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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2006-11-22.xml --- 71 225 Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Contents AID Agency for International Development PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Mentor-Protege Program, 67518-67523 E6-19707 Agricultural Agricultural Marketing Service PROPOSED RULES Milk marketing orders: Northeast et al., 67467-67495 06-9340 06-9341 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Forest Service See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration See Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67541 E6-19704 Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service RULES Plant-related quarantine, domestic:

Karnal bunt, 67432-67436 E6-19769 Plant related quarantine, foreign; user fees: Imported fruits and vegetables grown in Canada; inspection and user fees along U.S./Canada border; exemptions removed, 67436 E6-19787 Antitrust Antitrust Division NOTICES National cooperative research notifications: AAF Association, Inc., 67642 06-9334 Mobile Enterprise Alliance, Inc., 67642 06-9336 PXI Systems Alliance, Inc., 67642-67643 06-9339 Semiconductor Test Consortium, Inc., 67643 06-9337 Southwest Research Institute:

Cooperative Research Group on High Efficiency Durable Gasoline Engine, 67643 06-9338 VSI Alliance, 67643 06-9335 Census Census Bureau NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67543-67545 E6-19709 Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Federal antidiscrimination, whistleblower protection, and retaliation laws; No FEAR Act notice, 67620-67621 06-9361 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Commodity Exchange Act:

Introducing brokers; financial reporting requirements, 67462-67465 E6-19533 Copyright Copyright Office, Library of Congress PROPOSED RULES Copyright office and procedures: Retransmission of digital broadcast signals pursuant to the cable statutory license, 67508-67509 E6-19794 Defense Defense Department See Defense Intelligence Agency RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Common identification standard for contractors, 67771-67775 06-9308 Free trade agreements— Bahrain and Guatemala, 67776-67778 06-9306 Morocco, 67778-67779 06-9305 Introduction, 67770-67771 06-9309 Sanctions against certain EU countries; removal, 67775-67776 06-9307 Small Entity Compliance Guide, 67780-67781 06-9302 Technical amendments, 67779-67780 06-9303 Defense Defense Intelligence Agency NOTICES Meetings:

Joint Military Intelligence College Board of Visitors, 67549 06-9295 Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67549-67550 E6-19752 E6-19757 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Special education and rehabilitative services— Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities Program, 67756-67760 E6-19706 Employment Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Adjustment assistance; applications, determinations, etc.:

Alpha Metals, 67644 E6-19719 Cambridge Lee Industries, LLC, 67644 E6-19718 Computer Sciences Corp., 67644 E6-19714 KHS USA Inc., et al., 67644-67645 E6-19712 Label World Inc., 67645-67646 E6-19716 Laidlaw Corp., 67646 E6-19693 R. L. Stowe Mills, Inc., et al., 67646-67648 E6-19720 Sara Lee Branded Apparel, 67648 E6-19713 Shaw Mudge & Co., 67648 E6-19717 Signature Mold and Manufacturing Co., et al., 67648-67651 E6-19694 Total HR, 67651 E6-19715 Western Textile Printing Co. et al., 67651-67652 E6-19695 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings:

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board— Oak Ridge Reservation, TN, 67550-67551 E6-19768 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, 67551 E6-19767 EPA Environmental Protection Agency NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67555-67560 E6-19751 E6-19754 E6-19756 Air quality; prevention of significant deterioration (PSD): Permit determinations, etc.— Indeck Elwood, LLC, 67560 E6-19785 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Solid Waste Disposal Act; secondary containment guidelines for States, 67560-67565 E6-19749 Meetings: Association of American Pesticide Control Officials/State FIFRA Issues Research Evaluation Group, 67565 E6-19576 Epidemiologic studies of multipollutant exposure and health effects; interpretation; workshop, 67566 E6-19806 Science Advisory Board, 67566-67567 E6-19747 Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions: Interregional Research Project (No. 4), 67571-67575 E6-19575 E6-19577 E6-19746 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., 67575-67577 E6-19578 Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Methyl parathion, 67567-67569 E6-19748 Triadimenol, 67569-67571 E6-19643 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.: General Electric Rome Site, GA, 67577 E6-19758 Water programs: National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards, 67577-67579 E6-19750 Water supply: Public water system supervision program— Texas, 67579 E6-19784 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives:

