[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7132-S7134]
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-7301. A communication from the Acting Director of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Northern Rockfish for Catcher/
     Processors Participating in the Rockfish Limited Access 
     Fishery in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 
     Alaska'' (RIN0648-XX68) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-7302. A communication from the Acting Director of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Northeastern 
     United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish 
     Fisheries; Adjustment to the Loligo Trimester 2 and 3 Quota; 
     Correction'' (RIN0648-XW95) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-7303. A communication from the Acting Director of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Fisheries of the Exclusive 
     Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Western 
     Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska'' (RIN0648-XX77) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7304. A communication from the Attorney Advisor, U.S. 
     Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated 
     Navigation Areas, Safety Zones, Security Zones; Deepwater 
     Ports in Boston Captain of the Port Zone, MA'' ((RIN1625-AA00 
     and RIN1625-AA11) (Docket No. USCG-2009-0589)) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on August 28, 2010; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7305. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Thiabendazole; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8842-7) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 30, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7306. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8841-9) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 30, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7307. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Bifenazate; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8840-9) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on August 30, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7308. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Choline hydroxide; Exemption from the Requirement of a 
     Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8841-6) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     August 30, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-7309. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``2-methyl-1,3-propanediol; Exemption from the Requirement of 
     a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8838-3) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7310. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Flubendiamide; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8836-2) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7311. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Mancozeb; Pesticide Tolerances'' (FRL No. 8841-1) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7312. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Alkyl Alcohol Alkoxylate Phosphate Derivatives; Exemption 
     from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8836-5) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-7313. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense (Personnel and Readiness), transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report relative to members of the Armed

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     Forces and their dependents reliance on the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-7314. A communication from the Chief Counsel of the 
     Fiscal Service, Bureau of Public Debt, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Regulations Governing Agencies for Issue of United 
     States Savings Bonds Offering of United States Savings 
     Bonds'' (31 CFR Parts 317, 351, 353, and 359) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on August 24, 2010; to the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs.
       EC-7315. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Final Flood Elevation Determinations'' ((44 CFR Part 67) 
     (Docket No. FEMA-2010-0003)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7316. A communication from the Chief Counsel, Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Suspension of Community Eligibility'' ((44 CFR Part 64) 
     (Docket No. FEMA-2010-0003)) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       EC-7317. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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; Maryland; Transportation Conformity Regulations; 
     Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule'' (FRL No. 9187-9) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7318. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program'' (FRL 
     No. 9195-7) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7319. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 
     Plan; National Priorities List: Powersville Site Superfund 
     Site'' (FRL No. 9194-3) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7320. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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; Determination of Attainment of the 1997 
     Ozone Standard for the Greater Connecticut Area'' (FRL No. 
     9195-2) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7321. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Massachusetts: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste 
     Management Program Revisions'' (FRL No. 9190-6) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7322. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, 
     and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update 
     for Massachusetts'' (FRL No. 9167-7) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7323. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Minerals Management: Adjustments of Cost Recovery Fees'' 
     (RIN1004-AE18) received during adjournment of the Senate in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on September 12, 
     2010; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7324. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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; Delaware; Administrative and Non--Substantive 
     Amendments to Existing Delaware SIP Regulations'' (FRL No. 
     9186-6) received during adjournment of the Senate in the 
     Office of the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; 
     to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7325. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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; State of 
     Missouri'' (FRL No. 9186-2) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7326. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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 and 
     Operating Permits Program; State of Nebraska'' (FRL No. 9186-
     5) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7327. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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; Ohio; Final Approval and Promulgation of State 
     Implementation Plans; Carbon Monoxide and Volatile Organic 
     Compounds'' (FRL No. 9187-4) received during adjournment of 
     the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-7328. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, 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'' (FRL No. 9187-5) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-7329. A communication from the Federal Register Liaison 
     Officer, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Establishment of the Sierra Pelona Valley 
     Viticultural Area'' (RIN1513-AB64) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 13, 2010; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-7330. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, 
     Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice No. 2010-57) 
     received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7331. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Announcement of the Results of 2009-10 
     Allocation Round of the Qualifying Advanced Coal Project 
     Program and the Qualifying Gasification Project Program'' 
     (Notice No. 2010-56) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7332. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Expanded Carryback of Net Operating Losses 
     and Losses from Operations'' (Notice No. 2010-58) received 
     during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-7333. A communication from the Chief of the Publications 
     and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
     of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Applicable Federal Rates--September 2010'' 
     (Notice No. 2010-20) received during adjournment of the 
     Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on 
     September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-7334. A communication from the Chief of the Trade and 
     Commercial Regulations Branch, Customs and Border Protection, 
     Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Entry Requirements for 
     Certain Softwood Lumber Products Exported from Any Country 
     into the United States'' (RIN1515-AD62) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
       EC-7335. A communication from the Assistant Secretary, 
     Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
     Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Procedures for the Handling of Retaliation 
     Complaints Under Section 219 of the Consumer Product Safety 
     Improvement Act of 2008'' (RIN1218-AC47) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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       EC-7336. A communication from the Director of Legislative 
     and Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Valuation of 
     Benefits and Assets; Expected Retirement Age'' (29 CFR Part 
     4044) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on September 12, 2010; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-7337. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel 
     of the Federal Election Commission, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Coordinated 
     Communications'' (Notice No. 2010-17) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 6, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7338. A communication from the Program Analyst, National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission 
     Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; Final 
     Rule'' (RIN2060-AP58; RIN2127-AK50) received during 
     adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on September 2, 2010; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-7339. A communication from the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, a report entitled ``Report to Congress: Study of 
     Discharges Incidental to Normal Operation of Commercial 
     Fishing Vessels and Other Non-Recreational Vessels Less than 
     79 Feet''; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.

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