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VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:57 Jan 07, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\08JAWS.LOC 08JAWS asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with FRONTMATTER III Contents Federal Register Vol. 81, No. 5 Friday, January 8, 2016 Agriculture Department Federal Aviation Administration See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service RULES Airworthiness Directives: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service The Boeing Company Airplanes, 869 NOTICES NOTICES Petition for Determination of Nonregulated Status: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Scotts Co. and Monsanto Co.; Creeping Bentgrass Proposed Airport, Angoon, AK, 991 Genetically Engineered for Resistance to Glyphosate, Meetings: 902–903 RTCA Special Committee 214/EUROCAE WG–78: Standards for Air Traffic Data Communication Services, 990 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Federal Emergency Management Agency Meetings: NOTICES Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance, 943 Special Emphasis Panel; Initial Review, 937 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board NOTICES NOTICES Combined Filings, 928–930, 932–934 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 903 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Comanche Trail Pipeline, LLC; San Elizario Crossing Commerce Department Project, 935 See International Trade Administration Trans-Pecos Pipeline, LLC; Presidio Border Crossing See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Project, 925–926 Filings: City of Anaheim, CA, 927–928 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or City of Colton, CA, 925 Severely Disabled Heartland Consumers Power District, 933 NOTICES Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, et al. v. Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 915–917 Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., et al., 931 Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, et al. vs Defense Department Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., et al., 928, 931–932 NOTICES Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General; Arms Sales, 917–924 Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; et Meetings: al. vs. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.; Central Maine National Defense University Board of Visitors, 922 Power Co.; et al., 927 Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 927 NOTICES Hydroelectric Applications: Meetings; Sunshine Act, 924 Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, 930–931 Preliminary Permit Applications: Education Department Water District No.1 of Johnson County, KS, 926 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Federal Reserve System Submissions, and Approvals: NOTICES Loan Cancellation in the Federal Perkins Loan Program, Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank 924–925 Holding Companies, 936–937 Fish and Wildlife Service Energy Department PROPOSED RULES See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: RULES 12-Month Finding on a Petition to Downlist the West Energy Conservation Program: Indian Manatee, and Proposed Rule to Reclassify the Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerated Bottled or West Indian Manatee as Threatened, 1000–1026 Canned Beverage Vending Machines, 1028–1113 Non-subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges Environmental Protection Agency in Alaska, 886–897 NOTICES NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.; Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Availability, 936 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and Wallops Meetings: Island National Wildlife Refuge, Accomack County, Great Lakes Advisory Board, 935–936 VA, 947–948 VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:16 Jan 07, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4748 Sfmt 4748 E:\FR\FM\08JACN.SGM 08JACN asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with FRONTMATTER IV Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2016 / Contents Food and Drug Administration Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic NOTICES of China, 903–907 Guidance: Over-the-Counter Sunscreens—Safety and Effectiveness Labor Department Data, 940–941 NOTICES Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus from Donors of Submissions, and Approvals: Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Agreement Approval Process for Use of Functional Products, 937–938 Affirmative Action Programs, 970–971 Meetings: VETS’ Competitive Grant Programs Reporting, 970 Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Panel of the Requests for Information: Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 938–940 Department of Labor Research and Evaluation Plan for 2016, 967–970 General Services Administration PROPOSED RULES Land Management Bureau Federal Travel Regulation: NOTICES Incidental Expenses Definition and the Laundry, Meetings: Cleaning, and Pressing of Clothing Policy, 883–884 Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council, NM, 961– 962 Health and Human Services Department Wyoming
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