Airbus, 67441-67445 E6-19535 Boeing, 67445-67447 E6-19534 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives: Bombardier, 67502-67506 E6-19798 EXTRA Flugzeugproducktions-und Vertriebs GmbH, 67499-67501 E6-19762 SOCATA - Groupe AEROSPATIALE, 67506-67508 E6-19801 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Radio stations; table of assignments: Alabama, 67465-67466 E6-19658 PROPOSED RULES Common carrier services: Missoula Intercarrier Compensation Reform Plan; phantom traffic solution and call detail records creation and exchange, 67509-67510 E6-19657 Practice and procedure:

Antenna structures; construction, marking, and lighting— Communications towers effect on migratory birds, 67510-67518 E6-19742 NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67579-67582 E6-19465 E6-19467 E6-19468 Common carrier services: Wireless telecommunications services— 1.4 GHz band licenses auction; notice and filing requirements, etc., 67582-67599 E6-19744 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings, 67552-67554 E6-19698 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Trunkline LNG Co., LLC, 67554-67555 E6-19702 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, 67551-67552 E6-19699 Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., 67552 E6-19701 Southern Company Services, Inc., 67552 E6-19700 FMC Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Ocean transportation intermediary licenses: AJ International, Inc., et al., 67599-67600 E6-19778 Blue Moon Express Ltd., 67600 E6-19780 Herbie & Son's Brokers & Shipping Int. Co., et al., 67600 E6-19776 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Federal Reserve Bank services:

Priced services and electronic access; private sector adjustment factor and fee schedules (2007), 67600-67620 06-9333 Federal Transit Federal Transit Administration PROPOSED RULES Charter service: Grant recipients prohibition from providing charter bus service; negotiated rulemaking advisory committee; meetings, 67523 06-9364 Financial Financial Management Service See Fiscal Service Fiscal Fiscal Service NOTICES Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds: Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., 67707 06-9327 Treasury book-entry securities held on National Book-Entry System, transfer; fee schedule, 67707-67708 E6-19601 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species:

Black stilt, etc., 67530-67540 E6-19721 Critical habitat designations— Bear valley sandwort, et al., 67712-67754 06-9194 NOTICES Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.: D’Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge, LA, 67626-67627 06-9344 Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, MS, 67627-67630 06-9343 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Saline, silicone gel, and alternative breast implants; industry guidance, 67621-67622 06-9325 Sinusitis: designing clinical development programs of nonantimicrobial drugs for treatment, 67622 E6-19689 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act; implementation:

New site fees, 67541-67542 06-9293 06-9294 GSA General Services Administration RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): Common identification standard for contractors, 67771-67775 06-9308 Free trade agreements— Bahrain and Guatemala, 67776-67778 06-9306 Morocco, 67778-67779 06-9305 Introduction, 67770-67771 06-9309 Sanctions against certain EU countries; removal, 67775-67776 06-9307 Small Entity Compliance Guide, 67780-67781 06-9302 Technical amendments, 67779-67780 06-9303 GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Grain Inspection Advisory Committee, 67542 E6-19782 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Meetings: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program; conference call, 67622-67623 E6-19688 Homeland Homeland Security Department See U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67624-67625 E6-19692 Mortgage and loan insurance programs:

Hud-held multifamily and healthcare loan sale, 67625-67626 E6-19691 Industry Industry and Security Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee, 67545-67546 06-9345 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office IRS Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Income taxes: General allocation and accounting regulations; tax-exempt bond proceeds Correction, 67508 E6-19789 NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67708-67709 E6-19773 E6-19781 Income taxes:

