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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” published by Congressional Record on Sept. 8, 2006

Volume 152, No. 110 covering the 2nd Session of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) was published by the Congressional Record.

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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H6367-H6368 on Sept. 8, 2006.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

9241. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- 2, 6-Diisopropylnaphthalene; Time-Limited Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0373; FRL-8081-9] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9242. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Benthiavalicarb-Isopropyl; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0035; FRL-8084-6] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9243. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Paraquat Dichloride; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0664; FRL-8089-3] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9244. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Propoxycarbazone; Pesticide Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0504; FRL-8091-4] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9245. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Inert Ingredient; Revocation of the Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol (THFA) Tolerance Exemption

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0251; FRL-8082-2] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9246. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Inert Ingredients; Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0230; FRL-8084-1] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9247. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Inert Ingredient; Revocation of the Tolerance Exemption for Mono- and Bis- (1H, 2H, 2H-perfluoralkyl) Phosphates Where the Alkyl Group is Even Numbered and in the C6-C12 Range [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0253; FRL-8082-3] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9248. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Isophorone; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0582; FRL-8082-1] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

9249. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Connecticut; VOC Regulations and One-hour Ozone Attainment Demonstration Shortfall [EPA-R01-OAR-2005-CT-0001; A-1-FRL-8209-6] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9250. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois; Ford Motor Company Adjusted Standard [EPA-R05-OAR-2006-0436; FRL-8214-2] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9251. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans for Kentucky: Air Permit Regulations

[EPA-R04-OAR-2006-0337-200613(f); FRL-8216-7] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9252. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Texas; Discrete Emission Credit Banking and Trading Program [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0029; FRL-8216-5] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9253. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Texas; Emission Credit Banking and Trading Program [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0006; FRL-8216-3] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9254. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Texas; Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Cap and Trade Program for the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0033; FRL-8216-6] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9255. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions for the Mass Emissions Cap and Trade Program for the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0023; FRL-8216-4] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9256. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to the Ozone Attainment Plan for the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2005-TX-0018; FRL-8216-1] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9257. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Texas; Rules for the Control of Highly Reactive Volatile Organic Compounds in the Houston/Galveston/Brazoria Ozone Nonattainment Area [EPA-R06-OAR-2004-TX-0014; FRL-8216-2] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9258. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the Nevada State Implementation Plan [EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0464; FRL-8210-2] received September 5, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9259. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Alabama; Nitrogen Oxides Budget and Allowance Trading Program, Phase II; Correcting Amendment

[EPA-R04-OAR-2005-AL-0001-200520c; FRL-8205-2] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9260. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; State of Arizona; Finding of Attainment for Rillito Particulate Matter of 10 Microns of Less (PM10) Nonattainment Area; Determination Regarding Applicability of Certain Clean Air Act Requirements; Correction [EPA-R09-OAR-2006-AZ-0388; FRL-8206-4] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9261. A letter from the Principal Deputy Associate Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Las Vegas Valley Carbon Monoxide Attainment Plan [EPA-R09-OAR-2006-0322; FRL-8190-2] received August 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

9262. A letter from the Acting Under Secretary for Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, transmitting a report that the Department intends to expand foreign policy-based export controls on certain items to Iraq under the authority of Section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979; to the Committee on International Relations.

9263. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting pursuant to Section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and in accordance with section 1(a)(6) of Executive Order 13313, a report prepared by the Department of State and the National Security Council on the progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the period June 1, 2006 through July 31, 2006; to the Committee on International Relations.

9264. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Planning for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program,'' in accordance with Section 972(c)(5)(D) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; to the Committee on Science.

9265. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor,'' pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2464; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

9266. A letter from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, transmitting the July 2006 Quarterly Report pursuant to Section 3001(i) of Title III of the 2004 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan (Pub. L. 108-106) as amended by Pub. L. 108-375; jointly to the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations.

9267. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``The Medicare Quality Improvement Organization

(QIO) Program -- Response to IOM Study,'' as required by Section 109(d)(2) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

9268. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Report to Congress on the Evaluation of the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program for Medicare Beneficiaries for Fiscal Year 2005,'' as required by Section 1161 of the Social Security Act; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

9269. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report entitled, ``Finalizing Medicare Regulations under Section 902 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 for Calendar Year 2005''; jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

9270. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a copy of a draft bill, ``To amend the R.M.S. Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 to implement the International Agreement Concerning the Shipwrecked Vessel RMS Titanic''; jointly to the Committees on Resources, International Relations, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 152, No. 110