Cooperative. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0140. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-91-000. *Applicants:* New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. *Description:* New York State Electric & Gas Corporation submits a supplement to Rate Schedule FERC 72 Facilities Agreement with the Municipal Board of the Village of Bath. *Filed Date:* 10/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0139. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-99-000. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc submits a request for limited, temporary waiver. *Filed Date:* 10/24/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0201. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-100-000. *Applicants:* Koch Supply & Trading, LP. *Description:* Koch Supply & Trading, LP submits Petition for Acceptance of Initial Tariff, Waivers and Blanket Authority of its FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0203. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-101-000. *Applicants:* Central Vermont Public Service Corporation. *Description:* Central Vermont Public Service Corporation submits a Notice of rate adjustments for Borderline Sales Agreement with New York State Electric & Gas Corporation FPC Rate Schedule 29. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0204. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-102-000. *Applicants:* El Paso Electric Company. *Description:* El Paso Electric Company submits changes in its OATT to reflect revised calculations of real power losses for transmission paths re Arizona Nuclear Power Project Valley Transmission System. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0205. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-103-000. *Applicants:* LSP Oakland, LLC. *Description:* LSP Oakland, LLC submits revisions to certain Reliability Must-Run Rate Schedules of its Reliability Must Run Agreement with California Independent System Operator Corp for Contract Year 2007. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0206. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-104-000. *Applicants:* Ameren Energy Generating Company. *Description:* Ameren Services Co on behalf of Ameren Energy Generating Co submits a notice of cancellation of its Second Revised Rate Schedule FERC 1. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0207. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-105-000. *Applicants:* Ameren Energy Resources Generating Co. *Description:* Ameren Services Co on behalf of Ameren Energy Resources Generating Co submits a revised market-based rate tariff. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0208. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-106-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc and Ameren Services Co submit Fifth Revised Sheet 888 to FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1 to be effective 1/1/07. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0209. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-107-000. *Applicants:* Mirant Delta, LLC. *Description:* Mirant Delta, LLC submits a notice of cancellation of Rate Schedule FERC 5, to effective 1/1/07. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0210. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-108-000. *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc. *Description:* ISO New England Inc submits a non-conforming Market Participant Service Agreement executed with Innoventive Power LLC. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0211. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-109-000. *Applicants:* BTEC Southaven LLC. *Description:* BTEC Southaven LLC submits an application for order accepting rates for filing and granting waivers and blanket approvals. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0212. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-110-000. *Applicants:* BTEC New Albany LLC. *Description:* BTEC New Albany LLC submits an application for order accepting rates for filing and granting waivers and blanket approvals. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0213. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-111-000. *Applicants:* Mirant Delta, LLC; Mirant Potrero, LLC. *Description:* Mirant Delta, LLC and Mirant Potrero, LLC submit revisions to their Must-Run Service Agreements with the California Independent System Operator Corp. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0214. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-113-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.; Midwest ISO Transmission Owners; Midwest Stand-Alone Transmission Companies. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc *et al.* submits proposed revisions to their Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0215. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-114-000. *Applicants:* Pacific Gas and Electric Company. *Description:* Pacific Gas and Electric Co submits two large facilities Agreements with the City and County of San Francisco. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0019. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-116-000. *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc. *Description:* ISO New England Inc submits revised tariff sheets for recovery of 2007 Administrative Costs & requests limited tariff waiver. *Filed Date:* 10/31/2006. *Accession Number:* 20061101-0230. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18807 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0881; FRL-8240-5] Proposed Approvals of the Central Characterization Project's Remote-Handled Waste Characterization Programs at Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of availability; opening of public comment period. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or we) is announcing the availability of, and soliciting public comments for 45 days on, the proposed approvals of the radioactive, remote-handled (RH), transuranic
(TRU)waste characterization programs implemented by the Central Characterization Project
(CCP)at Idaho National Laboratory
(INL)and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). This waste is intended for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(WIPP)in New Mexico. These are the first proposed approvals for the characterization of RH waste. In accordance with the WIPP Compliance Criteria, EPA evaluated the characterization of RH TRU debris waste from INL-CCP and ANL-CCP during inspections conducted the weeks of June 12, 2006, and September 11, 2006, respectively. Using the systems and processes developed as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Carlsbad Field Office
(CBFO)program to characterize RH TRU waste, EPA verified whether DOE could adequately characterize RH TRU waste consistent with the Compliance Criteria. The results of EPA's evaluations of the INL-CCP and ANL-CCP programs and their proposed approvals are described in the Agency's inspection reports, which are available for review in the public dockets listed in ADDRESSES . We will consider public comments received on or before the due date mentioned in DATES . This notice summarizes the waste characterization processes evaluated by EPA and EPA's proposed approvals. As required by the 40 CFR 194.8, at the end of a 45-day comment period EPA will evaluate public comments received, and if appropriate, finalize the reports responding to the relevant public comments, and issue final reports and approval letters to DOE. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 26, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0881, by one of the following methods: • *http://www.regulations.gov:* Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • *E-mail:* To *a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.* • *Fax:* 202-566-1741. • *Mail:* Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. *Instructions:* Direct your comments to Attn: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0881. The Agency'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 *http://www.regulations.gov* or e-mail. The *http://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 *http://www.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. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm* . *Docket:* All documents in the docket are listed in the *http://www.regulations.gov* index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, *e.g.* , 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 electronically at *http://www.regulations.gov* . As of September 22nd, 2006, the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) Public Reading Room will be temporarily inaccessible to the public until November 6th, 2006, due to construction. Public access to docket materials will still be provided. We strongly encourage you to visit the EPA Dockets Web site frequently ( *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm* ) in order to receive the latest status concerning the Public Reading Room and public access to docket materials. If you wish to obtain materials from a docket in the EPA/DC, please go first to Regulations.gov ( *http://www.regulations.gov* ) and obtain electronic copies. If the materials are listed in the docket index but the documents themselves are not available in Regulations.gov, please call
(202)566-1744 or e-mail the applicable Program Office Docket. EPA Docket Center operations will still continue during this period. In addition to electronic access through regulations.gov, public inspection of docket materials will be available by appointment during this period. Appointments may be made by calling
(202)566-1744 or by e-mailing the appropriate Docket Office. If you wish to hand deliver comments during this period, you may drop them off between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time (EST), Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays at the EPA Headquarters, Room 6146F in the EPA West Building located at 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. EPA visitors are required to show photographic identification and sign the EPA visitor log. After processing through the X-ray and magnetometer machines, visitors will be given an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times, and be escorted to Room 6146F to drop off comments. If you have any other questions concerning the temporary closing of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room, you may call
(202)566-1744 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time. These documents are also available for review in hard-copy form at the following three EPA WIPP informational docket locations in New Mexico: In Carlsbad at the Municipal Library, Hours: Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., phone number: 505-885-0731; in Albuquerque at the Government Publications Department, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, Hours: Vary by semester, phone number: 505-277-2003; and in Santa Fe at the New Mexico State Library, Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., phone number: 505-476-9700. As provided in EPA's regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, and in accordance with normal EPA docket procedures, if copies of any docket materials are requested, a reasonable fee may be charged for photocopying. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rajani Joglekar or Ed Feltcorn, Radiation Protection Division, Center for Federal Regulations, Mail Code 6608J, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9601; fax number: 202-343-2305; e-mail address: *joglekar.rajani@epa.gov* or *feltcorn.ed@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. *Submitting CBI.* Do not submit this information to EPA through *http://www.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: • Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other identifying information (subject heading, **Federal Register** date and page number). • 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. • Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. • Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used. • If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. • Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and suggest alternatives. • Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. • Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. Background DOE is developing the WIPP, near Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico, as a deep geologic repository for disposal of TRU radioactive waste. As defined by the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act
(LWA)of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-579), as amended (Pub. L. 104-201), TRU waste consists of materials that have atomic numbers greater than 92 (with half-lives greater than twenty years), in concentrations greater than 100 nanocuries of alpha-emitting TRU isotopes per gram of waste. Much of the existing TRU waste consists of items contaminated during the production of nuclear weapons, such as rags, equipment, tools, and sludges. TRU waste is itself divided into two categories, based on its level of radioactivity. Contact-handled
(CH)TRU waste accounts for about 97 percent of the volume of TRU waste currently destined for the WIPP. It is packaged in 55-gallon metal drums or in metal boxes and can be handled under controlled conditions without any shielding beyond the container itself. The maximum radiation dose at the surface of a CH TRU waste container is 200 millirems per hour. CH waste primarily emits alpha particles that are easily shielded by a sheet of paper or the outer layer of a person's skin. Remote-handled
(RH)TRU waste emits more radiation than CH TRU waste and must therefore be both handled and transported in shielded casks. Surface radiation levels of unshielded containers of remote-handled transuranic waste exceed 200 millirems per hour. RH waste primarily emits gamma radiation, which is very penetrating and requires concrete, lead, or steel to block it. On May 13, 1998, EPA announced its final compliance certification decision to the Secretary of Energy (published May 18, 1998, 63 FR 27354). This decision stated that the WIPP will comply with EPA's radioactive waste disposal regulations at 40 CFR Part 191, Subparts B and C. The final WIPP certification decision includes conditions that
(1)Prohibit shipment of TRU waste for disposal at WIPP from any site other than the Los Alamos National Laboratories
(LANL)until the EPA determines that the site has established and executed a quality assurance program, in accordance with § 194.22(a)(2)(i), 194.24(c)(3), and 194.24(c)(5) for waste characterization activities and assumptions (Condition 2 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 194); and
(2)(with the exception of specific, limited waste streams and equipment at LANL) prohibit shipment of TRU waste for disposal at WIPP (from LANL or any other site) until EPA has approved the procedures developed to comply with the waste characterization requirements of § 194.22(c)(4) (Condition 3 of Appendix A to 40 CFR Part 194). The EPA's approval process for waste generator sites is described in § 194.8 (revised July 2004). Condition 3 of the WIPP Certification Decision requires EPA to conduct independent inspections at DOE's waste generator/storage sites of their TRU waste characterization capabilities before approving their program and the waste for disposal at the WIPP. EPA's inspection and approval process gives EPA
(a)Discretion in establishing technical priorities,
(b)the ability to accommodate variation in the site's waste characterization capabilities, and
(c)flexibility in scheduling site WC inspections. As described in Section 194.8(b), EPA's baseline inspections evaluate each WC process component (equipment, procedures, and personnel training/experience) for its adequacy and appropriateness in characterizing TRU waste destined for disposal at WIPP. During an inspection, the site demonstrates its capabilities to characterize TRU waste(s) and its ability to comply with the regulatory limits and tracking requirements under § 194.24. A baseline inspection may describe any limitations on approved waste streams or waste characterization processes [§ 194.8(b)(2)(iii)]. In addition, a baseline inspection approval must specify what subsequent WC program changes or expansion should be reported to EPA [§ 194.8(b)(4)]. The Agency is required to assign Tier 1
(T1)and Tier 2
(T2)to the reportable changes depending on their potential impact on data quality. A T1 designation requires that the site must notify EPA of proposed changes to the approved components of an individual WC process (such as radioassay equipment or personnel), and EPA must also approve the change before it can be implemented. A WC element with a T2 designation allows the site to implement changes to the approved components of individual WC processes (such as visual examination procedures) but requires EPA notification. The Agency may choose to inspect the site to evaluate technical adequacy before approval. EPA inspections conducted to evaluate T1 or T2 changes are follow-up inspections under the authority of § 194.24(h). In addition to the follow-up inspections, if warranted, EPA may opt to conduct continued compliance inspections at TRU waste sites with a baseline approval under the authority of § 194.24(h). The site inspection and approval process outlined in § 194.8 requires EPA to issue a **Federal Register** notice proposing the baseline compliance decision, docket the inspection report for public review, and seek public comment on the proposed decision for a period of 45 days. The report must describe the WC processes EPA inspected at the site, as well as their compliance with § 194.24 requirements. All waste characterization site approvals for WIPP, up until this point, have been applicable only to contact-handled
(CH)TRU waste. The aforementioned inspections at INL-CCP and ANL-CCP mark the first two inspections related to RH waste. EPA previously issued a preliminary approval of DOE's general framework for characterizing RH waste on March 26, 2004 (Docket A-98-49, Item II-B2-21). This approval requires DOE to provide site-specific RH waste characterization plans and characterization procedures for EPA approval prior to implementing them for characterizing RH waste. III. Proposed Baseline Compliance Decisions EPA has performed baseline inspections of RH TRU waste characterization activities of INL-CCP (EPA Inspection No. EPA-INL-CCP-RH-06-06-8) and ANL-CCP (EPA Inspection No. EPA-ANL-CCP-RH-09-06-8). The purpose of EPA's inspections were to verify that the RH waste characterization programs implemented at both INL-CCP and ANL-CCP for characterizing RH TRU, retrievably-stored, debris waste (S5000) are adequate. EPA evaluated whether the RH waste characterized meets the regulatory requirements at 40 CFR 194.24. During these inspections, EPA evaluated the adequacy, implementation, and effectiveness of the waste characterization activities at INL-CCP and ANL-CCP. The Agency's evaluation focused on the individual components—equipment, procedures, and personnel training/experience of the following waste characterization processes: acceptable knowledge (AK), radiological characterization using a dose-to-curie
(DTC)procedure, visual examination (VE), and load management. The RH waste characterization programs at INL-CCP and ANL-CCP are based on DOE-provided upper-tier documents. A. June 2006 INL-CCP RH Inspection Results At INL, EPA's inspection team identified one finding in the area of VE and six concerns that needed to be addressed by DOE. Two of these concerns were in VE and four in AK. DOE responded to the EPA finding and concerns and the Agency determined the DOE responses were satisfactory. EPA's inspection team determined that INL-CCP's RH WC program activities were technically adequate. (For complete discussion of EPA's findings, concerns, and technical evaluation, *see* EPA INL CCP RH Inspection Report A-98-42, II-A4-69 in the accompanying EPA Docket.) EPA is proposing to approve CCP's AK, DTC, and VE processes implemented at INL in the configuration observed during a June 2006 inspection and during two subsequent follow-up inspections (July & August), and as described in the inspection report A-98-42, II-A4-69. The proposed approval includes the following:
(1)The AK process for RH retrievably-stored TRU debris in one waste stream, Idaho National Laboratory Waste Stream No. ID-ANLE-S5000, Lots 1 through 20, as defined in CCP-AK-INL-500, Revision 2, June 1, 2006.
