[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20505-20508]
[From the U.S. 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, which were referred 
as indicated:

       EC-9285. A communication from the Deputy Secretary of 
     Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the 
     reimbursements to countries for support of U.S. military 
     operations in connection with the global war on terrorism; to 
     the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-9286. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Comptroller, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act case number 
     00-07; to the Committee on Appropriations.
       EC-9287. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Hearings and Appeals, Department of the Interior, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Special Rules Applicable to Surface Coal Mining Hearings 
     and Appeals'' (RIN1090-AA82) received on October 2 , 2002; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
       EC-9288. A communication from the Deputy Congressional 
     Liaison, Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve System, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Regulation Z (Truth in Lending)'' received on October 3, 
     2002; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs.
       EC-9289. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting , a draft of proposed legislation entitled 
     ``Black Lung Consolidation of Administrative Responsibilities 
     Act''; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
     Pensions.
       EC-9290. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Regulatory Law, Veterans Health Administration, Department 
     of Veterans' Affairs, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Priorities for Outpatient Medical 
     Services and Inpatient Hospital Care'' (RIN2900-AL39) 
     received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs.
       EC-9291. A communication from the Director of Regulations 
     and Forms Services Division, Immigration and Naturalization, 
     Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Delegating the Secretary of Labor 
     the Authority to Adjudicate Certain Temporary Agricultural 
     Worker (H-2A) Petitions'' (RIN1115-AF29) received on October 
     2, 2002; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       EC-9292. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, 
     transmitting, the report of a retirement; to the Committee on 
     Armed Services.
       EC-9293. A communication from the Director of Defense 
     Procurement, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to 
     law, the report of a rule entitled ``Overseas Use of the 
     Purchase Card in Contingency, Humanitarian, or Peacekeeping 
     Operations'' (DFARS Case 2000-D019) received on October 2, 
     2002; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9294. A communication from the Under Secretary of 
     Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, a report on Fiscal Year 2001 funds obligated 
     in support of the procurement of a vaccine for biological 
     agent Anthrax; to the Committee on Armed Services.
       EC-9295. A communication from the Acting Assistant 
     Secretary of State, Legislative Affairs, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the Affirmative Action Employment Program 
     Accomplishment Report for the period of October 1, 2000 
     through October 1, 2001; to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations.
       EC-9296. A communication from the Acting General Counsel, 
     Department of Defense, transmitting, a draft of proposed 
     legislation to extend through Fiscal Year 2003 the 
     authorities necessary to continue the unified campaign 
     against drugs and terrorism in Colombia; to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations.
       EC-9297. A communication from the Assistant Legal Adviser 
     for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of the texts and background 
     statements of international agreements, other than treaties; 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       EC-9298. A communication from the Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy, National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, General Service 
     Administration, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-09'' (FAC 2001-
     09) received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9299. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Office of 
     the Inspector General for the period October 1, 2001 through 
     March 31, 2002; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
       EC-9300. A communication from the Commissioner of the 
     Social Security Administration, transmitting, a draft of 
     proposed legislation entitled ``Supplemental Security Income 
     Program Amendments of 2002''; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9301. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled 
     ``Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Debt Restructuring Act''; 
     to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9302. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, 
     transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled 
     ``Employment Security Reform Act of 2002''; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
       EC-9303. A communication from the Regulations Coordinator, 
     Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
     Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 
     Conditions of Participation: Immunization Standards for 
     Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities, and Home Health 
     Agencies'' (RIN0938-AM00) received on October 2, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-9304. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Branch, United States Customs Service, Department of the 
     Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Duty-free Treatment for Certain Beverages Made 
     with Caribbean Rum'' (RIN1515-AC78) received on October 4, 
     2002; to the Committee on Finance.
       EC-9305. A communication from the Chief of the Regulations 
     Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Effect of Collars on Qualified Covered Calls'' (Rev. Proc. 
     2002-66, 2002-43) received on October 3, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
       EC-9306. A communication from the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual 
     Report for 2002 entitled ``Evaluation of Medicare's 
     Competitive Bidding Demonstration for Durable Medical 
     Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies''; to the 
     Committee on Finance.

