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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2007 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide

Thu, Dec 14 2006 11:00:00 GMT

EPA is finalizing an exemption to the phaseout of methyl bromide to meet the needs of 2007 critical uses. Specifically, EPA is authorizing uses that will qualify for the 2007 critical use exemption and the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced, imported, or supplied from inventory for those uses in 2007. EPA is taking action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect recent consensus Decisions taken by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) at the 17th Meeting of the Parties (MOP).

Docket No. NHTSA-2004-25441

Thu, Dec 14 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This final rule amends the agency's regulation on anthropomorphic test devices to add specifications and qualification requirements for a new midsize adult male crash test dummy, called the ``ES2re'' test dummy. The ES2re dummy has enhanced injury assessment capabilities compared to devices existing today, which allows for a fuller assessment of the types and magnitudes of the injuries occurring in side impacts and of the efficacy of countermeasures in improving occupant protection. The agency plans to use the ES2re dummy in an upgraded Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard on side impact protection.

Docket No. NHTSA 25442 RIN 2127-AJ16

Thu, Dec 14 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This final rule amends the agency's regulation on anthropomorphic test devices to add specifications and qualification requirements for the 5th percentile adult female crash test dummy, called the SIDIIs Build Level D (``SIDIIs'') test dummy. The SIDIIs dummy is instrumented in the head, thorax, abdomen and pelvis, which enables it to assess in a comprehensive manner the performance of vehicles in protecting smallstature occupants in side impacts. NHTSA plans to use the SIDIIs dummy in an upgraded Federal motor vehicle safety standard on side impact protection.

Health Services Research and Development Service Merit Review Board; Notice of Meeting

Thu, Dec 14 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public Law 92463, Federal Advisory Committee Act, that a meeting of the Health Services Research and Development Service Merit Review Board will be held march 68, 2007, at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA. Various subcommittees of the Board will meet during that period. Each subcommittee meeting of the Merit Review Board will be open to the public the first day for approximately one halfhour from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. to cover administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the program. The remaining portion of each meeting will be closed. The closed portion of each meeting will involve discussion, examination, reference to, and oral review of the research proposals and critiques.

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The purpose of the Board is to review research and development applications concerned with the measurement and evaluation of health care services, the testing of new methods of health care del