(2)The radiological characterization process using dose-to-curie
(DTC)and modeling-derived scaling factors for assigning radionuclide values to one RH waste stream for which the scaling factors are applicable, as described in CCP-AK-INL-501, Revision 1.
(3)The VE process used for a total of 8 retrievably-stored RH debris waste drums included in three batch data reports—BDR No.'s RHINLVE 6001-03. CCP has terminated the use of VE process for this waste until further notice. If CCP decides to use VE in the future EPA inspection and approval is necessary. Any changes to the WC activities from the date of the baseline inspection must be reported to and, if applicable, approved by EPA, according to Table 1 below. Table 1.—Tiering of RH TRU WC Processes Implemented by INL-CCP [For details see EPA's INL-CCP RH inspection report in EPA Docket No.: A-98-49, II-A4-69] RH WC process elements INL-CCP RH WC process—T1 changes INL-CCP RH WC process—T2 changes * Acceptable Knowledge
(AK)Any new waste streams not approved under this baseline. Load management for any RH waste stream Substantive modification(s) *** that have the potential to affect the characterization process to the following documents: CCP-AK-INL-500, Revision 2; CCP-AK-INL-501, Revision 1; or CCP-AK-INL-502, Revision 0 Addition of K Cell or other debris wastes to ID-ANLE-S5000 Changes to AK documentation as a result of WCPIP revisions.** AK accuracy report for Lot 16 (or the appropriate Lot) wherein individual drum data assessed by INL ( *e.g.* , P030) will be compared against DTC-derived values; all other AK Accuracy reports prepared annually at a minimum. Waste stream data package for debris waste stream once completed, and any modifications to the WSPF including the CRR and AK Summary. Completed Correlation or Surrogate Summary Form of RH containers identified in this waste stream identified as CH based upon measured dose rates that present NDA results for assayed containers, including isotopic ratios. Updates to CCP-INL-AK-500, 501 and 502 made available when each update is approved. Radiological Characterization, including Dose-To-Curie
(DTC)Use of any alternate radiological characterization procedure other than DTC with established scaling factors as documented in CCP-TP-504, Revision 3, or substantive modification of the DTC procedure. *** Application of new scaling factors for isotopic determination other than those documented in CCP-AK-INL-501, Revision 0 Any new waste stream not approved under this baseline or addition of containers to waste stream ID-ANLE-S5000 that require a change to the established radionuclide scaling factors Revisions of CCP-AK-INL-501or CCP-TP-504 that require CBFO approval. ** Visual Examination
(VE)Implementation of VE following this Baseline approval is a T1 change. If CCP decides to use VE in the future EPA approval is necessary None. Real Time Radiography
(RTR)Any use of RTR requires EPA approval. None. WIPP Waste Information System
(WWIS)Any use of WWIS requires EPA approval prior to RH waste disposal None. * Upon receiving EPA approval, INL-CCP will report all T2 changes to EPA every three months. ** Excluding changes that are editorial in nature or are required to address administrative concerns. *** *Substantive modification* refers to a change with the potential to affect INL's RH WC process, e.g., the use of an inherently different type of measurement instrument or the use of the high range probe as described in CCP-TP-504. EPA will notify the public of the results of its evaluations of proposed T1 and T2 changes through the WIPP Web site and by forwarding e-mails to the WIPP-NEWS list. All T1 changes must be submitted for approval before their implementation and will be evaluated by EPA. Upon approval, EPA will post the results of the evaluations through the WIPP Web site and the WIPP-NEWS list, as described above. EPA will post T2 changes approximately every three months beginning with the date of EPA's approval of the TRU WC program implemented at INL-CCP. EPA expects the first report of INL-CCP's T2 changes approximately three months from date of EPA's approval of the TRU WC program implemented at INL-CCP. In this notice, EPA is not proposing to approve WIPP Waste Information System
(WWIS)for tracking of waste contents of RH debris wastes. Although the WWIS is currently approved by EPA for tracking CH waste, this system has not been demonstrated by DOE for the Agency for tracking RH waste. Therefore, in accordance with 194.8(b)(2)(iii), EPA is placing a limitation on this proposed baseline that requires DOE to provide WWIS information as a T1 change. EPA will review the WWIS database populated with actual RH waste content data when the RH modules have been completed. EPA may conduct the evaluation of the WWIS during this comment period; however, no final decision or approval of the WWIS will be made until a baseline approval is finalized. No RH waste can be shipped to WIPP for disposal until EPA approves the WWIS database through the T1 process. Similarly, if INL-CCP intends to use an RTR unit to evaluate RH drum contents, EPA will also evaluate this process as a T1 change. Although EPA may evaluate INL-CCP's RTR prior to a baseline approval, no decision or approval regarding RTR will be made until a baseline approval is finalized. B. September 2006 ANL-CCP RH Inspection Results At ANL, EPA's inspection team identified three concerns; two in VE and one in AK. DOE responded to the EPA concerns and the Agency determined that the DOE responses were satisfactory. EPA's inspection team determined that ANL-CCP's RH WC program activities were technically adequate. (For a complete discussion of EPA's findings, concerns, and technical evaluation, *see* EPA ANL CCP RH Inspection Report A-98-42, II-A4-70 in the accompanying EPA Docket.) EPA is proposing to approve CCP's AK, DTC, and VE processes implemented at ANL in the configuration observed during the September 2006 inspection and as described in the inspection report A-98-49, II-A4-70. The proposed approval includes the following:
(1)The AK process for RH retrievably-stored TRU debris in one waste stream, Waste Stream AERHDM, as defined in CCP-AK-ANLE-501, Revision 0, July 21, 2006.
(2)The radiological characterization process using DTC and modeling-derived scaling factors for assigning radionuclide values to one RH waste stream for which the scaling factors are applicable, as described in CCP-AK-ANL-501, Revision 1.
(3)The VE process for retrievably-stored RH debris waste. Any changes to the WC activities from the date of the baseline inspection must be reported to and, if applicable, approved by EPA, according to Table 2 (as seen below). Table 2.—Tiering of RH TRU WC Processes Implemented by ANL-CCP [For details see EPA's ANL-CCP RH inspection report in EPA Docket No: A-98-49, II-A4-70] RH WC process elements ANL-CCP RH WC process—T1 changes ANL-CCP RH WC process—T2 changes * Acceptable Knowledge
(AK)Any new waste streams not approved under this baseline Load management for any RH waste stream. Substantive modification(s) *** that have the potential to affect the characterization process to the following documents: CP-AK-ANLE-500, Revision 1; CCP-AK-ANLE-501, Revision 0; or CCP-AK-ANLE-502, Revision 0. Modification of the approved waste stream AERHDM to include additional containers beyond the approximately 45 included in CCP-AK-ANLE-500, Revision 3. Changes made to AK documentation as a result of WCPIP revisions. ** AK accuracy reports, prepared annually at a minimum. Waste stream data package for debris waste stream once completed, and any modifications to that WSPF including the CRR and AK Summary. Comparison of AK versus DTC-derived radiological data to support the use of waste stream-specific instead of drum-specific radiological data and the completed DTC results for all containers in this waste stream. Updates to documents as follows: • CCP-AK-ANLE-500 and CCP-AK-ANLE-502 to address freeze file changes. • All future revisions of CCP-ANLE-AK-500, CCP-ANLE-AK-501 and CCP-ANLE-AK-502. • Listing of the references that document the assembly of fuel pin data and review process. Radiological Characterization, including Dose-To-Curie
(DTC)Use of any alternate radiological characterization procedure other than DTC with established scaling factors as documented in CCP-TP-504, Revision 3, or substantive modification *** of the DTC procedure Application of new scaling factors for isotopic determination other than those documented in CCP-AK-ANLE-501, Revision 0 Any new waste stream not approved under this baseline or addition of containers to waste stream AERHDM that require changing the established radionuclide scaling factors Revisions of CCP-AK-ANLE-501 or CCP-TP-504 that require CBFO approval. ** Visual Examination
(VE)VE by reviewing existing audio/visual recordings for S4000 and S3000 wastes VE by any process other than review of existing audio/visual recordings for S5000 debris wastes. Changes made to any VE procedure(s) that require CBFO approval. Addition of new S5000 debris waste streams. Real Time Radiography
(RTR)Any use of RTR requires EPA approval None. WIPP Waste Information System
(WWIS)Any use of WWIS requires EPA approval prior to RH waste disposal None. * Upon receiving EPA approval, ANL-CCP will report all T2 changes to EPA every three months. ** Excluding changes that are editorial in nature or are required to address administrative concerns. New references that are included as part of the document revision may be requested by EPA. *** Substantive modification refers to a change with the potential to affect ANL's RH WC process, *e.g.* , the use of an inherently different type of measurement instrument or the use of the high range probe as described for CCP-TP-504. EPA will notify the public of the results of its evaluations of proposed T1 and T2 changes through the WIPP Web site and by forwarding e-mails to the WIPP-NEWS list. All T1 changes must be submitted for approval before their implementation and will be evaluated by EPA. Upon approval, EPA will post the results of the evaluations through the WIPP Web site and the WIPP-NEWS list, as described above. EPA will post T2 changes approximately every three months beginning with the date of EPA's approval of the TRU WC program implemented at ANL-CCP. EPA expects the first report of ANL-CCP's T2 changes approximately three months from date of EPA's approval of the TRU WC program implemented at ANL-CCP. In this notice, EPA is not proposing to approve WIPP Waste Information System
(WWIS)for tracking of waste contents of RH debris wastes. Although the WWIS is currently approved by EPA for CH waste, the system has not yet been demonstrated by DOE for the Agency for tracking RH waste. Therefore, in accordance with 194.8(b)(2)(iii), EPA is placing a limitation on this proposed baseline that requires DOE to provide WWIS information as a T1 change. EPA will review the WWIS database populated with actual RH waste content data when the RH modules have been completed. EPA may conduct the evaluation of the WWIS during this comment period; however, no final decision or approval of the WWIS will be made until a baseline approval is finalized. No RH waste can be shipped to WIPP for disposal until EPA approves the WWIS database through the T1 process. In the future, if ANL-CCP intends to use an RTR unit to evaluate RH drum contents, EPA will evaluate this process as a T1 change. IV. Availability of the Baseline Inspection Report for Public Comment EPA has placed both reports discussing the results of EPA's inspections of INL-CCP and ANL-CCP in the public docket as described in ADDRESSES . In accordance with 40 CFR 194.8, EPA is providing the public 45 days to comment on these documents. The Agency requests comments on the proposed approval decisions and tiering designations, as described in EPA's inspection reports. EPA will accept public comment on this notice and supplemental information as described in Section 1.B. above. EPA will not make a determination of compliance before the 45-day comment period ends. At the end of the public comment period, EPA will evaluate all relevant public comments and revise the inspection reports as necessary. If appropriate, the Agency will then issue approval letters and final inspection reports, both of which will be posted on the WIPP Web site. DOE must obtain EPA approval of the WWIS, through the T1 change system prior to the disposal of RH waste at WIPP. Information on the certification decision is filed in the official EPA Air Docket, Docket No. A-93-02 and is available for review in Washington, DC, and at the three EPA WIPP informational docket locations in New Mexico (as listed in ADDRESSES ). The dockets in New Mexico contain only major items from the official Air Docket in Washington, DC, plus those documents added to the official Air Docket since the October 1992 enactment of the WIPP LWA. Dated: October 31, 2006. Elizabeth Cotsworth, Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. [FR Doc. E6-18847 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0258; FRL-8100-1] Triadimefon; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel or to Amend to Terminate Uses of Triadimefon Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel and amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products containing the pesticide triadimefon. The requests would terminate triadimefon use in or on apples, pears, grapes, raspberries, and residential turf. The requests would not terminate the last triadimefon product registered for use in the United States. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 7, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0258, 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-OPP-2005-0258. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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 regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov website 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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 docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 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 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: John W. Pates, Jr., Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703)308-8195; fax number:
(703)308-7070; e-mail address: *pates.john@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human health, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, 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 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 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
(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 your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest 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. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Amend Registrations to Delete Uses This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the registrants Bayer CropScience, Bayer Environmental Science, and Bayer Advanced to cancel and amend to terminate uses of the triadimefon products listed in Tables 1 and 2. Triadimefon is a broad spectrum fungicide used for the systemic control of rust and mildew on various fruits and pineapple. In addition, it is used to control various fungal diseases on non-food use sites such as golf course and sod farm turf, pine seedlings, Christmas trees, and ornamentals. In a letter dated July 31, 2006, Bayer CropScience, Bayer Environmental Science, and Bayer Advanced requested EPA to voluntarily cancel and amend their registrations to terminate use(s) of certain products containing the pesticide triadimefon identified in this notice Tables 1 and 2. Specifically, the registrant has agreed to voluntarily cancel all use on apples, pears, grapes, and raspberries (commercial and residential) as well as use on residential turf. The registrant's request for these use deletions will not terminate the last triadimefon products registered in the United States, or the last pesticide products registered in the United States for these uses. III. What Action is the Agency Taking? This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants to cancel and/or amend to terminate uses of triadimefon product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1 - 3 of this unit. Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more pesticide uses. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary cancellation or use termination. In addition, section 6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless: 1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or 2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. The triadimefon registrants have declined to waive the 180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 180-day comment period on the proposed requests. Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 180 days of publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an order will be issued canceling or amending the affected registrations. **Table 1.—Triadimefon Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation** Registration No. Product name Company 264-757 Summit S Flowable Fungicide Bayer CropScience **Table 2.