Railroad industry; Tier 2 tax rates publication (2007 CY), 67709 E6-19777 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Pasta from— Italy, 67546 E6-19766 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations: Performance outerware, 67638-67639 E6-19763 Travel goods of textile materials, 67639-67640 E6-19765 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 67640 06-9375 Justice Justice Department See Antitrust Division NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments:

Alcoa Inc., 67640-67641 06-9353 Arnett, Toy R. Jr., et al., 67641 06-9352 Rathon Corp., 67641 06-9351 Saint-Gobain, Corp., 67641-67642 06-9350 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration Library Library of Congress See Copyright Office, Library of Congress Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67630-67633 E6-19687 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration RULES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Common identification standard for contractors, 67771-67775 06-9308 Free trade agreements— Bahrain and Guatemala, 67776-67778 06-9306 Morocco, 67778-67779 06-9305 Introduction, 67770-67771 06-9309 Sanctions against certain EU countries; removal, 67775-67776 06-9307 Small Entity Compliance Guide, 67780-67781 06-9302 Technical amendments, 67779-67780 06-9303 National Credit National Credit Union Administration RULES Credit unions: Insured status; official sign revision, 67436-67439 E6-19682 Share insurance appeals;

NCUA Board clarification of enforcement authority, 67439-67441 E6-19703 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries— Gulf of Mexico reef fish, 67447-67462 06-9342 NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67546-67547 E6-19710 Endangered and threatened species permit applications, determinations, etc., 67547-67548 E6-19760 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 2007 FY funds availability; omnibus notice Hydrologic Development Hydrologic Research Office announcement; application deadline reopened, 67548-67549 E6-19800 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Catoctin Mountain Park, MD; white-tailed deer management plan, 67633-67634 06-9331 Native American human remains, funerary objects; inventory, repatriation, etc.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, 67634 E6-19788 Pierce College District, Lakewood, WA, 67634-67635 E6-19790 Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, 67635 E6-19791 Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs, WY, 67635-67636 E6-19786 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67652-67654 E6-19608 National Transportation National Transportation Safety Board PROPOSED RULES Practice and procedure:

Public availability of information, 67523-67530 06-9289 NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Plum Creek Watershed FRS 18, KY, 67542-67543 E6-19774 Environmental statements; notice of intent: Big Creek Watershed, AR, 67543 E6-19772 Nuclear Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board PROPOSED RULES Privacy Act; implementation, 67495-67499 06-9346 NOTICES Privacy Act; systems of records, 67654-67655 06-9349 Peace Peace Corps RULES Governmentwide debarment and suspension (nonprocurement);

Federal agency guidance, 67431-67432 06-9369 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67655-67656 E6-19604 E6-19607 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration NOTICES Pipeline safety: Advisory bulletins— Underground pipelines; safe locating evacuation practices, 67703-67704 06-9354 Waiver petitions— Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline L.L.C., 67704-67705 06-9355 Presidential Presidential Documents ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Alcatel and Lucent Technologies, Inc.; proposed merger (Order of November 17, 2006), 67429-67430 06-9381 Public Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service SEC Securities and Exchange Commission PROPOSED RULES Securities:

Covered securities; designation of certain securities listed on NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 67762-67768 E6-19740 NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67656-67657 E6-19729 Investment Company Act of 1940: GMS Group, LLC, et al., 67659-67663 E6-19739 Securities: Suspension of trading— Digital Gas, Inc., 67663 06-9332 Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 67663-67667 E6-19725 E6-19726 Fixed Income Clearing Corp., 67667 E6-19727 International Securities Exchange, Inc., 67667-67668 E6-19734 NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 67668-67673 E6-19733 National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 67673-67678 E6-19728 E6-19732 National Stock Exchange, Inc., 67678-67680 E6-19731 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 67680-67684 E6-19723 NYSE Arca, Inc., 67684-67687 E6-19735 E6-19737 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 67687-67689 E6-19730 Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 67689-67690 E6-19736 *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* New York Stock Exchange LLC, 67657-67659 E6-19738 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster loan areas:

