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Part VI: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents,
Published: 2006-12-08
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13417 of December 6, 2006
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate
Disputes Between Metro-North Railroad and Certain of
Its Employees Represented by
Part V: Labor Department, Mine Safety and Health Administration,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is issuing
this final rule to revise the Agency's Emergency Temporary Standard
(ETS), which addresses standards in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), title 30, parts 48, 50, and 75. The final rule includes
requirements for increased availability and storage of selfcontained
selfrescue devices
Part IV: Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Published: 2006-12-08
This final rule finalizes the Patients' Rights Condition of
Participation (CoP) which is applicable to all Medicare and Medicaid
participating hospitals and contains standards that ensure minimum
protections of each patient's physical and emotional health and safety.
It responds to comments on the following standards presented in the
July 2, 1999
Part III: Energy Department, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005) includes amendments
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to provide for new
Federal energy efficiency and water conservation test procedures, and
related definitions, for certain consumer products and certain
commercial and industrial equipment. The amendments direct the
Department of Energy
Part II: Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Published: 2006-12-08
This rule finalizes the interim final rule with comment period
published in the Federal Register November 24, 1999 (64 FR 66234) and
the interim final rule with comment period published in the Federal
Register on October 1, 2002 (67 FR 61496). The November 1999 interim
final rule implemented sections 4801 through 4803 of the Balanced
Budget Act of
NOTICES: Congestion Initiative Urban Partnership Agreement,
Published: 2006-12-08
In May 2006, the U.S. Department of Transportation (the
``Department'') announced its National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on
America's Transportation Network (the ``Congestion Initiative''), a
bold and comprehensive national program to reduce congestion on the
Nation's roads, rails, runways, and waterways. One major component of
the Congestion
PROPOSED RULES: Fitness review policies; certain proposed amendments withdrawn,
Published: 2006-12-08
Current law requires that U.S. citizens actually control each
U.S. air carrier, that U.S. citizens own or control at least 75 percent
of the shareholders' voting interest, and that the president and two
thirds of the directors and the managing officers must be U.S.
citizens. The Department interprets this law in conducting initial and
continuing
NOTICES: Union Pacific Railroad Co.,
Published: 2006-12-08
On November 20, 2006, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) filed
with the Board a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to discontinue service over an
approximately 4.77mile line of railroad known as the Pearson
Industrial Lead, extending from milepost 133.29, near Alicia, to
milepost 129.91, near
NOTICES: Stillwater Central Railroad,
Published: 2006-12-08
Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement, Stillwater Central
Railroad (SLWC) has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to BNSF
Railway Company (BNSF) over SLWC's rail line extending between milepost
668.73 at Long, OK, and milepost 438.9 at Sapulpa, OK, a distance of approximately 229.83 miles.
The transaction is scheduled to be
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-08
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is
announcing its intention to request renewed authority for the following
collection of information: 30 CFR part 702 regarding the exemption of
coal extraction incidental to the extraction of other minerals. This
information
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Department of State has submitted the following new
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the emergency review procedures of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Type of Request: Emergency Review.
Originating Office: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Middle
NOTICES: New York Stock Exchange LLC,
Published: 2006-12-08
December 1, 2006.
I. Introduction
On September 22, 2006, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (``NYSE'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ a
proposed rule change to amend specialist
NOTICES: New York Stock Exchange LLC,
Published: 2006-12-08
November 30, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the ``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given
that on November 29, 2006, The New York Stock Exchange LLC
(``Exchange'' or ``NYSE'') filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') the proposed rule change as
NOTICES: New York Stock Exchange LLC,
Published: 2006-12-08
November 30, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on November 30, 2006, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (``Exchange'' or
``NYSE'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in
NOTICES: New York Stock Exchange LLC,
Published: 2006-12-08
December 1, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on November 30, 2006, the New York Stock Exchange LLC (``Exchange'' or
``NYSE'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in
NOTICES: National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
Published: 2006-12-08
December 1, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on August 23, 2006, the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. (``NASD'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described
NOTICES: NASDAQ Stock Market LLC,
Published: 2006-12-08
December 1, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on November 7, 2006, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (``Nasdaq''), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the
proposed rule change as described in Items I and II
NOTICES: Depository Trust Co.,
Published: 2006-12-08
December 1, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on October 10, 2006, The Depository Trust Company (``DTC'') filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') the proposed
rule change as described in Items I, II, and III,
NOTICES: American Stock Exchange LLC,
Published: 2006-12-08
November 30, 2006.
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on May 17, 2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in
NOTICES: Budget and annual accounting support fee,
Published: 2006-12-08
The SarbanesOxley Act of 2002 (the ``Act'') established the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (``PCAOB'') to oversee the audits of
public companies and related matters, to protect investors, and to
further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate
and independent audit reports. The PCAOB is to accomplish these
NOTICES: Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
Published: 2006-12-08
Upon written request, copies available from: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 20549.
Extension:
Rule 17f6; SEC File No. 270392; OMB Control No. 32350447.
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 35013520), the Securities and Exchange
PROPOSED RULES: Municipal securities disclosure; amendments,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Commission is publishing for comment proposed amendments
to a rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'')
relating to municipal securities disclosure which would delete
references to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (``MSRB'') as a
recipient of material event notices filed by or on behalf of issuers of
municipal
RULES: Chief Administrative Law Judge,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is
amending its rules to delegate authority to the Chief Administrative
Law Judge to issue orders to discontinue administrative proceedings as
to a particular respondent who has died or cannot be found, or because
of a mistake in the identity of a respondent named in the order for
NOTICES: Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (FY 2007),
Published: 2006-12-08
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service, an Agency within the
Rural Development mission area, hereby announces the maximum dollar
amount on loan and grant awards under the Rural Economic Development
Loan and Grant (REDLG) program for fiscal year (FY) 2007. This notice
is being issued prior to passage of a final appropriations bill, which
may or may
NOTICES: Rural Business Opportunity Program,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), an Agency within
the Rural Development mission area, announces the availability of
grants of up to $50,000 per application from the Rural Business
Opportunity Grant (RBOG) program for fiscal year (FY) 2007, to be
competitively awarded. For multiState projects, grant funds of up to
$150,000 will be