—Triadimefon Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment** Registration No. Product name Company 264-736 Bayleton Technical Fungicide Bayer CropScience 264-737 Bayleton 50% Wettable Powder Fungicide Bayer CropScience 264-757 Summit S Flowable Fungicide Bayer CropScience 432-1293 Bayleton 25 WP Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1295 Bayleton 1% Granular Turf Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1296 Bayleton 0.5% Granular Turf Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1297 Bayleton 009 EC Turf and Ornamental Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1300 Bayleton 216 Concentrate Bayer Environmental Science 432-1309 Bayleton 25% Turf and Ornamental Fungicide in WSP Bayer Environmental Science 432-1316 Bayleton 25 WP Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1317 Bayleton 25 Nursery and Greenhouse Fungicide in WSP Bayer Environmental Science 432-1336 Bayleton 1% Turf and Sod Production Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1360 Bayleton 50 Turf and Ornamental Fungicide in WSP and Bayleton 50 WP Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1367 Bayleton 50 WDG Fungicide and Bayleton 50 WDG Nursery and Greenhouse Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 432-1445 Bayleton FLO Turf and Ornamental Fungicide Bayer Environmental Science 72155-46 Bayleton 1% Granular Bayer Advanced 72155-47 Bayleton Granular Bayer Advanced 72155-48 Bayleton Liquid Concentration Bayer Advanced Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit. **Table 3.—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments** EPA Company No. Company name and address 264 Bayer CropScience2 T.W. Alexander DriveP.O. Box 12014Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 432 Bayer Environmental Science2 T.W. Alexander DriveP.O. Box 12014Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 72155 Bayer Advanced 2 T.W. Alexander DriveP.O. Box 12014Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the **Federal Register** . Thereafter, following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such a request. V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request and Considerations for Reregistration of Triadimefon Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , postmarked before May 7, 2007. This written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are controlling. VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. If the request for voluntary cancellation and use termination is granted as discussed above, the Agency intends to issue a cancellation order that will allow persons other than the registrant to continue to sell and/or use existing stocks of cancelled products until such stocks are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the cancelled product. The order will specifically prohibit any use of existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved labeling. If, as the Agency currently intends, the final cancellation order contains the existing stocks provision just described, the order will be sent only to the affected registrants of the cancelled products. If the Agency determines that the final cancellation order should contain existing stocks provisions different than the ones just described, the Agency will publish the cancellation order in the **Federal Register** . List of Subjects Environmental Protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: October 27, 2006. Peter Caulkins, Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-18757 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0084; FRL-8101-7] Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations and providing a public comment period. DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by May 7, 2007 or December 8, 2006 for registrations for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day comment period, orders will be issued canceling these registrations. The Agency will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than May 7, 2007 or December 8, 2006, whichever is applicable. Comments must be received on or before May 7, 2007 or December 8, 2006, for those registrations where the 180-day comment period has been waived. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments and your withdrawal request, identified by docket identification
(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0084, 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. Written withdrawal requests should be to the Attention of: John Jamula, Information Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), at the address above. • *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-OPP-2006-0084. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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 regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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 docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 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 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: John Jamula, Information Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703)305-6426; e-mail address: *jamula.john@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 produce or use pesticides, 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 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
(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 your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest 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. What Action is the Agency Taking? This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from registrants to cancel 105 pesticide products registered under section 3 or 24(c) of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in the following Table 1: **Table 1.—Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation** Registration no. Product Name Chemical Name 000004-00450 Bonide Snail N Slug Plus Metaldehyde Carbaryl 000100-00982 Riceco Touche Propanil Molinate 000100-01036 Arrosolo 3-3E Propanil Molinate 000100-01136 Butafenacil Technical Benzoic acid, 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1(2H)-pyrimidin 000100-01137 Inspire EC Benzoic acid, 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1(2H)-pyrimidin 000100 CO-06-0006 Axial Herbicide Pinoxaden 000100 OR-05-0011 Tilt Propiconazole 000228-00133 Riverdale Killsall Liquid Sodium chlorate 000228-00158 Riverdale Pre-Emergent Crabgrass Control Concentrate Benfluralin 000228-00172 Riverdale 34-0-10 & Benefin Crabgrass Preventer Benfluralin 000228-00174 Riverdale 2.5g Pre-Emergent Herbicide Benfluralin 000228-00201 Riverdale Killsall II Ready-To-Use Liquid 6,7-Dihydrodipyrido(1,2-a:2',1'-c)pyrazinediium dibromide Sodium chlorate 000228-00204 Riverdale Triamine II Liquid Weed & Feed MCPA, dimethylamine salt Dimethylamine 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00207 Riverdale Team .87 Lawn Weed and Feed Trifluralin Benfluralin 000228-00215 Riverdale Triamine II Premium Liquid Weed and Feed MCPA, dimethylamine salt Dimethylamine 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00218 Riverdale Triamine II Premium 75 Liquid Weed and Feed MCPA, dimethylamine salt Dimethylamine 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00219 Riverdale Sweet Sixteen Weed & Feed with Triamine II MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 000228-00224 Riverdale Triamine II Spot Weed Killer MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 000228-00225 Riverdale Triamine II Weed & Feed MCPA, dimethylamine salt Dimethylamine 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00226 Riverdale 3-Way Weed and Feed with Triamine II MCPA, dimethylamine salt Dimethylamine 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00228 Riverdale Triamine II W.S. MCPA (and salts and esters) Propanoic acid, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, (R)- Mecoprop-P 000228-00229 Riverdale Triamine II Granular Weed Killer MCPA, dimethylamine salt Dimethylamine 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00256 Riverdale Team 1.33% Lawn Weed and Feed Trifluralin Benfluralin 000228-00266 Riverdale Duo Lawn Weed Killer MCPA, dimethylamine salt Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00279 Riverdale Dri-MCPA Amine MCPA, dimethylamine salt 000228-00285 Riverdale Tri-Power
(r)Dry Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop (and salts and esters) 000228-00299 Riverdale Tri-Power
(r)4000 Weed and Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Mecoprop, dimethylamine salt 000228-00300 Riverside Sweet Sixteen Weed and Feed with Tri-Power
(r)Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop-P 000228-00301 Riverdale Tri-Power
(r)Dry Weed and Feed Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop-P 000228-00306 Riverdale Tri-Power
(r)Dry Granular Weed Killer Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop (and salts and esters) 000228-00349 MCDA Lawn Weed Killer Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt 3,6-Dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, alkanolamine salts (of ethanol and isopropanol serie 000228-00350 MCDA 8000 Lawn Weed Killer Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt 3,6-Dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, alkanolamine salts (of ethanol and isopropanol serie 000228-00351 MDCA Spot Weed Killer Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt 3,6-Dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, alkanolamine salts (of ethanol and isopropanol serie 000228-00352 Riverdale MCDA Weed and Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt 3,6-Dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, alkanolamine salts (of ethanol and isopropanol serie 000228-00353 Riverdale MCDA Granular Weed Killer Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt 3,6-Dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid, alkanolamine salts (of ethanol and isopropanol serie 000241 CA-03-0005 Raptor Herbicide Imazamox 000264-00649 Tiller EC Herbicide 2,4-D, 2-ethylhexyl ester MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl 000264-00654 Cheyenne FM Herbicide MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl 000264-00655 Dakota Herbicide MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester Fenoxaprop-p-ethyl 000264 AL-06-0004 Baythroid XL beta-cyfluthrin 000264 PR-92-0001 Monitor 4 Methamidophos 000524 CA-02-0011 Mon 78112 Herbicide Glyphosate-isopropylammonium 000769-00825 SMCP Dursban 2.5% G Insecticide Chlorpyrifos 001021-01340 MGK Formula 7243 Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins 001021-01464 Pyrocide Intermediate 7123 Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins 002217-00720 Trimec 869 Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00721 Trimec 870 Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00722 Trimec 871 Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop-P 002217-00729 MM885 MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00730 Trimec M 886 Liquid Weed & Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00731 Trimec M 887 Liquid Weed & Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00732 Trimec M 903 Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00733 Trimec M 904 Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00734 Trimec M 905 Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00735 MM 890 Liquid Weed & Feed 20-0-0 MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00736 Trimec M907 Liquid Weed & Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00737 Trimec M908 Liquid Weed & Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00738 MM 909 Liquid Weed and Feed MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00743 Trimec M891 Weed & Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00744 Trimec M 892 Weed & Feed Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00745 MM 893 Weed & Feed MCPA, dimethylamine salt Propanoic acid, 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) 002217-00750 Gordon's Trimec M 936 Broadleaf Herbicide Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop (and salts and esters) 002217-00784 Trimec 1158 Broadleaf Herbicide Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop-P 002217-00821 EH1356 Herbicide Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop-P 002217-00822 EH1355 Weed and Feed Dicamba MCPA (and salts and esters) Mecoprop-P 004581 WA-04-0016 Microthiol Disperss Sulfur 004822-00404 Raid Liquid Flea Killer LF4 Piperonyl butoxide Phenothrin 004822-00500 Whitmire TC 85 Total Release Insect Fogger 4,7-Methano-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, 2-(2-ethylhexyl)-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro- Pyrethrins Permethrin Pyriproxyfen 007001-00383 Turf Fertilizer with 1.00% Ronstar Oxadiazon 007401-00085 Ferti-Lome Ready To Use Liquid Weed & Wild Grass Killer Sodium chlorate 007401-00087 Ferti-Lome Liquid Vegetation Killer Sodium chlorate 007401-00173 Ferti-Lome Special Vegetation Killer Sodium chlorate 009198-00030 The Andersons Fertilizer with 0.92% Balan Benfluralin 009198-00091 The Andersons Tee Time Plus 0.57% Team Trifluralin Benfluralin 009198-00101 The Andersons Fertilizer with 0.87% Team Trifluralin Benfluralin 009198-00130 The Andersons Fertilizer with 1.50% Team Trifluralin Benfluralin 010404-00036 Lesco 2.5 Benefin Granular Benfluralin 010404-00056 Lesco Turf Fertilizer with 1.15% Team Trifluralin Benfluralin 011603-00040 Acetochlor Technical Acetochlor 011685-00013 MCPA Technical Acid MCPA (and salts and esters) 011685-00024 Riverdale Technical Mcpa Ioe MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester 019713-00511 Drexel Methyl Parathion 4 Insecticide Methyl parathion 019713-00512 Drexel Methyl Parathion 4E Methyl parathion 019713 OR-04-0026 Drexel Diazinon Insecticide Diazinon 032802-00079 Ronstar Plus Fertilizer 1.00% Oxadiazon 032802-00080 Ronstar Plus Fertilizer 1.50% Oxadiazon 034704-00804 Stay-N 2000 Nitrapyrin 034704 OR-00-0005 Prometryne 4L Herbicide Prometryn 034704 OR-00-0017 Saber Herbicide 2,4-D, dimethylamine salt 034704 OR-98-0001 Clean Crop Dimethoate 400 Dimethoate 035935-00002 Propanilo-3 Propanil 035935-00010 Technical MCP Ester MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester 051036-00233 Propanil 4EC Propanil 053263-00029 Emtrol Tobacco Sucker Control Agent Fatty alcohols (54.5% C10, 45.1% C8, 0.4% C6) 057700-00001 Shirasagi WHA Silver 062719-00058 MCPA Na Salt MCPA, sodium salt 062719-00386 Stam F-34 Herbicide Propanil 062719-00389 Stam LV-10 Herbicide Propanil 062719-00393 Stam GX-4 Herbicide Propanil 062719-00436 Stampro Propanil Sulfometuron 062719-00521 Atrazine Technical Atrazine 070506-00027 Devrinol 2-E Selective Herbicide Napropamide 071085-00024 Riceco Arrosolo 3-3E Propanil Molinate 071368-00055 Mcpa Amine 4 Herbicide MCPA, dimethylamine salt 071368-00056 Mcpa Ester 4 Herbicide MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester A request to waive the 180-day comment period has been received for the following registrations: 7401-85, 7401-87, and 7401-173. Therefore, the 30-day comment period will apply for these registrations. Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant by May 7, 2007 or by December 8, 2006 for those registrations with a 30-day comment period, orders will be issued canceling all of these registrations. A person may submit comments to EPA as provided in ADDRESSES and Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION above. However, because FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(A) allows a registrant to request cancellation of its pesticide registrations at any time, users or anyone else desiring retention of those pesticides listed in Table 1 may want to contact the applicable registrant in Table 2 directly during this period to request that the registrant retain the pesticide registration or to discuss the possibility of transferring the registration. A user seeking to apply for its own registration of that pesticide may submit comments requesting EPA not to cancel a registration until its “me-too” registration is granted. Table 2 of this unit includes the names and ADDRESSES of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA company number: **Table 2.—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation** EPA Company no. Company Name and Address 000004 Bonide Products, Inc., 6301 Sutliff Rd., Oriskany, NY 13424. 000100 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Attn: Regulatory Affairs, Po Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300. 000228 Nufarm Americas Inc., 150 Harvester Drive Suite 200, Burr Ridge, IL 60527. 000241 BASF Corp., PO Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 277093528. 000264 Bayer Cropscience LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 000524 Monsanto Co., Agent For: Monsanto Co., 1300 I Street, NW., Suite 450 E., Washington, DC 20005. 000769 Value Gardens Supply, LlC, d/b/a Value Garden Supply, PO Box 585, Saint Joseph, MO 64502. 001021 Mclaughlin Gormley King Co., 8810 Tenth Ave North, Minneapolis, MN 55427-4372. 002217 PBI/Gordon Corp., PO Box 014090, Kansas City, MO 64101-0090. 004581 Cerexagri, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King Of Prussia, PA 19406. 004822 S.C. Johnson & Son Inc., 1525 Howe Street, Racine, WI 53403. 007001 J.R. Simplot Co, PO Box 198, Lathrop, CA 95330. 007401 Brazos Associates, Inc., Agent For: Voluntary Purchasing Group Inc., 1806 Auburn Drive, Carrollton, TX 75007-1451. 009198 The Andersons Lawn Fertilizer Division, Inc., dba/ Free Flow Fertilizer, PO Box 119, Maumee, OH 43537. 