[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 131 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H10243-H10244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       3161. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Buprofezin; Pesticide Tolerance; 
     Technical Correction [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0821; FRL-8140-9] 
     received August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Agriculture.
       3162. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Cis-isomer of 1-(3-chloroallyl)-
     3,5,7- triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride (CAS Reg. No. 
     51229-78-8); Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0220; FRL-8122-3] received August 14, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3163. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Fipronil; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0206; FRL-8142-6] received August 14, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3164. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Lambda-Cyhalothrin; Pesticide 
     Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0545; FRL-8143-1] received August 
     14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Agriculture.
       3165. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus-Weak 
     Strain; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2006-0329; FRL-8137-9] received August 14, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3166. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Pyrasulfotole; Pesticide Tolerance 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1026; FRL-8141-8] received August 9, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       3167. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
     for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting Authorization of Colonel Rex C. McMillian, 
     United States Marine Corps, to wear the insignia of the grade 
     of brigadier general in accordance with title 10, United 
     States Code, section 777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3168. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
     for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting Authorization of Brigadier General Anthony A. 
     Cucolo III to wear the insignia of the grade of major general 
     in accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 777; 
     to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3169. A letter from the Principal Deputy Under Secretary 
     for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting authorization of the enclosed list of officers 
     to wear the insignia of the grade of rear admiral (lower 
     half) accordance with title 10, United States Code, section 
     777; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3170. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for 
     Acquisitions, Technology and Logisitics, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) 
     Annual Materials Plan for Fiscal Year 2008, along with 
     proposed plans for FY 2009 through 2012, pursuant to 50 
     U.S.C. 98h-2(b); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3171. A letter from the Inspector General, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the semiannual report of the Inspector 
     General for the period October 1, 2006 through March 31, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 
     5(b); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       3172. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Revised 
     Denver and Longmont Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plans, and 
     Approval of Related Revisions [EPA-R08-OAR-2007-0465; FRL-
     8453-5] received August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3173. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Arizona -- Phoenix PM-10 Nonattainment 
     Area; Salt River Area Plan for Attainment of the 24-hour PM-
     10 Standard [EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0526; FRL-8446-1] received 
     August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3174. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; Idaho and Washington; Interstate 
     Transport of Pollution; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule [EPA-
     R10-OAR-2007-0110; FRL-8456-3] received August 14, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       3175. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Plan for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Louisiana; 
     Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) [EPA-R06-OAR-2006-1028; FRL-
     8455-3] received August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3176. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Arkansas: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-8455-
     5] received August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3177. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Louisiana: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-8455-
     9] received August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3178. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- New Mexico: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [FRL-8455-
     6] received August 14, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3179. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental

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     Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 
     Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; 
     Alaska [EPA-R10-OAR-2006-101 ; FRL-8447-2] received August 9, 
     2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       3180. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; State of Montana; Missoula 
     Carbon Monoxide Redesignation to Attainment, Designation of 
     Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes, and Approval of 
     Related Revisions [EPA-R08-OAR-2006-0163; FRL-8452-9] 
     received August 9, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3181. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; State Implementation 
     Plan Revision Variance for International Paper, Franklin 
     Paper Mill, Virginia [EPA-R03-OAR-2006-0060; FRL-8452-6] 
     received August 9, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3182. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval of Implemenation Plans of 
     Tennessee: Clean Air Interstate Rule [EPA-R04-OAR-2007-0229-
     200713 (a); FRL84553-6] received August 9, 2007, pursuant to 
     5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3183. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Determination of Attainment, 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; 
     Redesignation of the Toledo Area 8-hour Ozone Nonattainment 
     Area to Attainment [EPA-R05-OAR-2007-0001; FRL 8451-9] 
     received August 9, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3184. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Determination of Attainment, 
     Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and 
     Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Ohio; 
     Redesignation of the Dayton-Springfield 8-hour Ozone 
     Nonattainment Area to Attainment [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0956; FRL-
     8452-3] received August 9, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3185. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Florida: Final Authorization of 
     State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision [EPA-R04-
     RCRA-2007-0016; FRL-8451-8] received August 9, 2007, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce.
       3186. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Operator Training Grant Guidelines 
     for States; Solid Waste Disposal Act, Subtitle I, as amended 
     by Title XV, Subtitle B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     [FRL-8451-6] received August 9, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3187. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality 
     Planning Purposes; Kentucky: Redesignation of the Kentucky 
     Portion of the Louisville 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to 
     Attainment for Ozone; Technical Amendment [EPA-R04-OAR-2006-
     0584 200723(c); FRL-8460-6] received August 21, 2007, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       3188. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Low Emission Vehicle 
     Program [Docket No. EPA-R02-OAR-2006-0920 FRL-8441-7] 
     received August 21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 
     to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       3189. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Redesignation of 
     the Reading 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment and 
     Approval of the Area's Maintenance Plan and 2002 Base-Year 
     Inventory [EPA-R03-OAR-2007-0175; FRL-8459-3] received August 
     21, 2007, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce.
       3190. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to the 
     Taiwan Relations Act, agreements concluded by the American 
     Institute in Taiwan on April 17 and July 13, 2007, pursuant 
     to 22 U.S.C. 3311(a); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3191. A letter from the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Copies of 
     international agreements, other than treaties, entered into 
     by the United States, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3192. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting pursuant to Section 62(a) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), notification concerning 
     the Department of the Air Force's proposed lease of defense 
     articles to the Government of Canada (Transmittal No. 07-07); 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3193. A letter from the Under Secretary for Acquisitions, 
     Technology and Logistics, Department of Defense, transmitting 
     notification regarding the annual report on foreign military 
     sales and direct sales to foreign entities of significant 
     military equipment manufactured in the United States during 
     the preceding calendar year, pursuant to Public Law 109-364, 
     section 1231; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       3194. A letter from the Acting White House Liaison, 
     Department of Education, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       3195. A letter from the Acting White House Liaison, 
     Department of Education, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       3196. A letter from the Acting White House Liaison, 
     Department of Education, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       3197. A letter from the Acting White House Liaison, 
     Department of Education, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       3198. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting a report pursuant to 
     the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       3199. A letter from the Associate General Counsel for 
     General Law, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting a 
     report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3200. A letter from the White House Liaison, Department of 
     Justice, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       3201. A letter from the Deputy Assistant General Counsel, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant 
     to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3202. A letter from the Deputy Assistant General Counsel, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant 
     to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3203. A letter from the Deputy Assistant General Counsel, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant 
     to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform.
       3204. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight 
     and Government Reform.
       3205. A letter from the Special Assistant to the Secretary, 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a report 
     pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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