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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2008-03-25.xml --- 73 58 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Commodity Credit Corporation See Farm Service Agency See Forest Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15718-15719 E8-5940 E8-5982 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15758-15759 E8-5951 E8-5952 Commerce Commerce Department See Economic Development Administration See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15719-15720 E8-5986 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission RULES Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles, 15636-15661 E8-5569 Copyright Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress NOTICES Notice of Intent to Audit, 15778 E8-6068 Defense Defense Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15743 E8-5924 Economic Economic Development Administration NOTICES Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility to Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, 15721-15722 E8-6036 Education Education Department NOTICES Extending Deadline Date for Transmittal of Part II Applications and Deadline Date for Intergovernmental Review, etc., 15743-15744 E8-6064 Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities, etc., 15744-15750 E8-6057 Employee Employee Benefits Security Administration PROPOSED RULES Model Notice of Multiemployer Plan in Critical Status, 15688-15694 E8-5855 Energy Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, E8-5990 15750-15751 E8-5992 Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation, 15751 E8-5987 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Determinations of Attainment of the Eight-Hour Ozone Standard for Various Ozone Nonattainment Areas in Upstate New York State, 15672-15674 E8-6027 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15752-15754 E8-6002 Equal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15754-15755 E8-5903 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents See Science and Technology Policy Office Farm Farm Service Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15719-15721 E8-5984 E8-5986 FAA Federal Aviation Administration PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes, 15681-15682 E8-6051 Bombardier Model DHC 8 400 Series Airplanes, 15682-15685 E8-6054 Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Model 390 Airplanes, 15678-15681 E8-5959 Proposed Establishment of Colored and VOR Federal Airways;
Alaska, 15685-15687 E8-5922 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Surrender of Preliminary Permit: Alaska Tidal Energy Co., 15751 E8-6022 Midwest Hydraulic, Inc., 15751 E8-6020 Oregon Tidal Energy Co., 15751-15752 E8-6023 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration RULES Indian Reservation Road Bridge Program, 15661-15668 E8-6007 Federal Procurement Federal Procurement Policy Office NOTICES Determination of Executive Compensation Benchmark Amount, 15779 E8-5978 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Petition for Waiver of Compliance:
Riverport Railroad, LLC, 15833-15834 E8-6006 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies, 15756 E8-5972 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 15756 E8-5971 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 15756 08-1074 Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities: Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities, 15756-15757 E8-5970 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment:
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge, Hillsborough County, NH, 15769-15770 E8-6043 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feed; Pyrantel; Technical Amendment, 15661 E8-5928 NOTICES Global Harmonization Task Force, Study Group 4; Final Document; Availability, 15759-15760 E8-5927 Forest Forest Service PROPOSED RULES Locatable Minerals Operations Conducted on National Forest Systems Lands, 15694-15716 E8-5746 NOTICES Meetings: Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee, 15721 E8-5854 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15743 E8-5924 Health Health and Human Services Department See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods, 15757-15758 E8-5936 Meetings: American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, & Security Workgroup, 15758 E8-5853 Homeland Homeland Security Department See U.S. Customs and Border Protection RULES Classification of Aliens as Children of United States Citizens Based on Intercountry Adoptions Under the Hague Convention:
Reopening and Extension of Comment Period, 15635-15636 08-1069 Indian Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Land Acquisitions: Puyallup Tribe, Washington, 15770-15771 E8-5923 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service IRS Internal Revenue Service RULES Abandonment of Stock or Other Securities; Correction, 15668 E8-6038 Disclosure of Return Information in Connection with Written Contracts Among the IRS Whistleblowers, etc., 15668-15671 E8-6067 PROPOSED RULES Disclosure of Return Information in Connection with Written Contracts Among the IRS, Whistleblowers, etc., 15687-15688 E8-6040 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15837-15841 E8-5941 E8-5942 E8-5943 E8-5945 E8-5947 E8-5948 E8-5949 Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Grant Program; Availability of 2008 Supplemental Grant Application Period, 15841-15842 E8-5944 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Aerospace, Defense and Security Trade Mission to Athens, Greece, 15722-15724 E8-5934 Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Certain Pasta from Italy, 15725 E8-6053 Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand, 15724 E8-6062 Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Reviews:
Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 15725 E8-6081 Medical Equipment Trade Mission to the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia, 15725-15726 E8-5933 Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Steel Wire Garment Hangers from the Peoples Republic of China, 15726-15735 E8-6079 Rescission of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review: Stainless Steel Bar from Germany, 15736-15737 E8-6042 U.S. Health Care Trade Policy Mission to China, 15737-15738 E8-5935 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigation:
Certain Short Wavelength Light Emitting Diodes, 15775-15776 E8-5909 Sodium Metal From France, 15777 E8-5907 Judicial Judicial Conference of the United States NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, 15777 E8-5898 Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure, 15777 E8-5913 Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 15777-15778 E8-5914 Labor Labor Department See Employee Benefits Security Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Filing of Plats of Survey:
Wyoming, 15771-15772 E8-6035 Meetings: Northeast California Resource Advisory Council, 15772 E8-5973 Public Land Order: Alaska, 15772-15773 E8-5988 Minnesota, 15773 E8-5995 Montana, 15773-15774 E8-6010 E8-6013 Wisconsin, 15774 E8-5997 Library Library of Congress See Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress Management Management and Budget Office See Federal Procurement Policy Office Minerals Minerals Management Service NOTICES Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 207
(2008)Environmental Assessment, 15774-15775 E8-6008 Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS)Oil and Gas Lease Sale 207 in the Western Planning Area
(WPA)in the Gulf of Mexico; Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sa, 15775 E8-6012 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15743 E8-5924 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Decision that Certain Nonconforming Motor Vehicles are Eligible for Importation, 15834-15835 E8-6074 Receipt of Petition for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance: Hyundai Motor Co., 15835-15837 E8-6005 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Inventions Available for Licensing, 15738 E8-6029 NIH National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 15760-15761 E8-5818 E8-5822 E8-5823 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction, 15676-15677 08-1068 Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of the 2008 Gulf of Mexico Recreational Fishery for Red Snapper, 15674-15676 E8-5939 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA Using Pot or Hook-and-Line Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, 15677 08-1067 PROPOSED RULES Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 9, 15716-15717 E8-6001 NOTICES Application for Exempted Fishing Permit, 15738-15741 E8-6009 Endangered Species; Application for Modification, 15741 E8-5937 Incidental Take of Marine Mammals: Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Conducting Precision Strike Weapons Testing and Training by Eglin Air Force Base in the Gulf of Mexico, 15742-15743 E8-5938 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15779 E8-5968 Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving no Significant Hazards Considerations, 15780-15796 E8-5734 GALE86 Code for Calculation of Routine Radioactive Releases in Gaseous and Liquid Effluents to Support Design Certification, etc., 15796 E8-5962 Meetings: Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste and Materials, 15796-15797 E8-5979 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 15797-15798 08-1071 Occupational Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15778 E8-5989 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15798 E8-5876 Presidential Presidential Documents PROCLAMATIONS *Special observances:* Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 8227), 15633-15634 08-1075 Science Science and Technology Policy Office NOTICES Meetings: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 15755-15756 E8-5950 SEC Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15798-15799 E8-5920 Application: American Family Life Insurance Company, et al., 15799-15805 E8-5919 Self-Regulatory Organizations: Chicago Board Options Exchange, 15805-15807 E8-5921 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: American Stock Exchange LLC, 15807-15814 E8-5917 E8-5965 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 15814-15815 E8-5918 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 15815-15818 E8-5964 E8-5967 New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 15819-15821 E8-5916 NYSE Arca, Inc., 15821-15824 E8-5912 E8-5915 Options Clearing Corp., 15824-15826 E8-5911 Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 15826-15828 E8-5966 SBA Small Business Administration NOTICES Interest Rates, 15828 E8-5946 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 15828-15832 E8-6066 State State Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15832-15833 E8-6014 E8-6015 Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: Classically Greek Coins and Bank Notes from Antiquity to Today, 15833 E8-6017 Transportation Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Internal Revenue Service RULES Privacy Act; Implementation, 15671-15672 E8-5980 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15837 E8-5974 Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15761-15769 E8-6011 E8-6016 E8-6021 E8-6024 E8-6025 E8-6026 E8-6028 E8-6050 E8-6069 E8-6070 E8-6071 E8-6078 E8-6088 Veterans Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 15842-15847 E8-5960 E8-5975 E8-5976 E8-5977 E8-5985 E8-5991 E8-5994 E8-5996 E8-6034 E8-6075 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 15847-15859 E8-5956 E8-5969 E8-6041 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. 73 58 Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 8 CFR Parts 103, 204, 213a, 299, and 322 [CIS No. 2098-00; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2007-0008] RIN 1615-AA43 Classification of Aliens as Children of United States Citizens Based on Intercountry Adoptions Under the Hague Convention; Re-Opening and Extension of the Comment Period AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS. ACTION: Interim rule; re-opening and extension of the comment period. SUMMARY: On October 4, 2007, The Department of Homeland Security
