[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 168 (Thursday, December 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H7434-H7435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       8919. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Chlorantraniliprole; Pesticide 
     Tolerances, Technical Correction [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0029; FRL-
     9367-6] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8920. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Difenzoquat; Data Call-in Order for 
     Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0441; FRL-9372-9] 
     received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8921. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Propiconazole; Pesticide Tolerances 
     [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0772; FRL-9369-5] received December 18, 
     2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       8922. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-
     HQ-OPP-2012-0010; FRL-9372-4] received December 18, 2012, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 
     Agriculture.
       8923. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Spirotetramat; Pesticide Tolerance for 
     Emergency Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0900; FRL-9373-2] 
     received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       8924. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; State of Colorado; Motor 
     Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program -- Deletion of 
     Final Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Emission Cutpoint 
     Standards [EPA-R08-OAR-2011-1004; FRL-9676-3] received 
     December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8925. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Permits for Major Stationary 
     Sources and Major Modifications Locating in Prevention of 
     Significant Deterioration Areas and Permits for Major 
     Stationary Sources Locating in Nonattainment Areas or the 
     Ozone Transport Region [EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0926; FRL-9763-4] 
     received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8926. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; New York, New Jersey, and 
     Connecticut; Determination of Attainment of the 2006 Fine 
     Particle Standard [Docket No.: EPA-R02-OAR-2012-0504; FRL-
     9763-6] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8927. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; Infrastructure SIP 
     Requirements for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Revisions to FIPs To 
     Reduce Interstate Transport of PM2.5 and Ozone; Correction 
     [EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0805; EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0491; FRL-9763-3] 
     received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8928. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; Delaware County 
     (Muncie), Indiana Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved 
     Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets [EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0537; FRL-
     9762-9] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8929. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of 
     Implementation Plans; South Carolina 110(a)(1) and (2) 
     Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 and 2006 Fine 
     Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards; 
     Correction [EPA-R04-OAR-2012-0238; FRL-9762-6] received 
     December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8930. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- National Emissions Standards for 
     Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area 
     Sources [EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334; FRL-9725-9] (RIN: 2060-AQ89) 
     received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8931. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California

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     State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution 
     Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0274; FRL-9730-4] received 
     December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8932. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rule on Certain 
     Chemical Substances; Withdrawal of Significant New Use Rules 
     [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0740; FRL-9373-8] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received 
     December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8933. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management 
     Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the 
     Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rules on Certain 
     Chemical Substances [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0842; FRL-9372-8] (RIN: 
     2070-AB27) received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       8934. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on 
     progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question 
     covering the period August 1 through September 30, 2012 
     pursuant to Section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 as amended, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2602(g)(1); to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       8935. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification that 
     effective September 14, 2012, the danger pay allowance for 
     Tunisia was established based on civil insurrection, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 5928; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       8936. A letter from the Director, Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 12-69, 
     pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       8937. A letter from the Assistant Legal Advisor for Treaty 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting report prepared by 
     the Department of State concerning international agreements 
     other than treaties entered into by the United States to be 
     transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period 
     specified in the Case-Zablocki Act; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       8938. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report pursuant to section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       8939. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the 
     National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 
     204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 
     U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national 
     emergency with respect to Belarus that was declared in 
     Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs.
       8940. A letter from the Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission, transmitting the semiannual report on the 
     activities of the Inspector General and the semiannual 
     management report for the period ending September 30, 2012; 
     to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       8941. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     Fiscal Year 2012 Agency Financial Report; to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform.
       8942. A letter from the Attorny-Advisior, Office of 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.
       8943. A letter from the Chairman, Merit Systems Protection 
     Board, transmitting the Board's Fiscal Year 2012 Annual 
     Financial Report; to the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform.
       8944. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel 
     Management, transmitting the Office's semiannual report from 
     the office of the Inspector General and the Management 
     Response for the period April 1, 2012 through September 30, 
     2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
       8945. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination 
     on a petition on behalf of workers employed at the Mound 
     Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, to be added to the Special 
     Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 
     (EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       8946. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, 
     Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting a 
     comprehensive restoration plan; (H. Doc. No. 112-154); to the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and ordered to 
     be printed.
       8947. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Memorandum of 
     Understanding Between the United States and the Government of 
     the Republic of Guatemala Boncerning the Imposition of Import 
     Restrictions on Archaeological Objects and Materials from the 
     Pre-Columbian Cultures of Guatemala, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
     2602(g)(1); to the Committee on Ways and Means.
       8948. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting a report entitled ``Assessing 
     the Feasibility of Extending the Hospital Acquired Conditions 
     (HAC) IPPS Payment Policy to Non-IPPS Settings''; jointly to 
     the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

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