[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 139 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12004-S12005]
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                   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-4433. A communication from the Chairman, Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     monthly report on the status of the Commission's licensing 
     activities and regulatory duties for August 2005; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4434. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Migratory Bird Hunting: Late 
     Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory 
     Game Birds'' (RIN1018-AT76) received on October 21, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4435. 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; 
     Connecticut; VOC RACT Orders for Hitchcock Chair Co., Ltd.; 
     Kimberly Clark Corp.; Watson Laboratories, Inc.; and Ross and 
     Roberts, Inc.'' (FRL7967-2) received on October 21, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4436. 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; Indiana'' 
     (FRL7981-8)

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     received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-4437. 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; 
     Consumer Products Regulation'' (FRL7982-4) received on 
     October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4438. 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: Massachusetts; Negative Declaration;'' (FRL7986-
     6) received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4439. 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 ``Guidance on 
     Fees Charged By States to Recipients of Clean Water State 
     Revolving Fund Program Assistance'' (FRL7983-7) received on 
     October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-4440. 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 
     ``Miscellaneous Revisions to EPAAR Clauses'' (FRL7986-2) 
     received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-4441. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Bull 
     Trout'' (RIN1018-AU31) received on October 21, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4442. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for 
     Arkansas River Basin Population of the Arkansas River 
     Shiner'' (RIN1018-AT84) received on October 21, 2005; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4443. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the 
     Pacific Coast Population of the Western Snowy Plover'' 
     (RIN1018-AT89) received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4444. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation of Critical Habitat 
     for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
     extimus)'' (RIN1018-AI49) received on October 21, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-4445. A communication from the Assistant Administrator 
     for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Announcement of Contract Awards'' (RIN2700-
     AD18) received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-4446. A communication from the Secretary of 
     Transportation transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Department's Fiscal Year 2004 Annual Report on the 
     Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
     Retaliation Act of 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-4447. A communication from the Legal Advisor to the 
     Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Rule, Texas)'' (MM Docket 
     No. 01-219) received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-4448. A communication from the Legal Advisor to the 
     Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Amendment of Section 73.622(b), Table of 
     Allotments, DTV Broadcast Stations (Laredo, Texas)'' (MB 
     Docket No. 03-156, RM-10721) received on October 21, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-4449. A communication from the Legal Advisor to the 
     Bureau Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Table of 
     Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations (Hutchinson and Haven, 
     Kansas)'' (MB Docket No. 04-376) received on October 21, 
     2005; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-4450. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement 
     Act and Broadband Access and Services'' (FCC 05-153) received 
     on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-4451. A communication from the Acting Division Chief, 
     Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications 
     Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a 
     rule entitled ``Appropriate Framework for Broadband Access to 
     the Internet over Wireline Facilities; Universal Service 
     Obligations of Broadband Providers'' (FCC 05-150) received on 
     October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-4452. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Protected Resources, Department of Commerce, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Sea Turtle 
     Conservation: Exceptions to Taking Prohibitions for 
     Endangered Sea Turtles'' (RIN0648-AS57) received on October 
     21, 2005; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-4453. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
     Pollock in Statistical Areas 620 and 630 of the Gulf of 
     Alaska'' (I.D. No. 092105A) received on October 21, 2005; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-4454. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka 
     Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea 
     and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (I.D. No. 092105D) 
     received on October 21, 2005; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-4455. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 
     Fisheries; Temporary Rule; Inseason Retention Limit 
     Adjustment'' (I.D. No. 091405F) received on October 21, 2005; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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