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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Fri, Dec 7 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) (collectively, the agencies) are adopting a new riskbased capital adequacy framework that requires some and permits other qualifying banks \1\ to use an internal ratingsbased approach to calculate regulatory credit risk capital requirements and advanced measurement approaches to calculate regulatory operational risk capital requirements. The final rule describes the qualifying criteria for banks required or seeking to operate under the new framework and the applicable riskbased capital requirements for banks that operate under the framework.
\1\ For simplicity, and unless otherwise indicated, this final rule uses the term ``bank'' to include banks, savings associations, and bank holding companies (BHCs). The terms ``bank holding company'' and ``BHC'' refer only to bank holding companies

Office of Protocol; Gifts to Federal Employees From Foreign Government Sources Reported to Employing Agencies in

Fri, Dec 7 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of State submits the following comprehensive listing of the statements which, as required by law, Federal employees filed with their employing agencies during calendar year 2006 concerning gifts received from foreign government sources. The compilation includes reports of both tangible gifts and gifts of travel or travel expenses of more than minimal value, as defined by statute. Also, included are gifts received in previous years including 3 gifts in 1999, 2 gifts in 2000, 1 gift in 2001, 9 gifts in 2002, 3 gifts in 2003, 13 gifts in 2004 and 28 gifts in 2005. These latter gifts and expenses are being reported in 2006 as the Office of Protocol, Department of State, did not receive the relevant information to include them in earlier reports.

Publication of this listing in the Federal Register is required by Section 7342(f) of Title 5, United States Code, as added by Section 515(a)(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978 (Pub. L. 95105, August 17, 1

Control of Emissions From New Marine Compression-Ignition Engines at or Above 30 Liters per Cylinder

Fri, Dec 7 2007 11:00:00 GMT

EPA is issuing this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to invite comment from all interested parties on our plan to propose new emission standards and other related provisions for new compressionignition marine engines with per cylinder displacement at or above 30 liters per cylinder. We refer to these engines as Category 3 marine engines. We are considering standards for achieving large reductions in oxides of nitrogen (NOX) and particulate matter (PM) through the use of technologies such as incylinder controls, aftertreatment, and low sulfur fuel, starting as early as 2011.

Category 3 marine engines are important contributors to our nation's air pollution today and these engines are projected to continue generating large amounts of NOX, PM, and sulfur oxides (SOX) that contribute to nonattainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM2.5 and ozone across the United States. Ozone and PM2.5 are associat

Exemption of Compensatory Employee Stock Options From Registration Under Section 12(G) of the Securities Exchange Act

Fri, Dec 7 2007 11:00:00 GMT

We are adopting two exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for compensatory employee stock options. The first exemption will be available to issuers that are not required to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act. The second exemption will be available to issuers that are required to file those reports because they have registered under Exchange Act Section 12 a class of security or are required to file reports pursuant to Exchange Act Section 15(d). The exemptions will apply only to the issuer's compensatory employee stock options and will not extend to the class of securities underlying those options.