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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
NOTICES
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Assessment of joint toxic action of chemical mixtures; guidance 
            manual and interaction profiles, 76768-76769


Agricultural Marketing Service
RULES
Oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and tangelos grown in--
    Florida, 76597-76599
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program, 76684


Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Commodity Credit Corporation
See  Forest Service


Army Department
See  Engineers Corps


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special 
            Emphasis Panel, 76769-76770
    Immunization Practices Advisory Committee, 76770


Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Credit Corporation
NOTICES
Domestic Sugar Program:
    2005-crop sugar marketing allotments and allocations, 76684-76686


Defense Department
See  Engineers Corps
See  Navy Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76693-76694


Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Postsecondary education:
    Higher education discretionary grant programs; selection criteria, 
            76636-76642
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76694


Election Assistance Commission
NOTICES
Help America Vote Act:
    State election plans; list, 76695-76716
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 76716


Employment and Training Administration
NOTICES
Adjustment assistance:
    Alphatech, Inc., 76782-76783
    BMC Software Inc., 76783-76784
    Burrows Paper Corp., et al., 76784-76787
    Cherry Electrical Products, 76787
    Hamilton Sundstrand, 76787
    Invista S.a.r.l. et al., 76787-76789
    JVS Fabrics, 76789
    Oxford Automotive, 76789-76790
    Set Enterprises, 76790
    Thermal & Interior Vandalia Operations of Delphi Corp., 76790


Employment Standards Administration
NOTICES
Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general 
          wage determination decisions, 76790-76791


Engineers Corps
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Lower Snake and Clearwater Rivers, WA and ID; reservoirs navigation 
            maintenance; correction, 76833


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various 
          States:
    Various States, 76617-76619
Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural 
          commodities:
    Bacillus pumilus GB34, 76619-76625
PROPOSED RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
    Test methods; Method 301 for field validation of pollutant 
            measurement methods from various waste media, 76642-76655
Air programs:
    Stratospheric ozone protection--
        Essential use allowances allocation, 76655-76660
NOTICES
Pesticide, food, and feed additive petitions:
    Valent U.S.A. Corp., 76724-76729
Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:
    Monsanto Co., 76716-76718
    MycoLogic Inc. et al., 76718-76719
    Nichino America, Inc., 76719-76724
Pesticides; emergency exemptions, etc.:
    Sodium chlorate, etc., 76729-76732
Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:
    Monsanto Co. et al., 76732-76733
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
    Clean Water Act--
        Watershed projects; section 319 nonpoint source grants awarded 
                to Indian tribes; guidelines, 76733-76739
    Superfund reimbursement of resonable costs petitions; submission 
            and review procedures; revised guidance, 76739

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Water pollution control:
    National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System--
        Gulf of Mexico OCS operations; eastern portion; oil and gas 
                extraction category; general permit, 76740-76743
        Storm water discharges from construction activities; general 
                permit, 76743-76749


Executive Office of the President
See  Presidential Documents
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States


Export-Import Bank
NOTICES
Greece; U.S. equipment, technology, and services exports to 
          photovoltaic modules fabrication facility; finance 
          application, 76749


Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Eagle Aircraft (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., 76603-76605
    Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S.A. (EMBRAER), 76605-76610
    GE Aircraft Engines, 76610-76611
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness directives:
    Teledyne Continental Motors, 76632-76635
NOTICES
Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
    Repair Station Training Program, 76829
Meetings:
    Aging Transport Systems Rulemaking Advisory Committee, 76829-76830


Federal Election Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Corporate and labor organization activity:
    Trade association's separate segregated fund; payroll deduction 
            contributions; comment request, 76628-76632
Designations, reports, and statements; timely filing by priority mail, 
          express mail, and overnight delivery service, 76626-76628


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
    Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Program, 76772-76774


Federal Housing Finance Board
NOTICES
Federal home loan bank system:
    Community support review; members selected for review; list, 76749-
            76765


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Agreements filed, etc., 76765-76766
Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
    Ace Forwarding et al., 76766
    Fidelity Logistics Corp. et al., 76766-76767
    Universe Freight Brokers, Inc., 76767


Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Motor carrier safety standards:
    Household goods brokers; motor vehicle transportation regulations; 
            comment request, 76664-76672


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 76767


Federal Trade Commission
RULES
Federal claims collection:
    Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 76611-76612
NOTICES
Fair Credit Reporting Act:
    Disclosure charges, 76767-76768


Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
    Eldorado National Forest, CA, 76686-76687
Meetings:
    Black Hills National Forest Advisory Board, 76687-76688


Health and Human Services Department
See  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  National Institutes of Health


