[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1929-S1930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

  The following communications were laid before the Senate, together 
with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as 
indicated:

       EC-1153. A communication from the Chairman of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report entitled ``Monetary Policy Report 
     to the Congress''; to the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-1154. A communication from the Secretary of the 
     Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Rule, 16 
     C.F.R. Part 309'' (RIN3084-0094) received on March 1, 2005; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-1155. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Citrus Canker; Quarantined 
     Areas'' (Docket No. 05-005-1) received on March 1, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1156. A communication from the Congressional Review 
     Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
     Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Karnal Bunt; Revision of 
     Regulations for Importing Wheat'' ((RIN0579-AB74) (Docket No. 
     02-057-2)) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1157. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Material Safety and 
     Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``List of 
     Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: HI-STORM 100 Revision'' 
     (RIN3150-AH64) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1158. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Material Safety and 
     Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``List of 
     Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NUHOMS-24PT4 Revision'' 
     (RIN3150-AH63) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1159. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Peanuts, 
     Tree Nuts, Milk, Soybeans , Eggs, Fish, Crustacea, and Wheat; 
     Exemption from the Requirements of a Tolerance; Technical 
     Correction'' (FRL No. 7689-9) received on March 1, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1160. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     the California State Implementation Plan, El Dorado County 
     Air Quality Management District (Mountain Counties Portion), 
     Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, and South 
     Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 7874-6) 
     received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1161. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; 
     Pennsylvania; Revised Format of 40 CFR Part 52 for Materials 
     Being Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 7843-2) received 
     on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1162. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Mississippi: 
     Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management 
     Program Revision'' (FRL No. 7875-7) received on March 1, 
     2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1163. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     California State Implementation Plan, Antelope Valley Air 
     Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 7871-1) received on 
     March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1164. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of State Implementation Plan for Designated 
     Facilities and Pollutants; Forsyth County, Mecklenburg County 
     and Buncombe County, North Carolina, and Chattanooga-Hamilton 
     County, Knox County, and Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee'' 
     (FRL No. 7877-3) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1165. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Revisions to 
     California State Implementation Plan, Great Basin Unified Air 
     Pollution

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     Control District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control 
     District'' (FRL No. 7872-4) received on March 1, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1166. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and 
     Pollutants; Connecticut; Plan for Controlling MWC Emissions 
     From Existing Municipal Waste Combusters'' (FRL No. 7877-6) 
     received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1167. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Minnesota; 
     Revised Format of 40 CFR and Part 52 for Materials Being 
     Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL No. 7867-5) received on 
     March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1168. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Hazardous 
     Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of 
     Hazardous Waste; Dyes and/or Pigments Production Waste; Land 
     Disposal Restrictions for Newly Identified Wastes'' (FRL No. 
     7875-8) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1169. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Standards of 
     Performance for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces 
     Constructed After October 21, 1974, and On or Before August 
     17,1983; and Standards of Performance for Steel Plants: 
     Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization 
     Vessels Constructed After August 17, 1983'' (FRL No. 7874-9) 
     received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1170. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; North 
     Carolina Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference'' (FRL 
     No. 7868-7) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1171. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maine; 
     Control of Total Reduced Sulphur From Kraft Pulp Mills'' (FRL 
     No. 7876-8) received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1172. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Economics, and 
     Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Ocean 
     Dumping; Dedesignation of Ocean Dredged Material Disposal 
     Sites and Designation of New Sites'' (FRL No. 7877-9) 
     received on March 1, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-1173. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report on the Recommendation for the Authorization of 
     Additional Bankruptcy Judgeships; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       EC-1174. A communication from the Secretary, Judicial 
     Conference of the United States, transmitting, a draft of 
     proposed legislation entitled ``Judicial Reporting 
     Improvement Act''; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-1175. A communication from the United State Trade 
     Representative, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report 
     entitled ``2005 Trade Policy Agenda and 2004 Annual Report''; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-1176. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Legislative Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Department's 
     counternarcotics activities for Fiscal Year 2004; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-1177. A communication from the Counsel to the Inspector 
     General, General Services Administration, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a nomination to fill the 
     vacant position of Inspector General; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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