010404 Lesco Inc., 1301 E. 9th Street, Suite 1300, Cleveland, OH 44114-1849. 011603 Makhteshim-Agan of North America Inc., Agent For: Agan Chem Mfg, Ltd, 4515 Falls of Neuse Rd. Ste 300, Raleigh, NC 27609. 011685 Nufarm Limited, Agent For: Nufarm UK Limited, PO Box 13439, Rtp, NC 27709. 019713 Drexel Chemical Co., PO Box 13327, Memphis, TN 381130327. 032802 Howard Johnson's Enterprises Inc., 700 W. Virginia St. Ste 222, Milwaukee, WI 53204-1548. 034704 Loveland Products, Inc., PO Box 1286, Greeley, CO 80632. 035935 Nufarm Limited, Agent For: Nufarm Limited, PO Box 13439, Rtp, NC 27709. 051036 BASF Sparks LLC, PO Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 053263 Lewis & Harrision, Agent For: Cognis Corp., 122 C St., NW., Suite 740, Washington, DC 20001. 057700 Takeda America Inc., Agent For: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., 555 Madision Ave. 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022. 062719 Dow Agrosciences LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd 308/2e, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054. 070506 United Phosphorus Inc., 423 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08611. 071085 Riceco LLC, 5100 Poplar Ave - Ste 2428, Memphis, TN 38137. 071368 Nufarm, Inc., 150 Harvester Drive Suite 200, Burr Ridge, IL 60527. III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? Section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the **Federal Register** and provide for a 30-day public comment period. In addition, where a pesticide is registered for a minor agricultural use and the Administrator determines that cancellation or termination of that use would adversely affect the availability of the pesticide for use, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) requires EPA to provide a 180-day period before approving or rejecting the section 6(f) request unless: 1. The registrant requests a waiver of the 180-day period, or 2. The Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT , postmarked before May 7, 2007 or before December 8, 2006 for those registrations where the 180-day comment period has been waived. This written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If the product(s) have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are controlling. The withdrawal request must also include a commitment to pay any reregistration fees due, and to fulfill any applicable unsatisfied data requirements. V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks The effective date of cancellation will be the date of the cancellation order. The orders effecting these requested cancellations will generally permit a registrant to sell or distribute existing stocks for 1 year after the date the cancellation request was received. This policy is in accordance with the Agency's statement of policy as prescribed in the **Federal Register** of June 26, 1991 (56 FR 29362) (FRL-3846-4). Exceptions to this general rule will be made if a product poses a risk concern, or is in noncompliance with reregistration requirements, or is subject to a data call-in. In all cases, product-specific disposition dates will be given in the cancellation orders. Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which have been packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. Unless the provisions of an earlier order apply, existing stocks already in the hands of dealers or users can be distributed, sold, or used legally until they are exhausted, provided that such further sale and use comply with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the affected product. Exception to these general rules will be made in specific cases when more stringent restrictions on sale, distribution, or use of the products or their ingredients have already been imposed, as in a Special Review action, or where the Agency has identified significant potential risk concerns associated with a particular chemical. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: October 27, 2006. Robert Forrest, Acting Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-18778 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0644; FRL-8082-7] Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Thiophanate-methyl in or on Various Commodities AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petition proposing the establishment and amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide thiophanate-methyl in or on bushberry subgroup 13B; juneberry; lingonberry; salal; caneberry subgroup 13A; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B; turnip greens; cotton, undelinted seed; cotton, gin byproducts; citrus; ginseng; mushroom; nut, tree, group 14; pistachio; sunflower; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C; tomato; tomatillo; and mustard. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 8, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0644 and pesticide petition number
(PP)6E7075 and 6F7069 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 Bldg.), 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-OPP-2006-0644. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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 regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov website 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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 docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 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 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 Bldg.), 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: Shaja Brothers, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703)308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. 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 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
(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 your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest 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. What Action is the Agency Taking? EPA is printing each summary of each pesticide petition received under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment of regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of pesticide chemical thiophanate-methyl in or on bushberry subgroup 13B; juneberry; lingonberry; salal; caneberry subgroup 13A; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B; turnip, tops; cotton, undelinted seed; cotton, gin byproducts; citrus; ginseng; mushroom; nut, tree, group 14; pistachio; sunflower; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C; tomato; tomatillo; and mustard. EPA has determined that this pesticide petition contains data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide petition. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on this pesticide petition. Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petitions included in this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the analytical method available for the detection and measurement of the thiophanate-methyl residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* . To locate this information on the home page of EPA's Electronic Docket, select “Quick Search” and type the OPP docket ID number. Once the search has located the docket, clicking on the “Docket ID” will bring up a list of all documents in the docket for the pesticide including the petition summary. New Tolerances 1. *PP 6E7075* . Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Rd., East, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the fungicide thiophanate-methyl, (dimethyl [(1,2-phenylene)-bis(iminocarbonothioyl)] bis[carbamate]), its oxygen analogue dimethyl-4,4-o-phenylene bis(allophonate), and its benzimidazole-containing metabolites] in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: Bushberry subgroup 13B at 4.0 parts per million (ppm); juneberry, lingonberry, and salal at 4.0 ppm; caneberry subgroup 13A at 25 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 7.0 ppm; turnip greens at 7.0 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10 at 6.0 ppm; ginseng at 0.3 ppm; mushroom at 0.09 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at 0.2 ppm; sunflower at 0.05 ppm; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C at 0.1 ppm; tomato, tomatillo at 1.4 ppm; and mustard (grown for seed) at 0.1 ppm. The IR-4 pesticide petition also proposes to amend 40 CFR 180.371 by amending the existing tolerance for the raw agricultural commodity pistachio currently at 0.1 ppm to 0.9 ppm, and the existing tolerance for almond hulls currently at 1.0 ppm to 14.0 ppm. 2. *PP 6F7069* . Cerexagri, Inc., agent for Nisso TM, LLC, 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 also proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the fungicide thiophanate-methyl, (dimethyl [(1,2-phenylene)-bis(iminocarbonothioyl)] bis[carbamate]), its oxygen analogue dimethyl-4,4-o-phenylene bis(allophonate), and its benzimidazole-containing metabolites] in or on cotton, undelinted seed at 0.05 ppm, and cotton, gin byproducts at 14.0 ppm. An adequate method for purposes of enforcement of the proposed thiophanate-methyl tolerances is available. The method uses an HPLC system employing column-switching capabilities. It consists of reverse phase HPLC with UV detection, and is capable of analyzing for residues of thiophanate-methyl and its metabolite, MBC. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Dated: October 26, 2006. Lois Rossi, Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-18777 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0848; FRL-8099-9] Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment to Regulations for Residues of Fenamidone in or on Various Commodities AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of fenamidone in or on carrot; sunflower; brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B; vegetables, fruiting, group 8; vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4; strawberry; and cotton. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 8, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0848 and pesticide petition number (PP), 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-OPP-2006-0848. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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 regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov website 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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 docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 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 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: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703)308-3194; e-mail address: *brothers.shaja@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: • Crop production (NAICS code 111). • Animal production (NAICS code 112). • Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311). • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532). This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining whether this action might apply to certain entities. 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 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
(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 your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest 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. What Action is the Agency Taking? EPA is printing a summary of each pesticide petition received under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, proposing the establishment of regulations in 40 CFR part 180 for residues of fenamidone in or on carrot; sunflower; brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B; vegetables, fruiting, group 8; vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4; strawberry; and cotton. EPA has determined that the pesticide petitions contains data or information regarding the elements set forth in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide petitions. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules on these pesticide petitions. Pursuant to 40 CFR 180.7(f), a summary of the petitions included in this notice, prepared by the petitioner along with a description of the analytical method available for the detection and measurement of fenamidone residues is available on EPA's Electronic Docket at *http://www.regulations.gov* . To locate this information on the home page of EPA's Electronic Docket, select “Quick Search” and type the OPP docket ID number. Once the search has located the docket, clicking on the “Docket ID” will bring up a list of all documents in the docket for the pesticide including the petition summary. New Tolerances 1. *PP 6E7109, 5E6924, and 5E6925* . Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 West, Princeton, NJ 08540, proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the fungicide, fenamidone (4H-Imidazol-4-one, 3,5-dihydro-5-methyl-2-(methylthio)-5-phenyl-3 (phenylamino)-, (S)-) in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: PP 6E7109 proposes to establish a tolerance for carrot at 0.15 parts per million (ppm). PP 5E6924 proposes to establish a tolerance for sunflower at 0.08 ppm. PP 5E6925 proposes to establish tolerances for brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A at 4.0 ppm; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B at 35 ppm; vegetables, fruiting, group 8 at 2.0 ppm; and vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 at 35 ppm. 2. *PP 5F6898* . Bayer Crop Science, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, also proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the fungicide, fenamidone (4H-Imidazol-4-one, 3,5-dihydro-5-methyl-2-(methylthio)-5-phenyl-3 (phenylamino)-, (S)-) in or on cotton, undelinted seed at 0.02 ppm; cotton, gin byproducts at 0.02 ppm; and strawberry at 0.02 ppm. Although residue levels approaching the proposed tolerances are unlikely, independently validated enforcement methods are available for determining residues of fenamidone and relevant metabolites. Residues are first extracted from the crop matrix by blending or shaking with a mixture of acetonitrile and water. After filtration, an aliquot of the extract is rotary evaporated to near dryness, then diluted with water. Cleanup is accomplished on a HR-P polymeric solid phase extraction
(SPE)cartridge and an amino SPE cartridge. Residues are quantified by HPLC with tandem mass spectrometric detection (LC/MS/MS). The method limits of quantification
(LOQ)are 0.02 ppm for fenamidone, and its metabolites, RPA 412636, RPA 412708, and RPA 410193 in potato tubers and processed fractions, tomatoes and processed fractions, cucumbers, squash, cantaloupes, head and leaf lettuce, onions, spinach, and wheat raw agricultural commodities and processed fractions. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Agricultural commodities, Feed additives, Food additives, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Dated: October 26, 2006. Lois Rossi, Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-18873 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-782; FRL-8095-7] Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of an application 67979-EUP-A from Syngenta Seeds, Inc. requesting an experimental use permit
(EUP)for the plant-incorporated protectants MIR162 *Bacillus thuringiensis* Vip3A protein and the genetic material (plasmid vector pNOV1300) necessary for its production in corn, Bt11 *Bacillus thuringiensis* Cry1Ab protein and the genetic material (plasmid vector pZO1502) necessary for its production in corn, and MIR604 *Bacillus thuringiensis* mCry3A protein and the genetic material (plasmid vector pZM26) necessary for its production in corn. The Agency has determined that the application may be of regional and national significance. Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency is soliciting comments on this application. DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 8, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID)number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-782, 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-OPP-2006-782. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 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 regulations.gov or e-mail. The Federal regulations.gov website 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 regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 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 docket index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., 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 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: Alan Reynolds, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(703)605-0515; e-mail address: *reynolds.alan@epa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this Action Apply to Me? This action is directed to the public in general. This action may, however, be of interest to those interested in agricultural biotechnology and those persons who are or may be required to conduct testing of chemical substances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may also be interested, 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 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 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