Alaska, 67690 E6-19711 State State Department NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program for Undergraduate Students, 67690-67696 E6-19803 Summer Institute for English Language Educators from South Africa, 67696-67702 E6-19810 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, 67702 E6-19764 Surface Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals, 67636-67637 06-9296 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Black Mesa and Kayenta coal mines et al., AZ and NV, 67637-67638 E6-19672 Surface Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: BNSF Railway Co., 67705-67706 E6-19775 Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corp., 67706-67707 E6-19808 Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc., 67707 E6-19690 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Transit Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Fiscal Service See Internal Revenue Service U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NOTICES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Regional, district, and field offices; organizational structure changes, 67623-67624 E6-19697 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 67712-67754 06-9194 Part III Education Department, 67756-67760 E6-19706 Part IV Securities and Exchange Commission, 67762-67768 E6-19740 Part V Defense Department;

General Services Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 67770-67781 06-9302 06-9308 06-9309 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 71 225 Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Rules and Regulations PEACE CORPS 2 CFR Part 3700 22 CFR Part 310 RIN 04420-AA19 Peace Corps Implementation of OMB Guidance on Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension AGENCY:

Peace Corps. ACTION: Direct final rule. SUMMARY: The Peace Corps is establishing a new Part 3700 in 2 CFR that adopts the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) guidance in 2 CFR Part 180, as supplemented by this new part, as Peace Corps policies and procedures for nonprocurement debarment and suspension. The Peace Corps is also removing 22 CFR Part 310, the part containing the Peace Corps implementation of the government-wide common rule on nonprocurement debarment and suspension. 2 CFR Part 3700 would serve the same purpose as the common rule in a simpler way.

These changes constitute an administrative simplification that would make no substantive change in Peace Corps policy or procedures for nonprocurement debarment and suspension. DATES: This final rule is effective on January 8, 2007 without further action, unless adverse comment is received by Peace Corps by December 22, 2006. If adverse comment is received, Peace Corps will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the **Federal Register** . ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by e-mail to *nmiller@peacecorps.gov.* Include RIN 0420-AA19 in the subject line of the message.

You may also submit comments by mail to Nancy G. Miller, Office of the General Counsel, Peace Corps, Suite 8200, 1111 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20526. Contact Nancy G. Miller for copies of comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy G. Miller, Associate General Counsel, 202-692-2150, *nmiller@peacecorps.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Peace Corps' current regulation on nonprocurement suspension and debarment is found in 22 CFR Part 310. This regulation is Peace Corps' promulgation of the government-wide “common rule” on this subject issued November 26, 2003 (68 FR 66586).