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       EC-9307. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Reallocation of Projected Unused 
     Amounts of Bering Sea Subarea (BS) Pollock from the 
     Incidental Catch Account to the Directed Fisheries. This 
     Action is Necessary to Allow the 2002 Total Allowable Catch 
     (TAC) of Pollock to be Harvested'' received on October 2, 
     2002; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-9308. A communication from the Director, Office of 
     Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Closure Notice for Black Sea Bass 
     Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Quarter 3'' (RIN0648-
     AP06) received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9309. A communication from the Acting Director, Office 
     of Sustainable Fisheries, Nation Marine Fisheries Service, 
     Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``NMFS is prohibiting retention of 
     all rockfish defined in the category ``other rockfish'' in 
     Table 3 of 2002 harvest specifications and associated 
     management measures for groundfish fisheries off Alaska (67 
     FR 956, January 8, 2002) in the Bering Sea subarea of the 
     Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). NMFS 
     is required that catch of ``other rockfish'' in this area be 
     treated in the same manner as prohibited species and 
     discarded at sea with a minimum of injury. This action is 
     necessary because the amount of 2002 total allowable catch 
     (TAC) of ``other rockfish'' in this area has been achieved'' 
     received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9310. A communication from the Senior Regulations 
     Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting, the report of a 
     correction of EC 4629, a rule entitled ``Procedures for 
     Compensation of Air Carriers'' (RIN2105-AD06) that was 
     received on November 16, 2001; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9311. A communication from the Senior Transportation 
     Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 
     Department of Transportation, transmitting, the report of a 
     correction of EC 5109, a rule entitled ``Procedures for 
     Compensation of Air Carriers'' ((RIN2105-AD06)(2002-0001)) 
     that was received on January 16, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9312. A communication from the Senior Regulations 
     Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting, the 
     report of a correction of EC 9153, a rule entitled 
     ``Procedures for Compensation of Air Carriers'' ((RIN2105-
     AD06)(2002-0002)) that was received on September 25, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9313. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Modification of Class E Airspace; Tecumseh, 
     MI; Correction'' (RIN2120-AA66) received on October 4, 2002; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9314. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Eurocopter France 
     Model EC 155B Helicopters'' (RIN2120-AA64) received on 
     October 4, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-9315. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Vulcanair SpA P 
     68 Series Airplanes'' (RIN2120-AA64) received on October 4, 
     2002; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-9316. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Bombardier Model 
     CL 600 2B19 Series Airplanes'' (RIN2120-AA64) received on 
     October 4, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       EC-9317. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Bell Helicopter 
     Textron, Inc. Model 212 Helicopters'' (RIN2120-AA64) received 
     on October 4, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-9318. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Lockheed C-130A 
     Airplanes; Type Certification in the Restricted Category'' 
     (RIN2120-AA64) received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9319. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: SOCATA--Groupe 
     AEROSPATIALE Model TBM 700 Airplanes'' (RIN2120-AA64) 
     received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9320. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives; Certain Airplanes 
     Originally Manufactured by Lockheed'' (RIN2120-AA64) received 
     on October 4, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
     and Transportation.
       EC-9321. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Textron Lycoming 
     IO-540, LTIO-540, and TIO-540 Series Reciprocating Engines'' 
     (RIN2120-AA64) received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9322. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; 
     Miscellaneous Amendments (25); Amdt. No. 3024)'' (RIN2120-
     AA65) received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9323. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; 
     Miscellaneous Amendments (20); Amdt. No. 3023'' (RIN2120-
     AA65) received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9324. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Airworthiness Directives: Bombardier Rotax 
     GmbH Type 912 F and 912 S Series Reciprocating Engines'' 
     (RIN2120-AA64) received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9325. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Modification of Class E Airspace; Lapeer, 
     MI'' (RIN2120-AA66) received on October 4, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9326. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, United States Coast Guard, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Safety/Security Zone Regulations: Ponce 
     Bay, Tallaboa Bay, and Guayanilla Bay, Puerto Rico and 
     Limetree Bay, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands'' ((RIN2115-
     AA97)(2002-0192)) received on October 4, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9327. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and 
     Administrative Law, United States Coast Guard, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Shipping--Technical and Conforming 
     Amendments'' (RIN2115-AG48) received on October 4, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9328. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Modification of Class E Airspace; 
     Zanesville, OH'' (RIN2120-AA64) received on October 4, 2002 ; 
     to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9329. A communication from the Program Analyst of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 
     a rule entitled ``Modification of Class E Airspace; Athens, 
     OH'' (RIN2120-AA66) received on October 4, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9330. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``Implementation 
     Guidance for the Arsenic Rule: Drinking Water Regulations for 
     Arsenic and Clarifications to Compliance and New Source 
     Containments Monitoring''; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-9331. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; New Hampshire; Prevention of 
     Significant Deterioration (PSD) of Air Quality Permit 
     Requirement'' (FRL7376-5) received on October 7, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9332. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; State of Utah; Vehicle Inspection and 
     Maintenance

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     Programs; Salt Lake County and General Requirements and 
     Applicability'' (FRL7262-2) received on October 7, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9333. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; West Virginia; To Prevent and Control 