(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 your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest 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. Background The 67979-EUP-A application is for 536 acres of MIR162, 220 acres of Bt11, 199 acres of MIR604, 469 acres of Bt11 x MIR162, 468 acres of Bt11 x MIR162 x MIR604, and 1,207 acres of non plant-incorporated protectant border areas. MIR162 contains the lepidopteran protecting *Bacillus thuringiensis* Vip3A protein and the genetic material (plasmid vector pNOV1300) necessary for its production. Bt11 contains the lepidopteran protecting *Bacillus thuringiensis* Cry1Ab protein and the genetic material (plasmid vector pZO1502) necessary for its production. MIR604 contains the coleopteran protecting *Bacillus thuringiensis* mCry3A protein and the genetic material (plasmid vector pZM26) necessary for its production. Proposed shipment/use dates are March 1, 2007 through February 29, 2008. Five trial protocols have been proposed, including the following: • Breeding and observation. • Efficacy evaluation. • Agronomic observation. • Inbred and hybrid seed production. • Regulatory studies. States and commonwealths involved include: California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. III. What Action is the Agency Taking? Following the review of the Syngenta Seeds, Inc. application and any comments and data received in response to this notice, EPA will decide whether to issue or deny the EUP request for this EUP program, and if issued, the conditions under which it is to be conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will be announced in the **Federal Register** . IV. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action? The Agency's authority for taking this action is under FIFRA section 5. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Experimental use permits. Dated: October 27, 2006. Janet L. Andersen, Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E6-18941 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8240-8] Water Pollution Control; Approval of Modification to Michigan's Approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permitting Program To Administer a Partial State Sewage Sludge Management Program AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; approval of application. SUMMARY: On September 28, 2006, pursuant to Section 402(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Acting Regional Administrator for EPA, Region 5, approved the State of Michigan's modification of its existing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program to include the administration and enforcement of a partial state sewage sludge (biosolids) management program where it has jurisdiction. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Colletti, at
(312)886-6106, NPDES Programs Branch, (WN-16J), EPA, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590, or electronically at *colletti.john@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document “we”, “us”, or “our” means EPA. Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Was notice provided seeking public comments on Michigan's program submittal? III. Was a public hearing held? IV. Did EPA receive any public comments? V. Does EPA's approval affect Indian Country in Michigan? VI. Conclusion VII. **Federal Register** Notice of Approval of State NPDES Programs or Modifications VIII. Administrative Requirements A. National Historic Preservation Act B. Other Provisions I. Introduction Michigan's application to modify its existing NPDES program to administer and enforce a partial state biosolids management program was submitted on March 28, 2002. Specifically, the state sought approval of a biosolids management program which addresses the land application of biosolids. On April 21, 2005, the state amended its submittal limiting the state's request to the activity mentioned above within the state except if that activity occurs within “Indian Country” as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151 and applicable case law. The state's biosolids management program does not extend to Indian Country, and will not include lands within the exterior boundaries of Indian reservations within or abutting the State of Michigan. Michigan did not seek approval for the surface disposal of biosolids, the landfilling of biosolids, the incineration of biosolids, or the land application of domestic septage. The biosolids management program is administered by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ). Modifications were made to the program submittal based on discussions between EPA and MDEQ. These modifications are part of the record of the program application and review process. II. Was notice provided seeking public comments on Michigan's program submittal? Michigan's application was described in the August 4, 2006, **Federal Register** at Vol. 71, No. 150, pages 44291 to 44294, in which EPA requested public comments for a period of 45 days. Further notice was provided by way of publication in the following newspaper on August 4, 2006: The Bay City Times; The Flint Journal; The Traverse City Record-Eagle; The Grand Rapids Press; The Lansing State Journal; The Ann Arbor News, and; The Mining Journal (Marquette) in an effort to get wide coverage throughout the state. Additionally, notices were sent to all known Michigan NPDES permitted facilities that would be impacted by the program and to people or organizations that MDEQ determined might have an interest in the program application. Copies of MDEQ's application package were available for public review at the EPA Region 5 Office and at MDEQ's district offices. III. Was a public hearing held? A public hearing was not held. The above notice explained that a hearing had not been scheduled and how a hearing could be requested. EPA will hold a public hearing whenever the Regional Administrator finds, on the basis of requests, a significant degree of public interest. No request for a hearing was received during the public comment period and therefore, no hearing was held. IV. Did EPA receive any public comments? Pursuant to the public notice, we would accept written comments from the public postmarked on or before September 18, 2006. During the comment period, no comments were received. V. Does EPA's approval affect Indian Country in Michigan? MDEQ did not seek approval to administer and enforce the state biosolids management program for activities occurring in Indian Country. Our approval does not authorize MDEQ to carry out its biosolids management program in “Indian Country,” as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151 and applicable case law. Indian Country includes: 1. All lands within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and, including rights-of-way running through the reservation; 2. Any land held in trust by the U.S. for an Indian tribe; and 3. Any other land, whether on or off an Indian reservation that qualifies as Indian Country. Therefore, our approval of the state's sewage sludge management program will have no effect in Indian Country where EPA continues to implement and administer the NPDES program. VI. Conclusion The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has demonstrated that it adequately meets the requirements for program modification to include biosolids management (specifically, the land application of biosolids) as defined in the Clean Water Act and 40 CFR parts 123, 501, and 503. At this time, EPA is withholding authorization to administer the biosolids management program for the surface disposal of biosolids, the landfilling of biosolids, the incineration of biosolids, the land application of domestic septage, and activities occurring in Indian Country, as mentioned above. VII. Federal Register Notice of Approval of State NPDES Programs or Modifications EPA must provide **Federal Register** notice of any action by the Agency approving or modifying a State NPDES program. The following table will provide the public with an up-to-date list of the status of NPDES permitting authority throughout the country. Today's **Federal Register** notice is to announce the approval of Michigan's authority to administer the sewage sludge management program. State NPDES Program Status State Approved State NPDES permit program Approved to regulate Federal facilities Approved State pretreatment program Approved general permits program Approved sludge management program Alabama 10/19/79 10/19/79 10/19/79 06/26/91 Arizona 12/05/02 12/05/02 12/05/02 12/05/02 04/01/04 Arkansas 11/01/86 11/01/86 11/01/86 11/01/86 California 05/14/73 05/05/78 09/22/89 09/22/89 Colorado 03/27/75 03/04/82 Connecticut 09/26/73 01/09/89 06/03/81 03/10/92 Delaware 04/01/74 10/23/92 Florida 1 05/01/95 05/01/00 05/01/95 05/01/95 Georgia 06/28/74 12/08/80 03/12/81 01/28/91 Hawaii 11/28/74 06/01/79 08/12/83 09/30/91 Illinois 10/23/77 09/20/79 01/04/84 Indiana 01/01/75 12/09/78 04/02/91 Iowa 08/10/78 08/10/78 06/03/81 08/12/92 Kansas 06/28/74 08/28/85 11/24/93 Kentucky 09/30/83 09/30/83 09/30/83 09/30/83 Louisiana 08/27/96 08/27/96 08/27/96 08/27/96 Maine 01/12/01 01/12/01 01/12/01 01/12/01 Maryland 09/05/74 11/10/87 09/30/85 09/30/91 Michigan 10/17/73 12/09/78 04/16/85 11/29/93 09/28/06 Minnesota 06/30/74 12/09/78 07/16/79 12/15/87 Mississippi 05/01/74 01/28/83 05/13/82 09/27/91 Missouri 10/30/74 06/26/79 06/03/81 12/12/85 Montana 06/10/74 06/23/81 04/29/83 Nebraska 06/12/74 11/02/79 09/07/84 07/20/89 Nevada 09/19/75 08/31/78 07/27/92 New Jersey 04/13/82 04/13/82 04/13/82 04/13/82 New York 10/28/75 06/13/80 10/15/92 North Carolina 10/19/75 09/28/84 06/14/82 09/06/91 North Dakota 06/13/75 01/22/90 09/16/05 01/22/90 Ohio 03/11/74 01/28/83 07/27/83 08/17/92 03/16/05 Oklahoma 11/19/96 11/19/96 11/19/96 09/11/97 11/19/96 Oregon 09/26/73 03/02/79 03/12/81 02/23/82 Pennsylvania 06/30/78 06/30/78 08/02/91 Rhode Island 09/17/84 09/17/84 09/17/84 09/17/84 South Carolina 06/10/75 09/26/80 04/09/82 09/03/92 South Dakota 12/30/93 12/30/93 12/30/93 12/30/93 10/22/01 Tennessee 12/28/77 09/30/86 08/10/83 04/18/91 Texas 09/14/98 09/14/98 09/14/98 09/14/98 09/14/98 Utah 07/07/87 07/07/87 07/07/87 07/07/87 06/14/96 Vermont 03/11/74 03/16/82 08/26/93 Virgin Islands 06/30/76 Virginia 03/31/75 02/09/82 04/14/89 04/20/91 Washington 11/14/73 09/30/86 09/26/89 West Virginia 05/10/82 05/10/82 05/10/82 05/10/82 Wisconsin 02/04/74 11/26/79 12/24/80 12/19/86 07/28/00 Wyoming 01/30/75 05/18/81 09/24/91 Totals 46 41 35 44 08 Number of Fully Authorized Programs (Federal Facilities, Pretreatment, General Permits) = 33. Number of authorized Sludge Management Programs = 8. 1 The Florida authorizations of 05/01/95 represent a phased NPDES program authorization to be completed by the year 2000. VIII. Administrative Requirements A. National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), 16 U.S.C. 470(f), requires Federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties and to provide the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
(ACHP)an opportunity to comment on such undertakings. Under the ACHP's regulations (36 CFR part 800), agencies consult with the appropriate State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO)on federal undertakings that have the potential to affect historic properties listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. By letter dated June 19, 2006, we requested concurrence from the SHPO that approval of MDEQ to implement a biosolids management program would not have an adverse impact on historical and archeological resources. After discussions with SHPO staff, it was concluded that concurrence was not needed because our action is not an undertaking as the Michigan SHPO would interpret it. It is still believed that program approval will have no effect on historic or archeological resources within the State of Michigan because the transferring of the program is an administrative act. B. Other Provisions Based on General Counsel Opinion 78-7 (April 18, 1978), EPA has long considered a determination to approve or deny a State Clean Water Act
(CWA)program submission to constitute an adjudication because an “approval,” within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), constitutes a “license,” which, in turn, is the product of an “adjudication.” For this reason, the statutes and Executive Orders that apply to rulemaking action are not applicable here. Authority: Clean Water Act 33, U.S.C. 1251 *et seq.* Dated: October 6, 2006. Gary Gulezian, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. [FR Doc. E6-18850 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested October 31, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning
(a)whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments should be submitted on or before January 8, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit your all Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail send them to *PRA@fcc.gov* . To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to *PRA@fcc.gov* or contact Cathy Williams at
(202)418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0692. *Title:* Home Wiring Provisions. *Form Number:* Not applicable. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Individuals or households; business or other for-profit entities. *Number of Respondents:* 30,500. *Estimated Time per Response:* 5 minutes—5 hours. *Frequency of Response:* Recordkeeping requirement; on occasion reporting requirement; annual reporting requirement; third party disclosure requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 45,614 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* None. *Privacy Impact Assessment:* No impact(s). *Needs and Uses:* This information collection accounts for the information collection requirement stated in 47 CFR 76.613, where MVPDs causing harmful signal interference may be required by the Commission's engineer in charge
(EIC)to prepare and submit a report regarding the cause(s) of the interference, corrective measures planned or taken, and the efficacy of the remedial measures. 47 CFR 76.620 applies the Commission's signal leakage rules to all non-cable MVPDs. Our rules require that each cable system perform an independent signal leakage test annually, therefore, non-cable MVPDs will now be subject to the same requirement, although the Second Order on Reconsideration, FCC 03-9, has exempted small non-cable MVPDs. We recognize, however, that immediate compliance with these requirements may present hardships to existing non-cable MVPDs not previously subject to such rules. We will allow a five-year transition period from the effective date of these rules to afford non-cable MVPDs time to comply with our signal leakage rules other than 47 CFR 76.613. The transition period will apply only to systems of those non-cable MVPDs that have been substantially built as of January 1, 1998. 47 CFR 76.802, Disposition of Cable Home Wiring, gives individual video service subscribers in single unit dwellings and MDUs the opportunity to purchase their cable home wiring at replacement cost upon voluntary termination of service. In calculating hour burdens for notifying individual subscribers of their purchase rights, we make the following assumptions:
(1)There are approximately 20,000 MVPDs serving approximately 72,000,000 subscribers in the United States.
(2)The average rate of churn (subscriber termination) for all MVPDs is estimated to be 1% per month, or 12% per year.
(3)MVPDs own the home wiring in 50% of the occurrences of voluntary subscriber termination.
(4)Subscribers or property owners already have gained ownership of the wiring in the other 50% of occurrences ( *e.g.* , where the MVPD has charged the subscriber for the wiring upon installation, has treated the wiring as belonging to the subscriber for tax purposes, or where state and/or local law treats cable home wiring as a fixture).
(5)Where MVPDs own the wiring, we estimate that they intend to actually remove the wiring 5% of the time, thus initiating the disclosure requirement. We believe in most cases that MVPDs will choose to abandon the home wiring because the cost and effort required to remove the wiring generally outweigh its value. The burden to disclose the information at the time of termination will vary depending on the manner of disclosure, *e.g.* , by telephone, customer visit or registered mail. Virtually all voluntary service terminations are done by telephone. In addition, 47 CFR 76.802 states that if a subscriber in an MDU declines to purchase the wiring, the MDU owner or alternative provider (where permitted by the MDU owner) may purchase the home wiring where reasonable advance notice has been provided to the incumbent.
(1)According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the nation's population was approximately 281,000,000.
(2)The American Housing Survey for the United States, 2001, Table 2-25, and the 2000 Census stated that the total number of living units of all types in the United States was approximately 106,000,000, or an average of 2.65 people per unit.
(3)The American Housing Survey also estimated that 24,600,000 occupied housing units were classified as “multi-units,” that is, they are in MDUs with two or more units per building.
(4)The American Housing Survey data also found that there were approximately 7,600,000 buildings classified as MDUs in the United States.
(5)Approximately 66,000,000 people resided in these 24,600,000 occupied housing units in these MDUs in 2000.
