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1–29–10 Vol. 75 No. 19 Friday Jan. 29, 2010 Pages 4683–4972 1–29–10 Friday Vol. 75 No. 19 Jan. 29, 2010 Pages 4683–4972 VerDate Nov 24 2008 19:31 Jan 28, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\29JAWS.LOC 29JAWS mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with FEDREGWS II Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 19 / Friday, January 29, 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). 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VerDate Nov 24 2008 19:31 Jan 28, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\29JAWS.LOC 29JAWS mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with FEDREGWS III Contents Federal Register Vol. 75, No. 19 Friday, January 29, 2010 Administration on Aging Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 4788–4791 See Aging Administration Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Aging Administration NOTICES NOTICES Draft Revised Strategic Plan (FY 2010–2015), 4794 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 4824 Education Department NOTICES Agriculture Department Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, See Food and Nutrition Service Submissions, and Approvals, 4794 See Rural Housing Service Meetings: Army Department National Assessment Governing Board; Cancellation, See Engineers Corps 4794–4795 NOTICES Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing Energy Department of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Concerning Blast See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wave Sensor; Availability, 4793 NOTICES Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From Equipment: People Who Are Petition for Waiver from Daikin AC (Americas), Inc., etc., See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 4795–4801 Severely Disabled Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Decommissioning and/or Long-Term Stewardship, West Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Valley Demonstration Project and Western New York NOTICES Nuclear Service Center, 4803–4805 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Submissions, and Approvals, 4823–4825 Mercury, 4801–4802 Meetings: Meetings: Advisory Committee to the Director, Ethics Environmental Management Site–Specific Advisory Subcommittee, 4830–4831 Board, Portsmouth, 4805 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Engineers Corps NOTICES NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Submissions, and Approvals, 4825–4826 Proposed Construction of Lake Columbia, Cherokee and Smith Counties, TX, 4793 Coast Guard Relocation of New River Inlet Ebb Tide Channel, Onslow RULES County, NC, 4791–4793 Drawbridge Operation Regulation: Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, New Orleans, LA, 4693 Environmental Protection Agency Commerce Department RULES See International Trade Administration Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Implementation Plans: Montana; Revisions to Administrative Rules of Montana, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 4698–4700 Severely Disabled PROPOSED RULES NOTICES Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans: Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 4783–4785 State of California; Legal Authority, 4742–4745 State of California; San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Corporation for National and Community Service Pollution Control District, New Source Review, NOTICES 4745–4758 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4785 Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans: Defense Department Montana; Revisions to Administrative Rules of Montana, See Army Department 4758–4759 See Engineers Corps Manufacturing Import Exemption for Veolia ES Technical NOTICES Solutions, L.L.C.: 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification, 4785–4788 Polychlorinated Biphenyls; Withdrawal, 4759–4760 FY 2010 Grant Competition Announcement: Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan: Promoting Student Achievement at Schools Impacted by San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District; Military Force Structure Change, 4788 Withdrawal, 4759 VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:30 Jan 28, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4748 Sfmt 4748 E:\FR\FM\29JACN.SGM 29JACN mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with FEDREGCN IV Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 19 / Friday, January 29, 2010 / Contents NOTICES Federal Railroad Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, RULES Submissions, and Approvals, 4809–4810 Track Safety Standards: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc., 4810– Continuous Welded Rail (CWR), 4703–4705 4812 NOTICES Inquiry To Learn Whether Businesses Assert Business Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC); Working Confidentiality Claims, 4812–4815 Group Activity Update, 4904–4909 Integrated Science Assessment for Carbon Monoxide, 4815– 4816 Federal Reserve System Meetings: NOTICES Two Public Teleconferences of Chartered Science Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Advisory Board, 4816–4817 Submissions, and Approvals, 4819–4821 Receipt of a Request for an Amendment to Delete a Use in Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank a Pesticide Registration: Holding Companies, 4821 Beauveria Bassiana Strain GHA,
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