     Air Pollution from the Operation of Hot Mix Asphalt Plants'' 
     (FRL7391-3) received on October 7, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9334. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     Indiana'' (FRL7390-3) received on October 7, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9335. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; 
     State of Iowa'' (FRL7392-6) received on October 7, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9336. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for 
     Designated Facilities and Pollutants; Massachusetts; Plan for 
     Controlling MWC Emissions from Existing Large MWC Plants'' 
     (FRL7387-5a) received on October 7, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9337. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; State of Montana: General Conformity'' 
     (FRL7383-2) received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9338. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Volatile Organic 
     Compound Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Plans 
     and Regulation'' (FRL7374-9) received on October 2, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9339. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Pennsylvania; Allegheny County's 
     Generic VOC and NOx RACT Regulation and Revised 
     Definitions'' (FRL7389-2) received on October 2, 2002; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9340. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; West Virginia, Regulation to Prevent 
     and Control Air Pollution from the Operation of Coal 
     Preparation Plants, Coal Handling Operations and Coal Refuse 
     Disposal Areas'' (FRL7381-7) received on October 2, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9341. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Ambient Air Quality 
     Standard for Carbon Monoxide and Ozone'' (FRL7388-9) received 
     on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-9342. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; West Virginia; Ambient Air Quality 
     Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide'' (FRL7381-9) received on 
     October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9343. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality 
     Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Approval of PM10 State 
     Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions and Designation of Areas 
     for Air Quality Planning Purposes'' (FRL7374-7) received on 
     October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9344. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Clean Air Act Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plan Revision for North Dakota; 
     Revisions to the Air Pollution Control Rules; Delegation of 
     Authority for New Source Performance Standards and National 
     Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollution'' (FRL7379-8) 
     received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-9345. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the 
     Analysis of Pollutants; Measurement of Mercury in Water; 
     Revisions to EPA Method 1631'' (FRL7390-6) received on 
     October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9346. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Interim Final Determination to Stay Sanctions; Bay 
     Area Air Quality Management District'' (FRL7387-2) received 
     on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-9347. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Land Disposal Restrictions: National Treatment 
     Variance to Designate New Treatment Subcategories for 
     Radioactivity Contaminated Cadmium-, Mercury-, and Silver-
     Containing Batteries'' (FRL7390-7) received on October 2, 
     2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9348. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District and 
     South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL7380-8) 
     received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-9349. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, Bay Area Air Quality Management District'' (FRL7387-1) 
     received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works.
       EC-9350. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule 
     entitled ``Revisions to the California State Implementation 
     Plan, South Coast Air Quality Management District'' (FRL7385-
     3) received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9351. A communication from the Deputy Assistant for the 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     report of a rule entitled ``Injurious Wildlife Species; 
     Snakeheads (family Channidae)'' (RIN1018-AI36) received on 
     October 2, 2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public 
     Works.
       EC-9352. A communication from the Secretary of Agriculture 
     and the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting jointly, four 
     legislative proposals to implement the President's Healthy 
     Forests Initiative; to the Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works.
       EC-9353. A communication from the Director of the Office of 
     Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Material Safety and 
     Safeguards, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 
     ``Specification of a Probability for Unlikely Features, 
     Events and Processes'' (RIN3150-AG91) received on October 4, 
     2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9354. A communication from the Assistant Secretary for 
     Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     Department of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, 
     the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Critical Habitat for 
     Thlaspi californicum (Kneeland Prairie Penny-cress)'' 
     (RIN1018-AG92) received on October 2, 2002; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9355. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical 
     Habitat for the Appalachian Elktoe'' received on October 2, 
     2002; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9356. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, transmitting, 
     pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Endangered 
     and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation of 
     Critical Habitat for Holocarpha macradenia (Santa Cruz 
     Tarplant)'' (RIN1018-AG73) received on October 2, 2002; to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9357. A communication from the Senior Regulations 
     Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant 
     to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Procedures for 
     Compensation of Air Carriers'' ((RIN2105-AD06)(2002-0003)) 
     received on October 4, 2002; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
       EC-9358. A communication from the Chairman of the Nuclear 
     Regulatory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the 
     Commission's monthly report on the status of licensing and 
     regulatory duties for June 2002; to

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     the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
       EC-9359. A communication from the Principal Deputy 
     Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, transmitting, a report entitled ``CERCLA Future 
     Response Costs: Settlement, Billing and Collection''; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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