(6)We estimate that 2,000 MDU owners will provide advance notice to the incumbent MVPD that the MDU owner wishes to use the home run wiring to receive service from an alternative video service provider. 47 CFR 76.802 also states that, to inform subscribers of per-foot replacement costs, MVPDs may develop replacement cost schedules based on readily available information; if the MVPD chooses to develop such schedules, it must place them in a public file available for public inspection during regular business hours. We estimate that 50% of MVPDs will develop such cost schedules to place in their public files. Virtually all individual subscribers terminate service via telephone, and few subscribers are anticipated to review cost schedules on public file. 47 CFR 76.804 Disposition of Home Run Wiring. We estimate the burden for notification and election requirements for building-by-building and unit-by-unit disposition of home run wiring as described below. Note that these requirements apply only when an MVPD owns the home run wiring in an MDU and does not (or will not at the conclusion of the notice period) have a legally enforceable right to remain on the premises against the wishes of the entity that owns or controls the common areas of the MDU or have a legally enforceable right to maintain any particular home run wire dedicated to a particular unit on the premises against the MDU owner's wishes. We use the term “MDU owner” to include whatever entity owns or controls the common areas of an apartment building, condominium or cooperative. For building-by-building disposition of home run wiring, the MDU owner gives the incumbent service provider a minimum of 90 days' written notice that its access to the entire building will be terminated. The incumbent then has 30 days to elect what it will do with the home run wiring. Where parties negotiate a price for the wiring and are unable to agree on a price, the incumbent service provider must elect among abandonment, removal of the wiring, or arbitration for a price determination. Also, regarding cable home wiring, when the MDU owner notifies the incumbent service provider that its access to the building will be terminated, the incumbent provider must, within 30 days of the initial notice and in accordance with our home wiring rules:
(1)Offer to sell to the MDU owner any home wiring within the individual dwelling units which the incumbent provider owns and intends to remove, and
(2)provide the MDU owner with the total per-foot replacement cost of such home wiring. The MDU owner must then notify the incumbent provider as to whether the MDU owner or an alternative provider intends to purchase the home wiring not later than 30 days before the incumbent's access to the building will be terminated. For unit-by-unit disposition of home run wiring, an MDU owner must provide at least 60 days' written notice to the incumbent MVPD that it intends to permit multiple MVPDs to compete for the right to use the individual home run wires dedicated to each unit. The incumbent service provider then has 30 days to provide the MDU owner with a written election as to whether, for all of the incumbent's home run wires dedicated to individual subscribers who may later choose the alternative provider's service, it will remove the wiring, abandon the wiring, or sell the wiring to the MDU owner. In other words, the incumbent service provider will be required to make a single election for how it will handle the disposition of individual home run wires whenever a subscriber wishes to switch service providers; that election will then be implemented each time an individual subscriber switches service providers. Where parties negotiate a price for the wiring and are unable to agree on a price, the incumbent service provider must elect among abandonment, removal of the wiring, or arbitration for a price determination. The MDU owner also must provide reasonable advance notice to the incumbent provider that it will purchase, or that it will allow an alternative provider to purchase, the cable home wiring when a terminating individual subscriber declines. If the alternative provider is permitted to purchase the wiring, it will be required to make a similar election during the initial 30-day notice period for each subscriber who switches back from the alternative provider to the incumbent MVPD. While the American Housing Survey estimates that there were some 7,600,000 MDUs with 24,600,000 resident occupants in the United States in 2000, we estimate that there will be only 12,500 notices and 12,500 elections being made on an annual basis. In many buildings, the MDU owner will be unable to initiate the notice and election processes because the incumbent MVPD service provider continues to have a legally enforceable right to remain on the premises. In other buildings, the MDU owner may simply have no interest in acquiring a new MVPD service provider. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18687 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-10-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget October 31, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning
(a)whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments should be submitted on or before December 8, 2006. If you anticipate that you will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Allison E. Zaleski, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503,
(202)395-6466, or via fax at 202-395-5167 or via internet at *Allison_E._Zaleski@eop.omb.gov* and to *Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov* , Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-B441, 445 12th Street, SW, DC 20554 or an e-mail to *PRA@fcc.gov* . If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this information collection, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: *http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra* . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies of the information collection(s), contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214 or via the Internet at *Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0799. *Title:* FCC Ownership Disclosure Information for the Wireless Telecommunications Services. *Form No.:* FCC Form 602. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; and state, local or tribal governments. *Number of Respondents:* 500 respondents; 5,065 responses. *Estimated Time Per Response:* 1.50 hours. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 5,065 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* $478,200. *Privacy Act Impact Assessment:* N/A. *Needs and Uses:* The Commission will submit this information collection to OMB as an extension (no change in reporting or third party requirements) in order to obtain the full three-year clearance from them. There is no change to the estimated average burden, costs, or the number of respondents. The purpose for the FCC Form 602 is to obtain the identity of the filer and to elicit information required by 47 CFR 1.2112 of the Commission's rules regarding:
(1)Persons or entities holding a 10 percent or greater direct or indirect ownership interest or any general partners in a general partnership holding a direct or indirect ownership interest in the applicant (“Disclosable Interest Holders”); and
(2)all FCC-regulated entities in which the filer or any of its Disclosable Interest Holders owns a 10 percent or greater interest. The data collected on the FCC Form 602 includes the FCC Registration Number
(FRN)which serves as a “common link” for all filings an entity has with the Commission. The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 requires that entities filing with the Commission use a FRN. Finally, the FCC Form 602 was designed for, and must be filed by, all licensees that hold licenses in auctionable services. Without such information, the Commission could not determine whether to issue licenses to applicants that provide telecommunications services to the public and fulfill its statutory responsibilities in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18733 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority October 30, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning
(a)whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection should submit comments January 8, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit your Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by email send them to: *PRA@fcc.gov* . To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark it to the attention of Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 1-B441, Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an email to *PRA@fcc.gov* or contact Judith B. Herman at 202-418-0214. If you would like to obtain or view a copy of this information collection after this 60 day comment period, you may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web page at: *http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control No.:* 3060-0392. *Title:* 47 CFR Part 1, Subpart J—Pole Attachment Complaint Procedures. *Form No.:* N/A. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit and state, local or tribal government. *Number of Respondents:* 1,780. *Estimated Time Per Response:* 5 hours. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement and third party disclosure requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 2,645 hours. *Annual Cost Burden:* $450,000. *Privacy Act Impact Assessment:* N/A. *Needs and Uses:* This collection will be submitted as an extension (no change in reporting or third party disclosure requirements) after this 60 day comment period to Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)in order to obtain the full three year clearance. The rules and regulations contained in 47 CFR Part 1, Subpart J, provide complaint and enforcement procedures to ensure that telecommunications carriers and cable system operators have nondiscriminatory access to utility poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way on rates, terms and conditions that are just and reasonable. The information collected under these rules will be used by the Commission to hear and resolve petitions for stays and complaints as mandated by Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Information filed is used to determine the merits of the petitions and complaints. Additionally, state certifications are used to make public notice of the states' authority to regulate rates, terms and conditions for pole attachments, and to determine the scope of the FCC's jurisdiction. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18735 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission October 27, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a current valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning:
(a)Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before January 8, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Les Smith, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C216, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554, or via the Internet to *PRA@fcc.gov* . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies of the information collection(s) contact Les Smith at
(202)418-0217 or via the Internet at *PRA@fcc.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-1084. *Title:* Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers (CARE). *Form Number:* N/A. *Type of Review:* Revision to a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities. *Number of Respondents:* 1,778. *Estimated Time per Response:* 0.75 to 6.70 hours. *Frequency of Response:* Recordkeeping; Annual reporting requirements. *Total Annual Burden:* 44,576 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* None. *Privacy Impact Assessment:* No impact(s). *Needs and Uses:* In addition to the existing information collection requirements that were previously approved by OMB, in the *Order on Reconsideration* , In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers ( *2005 Report and Order* ), CG Docket No. 02-386, FCC 06-134, which was released on September 13, 2006, the Commission concluded that minor modifications to 47 CFR 64.4002 are needed to clarify carriers' respective obligations under that rule section. Paragraph 64.4002(d) is modified to require that a LEC notify an IXC when the LEC has removed at its local switch a presubscribed customer of the IXC in connection with the customer's selection of “no-PIC” status. In this context, the selection of “no-PIC” status by the customer refers to the selection of no carrier for interLATA service or no carrier for intraLATA service. The Commission concludes that this modification is needed to ensure that an IXC does not continue billing a customer for non-usage-related monthly charges where that customer has contacted his current LEC or his current IXC to select “no-PIC” status. Paragraph 64.4002(e) of the Commission's rules is modified to include the effective date of any changes to a customer's local service account and the carrier identification code of the customer's IXC among the categories of information that must be provided to the IXC by the LEC. The Commission concludes that knowing the effective date of account changes will help IXCs to maintain accurate customer account information and that including the carrier identification code of the customer's IXC will enable an IXC to verify that it is the proper recipient of the transmitted information. Paragraph 64.4002(g) of the Commission's rules is modified to make the information categories included in paragraph 64.4002(g) consistent with those included in other LEC notification requirements. Paragraph 64.4002(g) also is modified to require that when a customer changes LECs, but wishes to retain his current PIC, the new LEC must so notify the current PIC so that the current PIC does not erroneously assume, absent additional notification from the new LEC, that the customer also wishes to cancel his current PIC. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18743 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority October 27, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning
(a)whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments should be submitted on or before January 8, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit all your Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail send them to *PRA@fcc.gov* . To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to *PRA@fcc.gov* or contact Cathy Williams at
(202)418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0727. *Title:* Operator: Section 73.213, Grandfathered Short-Spaced Stations. *Form Number:* Not applicable. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities. *Number of Respondents:* 15. *Estimated Time per Response:* 0.5 hours—0.83 hours. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement; third party disclosure requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 20 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* $2,250. *Privacy Impact Assessment:* No impact(s). *Needs and Uses:* 47 CFR 73.213 requires licensees of grandfathered short-spaced FM stations seeking to modify or relocate their stations to provide a showing demonstrating that there is no increase in either the total predicted interference area or the associated population (caused or received) with respect to all grandfathered stations or increase the interference caused to any individual stations. Applicants must demonstrate that any new area predicted to lose service as a result of interference has adequate service remaining. In addition, licensees are required to serve a copy of any application for co-channel or first-adjacent channel stations proposing predicted interference caused in any area where interference is not currently predicted to be caused upon the licensee(s) of the affected short-spaced station(s). Commission staff use the data to determine if the public interest will be served and that existing levels of interference will not be increased to other licensed stations. Providing copies of application(s) to affected licensee(s) will enable potentially affected parties to examine the proposals and provide them an opportunity to file informal objections against such applications. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18745 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-10-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority November 2, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning
(a)whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments should be submitted on or before January 8, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit all your Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail send them to *PRA@fcc.gov* . To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to *PRA@fcc.gov* or contact Cathy Williams at
(202)418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0340. *Title:* Section 73.51, Determining Operating Power. *Form Number:* Not applicable. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities. *Number of Respondents:* 750. *Estimated Time per Response:* 0.25-3 hours. *Frequency of Response:* Recordkeeping requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 440 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* None. *Privacy Impact Assessment:* No impact(s). *Needs and Uses:* When it is not possible to use the direct method of power determination due to technical reasons, the indirect method of determining antenna input power might be used on a temporary basis. 47 CFR Section 73.51(d) requires that a notation be made in the station log indicating the dates of commencement and termination of measurement using the indirect method of power determination. 47 CFR 73.51(e) requires that AM stations determining the antenna input power by the indirect method must determine the value F (efficiency factor) applicable to each mode of operation and must maintain a record thereof with a notation of its derivation. FCC staff use this information in field investigations to monitor licensees' compliance with the FCC's technical rules and to ensure that licensee is operating in accordance with its station authorization. Station personnel use the value F (efficiency factor) in the event that measurement by the indirect method of power is necessary. *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0489. *Title:* Section 73.37, Applications for Broadcast Facilities, Showing Required. *Form Number:* Not applicable. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities. *Number of Respondents:* 365. *Estimated Time per Response:* 1 hour. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 365 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* $798,750. *Privacy Impact Assessment:* No impact(s). *Needs and Uses:* 47 CFR 73.37(d) requires an applicant for a new AM broadcast station, or for a major change in an authorized AM broadcast station, to make a satisfactory showing that objectionable interference will not result to an authorized AM station as a condition for its acceptance if new or modified nighttime operation by a Class B station is proposed. 47 CFR 73.37(f) requires applicants seeking facilities modification that would result in spacing that fail to meet any of the separation requirements to include a showing that an adjustment has been made to the radiated signal which effectively results in a site-to-site radiation that is equivalent to the radiation of a station with standard Model I facilities. FCC staff use the data to ensure that objectionable interference will not be caused to other authorized AM stations. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18854 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-10-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority October 31, 2006. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning
(a)whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments should be submitted on or before January 8, 2007. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit your all Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA)comments by e-mail or U.S. postal mail. To submit your comments by e-mail send them to *PRA@fcc.gov.* To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e-mail to *PRA@fcc.gov* or contact Cathy Williams at
(202)418-2918. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *OMB Control Number:* 3060-0190. *Title:* Section 73.3544, Application to Obtain a Modified Station License. *Form Number:* Not applicable. *Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Respondents:* Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit institutions. *Number of Respondents:* 325. *Estimated Time per Response:* 0.25-1 hour. *Frequency of Response:* On occasion reporting requirement. *Total Annual Burden:* 306 hours. *Total Annual Cost:* $45,000. *Privacy Impact Assessment:* No impact(s). *Needs and Uses:* 47 CFR 73.3544(b) requires an informal application, see § 73.3511(b), may be filed with the FCC in Washington, DC, Attention: Audio Division (radio) or Video Division (television), Media Bureau, to cover the following changes:
(1)A correction of the routing instructions and description of an AM station directional antenna system field monitoring point, when the point itself is not changed.
(2)A change in the type of AM station directional antenna monitor. See § 73.69.
(3)A change in the location of the station main studio when prior authority to move the main studio location is not required.
