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2–5–10 Vol. 75 No. 24 Friday Feb. 5 2–5–10 Friday Vol. 75 No. 24 Feb. 5, 2010 Pages 5877–6088 VerDate Nov 24 2008 18:16 Feb 04, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\05FEWS.LOC 05FEWS pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES II Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 24 / Friday, February 5, 2010 The FEDERAL REGISTER (ISSN 0097–6326) is published daily, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COPIES Monday through Friday, except official holidays, by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records PUBLIC Administration, Washington, DC 20408, under the Federal Register Subscriptions: Act (44 U.S.C. Ch. 15) and the regulations of the Administrative Paper or fiche 202–512–1800 Committee of the Federal Register (1 CFR Ch. I). The Assistance with public subscriptions 202–512–1806 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 is the exclusive distributor of the official General online information 202–512–1530; 1–888–293–6498 edition. 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VerDate Nov 24 2008 18:16 Feb 04, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\05FEWS.LOC 05FEWS pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES III Contents Federal Register Vol. 75, No. 24 Friday, February 5, 2010 Agricultural Marketing Service Commerce Department RULES See Industry and Security Bureau Change in Regulatory Periods: See International Trade Administration Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration California and Imported Table Grapes, 5879–5886 NOTICES PROPOSED RULES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Changes to Reporting Dates: Submissions, and Approvals, 5944–5945 Cranberries Grown in the States of MA, RI, CT, NJ, WI, MI, MN, OR, WA, and Long Island, NY, 5898–5899 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Revised Nomination and Balloting Procedures: Severely Disabled Cranberries Grown in the States of MA, RI, CT, NJ, WI, NOTICES MI, MN, OR, WA, and Long Island, NY, 5900–5901 Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 5967–5971 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Defense Department Submissions, and Approvals, 5940–5941 See Air Force Department See Army Department Agriculture Department See Engineers Corps See Agricultural Marketing Service NOTICES See Food and Nutrition Service 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification, 5971–5993 See Forest Service Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, See Rural Utilities Service Submissions, and Approvals, 5994–5997 NOTICES Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 5997–6002 Establishment of Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Drug Enforcement Administration Conservation Council, 6056 NOTICES Air Force Department Importers of Controlled Substances: Application, 6062 NOTICES Registration, 6061–6062 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Manufacturers of Controlled Substances: Submissions, and Approvals, 6002–6003 Registration, 6062 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 6005–6006 Education Department Army Department NOTICES See Engineers Corps Applications for Funding: NOTICES Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Exchange Program; Correction, 6006–6007 Submissions, and Approvals, 6002–6003 School Leadership Grant Program, 6007–6012 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Stationing and Operation of Joint High Speed Vessels Reading, 6012–6013 (JHSVs), 6003–6004 Energy Department Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From See Bonneville Power Administration People Who Are See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or NOTICES Severely Disabled Decisions and Orders: Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products; Bonneville Power Administration Granting Waiver to Hallowell International, etc., NOTICES 6013–6018 Availability of Records of Decisions: Meetings: Electrical Interconnection of Lower Snake River Wind Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Energy Project, 6020 Board, Hanford, 6018 Civil Rights Commission Engineers Corps NOTICES NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Utah Advisory Committee, 5943–5944 Dam Safety Assurance Program Modification Report for Wyoming Advisory Committee, 5944 the Isabella Dam Project, Kern County, CA, 6004– 6005 Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Environmental Protection Agency Safety Zone: NOTICES Dive Platform; Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, 5907–5909 Submissions, and Approvals, 6022–6025 VerDate Nov<24>2008 18:16 Feb 04, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4748 Sfmt 4748 E:\FR\FM\05FECN.SGM 05FECN pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES IV Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 24 / Friday, February 5, 2010 / Contents Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Fish and Wildlife Service Availability of EPA Comments, 6025–6026 NOTICES Weekly Receipt, 6026–6027 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Pesticide Experimental Use Permits: Federal Sport Fish Restoration; California Department of Receipt of Application; Comment Request, 6027–6028 Fish and Game Fish Hatchery and Stocking Program, Project Waiver of Section 1605 Buy American Requirement 6058–6060 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the City of LaSalle, IL, 6028–6030 Food and Drug Administration Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Lead Pb RULES Review Panel, 6030–6031 Listing of Color Additives Exempt From Certification: Revised Risk Assessment Methods for Workers, Children of Astaxanthin Dimethyldisuccinate; Confirmation of Workers in Agricultural Fields, etc., 6031 Effective Date, 5887 Paracoccus Pigment; Confirmation of Effective Date, 5887 Executive Office of the President
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