[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 13 (Tuesday, February 7, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S768-S769]
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-5586. 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; 
     Nitrogen Oxides Exemption Request for Northern Maine'' (FRL 
     No. 8027-5) received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5587. 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 Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; General and 
     Registration Permit Programs'' (FRL No. 8020-1) received on 
     February 3, 2006; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-5588. 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 ``Final Rule 
     Making Findings of Failure to Submit Required State 
     Implementation Plans for Phase II of the NOx SIP 
     Call'' (FRL No. 8028-8) received on February 3, 2006; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5589. 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 ``Interim 
     Final Determination to Stay and/or Defer Sanctions, Yolo-
     Solano Air Quality Management District'' (FRL No. 8024-9) 
     received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-5590. 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 ``National 
     Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Plywood and 
     Composite Wood Products; List of Hazardous Air Pollutants, 
     Lesser Quantity Designations, Source Category List'' (FRL No. 
     8028-9) received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5591. 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 ``Protection 
     of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2006 Critical Use Exemption from 
     the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide'' ((RIN2060-AN18)(FRL No. 
     8028-2)) received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5592. 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 ``Protections 
     for Subjects in Human Research'' ((RIN2070-AD57)(FRL No. 
     7759-8)) received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5593. 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, Ventura County Air 
     Pollution Control District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality 
     Management District'' (FRL No. 8025-2) received on February 
     3, 2006; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-5594. 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 ``Imazethapyr; 
     Pesticide Tolerance'' (FRL No. 7755-8) received on February 
     3, 2006; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
       EC-5595. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness, transmitting, a report 
     on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral David L. Brewer 
     III, United States Navy, and his advancement to the grade of 
     vice admiral on the retired list; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       EC-5596. A communication from the Commissioner, Social 
     Security Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Administration's new Agency Strategic Plan (ASP) covering the 
     period Fiscal Year 2006 through Fiscal Year 2011; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-5597. A communication from the Senior Vice President, 
     Congressional Affairs, Export-Import Bank of the United 
     States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's 2005 Sub-
     Saharan Africa Report; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5598. A communication from the General Counsel, National 
     Credit Union Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Member Business Loans'' (12 
     CFR Part 723) received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-5599. A communication from the Director, National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) 
     Gaithersburg and Boulder Programs; Availability of Funds'' 
     (RIN0693-ZA66) received on February 3, 2006; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-5600. A communication from the Chairman, Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report describing the progress made in licensing and 
     constructing the Alaska natural gas pipeline and describing 
     any issue impeding that progress; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
       EC-5601. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Office of Personnel Management's Federal Equal Opportunity 
     Recruitment Program Report for Fiscal Year 2005; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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       EC-5602. A communication from the Chairman of the Council 
     of the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a 
     report on D.C. Act 16-249, ``Brentwood Retail Center Real 
     Property Tax Exemption Act of 2006''; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-5603. A communication from the Chief Financial Officer, 
     Department of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a delay in the issuance of a report entitled 
     ``Report on Carryover Balances''; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.

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