(4)The location of a remote control point of an AM or FM station when prior authority to operate by remote control is not required. 47 CFR 73.3544
(c)requires a change in the name of the licensee where no change in ownership or control is involved may be accomplished by written notification by the licensee to the Commission. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18856 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-10-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [WC Docket No. 02-60, FCC 06-144] Rural Health Care Support Mechanism AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission establishes a pilot program to examine how the rural health care
(RHC)funding mechanism can be used to enhance public and non-profit health care providers' access to advanced telecommunications and information services. DATES: Effective September 29, 2006. The pilot program applications contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by OMB. The FCC will publish a document in the **Federal Register** announcing the approval by OMB. ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit applications, identified by [WC Docket number 02-60 and/or FCC Number 06-144], by any of the following methods: • *Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.* Applicants should follow the same instructions provided on the Web site for submitting comments. • *Paper Submissions:* Paper filings are permitted and must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, in accordance with the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION provided herein. • *People with Disabilities:* People with disabilities may contact the Commission to request reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language interpreters, CART, *etc.* ) by e-mail at *FCC504@fcc.gov* or by phone
(202)418-0539 or TTY:
(202)418-0432. For detailed instructions for submitting applications, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erika Olsen, Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division at
(202)418-7400 (voice),
(202)418-0484 (TTY), or e-mail at *Erika.Olsen@fcc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's document FCC 06-144, Rural Health Care Support Mechanism, *Rural Health Care Support Mechanism Pilot Program Order* , WC Docket No. 02-60, adopted September 26, 2006, released September 29, 2006, establishing a pilot program to examine how the rural health care
(RHC)funding mechanism can be used to enhance public and non-profit health care providers' access to advanced telecommunications and information services. Applications to participate in the pilot program will be due 30 days from the receipt of OMB approval. Applications may be filed using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or by filing paper copies. • *Electronic Filers:* Applications may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS: *http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.* Applicants should follow the instructions provided on the Web site for submitting comments. • For ECFS filers, if multiple docket or rulemaking numbers appear in the caption of this proceeding, filers must transmit one copy of the comments for each docket or rulemaking number referenced in the caption. In completing the transmittal screen, applicants should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number, which in this instance is WC Docket No. 02-60. Parties may also submit an electronic application by Internet e-mail. To get filing instructions for e-mail applications, applicants should send an e-mail to *ecfs@ecfs.gov* , and include the following words in the body of the message, “get form <your e-mail address>.” A sample form and directions will be sent in response. • *Paper Filers:* Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption in this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies of each additional docket or rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although the Commission continues to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. • The Commission's contractor will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings to the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. • Commercial mail sent by overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. • U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express Mail and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. *People with Disabilities:* To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to *fcc504@fcc.gov* or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202)418-0530 (voice),
(202)418-0432 (TTY). Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis This document contains proposed information collection requirements which will be submitted to OMB. A separate notice will be published in the **Federal Register** seeking comment on these information collection requirements. Synopsis Introduction and Background In this Order, pursuant to section 254(h)(2)(A) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, we establish a pilot program to examine how the rural health care
(RHC)funding mechanism can be used to enhance public and non-profit health care providers' access to advanced telecommunications and information services. Specifically, the pilot program will provide funding to support the construction of state or regional broadband networks and services provided over those networks. These networks will be designed to bring the benefits of innovative telehealth and, in particular, telemedicine services to those areas of the country where the need for those benefits is most acute. In addition, the pilot program will provide funding to support the cost of connecting the state or regional networks to Internet2, a dedicated nationwide backbone. Internet2 links a number of government research institutions, as well as academic, public, and private health care institutions that are repositories of medical expertise and information. By connecting to this dedicated national backbone, health care providers at the state and local levels will have the opportunity to benefit from advanced applications in continuing education and research. In addition, a ubiquitous nationwide broadband network dedicated to health care will enhance the health care community's ability to provide a rapid and coordinated response in the event of a national crisis. Under this pilot program, all public and non-profit health care providers may apply for funding to construct a dedicated broadband network that connects health care providers in a state or region. In particular, given the nature of the pilot program, we encourage multiple health care providers in a state or region to join together for the purpose of formulating and submitting proposals. In accordance with general principles of universal service, we will require applicants in the pilot program to include in their proposed networks public and non-profit health care providers that serve rural areas. As detailed below, this program will provide funding for up to 85 percent of an applicant's costs of deploying a dedicated broadband network, including any necessary network design studies, as well as the costs of advanced telecommunications and information services that will ride over this network. We recognize that this funding percentage exceeds the funding percentages under our existing RHC mechanism, but find that this percentage is justified by the extraordinary benefits of universal service designed to spur broadband deployment dedicated to telehealth, including telemedicine services. Moreover, we find that this percentage is economically reasonable because the funding is constrained by the program funding caps we describe below. The pilot program will lay the foundation for a future rulemaking proceeding that will explore permanent rules to enhance access to advanced services for public and non-profit health care providers. In particular, the goal of the pilot program will be to provide us with useful information as to the feasibility of revising the Commission's current RHC rules in a manner that best achieves the objectives set forth by Congress. If successful, increasing broadband connectivity among health care providers at the national, state and local levels would also provide vital links for disaster preparedness and emergency response and would likely facilitate the President's goal of implementing electronic medical records nationwide. Broadband has enabled health care providers to vastly improve access to quality medical services in remote areas of the country. Among other things, telehealth applications allow patients to access critically needed medical specialists in a variety of practices, including cardiology, pediatrics, and radiology, without leaving their homes or their communities. Using video feeds over broadband and real-time patient information, intensive care doctors and nurses can monitor critically ill patients at multiple locations around the clock. Using this technology, a single medical professional is able to administer services to over a hundred patients, while cutting skyrocketing medical costs by shortening average hospital stays and reducing the need for additional tests and treatments. The benefits of these technologies are particularly apparent in underserved areas of the country that may lack access to the breadth of medical expertise and advanced medical technologies available in other areas. In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress specifically sought to provide rural health care providers “an affordable rate for the services necessary for the provision of telemedicine and instruction relating to such services.” In 1997, we implemented this directive by adopting the RHC support mechanism funded by monies collected through the Universal Service Fund. Our RHC program provides reduced rates to rural health care providers for their telecommunications and Internet services. The primary goal of our existing rules is to ensure that rural health care providers pay no more than their urban counterparts for their telecommunications needs in the provision of health care services. In section 254(h)(2)(A), Congress directed the Commission to “establish competitively neutral rules to enhance, to the extent technically feasible and economically reasonable, access to advanced telecommunications and information services for * * * health care providers.” Since 1997, the Commission has made several changes to the RHC support mechanism to make it more viable and to reflect technological changes. For example, the Commission has exercised its authority under section 254(h)(2)(A) to establish discounts and funding mechanisms for advanced services provided by both telecommunications carriers and non-telecommunications carriers. We currently have an open proceeding seeking comment on further modifications to the existing RHC support mechanism. Despite the modifications the Commission has made to the rural health care mechanism, the program continues to be greatly underutilized and is not fully realizing the benefits intended by the statute and our rules. In 1997, we authorized $400 million dollars per year for funding of this program. Yet, in each of the past 10 years, the program generally has disbursed less than 10 percent of the authorized funds. Although there are a number of factors that may explain the underutilization of this important fund, it has become apparent that health care providers continue to lack access to the broadband facilities needed to support the types of advanced telehealth applications, like telemedicine, that are so vital to bringing medical expertise and the advantages of modern health care technology to rural areas of the country. In addition, many of these real-time telehealth applications require a dedicated broadband network that is more reliable and secure than the public Internet. Although the Commission has taken a number of steps to spur deployment of the type of broadband facilities that would support advanced medical technologies, to date our rural health care funding mechanism has not adequately provided the type of support needed to encourage development of dedicated broadband networks among health care providers. Because of the enormous benefits of telemedicine applications that ride over broadband facilities, it is essential that the Commission take additional steps to facilitate broadband deployment to health care providers. Before taking further action to revise or expand the current RHC program, however, we believe it is prudent to engage in a trial program that will provide us with a more complete and practical understanding of how to ensure the best use of these available funds. Results from such a pilot program will inform our examination of how we can more effectively use available funding to bring the benefits of broadband connectivity to health care providers and patients in those areas of the country most in need. Upon completion of the pilot program, we will issue a report detailing the results of the program and the status of the health care mechanism generally, and recommend any changes that are needed to improve the programs. In addition, we intend to incorporate the information we gather as part of this pilot program in the record of any subsequent proceeding. Pilot Program The pilot program will fund a significant portion of the costs of deploying a dedicated broadband network that connects multiple public and non-profit health care providers, within a state or region, as well as providing the “advanced telecommunications and information services” that ride over that network. Consistent with the mandate provided in section 254(h)(2)(A) and general principles of universal service, all eligible public and non-profit health care providers may apply to participate in the pilot program, but applicants must include in their proposed networks public and non-profit health care providers that serve rural areas. A comprehensive network will provide the health care communities access to the various technologies and medical expertise that reside in specific hospitals, medical schools, and health centers within a region or state. The pilot program satisfies the requirements of section 254(h)(2)(A). First, the program will be “competitively neutral,” which “means that universal service support mechanisms and rules neither unfairly advantage nor disadvantage one provider over another, and neither unfairly favor nor disfavor one technology over another.” The pilot program meets that requirement because eligible health care providers are free to choose any technology and provider of the broadband connectivity needed to provide telehealth, including telemedicine, services. Second, the pilot program will be “technically feasible” because the program will not require development of any new technology. Rather, participants will be free to utilize any currently available technology. Third, the program will be “economically reasonable.” In discussing economic reasonableness, the Commission has generally focused on the effect any new rules would have on growth in the rural support mechanism. To ensure the pilot program is economically reasonable, we will work within the confines of the existing RHC program funding mechanism and will structure pilot program funding in a manner similar to the priority system provided for the E-rate program in the Commission's rules. Specifically, to ensure that there is sufficient funding for the existing rural health care program, we will ensure applications for RHC support under the existing program receive priority funding. Once we have determined the funding needs for the existing program, we will fund the pilot program in an amount that does not exceed the difference between the amount committed under our existing program for the current year and $100 million ( *i.e.* , 25 percent of the total $400 million annual RHC cap). Thus, if funding for RHC support under the existing program is $35 million in a year, $65 million will be available for the pilot program. By capping the combination of applications for RHC support under the existing program and under the pilot program at $100 million (or 25 percent of the annual $400 million cap), we will ensure that the pilot program is economically reasonable. This will ensure that rural health care provider telecommunications needs under the current program are given priority and that the pilot program funding is capped at a reasonable level. We recognize that this prioritization may limit the amount of support provided to the pilot program in the event demand for the RHC program increases dramatically, but this outcome appears unlikely given our experience to date with this fund. Because we recognize that we will need the experience of more than one year to fully evaluate the results of the pilot program, the pilot program we establish herein is limited to two years. For purposes of this pilot program, we are reopening the filing window for Funding Year 2006. Funding under this pilot program for Funding Year 2006 will be available until June 30, 2007. Participants that receive funds in Funding Year 2006 must reapply to the extent they seek additional funds in Funding Year 2007. Applicants not selected in Funding Year 2006 may apply for funds during our normal filing window for Funding Year 2007. The funding provided under this pilot program may be used to fund up to 85% of the costs incurred by the applicants to deploy a state or regional dedicated broadband health care network, and to connect that network to Internet2. Selected applicants must use these funds for the purposes specified in the application award. Authorized purposes will include the costs of deploying transmission facilities and advanced telecommunications and information services, including associated non-recurring and recurring costs. We find that section 254(h)(2)(A), which requires the Commission “to enhance * * * access to advanced telecommunications and information services,” authorizes support for construction of facilities for the purposes of this pilot program. This is consistent with the Commission's conclusion in the *May 8th Universal Service Order* , FCC 98-85, released May 8, 1998, that we have authority to implement a program of universal service support for infrastructure development as a method to enhance access to advanced services under section 254(h)(2)(A). Because many health care providers would be unable to access certain telehealth services without deployment of new broadband facilities, the pilot program will support construction of those facilities. For purposes of this pilot program, we will permit funding to be used to conduct initial network design studies. These studies will enhance access to advanced telecommunications and information services by enabling applicants to determine how best to deploy an efficient network that includes multiple locations and various technologies. We recognize that funding initial network design studies in the pilot program goes beyond the services normally eligible for support in the RHC program. Consistent with our authority in section 252(h)(2)(A), we conclude that funding these studies is in the public interest for the purposes of this pilot program because it will enable program participants to explore more efficient, effective means of delivering telemedicine in rural areas. In light of the historical trend of the RHC program to operate at 10% or less of the total amount authorized, as well as the funding cap described earlier, we find that funding network design studies for pilot program participants will be economically reasonable. We find that these justifications apply equally to supporting infrastructure deployment, which is also not covered under the existing program. We will select a limited number of participants from applications that meet the criteria outlined below. We expect each applicant to present a strategy for aggregating the specific needs of health care providers, including providers that serve rural areas, within a state or region, and leveraging existing technology to adopt the most efficient and cost effective means of connecting those providers. Applicants should indicate in their application how they plan to fully utilize a newly created dedicated broadband network to provide health care services. We anticipate that successful applicants will be able to demonstrate that they have a viable strategic plan for aggregating usage among health care providers within their state or region. In choosing participants for the program, we will consider whether the applicant has a successful track record in developing, coordinating, and implementing a successful telehealth/telemedicine program within their state or region. In addition, because the purpose of this program is to encourage health care providers to aggregate their connection needs to form a comprehensive statewide or regional dedicated health care network, we will also consider the number of health care providers that would be included in the proposed network. In particular, we will give considerable weight to applications that propose to connect the rural health care providers in a given state or region. A proposal that connects only a *de minimis* number of rural health care providers will not be accepted. To be eligible for participation in the pilot program, interested parties should submit applications that:
(1)Identify the organization that will be legally and financially responsible for the conduct of activities supported by the fund;
(2)Identify the goals and objectives of the proposed network;
(3)Estimate the network's total costs for each year;
(4)Describe how for-profit network participants will pay their fair share of the network costs;
(5)Identify the source of financial support and anticipated revenues that will pay for costs not covered by the fund;
(6)List the health care facilities that will be included in the network;
(7)Provide the address, zip code, Rural Urban Commuting Area
(RUCA)code and phone number for each health care facility participating in the network;
(8)Indicate previous experience in developing and managing telemedicine programs;
(9)Provide a project management plan outlining the project's leadership and management structure, as well as its work plan, schedule, and budget.