On August 31, 2005, the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)issued interim final guidance for government-wide nonprocurement suspension and debarment (70 FR 51863). This guidance, located in 2 CFR Part 180, is substantively the same as the common rule, but is published in a form that each agency can adopt, thus eliminating the need for each agency to publish its separate version of the same rule. It also facilitates the ability to update government-wide requirements without each agency having to re-promulgate its own rules. The Peace Corps is therefore establishing new 2 CFR Part 3700, which adopts as its regulation the OMB guidance set forth in 2 CFR Part 180 as supplemented with the few required agency-specific provisions. Current 22 CFR Part 310 is being removed. No substantive change in Peace Corps' nonprocurement suspension and debarment regulation is intended by these actions. Executive Order 12866 OMB has determined this rule to be not significant. Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 605(b)) This regulatory action will not have a significant adverse impact on a substantial number of small entities. Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995 (Sec. 202, Pub. L. 104-4) This regulatory action does not contain a Federal mandate that will result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in aggregate, or by the private sector of $100 million or more in any one year. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C., Chapter 35) This regulatory action will not impose any additional reporting or recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Federalism (Executive Order 13132) This regulatory action does not have Federalism implications, as set forth in Executive Order 13132. It will not have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. List of Subjects 2 CFR Part 3700 Administrative practice and procedure, Debarment and suspension, Grant programs, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 22 CFR Part 310 Administrative practice and procedure, Government contracts, Grant programs, Loan programs, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Technical assistance. Accordingly, under the authority of 22 U.S.C. 2503(b), Peace Corps amends the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 2, Subtitle B, and Title 22, Chapter III, as follows: Title 2—Grants and Agreements 1. Add Chapter 37, consisting of Part 3700, to Subtitle B to read as follows: Chapter 37—Peace Corps PART 3700—NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION Sec. 3700.10 What does this part do? 3700.20 Does this part apply to me? 3700.30 What policies and procedures must I follow? 3700.137 Who in the Peace Corps may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction? 3700.220 What contracts and subcontracts, in addition to those listed in 2 CFR 180.220, are covered transactions? 3700.332 What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business? 3700.437 What method do I use to communicate to a participant the requirements described in the OMB guidance at 2 CFR 180.435? Authority: Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327; E.O. 12549, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12689, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235; 22 U.S.C. 2503(b). § 3700.10 What does this part do? This part adopts the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)guidance in Subparts A through I of 2 CFR part 180, as supplemented by this part, as the Peace Corps policies and procedures for nonprocurement debarment and suspension. It thereby gives regulatory effect for the Peace Corps to the OMB guidance as supplemented by this part. This part satisfies the requirements in section 3 of Executive Order 12549, “Debarment and Suspension” (3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189), Executive Order 12689, “Debarment and Suspension” (3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235) and 31 U.S.C. 6101 note (Section 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327). § 3700.20 Does this part apply to me? This part and, through this part, pertinent portions of the OMB guidance in Subparts A through I of 2 CFR part (see table at 2 CFR 180.100(b)) apply to you if you are a—

(a)Participant or principal in a “covered transaction” (see Subpart B of 2 CFR part 180 and the definition of “nonprocurement transaction” at 2 CFR 180.970);

(b)Respondent in a Peace Corps suspension or debarment action;

(c)Peace Corps debarment or suspension official; or

(d)Peace Corps grants officer, agreements officer, or other official authorized to enter into any type of nonprocurement transaction that is a covered transaction. § 3700.30 What policies and procedures must I follow? The Peace Corps policies and procedures that you must follow are the policies and procedures specified in each applicable section of the OMB guidance in Subparts A through I of 2 CFR part 180, as that section is supplemented by the section in this part with the same section number. The contracts that are covered transactions, for example, are specified by section 220 of the OMB guidance (i.e., 2 CFR 180.220) as supplemented by section 220 in this part (i.e., § 3700.220). For any section of OMB guidance in Subparts A through I of 2 CFR 180 that has no corresponding section in this part, Peace Corps policies and procedures are those in the OMB guidance. § 3700.137 Who in the Peace Corps may grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction? The Director of the Peace Corps has the authority to grant an exception to let an excluded person participate in a covered transaction, as provided in the OMB guidance at 2 CFR 180.135. § 3700.220 What contracts and subcontracts, in addition to those listed in 2 CFR 180.220, are covered transactions? Although the OMB guidance at 2 CFR 180.220(c) allows a Federal agency to do so (also see optional lower tier coverage in the figure in the Appendix to 2 CFR part 180), Peace Corps does not extend coverage of nonprocurement suspension and debarment requirements beyond first-tier procurement contracts under a covered nonprocurement transaction. § 3700.332 What methods must I use to pass requirements down to participants at lower tiers with whom I intend to do business? You as a participant must include a term or condition in lower-tier transactions requiring lower-tier participants to comply with Subpart C of the OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 180. § 3700.437 What method do I use to communicate to a participant the requirements described in the OMB guidance at 2 CFR 180.435? To communicate to a participant the requirements described in 2 CFR 180.435 of the OMB guidance, you as an agency official must include a term or condition in the transaction that requires the participant's compliance with subpart C of 2 CFR part 180, and requires the participant to include a similar term or condition in lower-tier covered transactions. Title 22—Foreign Relations Chapter III—Peace Corps 2. Remove Part 310. Dated: November 6, 2006. Suzanne B. Glasow, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 06-9369 Filed 11-21-06; 8:45 am]

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