[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 2, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5942-S5943]
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-1740. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL-8413-5) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 27, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1741. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance; Technical 
     Amendments'' (FRL-8417-9) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 27, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-1742. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report 
     relative to the national emergency that was declared in 
     Executive Order 12938 with respect to the proliferation of 
     weapons of mass destruction; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1743. A communication from the Chairman and President, 
     Export-Import Bank of the United States, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report relative to transactions involving 
     U.S. exports to the Republic of Korea; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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       EC-1744. A communication from the Associate General Counsel 
     for Legislation and Regulations, Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Real Estate 
     Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA): Rule To Simplify and 
     Improve the Process of Obtaining Mortgages and Reduce 
     Consumer Settlement Costs; Withdrawal of Revised Definition 
     of 'Required Use''' ((RIN2502-AI61)(FR-5180-F-06)) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 26, 2009; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-1745. A communication from the Chief of the Border 
     Security Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Establishing U.S. Ports 
     of Entry in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
     (CNMI) and Implementing the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program; 
     Change of Implementation Date'' (RIN1651-AA77) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on May 22, 2009; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-1746. A communication from the General Counsel, Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Western Electricity 
     Coordinating Council Regional Reliability Standard Regarding 
     Automatic Time Error Correction'' (Docket No. RM08-12-000) as 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on May 16, 2009; to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-1747. A communication from the Director, Office of Human 
     Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, (4) reports relative to vacancy 
     announcements within the Agency; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1748. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; South Carolina; Approval of Section 110(a)(1) 
     Maintenance Plan for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone Standard for 
     Cherokee County'' (FRL-8911-5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 27, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1749. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Update of Continuous Instrumental Test Methods; 
     Correction'' (FRL-8910-5) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on May 27, 2009; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1750. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Implementation of the New Source Review Program for 
     Particulate Matter Less Than w.5 Micrometers (PM2.5)'' (FRL-
     8910-6) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on May 27, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-1751. A communication from the Chief, Branch of Listing, 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised 
     Designation of Critical Habitat for the Wintering Population 
     of the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) in Texas'' 
     (RIN1018-AV46) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on May 27, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-1752. A communication from the Chief, Branch of Listing, 
     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 Peninsular Bighorn Sheep and 
     Determination of a Distinct Population Segment of Desert 
     Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni)'' (RIN1018-AV09) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on May 
     27, 2009; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-1753. A communication from the Director, Regulatory 
     Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation 
     Plans; Florida; Removal of Gasoline Vapor Recovery from the 
     Southeast Florida Area'' (FRL-8911-6) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on May 27, 2009; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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