[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 102 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4483-S4484]
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-2437. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Maneb; Tolerance 
     Actions'' (FRL No. 8878-6) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
       EC-2438. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``2-Propenoic acid, 2-
     methyl-, phenylmethyl ester, polymer with 2-propenoic acid 
     and sodium 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propen-1-yl)amino]-1-
     propanesulfonate (1:1), peroxydisulfuric acid ([HO)S(O)2]202) 
     sodium salt (1:2)-initiated; Tolerance Exemption'' (FRL No. 
     8878-4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry.
       EC-2439. A communication from the Secretary, Division of 
     Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Extension of Temporary Exemptions for Eligible Credit 
     Default Swaps to Facilitate Operation of Central 
     Counterparties to Clear and Settle Credit Default Swaps'' 
     (RIN3235-AK26) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
     and Urban Affairs.
       EC-2440. A communication from the Deputy Chief, Wireline 
     Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``In the Matter of Rural Health Care Support Mechanism'' 
     ((RIN3060-AF85)(FCC 11-101)) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 6, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-2441. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and 
     Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Paperwork Reduction Act: 
     Updated List of Approved Information Collections and Removal 
     of a Redundant Reporting Requirement'' (RIN0694-AF08) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     7, 2011; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-2442. A communication from the Deputy Secretary, Office 
     of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Reorganization of Title 30, Code of Federal Regulations'' 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     7, 2011; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-2443. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Notice of Approval of 
     Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Permit Issued to Cape Wind 
     Associates, LLC'' (FRL No. 9431-8) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2444. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; 
     Modifications to Indiana Prevention of Significant 
     Deterioration and Non-attainment New Source Review Rules'' 
     (FRL No. 9430-7) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2445. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; 
     Control of Gasoline Volatility; Correction'' (FRL No. 9430-5) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2446. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; New Jersey 
     and New York; Final Disapproval of Interstate Transport State 
     Implementation Plan Revision for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 
     NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9436-2) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2447. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; Missouri; 
     Final Disapproval of Interstate Transport State 
     Implementation Plan Revision for the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 
     NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9435-9) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2448. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plan; Kansas; 
     Final Disapproval of Interstate Transport State 
     Implementation Plan Revision for the 2004 24-hour PM2.5 
     NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9436-1) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2449. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Indiana and Ohio; Disapproval of 
     Interstate Transport State Implementation Plan Revision for 
     the 2006 24-hour PM2.5 NAAQS'' (FRL No. 9435-8) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2450. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding Failure to 
     Submit Section 110 State Implementation Plans for Interstate 
     Transport for the 2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards 
     for Fine Particulate Matter'' (FRL No. 9435-7) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2451. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Finding of Substantial 
     Inadequacy of Implementation Plan; Call for Iowa State 
     Implementation Plan Revision'' (FRL No. 9434-7) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2452. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Missouri'' 
     (FRL No. 9429-1) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2453. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Nebraska'' 
     (FRL No. 9434-4) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2454. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Kansas'' (FRL 
     No. 9434-3) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-2455. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Deferral for 
     CO2 Emissions from Bioenergy and Other Biogenic 
     Sources Under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
     (PSD) and Title V Programs: Final Rule'' (FRL No. 9431-6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2456. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Connecticut, Maine, New 
     Hampshire and Rhode Island; Infrastructure SIPs for the 1997 
     8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL 
     No. 9431-2) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-2457. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Determination of 
     Attainment, Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Indiana; Correction'' (FRL No. 9430-6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     7, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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       EC-2458. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Ohio; Volatile Organic 
     Compound Reinforced Plastic Composites Production Operations 
     Rule'' (FRL No. 9430-9) received in the Office of the 
     President of the Senate on July 7, 2011; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2459. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; South Carolina; 
     110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-
     hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 
     9436-4) received in the Office of the President of the Senate 
     on July 11, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-2460. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Louisiana; 
     Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Requirements for 1997 8-hour 
     Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 
     Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9437-8) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on July 11, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2461. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; 
     Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; Ohio; Wisconsin; Infrastructure 
     SIP Requirements for the 1997 8-hour Ozone and 
     PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' 
     (FRL No. 9436-7) received in the Office of the President of 
     the Senate on July 11, 2011; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-2462. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Mississippi; 110(a)(1) 
     and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9436-6) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     11, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2463. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama; 110(a)(1) and 
     (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9436-3) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     11, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2464. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Approval and 
     Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Kentucky; 110(a)(1) and 
     (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-hour Ozone 
     National Ambient Air Quality Standards'' (FRL No. 9436-5) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     11, 2011; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2465. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Implementation 
     Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate 
     Matter and Ozone in 27 States; Correction of SIP Approvals 
     for 22 States'' (FRL No. 9436-8) received in the Office of 
     the President of the Senate on July 11, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-2466. A communication from the Director of the 
     Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, 
     Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Modification of Treasury 
     Regulations Pursuant to Section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
     Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act'' (RIN1545-BK28) 
     received in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 
     7, 2011; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-2467. A communication from the Surgeon General, 
     Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the 
     National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health 
     Council's 2011 annual status report; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
       EC-2468. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal 
     Acquisition Circular 2005-53; Small Entity Compliance Guide'' 
     (FAC 2005-53) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 6, 2011; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2469. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; TINA 
     Interest Calculations'' (FAC 2005-53) received in the Office 
     of the President of the Senate on July 6, 2011; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2470. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Extension 
     of Sunset Date for Protests of Task and Delivery Orders'' 
     (FAC 2005-53) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 6, 2011; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2471. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Encouraging 
     Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving'' 
     (FAC 2005-53) received in the Office of the President of the 
     Senate on July 6, 2011; to the Committee on Homeland Security 
     and Governmental Affairs.
       EC-2472. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Uniform 
     Suspension and Debarment Requirement'' (FAC 2005-53) received 
     in the Office of the President of the Senate on July 6, 2011; 
     to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs.
       EC-2473. A communication from the Senior Procurement 
     Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services 
     Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition Regulation; Unique 
     Procurement Instrument Identifier'' (FAC 2005-53) received in 
     the Office of the President of the Senate on July 6, 2011; to 
     the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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