The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), an Agency within the Rural Development mission area, announces the availability of grants up to $50,000 per application from the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) Program for fiscal year (FY) 2007 for feasibility studies or feasibility and marketing studies, to be competitively awarded. The amount

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and are new, modified, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice on August 2, 2006. This notice is one of a variety of means used to inform the public about proposed contractual actions for capital recovery

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

The Regulatory Flexibility Act permits an agency head to establish, for purposes of Regulatory Flexibility Act analysis and certification, one or more definitions of ``small business concern'' that are appropriate to the activities of the agency. Pursuant to this authority, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is establishing the

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Patent and Trademark Office

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that OPIC is planning to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): OPIC 2006 Client Satisfaction Survey. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, OPIC is soliciting

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION : Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) is considering issuance of an amendment to Facility Operating License No. DPR33 issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN), Unit 1 located in Limestone County, Alabama.

The proposed amendment would delete the Technical

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Notice is hereby given that the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model license amendment request (LAR), model safety evaluation (SE), and model proposed no significant hazards consideration (NSHC) determination related to deletion of E Bar (average disintegration energy, E) definition and revision to reactor

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Date: Weeks of November 20, 27, December 4, 11, 18, 25, 2006. Place: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
Status: Public and closed.
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Week of November 20, 2006

There are no meetings scheduled for the Week of November 20, 2006. Week of November 27, 2006Tentative
Thursday,

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Licensees identified in Attachment 1 to this Order hold licenses issued in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and 10 CFR part 36
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or comparable Agreement State regulations by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) or an Agreement State authorizing possession of greater than 370

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing for public comment a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking, dated June 23, 2006, which was filed with the Commission by Sally Shaw. The petition was docketed by the NRC on November 1, 2006, and has been assigned Docket No. PRM5111. The petitioner requests that the NRC prepare a

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Summary: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91190, as amended), and the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR part 15001508), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the General Management Plan (GMP)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : National Park Service

The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Management Team (GMT) will hold a work session via conference call, which is open to the public.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a workshop on potential gear modification regulations as a part of the analysis for the Bering Sea Habitat Conservation analysis.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Trawl Survey Advisory Panel, composed of representatives from the National Marine Fisheries Service's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), and several independent scientific researchers, will hold a public meeting.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee for Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3 (CPDCS&A 5.3) was established by Charter on October 12, 2006. CPDCS&A 5.3 is the Federal Advisory Committee charged with responsibility to develop a draft Synthesis and Assessment Product that addresses CCSP Topic 5.3: ``DecisionSupport

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Notice is hereby given that NMFS, National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Seattle, WA 98102 has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 782171903 and that The Dolphin Institute (Adam A. Pack, Ph.D., Principal Investigator), 420 Ward Avenue, Suite 212, Honolulu, HI 96814 has been issued an amendment to

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS is announcing that the quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries for 2007 remain status quo. Regulations governing these fisheries require NMFS to notify the public of the allowable harvest levels for Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs from the Exclusive Economic Zone in the Federal Register if the previous year's quota

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

This notice announces receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the American Fisheries Act (AFA) Catcher Vessel Intercooperative, and the Pollock Conservation Cooperative. If granted, the EFP would allow the applicants to use a salmon bycatch reduction intracooperative agreement (ICA) in the 2007 Bering Sea pollock

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) seeks partners in a biomarker consortium to promote research on novel serum/ plasma/urine biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related risk factors including atherosclerosis, obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome. An immediate consequence of this project will be

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

NHTSA announces a Forum on Human Factors Research Necessary to Support Advanced Vehicle Safety Technologies to be held in Falls Church, Virginia. This notice announces the date, time and location of the forum, which will be open to the public with advanced registration on a spaceavailable basis.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States and foreign countries to practice the inventions described and claimed in ``Embedded Carbon Nanotube Array as High Performance Thermal Conductors'' ARC151731 and ``System

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION : National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning preaward survey forms (Standard

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : National Aeronautics and Space Administration

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR part 203, ``Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates.'' This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Minerals Management Service

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR part 254, ``OilSpill Response Requirements for Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast Line.'' This notice also

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Minerals Management Service

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD : Merit Systems Protection Board