(10)Indicate how the telemedicine program will be coordinated throughout the state or region; and
(11)Indicate to what extent the network can be self-sustaining once established. Applicants will be required to comply with the existing competitive bidding requirements, certification requirements, and other measures intended to ensure funds are used for their intended purpose. We recognize that we may need to waive additional rules in order to implement this pilot program, and we request that applicants identify in their application any rules that they would like us to waive for purposes of this pilot program. Applications to participate in the pilot program will be due 30 days from the receipt of OMB approval. Instructions for Filing. Applications should reference WC Docket No. 02-60 only, and may be filed using
(1)the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), or
(2)by filing paper copies. • *Electronic Filers:* Applications may be filed electronically using the Internet by accessing the ECFS at *http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.* Applicants should follow the same instructions provided on the Web site for submitting comments. In completing the transmittal screen, ECFS filers should include their full name, U.S. Postal Service mailing address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. To get filing instructions for e-mail applications, commenters should send an e-mail to *ecfs@fcc.gov* and should include the following words in the body of the message, “get form <your e-mail address>.” A sample form and directions will be sent in reply. • *Paper Filers:* Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and four copies of each application. Applications can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. The Commission's contractor will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington DC 20554. Applicants must also send a courtesy copy of their application to each of the following individuals:
(1)Jeremy Marcus,
(202)418-0059, *jeremy.marcus@fcc.gov;*
(2)Thomas Buckley,
(202)418-0725, *thomas.buckley@fcc.gov;* and
(3)Erika Olsen,
(202)418-2868, *erika.olsen@fcc.gov.* Each is located in the Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. Ordering Clause Pursuant to the authority contained in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 10, 201-205, 214, 254, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 214, 254, and 403, this *Order is adopted,* and shall become effective September 29, 2006, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 408, except that the information collections contained in the Order will become effective following OMB approval. Applications to participate in the pilot program shall be filed 30 days from the receipt of OMB approval. The Commission will issue a public notice announcing the date upon which the information collection requirements set forth in this Order shall become effective following receipt of such approval. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18759 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CC Docket No. 92-237; DA 06-2275] Next Meeting of the North American Numbering Council AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: On November 3, 2006, the Commission released a public notice announcing the appointment of a new Designated Federal Officer
(DFO)to the North American Numbering Council
(NANC)and announcing the November 30, 2006 meeting and agenda of the NANC. The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of a new DFO and of the NANC's next meeting and agenda. DATES: Thursday, November 30, 2006, 9:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Suite 5-C162, Washington, DC 20554. Requests to make an oral statement or provide written comments to the NANC should be sent to Deborah Blue. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Blue, Special Assistant to the Designated Federal Officer
(DFO)at
(202)418-1466 or *Deborah.Blue@fcc.gov* . The fax number is:
(202)418-2345. The TTY number is:
(202)418-0484. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released: November 3, 2006. The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has appointed Marilyn Jones, FCC attorney, to serve as the Designated Federal Officer
(DFO)to the NANC. Ms. Jones currently serves as the Alternate DFO to the NANC. The North American Numbering Council
(NANC)has scheduled a meeting to be held Thursday, November 30, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Federal Communications Commission, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room TW-C305, Washington, DC. This meeting is open to members of the general public. The FCC will attempt to accommodate as many participants as possible. The public may submit written statements to the NANC, which must be received two business days before the meeting. In addition, oral statements at the meeting by parties or entities not represented on the NANC will be permitted to the extent time permits. Such statements will be limited to five minutes in length by any one party or entity, and requests to make an oral statement must be received two business days before the meeting. *People with Disabilities:* To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to *fcc504@fcc.gov* or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty). Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need, including as much detail as you can. Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information. Please allow at least five days advance notice; last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Proposed Agenda—Thursday, November 30, 2006, 9:30 a.m.:* 1. Announcements and Recent News. 2. Approval of Minutes —No Minutes to Approve. 3. Report of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA). Action Item: Resolve Disposition of Unused Travel Fund. 4. Report of the National Thousands Block Pooling Administrator (PA). 5. Report of the North American Numbering Portability Management
(NAPM)LLC. 6. Status of the Industry Numbering Committee
(INC)activities. 7. Reports from the Issues Management Groups (IMGs). Action items from pANI IMG:
(a)Formal approval by NANC of timeline for pANI Administration. Permanent Solution Recommendations submitted to NANC Chairman for transmittal to FCC by NANC Chairman on October 10, 2006;
(b)Formal NANC consideration and adoption of NANC Recommendations for pANI Administration as developed by the pANI IMG to meet the time line established by NANC Chairman's letter to FCC on October 10, 2006;
(c)Subject to approval of item 2 by NANC, recommendation that NANC Recommendations for pANI Administration be forwarded to the ATIS Industry Numbering Committee for action and development of INC pANI Guidelines. 8. Report from the North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection (NANP B&C) Agent. 9. Report of the Billing and Collection Working Group (B&C WG). Action items:
(a)Annual evaluation of B&C Agent;
(b)Approve election of co-chairs. 10. Report of the Local Number Portability Administration
(LNPA)Working Group Action Items:
(a)PIM 32 and 50—Referred to the NANC May 2006: LNPAWG has been unable to resolve PIM 32—Porting Reseller Numbers;
(b)PIM 50—Customer Service Record Too Large, and seeks guidance from NANC on how best to proceed. 11. Report of the Numbering Oversight Working Group (NOWG). Action Items:
(a)Submission of 2005 NANPA and PA Annual Performance Reports, as approved in June 2006;
(b)Approve 2006 NANPA and PA Annual Performance Surveys and cover letter (to be signed by the NANC chair);
(c)Approve newly elected NOWG co-chairs (2 year term—2007/2008). 12. Report of the Future of Numbering Working Group (FoN WG). Action Items: None. 13. Special Presentations. 14. Update List of the NANC Accomplishments. 15. Summary of Action Items. 16. Public Comments and Participation (five minutes per speaker). 17. Other Business. Adjourn no later than 5 p.m. *The Agenda may be modified at the discretion of the NANC Chairman with the approval of the DFO. Federal Communications Commission. Marilyn Jones, Attorney, Wireline Competition Bureau. [FR Doc. E6-18852 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION Notice of Agreements Filed The Commission hereby gives notice of the filing of the following agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984. Interested parties may submit comments on agreements to the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573, within ten days of the date this notice appears in the **Federal Register** . Copies of agreements are available through the Commission's Office of Agreements (202-523-5793 or *tradeanalysis@fmc.gov* ). *Agreement No.:* 010099-045. *Title:* International Council of Containership Operators. *Parties:* A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; ANL Container Line Pty Ltd.; American President Lines, Ltd.; APL Co. Pte. Ltd.; APL Limited; Atlantic Container Line AB; China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd.; CMA CGM, S.A.; Companhia Libra de Navegacao; COSCO Container Lines Company Limited; CP Ships USA LLC; Crowley Maritime Corporation; Delmas SAS; Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan), Ltd.; Hamburg-Süd KG; Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd AG; Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad; Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; Montemar Maritima S.A.; Neptune Orient Lines, Ltd.; Nippon Yusen Kaisha; Norasia Container Line Limited; Orient Overseas Container Line, Limited; Pacific International Lines
(Pte)Ltd.; Safmarine Container Line N.V.; United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G.); Wan Hai Lines Ltd.; Yang Ming Transport Marine Corp.; and Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. *Filing Party:* John Longstreth, Esq.; Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds LLP; 1735 New York Avenue; Suite 500; Washington, DC 20006-5209. *Synopsis:* The amendment changes Montemar's name to Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A. *Agreement No.:* 010977-059. *Title:* Hispaniola Discussion Agreement. *Parties:* Crowley Liner Services; Seaboard Marine Ltd.; and Tropical Shipping and Construction Co. Ltd. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment deletes Frontier Liner Services, Inc. as a party. *Agreement No.:* 010982-040. *Title:* Florida-Bahamas Shipowners and Operators Association. *Parties:* Atlantic Caribbean Line, Inc.; Crowley Liner Services, Inc.; Nina (Bermuda) Ltd.; Pioneer Shipping Ltd.; Seaboard Marine, Ltd.; and Tropical Shipping and Construction Co., Ltd. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment would add Nina (Bermuda) Ltd. as a party to the agreement. *Agreement No.:* 011117-043. *Title:* United States/Australasia Discussion Agreement. *Parties:* A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and Safmarine Container Lines NV; ANL Singapore Pte Ltd.; CMA-CGM, S.A.; Compagnie Maritime Marfret S.A.; Hamburg-Süd KG; Hapag-Lloyd AG; and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment would add U.S. Lines Limited as a party. *Agreement No.:* 011279-025. *Title:* Latin America Agreement. *Parties:* Central America Discussion Agreement; Hispaniola Discussion Agreement; Caribbean Shipowners Association; Venezuelan Discussion Agreement; ABC Discussion Agreement; West Coast of South America Discussion Agreement; Inland Shipping Services Association; Montemar Maritima S.A.; and Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment updates the membership of the Hispaniola Discussion Agreement, the Caribbean Shipowners Association, and the West Coast of South America Agreement. It also updates the address of the Caribbean Shipowners Association and changes Montemar's name to Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A. *Agreement No.:* 011290-037. *Title:* International Vessel Operators Hazardous Material Association Agreement. *Parties:* Aliança Navegacao e Logistica Ltda.; APL Co. PTE Ltd.; A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S; Atlantic Container Line AB; Bermuda Container Line; China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd.; CMA CGM, S.A.; COSCO Container Lines, Inc.; Crowley Maritime Corporation; Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.; Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG; Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd Container Linie GmbH; Horizon Lines, LLC; Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; Independent Container Line Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.; Marine Transport Lines, Inc.; Maruba SCA; Matson Navigation Company; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Orient Overseas Container Line Limited; Safmarine Container Lines; Seaboard Marine Ltd.; Senator Lines GmbH; Tropical Shipping & Construction Co., Ltd.; United Arab Shipping Co. S.A.G.; Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.; and Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment deletes Australia-New Zealand Direct Line, Compania Latino Americana de Navegacion SA, Contship Containerlines, CP Ships USA LLC, and Canada Maritime Agencies Ltd. as parties; updates addresses for CMA CGM, Hamburg-Süd, and Hapag-Lloyd; and changes Hapag-Lloyd's and Marine Transport Line's names. *Agreement No.:* 011325-036. *Title:* Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement. *Parties:* American President Lines, Ltd./APL Co. Pte Ltd.; COSCO Container Lines Company Limited; Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan), Ltd.; Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.; Hapag-Lloyd AG; Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. Ltd.; Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line; Orient Overseas Container Line Limited; and Yangming Marine Transport Corp. *Filing Party:* David F. Smith, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell, LLP; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment deletes China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. as a party. *Agreement No.:* 011539-014. *Title:* Montemar/HLAG Space Charter and Sailing Agreement. *Parties:* Hapag-Lloyd AG and Montemar Maritima S.A. *Filing Party:* Walter H. Lion, Esq.; McLaughlin & Stern, LLP; 260 Madison Avenue; New York, NY 10016. *Synopsis:* The amendment changes Montemar's name to Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A., changes the name of the agreement, and restates the agreement. *Agreement No.:* 011672-005. *Title:* CSAV Group Cooperative Working Agreement. *Parties:* Compania Sud Americana de Vapores S.A.; Companhia Libra de Navegacao; Norasia Container Lines Limited; Montemar Maritima S.A.; and CSAV Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. *Filing Party:* Walter H. Lion, Esq.; McLaughlin & Stern, LLP; 260 Madison Avenue; New York, New York, 10016. *Synopsis:* The amendment changes Montemar's name to Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A. *Agreement No.:* 011872-002. *Title:* USATLAN Cross Space Charter, Sailing and Cooperative Working Agreement. *Parties:* Compania Sud Americana de Vapores S.A., Companhia Libra de Navegacao, and Montemar Maritima S.A. *Filing Party:* Walter H. Lion, Esq; McLaughlin & Stern, LLP; 260 Madison Avenue; New York, New York 10016. *Synopsis:* The amendment changes Montemar's name to Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A. *Agreement No.:* 011938-003. *Title:* HSDG/Alianca/CSAV/Libra/CLNU Cooperative Working Agreement. *Parties:* Hamburg-Sud; Alianca Navegacao e Logistica Ltda. e CIA; Compania Sud Americana de Vapores, S.A.; Companhia Libra de Navegacao; and Montemar Maritima S.A. *Filing Party:* Walter H. Lion, Esq.; McLaughlin & Stern, LLP; 260 Madison Avenue; New York, New York 10016. *Synopsis:* The amendment changes Montemar's name to Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A. and restates the agreement. *Agreement No.:* 011947-002. *Title:* Grimaldi/Sallaum Space Charter Agreement. *Parties:* Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione and Sallaum Lines SAL. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell LLP; 1850 M Street, NW.; Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment extends the duration of the agreement to February 28, 2007. *Agreement No.:* 011953-001. *Title:* Florida Shipowners Group Agreement. *Parties:* The member lines of the Caribbean Shipowners Association and the Florida-Bahamas Shipowners and Operators Association. *Filing Party:* Wayne R. Rhode, Esq.; Sher & Blackwell, 1800 M Street, NW., Suite 900; Washington, DC 20036. *Synopsis:* The amendment updates the membership list of the Florida-Bahamas Shipowners and Operators Association. *Agreement No.:* 011978. *Title:* USATLAN/Maruba Space Charter Agreement. *Parties:* Compania Sud Americana de Vapores S.A., Companhia Libra de Navegacao, Compania Libra de Navegacion Uruguay S.A., and Maruba S.A. *Filing Party:* Walter H. Lion, Esq; McLaughlin & Stern, LLP; 260 Madison Avenue; New York, New York 10016. *Synopsis:* The agreement authorizes the parties to FMC Agreement No. 011872 to charter space to Maruba S.A. between U.S. East Coast ports and ports in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Dated: November 3, 2006. Bryant L. VanBrakle, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-18889 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6730-01-P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than November 22, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland** (Douglas A. Banks, Vice President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566: *1. The Mark S. Reckman Trust; The Lynne W. Reckman Trust; Brent W. Reckman; Eric S. Reckman; The Richard F. Reckman Trust; The Mary Jo Pollock Trust; Casey E. Reckman; Christin N. Reckman; Nicholas M. Reckman; and Robert C. Reckman (collectively known as the Reckman Group)* ; to acquire voting shares of Columbia Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of The Columbia Savings Bank, all of Cincinnati, Ohio. **B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. Margaret Ann Farmer* , Sallisaw, Oklahoma; to acquire control of Armstrong Bancshares, Inc., Muskogee, Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Armstrong Bank, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 2, 2006. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-18773 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notices also will be available for inspection at the office of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing to the Reserve Bank indicated for that notice or to the offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later than November 24, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. Tommy L. Daughtrey, Janice Fowler and Jerry Vaughn* , all of Duncan, Oklahoma, as individuals and as trustees of the Commerce Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (in formation); to acquire voting shares of Commerce Bancorp, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Bank of Commerce, all of Duncan, Oklahoma. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 3, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-18823 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 *et seq.* ) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at *www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than December 1, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston** (Richard Walker, Community Affairs Officer) P.O. Box 55882, Boston, Massachusetts 02106-2204: *1. Beacon Bancorp* , Taunton, Massachusetts; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of, and thereby merge with Randolph Bancorp, Stoughton, Massachusetts, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Randolph Savings Bank, Randolph, Massachusetts. **B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis** (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: *1. Alerus Financial Corporation* , Grand Forks, North Dakota; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Alerus Interim, National Association, Minnetonka, Minnesota, which will be merged with Stanton Trust Company, National Association, and the resulting institution will immediately thereafter be merged into Alerus Financial, National Association, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 2, 2006. Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-18772 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 *et seq.* ) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The application also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at *www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than December 4, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta** (Andre Anderson, Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309: *1. Reserve Financial Associates, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, Sofia Financial Associates, LLC, and Skilken Financial Associates, LLC* , all of Columbus, Ohio; to become bank holding companies by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Business Bank of Florida Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Florida Business Bank, both of Melbourne, Florida. **B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis** (Jacqueline G. King, Community Affairs Officer) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-0291: *1. Franklin Bancorp, Inc., and d/b/a Sunrise Community Banks* ; to merge with University Financial Corp., and thereby indirectly acquire University National Bank, all of St. Paul, Minnesota. **C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City** (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: *1. Community Bancshares of Kansas, Inc.* , Goff, Kansas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Nemaha Investment Company, Inc., Merriam, Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank of Goff, Goff, Kansas. *2. Ironhorse Financial Group, Inc.* ; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Republic Bank & Trust, both of Norman, Oklahoma. *3. Ironhorse Financial Group, Inc.* , Norman, Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Armstrong Bancshares, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Armstrong Bank, both of Muskogee, Oklahoma. **D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas** (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272: *1. BT Holdings, Inc.* , Quitman, Texas; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of Quitman Bancorporation, Inc., Quitman, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Quitman Bancorporation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and Bank Texas, National Association, Quitman, Texas. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 3, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-18824 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting Time and Date: 9 a.m. (EST), November 20, 2006. Place: 4th Floor Conference Room, 1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC. Status: Parts will be open to the public and parts closed to the public. Matters to Be Considered: Parts Open to the Public 1. Approval of the minutes of the October 16, 2006 Board member meeting. 2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report by the Executive Director. 3. Participant Survey Update. 4. Analysis of Investment Funds Report. 5. Pension Protection Act Report. 6. 2007 Board Meeting Changes. 7. DOL Audit Report. 8. GAO Review of FRTIB Report. Parts Closed to the Public 9. Procurement 10. Security Contact Person for More Information: Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of External Affairs,
(202)942-1640. Dated: November 6, 2006. Thomas K. Emswiler, Secretary to the Board, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. [FR Doc. 06-9142 Filed 11-6-06; 12:24 pm]
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