(DHS)published an interim rule in the **Federal Register** at 72 FR 56832, establishing rules necessary for the ratification and implementation of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, signed at The Hague on May 29, 1993 (“Convention”). The comment period ended December 3, 2007. Of the 54 comments received by DHS, most requested an extension of the comment period to allow sufficient time to provide meaningful and substantive comments. DHS is re-opening and extending the comment period for 60 days until May 27, 2008. DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 27, 2008. Comments received beyond this date will not be considered. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to DHS, identified by DHS Docket No. USCIS-2007-0008, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: *http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529. To ensure proper handling, please reference DHS Docket No. USCIS-2007-0008 on your correspondence. This mailing address may also be used for paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529. Contact Telephone Number
(202)272-8377. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Valverde, Chief, Children's Issues, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3300, Washington, DC 20529, telephone
(202)272-9176. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interim Rule On October 4, 2007, the DHS published in the **Federal Register** at 72 FR 56832 an interim rule entitled “Classification of Aliens as Children of United States Citizens Based on Intercountry Adoptions Under the Hague Convention.” The interim rule established the Department of Homeland Security rules necessary for the ratification and implementation of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, signed at The Hague on May 29, 1993 (“Convention”). The interim rule entered into force on November 5, 2007, although actual implementation of the interim rule will not occur until the Convention enters into force for the United States. The comment period for the interim rule ended December 3, 2007. Implementation On November 16, 2007, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Convention. The Department of State deposited the instrument of ratification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on December 12, 2007. On December 18, 2007, the Department of State published in the **Federal Register** at 72 FR 71730 a written notice that the Convention will enter into force for the United States on April 1, 2008. Accordingly, the DHS interim rule published on October 4, 2007, will also enter into force April 1, 2008. 8 CFR 204.300(a). Comments As of December 3, 2007, 54 comments had been received on the interim rule. Most of the comments did not address any issue raised by the interim rule. Rather, these comments requested an extension of the comment period. These commenters contend that the 60-day comment period did not provide sufficient time for them to submit substantive comments. Many of these commenters requested additional time to comment. As a legal matter, the 60-day comment period provided for by the interim rule is sufficient. The Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553, generally contemplates a 30-day comment period. Section 6(a)(1) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, as amended by Executive Order 13422, 72 FR 2763, references a 60-day benchmark for establishing an appropriate comment period. Nevertheless, DHS has determined as a matter of policy that the importance of the implementation of the Convention makes it reasonable for DHS to agree to the request for an additional comment period. DHS has also determined that it is possible to re-open the comment period without delaying implementation of the interim rule. Accordingly, DHS has decided to re-open and extend the comment period. All comments received by May 27, 2008 will be considered by DHS in preparing the final rule. Note that this extension of the comment period does not delay the implementation of the interim rule. The interim rule itself entered into force on November 5, 2007. Implementation will still begin on April 1, 2008, when the Convention enters into force for the United States. 8 CFR 204.300(a). Prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt children habitually resident in a Convention country may begin a Convention adoption case by filing Form I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country, on April 1, 2008. View the Interim Rule To view the interim rule published on October 4, 2007, see the url listed below: *http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-18992.htm* . Dated: March 18, 2008. Emilio T. Gonzalez, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. [FR Doc. 08-1069 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]
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