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Memorandum of December 8, 2006

Designation of Officers of the Department of Justice
Memorandum for the Attorney General
By the authority vested in me as

Presidential Documents : Treasury Department

Senate Report 109-109, which accompanied HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 appropriations act, provides for HUD to reassess through notice and comment rulemaking its use of multirace data in the computation of the Need component of the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program allocation formula. Through the IHBG program, HUD provides Federal housing

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Treasury Department

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is adopting amendments to the rules and forms under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') to require that the forms filed with respect to transfer agent registration, annual reporting, and withdrawal from registration be filed with the Commission electronically. The

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Treasury Department

Announcement Type: New Grant.

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/PE/C0701.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.415.

Key Dates:

Application Deadline: February 16, 2007.

Executive Summary: The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for grants that

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : Treasury Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement section 1432 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. Title XIV of the Act, referred to as the Services Acquisition Report Act of 2003

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Treasury Department

This document is issued under the joint authority of the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This Small Entity Compliance Guide has been prepared in accordance with Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996. It

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Treasury Department

This document summarizes the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council in this Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 200515. A companion document, the Small Entity Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this FAC. The FAC, including the SECG, is available

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Treasury Department

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify payment procedures for TimeandMaterials (T&M) and LaborHour (LH) Contracts.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE : Treasury Department

This final rule implements the provision of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 that gives the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to promulgate regulations for the operation and administration of the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), thereby making it a permanent program rather than a competitive grant. The

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Treasury Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for the Laguna Mountains skipper (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 6,242 acres (ac) (2,525 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. The critical

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Treasury Department

December 6, 2006.

The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following public information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Treasury Department

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over BNSF's lines between milepost 146.0, Hobart, CA, and milepost 9.8, Riverside, CA, a distance of approximately 55 miles.\1\
\1\ Total mileage does not correspond to the milepost
designations of the endpoints because

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

The Surface Transportation Board has received a request from Covington & Burling on behalf of Union Pacific Corporation (WB4688 12/1/06), for permission to use certain data from the Board's 2005 Carload Waybill Sample. A copy of the request may be obtained from the Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration.

The waybill

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of

DEPARTMENT OF STATE : State Department

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Hawaii (FEMA1664 DR), dated 10/23/2006.

Incident: Kiholo Bay Earthquake.

Incident Period: 10/15/2006 and continuing.

Effective Date: 10/23/2006.

Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/22/2006.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION : Small Business Administration

In a Federal Register notice published on November 6, 2006 (71 FR 6498264983), and pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and 40 CFR 1508.22, the Department of the Interior (Department), acting through the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), provided notice that the Department intends to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau

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Presidential Determination No. 2007-5 of November 27, 2006

Waiving the Prohibition on the Use of Fiscal Year 2006 Economic Support Funds With Respect to Various

Presidential Documents : Presidential Documents

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Presidential Determination No. 2007-4 of November 22, 2006

Presidential Determination on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance With Respect to

Presidential Documents : Presidential Documents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Title: Patent Cooperation

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE : Patent and Trademark Office

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The Licensees, identified in Attachment 1 \1\ to this Order, hold licenses issued in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) or an Agreement State, authorizing them to possess and transfer items containing radioactive material quantities of concern. The NRC intends to issue

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Date: Weeks of December 11, 18, 25, 2006, January 1, 8, 15, 2007. Place: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.
Status: Public and Closed.
Matters to Be Considered:
Week of December 11, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006

1:30 p.m.

Briefing on Status of Decommissioning Activities (Public Meeting) (Contact: Keith

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION : Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NMFS announces that the Atlantic bluefish commercial quota available to New York has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the Atlantic bluefish fishery may not land bluefish in New York for the remainder of calendar year 2006, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer. Regulations governing

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NICEATM in collaboration with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) announces an independent scientific peer review meeting to evaluate the validation status of five in vitro pyrogenicity test methods: (1) Human PBMC/IL6 in vitro pyrogen test (PBMC/IL6), (2) human whole blood/IL1 in vitro pyrogen

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

The CERHR announces the availability of the draft expert panel report for bisphenol A on December 15, 2006, from the CERHR Web site (http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov) or in printed text from CERHR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting.

The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health