Homeland Security Department
See  Federal Emergency Management Agency


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76775


Interior Department
See  Land Management Bureau
See  National Park Service


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Income taxes:
    Optional 10-year writeoff of certain tax preferences, 76614-76617
    S corporations; section 1374 effective dates, 76612-76614
PROPOSED RULES
Income taxes:
    S corporations; section 1374 effective dates; cross-reference, 
            76635-76636
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Taxpayer Advocacy Panels, 76831-76832


Labor Department
See  Employment and Training Administration
See  Employment Standards Administration
See  Labor Statistics Bureau


Labor Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76791-76794

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Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Resource Advisory Councils--
        Alaska, 76775
Survey plat filings:
    Wisconsin, 76775


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Center for Research Resources, 76770
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 76772
    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
            Diseases, 76771-76772
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 76771
    National Institute on Aging, 76770-76771


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
    Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone--
        Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish; correction, 76682-
                76683
Marine mammals:
    Southern Resident killer whales; threatened status listing, 76673-
            76682
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Carribean Fishery Management Council, 76688
    Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 76688-76690
    Hydrographic Services Review Panel, 76690
    New England Fishery Management Council, 76690-76691
    Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, 76691-76693


National Park Service
NOTICES
Native American human remains, funerary objects; inventory, 
          repatriation, etc.:
    Agriculture Department et al., 76775-76777
    American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 76777-76779
    Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 76779-
            76780
    Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 76780-76781
    Interior Department--
        Indian Affairs Bureau, Washington, DC, and Arizona State 
                Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 76781-76782
    Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE, 76782


Navy Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Ocean Research Advisory Panel, 76694


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
RULES
Miscellaneous amendments, 76599-76601
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76794-76795
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    AmerGen Energy Co., LLC, 76795-76796
Meetings:
    Medical Uses of Isotopes Advisory Committee, 76796


Office of United States Trade Representative
See  Trade Representative, Office of United States


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Special observances:
    Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7856), 76595-76596


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 76796-76797
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings, 76797-76798
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
    American Stock Exchange LLC, 76798-76803
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 76803-76804
    Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 76804-76806
    New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 76806-76807
    Pacific Exchange, Inc., 76807-76815
    Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 76816-76822


State Department
PROPOSED RULES
Acquisition regulations:
    Miscellaneous amendments, 76660-76664
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76822
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
    Tornillo-Guadalupe New International Bridge, El Paso County, TX; 
            international vehicular and pedestrian bridge; 
            construction, operation, and maintenance, 76822-76827


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Rail carriers:
    Control exemptions--
        Permian Basin Railways, Inc., 76830


Thrift Supervision Office
RULES
Technical amendments, 76601-76603


Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency
See  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry


Trade Representative, Office of United States
NOTICES
Trade Policy Staff Committee:
    U.S.-Oman; free trade negotiations; environmental review, 76827-
            76828
    U.S.-United Arab Emirates; free trade negotiations; environmental 
            review, 76828-76829


Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
See  Surface Transportation Board
See  Transportation Statistics Bureau


Transportation Statistics Bureau
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and 
          approvals, 76830-76831

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Treasury Department
See  Internal Revenue Service
See  Thrift Supervision Office

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                           3 CFR
Proclamations:
7856.................................................76595

                           7 CFR
905..................................................76597

                          10 CFR
19...................................................76599
34...................................................76599
40...................................................76599
55...................................................76599
60...................................................76599

                          11 CFR
Proposed Rules:
100..................................................76626
104..................................................76626
114..................................................76628

                          12 CFR
506..................................................76601
516..................................................76601
541..................................................76601
560..................................................76601
563..................................................76601
564..................................................76601
567..................................................76601
570..................................................76601

                          14 CFR
39 (3 documents).......................76603, 76605, 76610
Proposed Rules:
39...................................................76632

                          16 CFR
1....................................................76611

                          26 CFR
1 (2 documents)...............................76612, 76614
602..................................................76614
Proposed Rules:
1....................................................76635

                          34 CFR
Proposed Rules:
606..................................................76636
607..................................................76636
611..................................................76636
637..................................................76636
648..................................................76636
656..................................................76636
657..................................................76636
658..................................................76636
660..................................................76636
661..................................................76636
662..................................................76636
663..................................................76636
664..................................................76636
669..................................................76636

                          40 CFR
52...................................................76617
180..................................................76619
Proposed Rules:
63...................................................76642
82...................................................76655

                          48 CFR
Proposed Rules:
619..................................................76660
625..................................................76660
628..................................................76660
652..................................................76660

                          49 CFR
Proposed Rules:
371..................................................76664

                          50 CFR
Proposed Rules:
223..................................................76673
679..................................................76682