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June 3, 2011 sees Congressional Record publish “EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.”

Volume 157, No. 79 covering the 1st Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4032-H4034 on June 3, 2011.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

1812. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Triflusulfuron-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0102; FRL-8871-4] received April 19, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

1813. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides; notification to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110; FRL-8861-7] (RIN: 2010-AD30) received April 19, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

1814. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Fluopicolide; Pesticide Tolerances

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0481; FRL-8859-9] received April 19, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

1815. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting a copy of the Department of Defense

(DoD) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) Annual Report to Congress for 2011; to the Committee on Armed Services.

1816. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement; Business Systems-Definition and Administration (DFARS Case 2009-D038) (RIN: 0750-AG58) received May 10, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.

1817. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Commission's ``Major'' final rule -- Implementation of the Whistleblower Provisions of Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

[Release No.: 34-64545; File No. S7-33-10] (RIN: 3235-AK78) received May 31, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services.

1818. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor, transmitting annual report on Operations of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs for Fiscal year 2009; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

1819. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Florida; Jefferson County, Kentucky; Forsyth, Mecklenburg, and Buncombe Counties, North Carolina; and South Carolina [EPA-R04-OAR-2010-0840(a); FRL-9298-9] received April 19, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1820. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Adoption of the Revised Lead Standards and Related Reference Conditions and Update of Appendices [EPA-R03-OAR-2010-0882; FRL-9298-1] received April 18, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1821. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; South Carolina; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference [SC-200906; FRL-9286-2] received April 18, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

1822. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's report required by the Omnibus Appropriation, Public Law 105-277, Section 2215 on ``Overseas Surplus Property''; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1823. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report concerning methods employed by the Government of Cuba to comply with the United States-Cuba September 1994 ``Joint Communique'' and the treatment by the Government of Cuba of persons returned to Cuba in accordance with the United States-Cuba May 1995 ``Joint Statement'', together known as the Migration Accords; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1824. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Secretary's determination that six countries are not cooperating fully with U.S. antiterrorism efforts: Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea (DPRK), Syria, and Venezuela; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1825. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the National Emergency Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Sudan that was declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

1826. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Energy, transmitting an authorization of a noncompetitive extension of up to five years; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1827. A letter from the Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a copy of the Institution's audited financial statement for fiscal year 2010; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

1828. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting copy of the Annual Report to Congress on the Refugee Resettlement Program for the period October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008 as required by section 413(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 1523(a); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1829. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the ``21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act'', related to certain settlements and injunctive relief for the first quarter of 2011, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 530D Public Law 107-273, section 202; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1830. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination on a petition on behalf of workers from the Wah Chang facility in Albany, Oregon to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000

(EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1831. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination on a petition on behalf of workers from the Vitro Manufacturing site in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1832. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination on a petition on behalf of workers from the Norton Co. (or a subsequent owner) in Worcester, Massachusetts to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1833. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination on a petition on behalf of workers from the Grand Junction Operations Office, Grand Junction, Colorado to be added to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), pursuant to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1834. A letter from the Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, transmitting the Department's quarterly report from the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1835. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A340-541 and -642 Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2011-0310; Directorate Identifier 2010-NM-133-AD; Amendment 39-16663; AD 2011-09-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1836. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Pacific Aerospace Limited Model 750XL Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2011-0379; Directorate Identifier 2011-CE-007-AD; Amendment 39-16670; AD 2011-09-08]

(RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1837. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 172 Airplanes Modified by Supplemental type Certificate

(STC) SA01303WI [Docket No.: FAA-2010-1243; Directorate Identifier 2010-CE-058-AD; Amendment 39-16626; AD 2011-06-02]

(RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1838. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330-200 and -300 Series Airplanes, and Model A340-200 and -300 Series Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2011-0311; Directorate Identifier 2010-NM-232-AD; Amendment 39-16668; AD 2011-09-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1839. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Saab AB, Saab Aerosystems Model 340

(SAAB/SF340A)and SAAB 340B Airplanes Modified in Accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST00224WI-D, ST00146WI-D, or SA984GL-D [Docket No.: FAA-2010-0042; Directorate Identifier 2009-NM-010-AD; Amendment 39-16664; AD 2011-09-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1840. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Model 212 Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2011-0323; Directorate Identifier 2011-SW-005-AD; Amendment 39-16651; AD 2011-08-01]

(RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1841. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; CPAC, Inc. (Type Certificate Formerly Held by Commander Aircraft Corporation, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, and Rockwell International) Models 112, 112B, 112TC, 112TCA, 114, 114A, 114B, and 114TC Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2011-0302; Directorate Identifier 2011-CE-008-AD; Amendment 39-16650; AD 2011-07-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1842. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH Models TAE 125-01, TAE 125-02-99, and TAE 125-02-114 Reciprocating Engines [Docket No.: FAA-2010-0820; Directorate Identifier 2010-NE-31-AD; Amendment 39-16646; AD 2011-07-09]

(RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1843. A letter from the Program Analyst, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Airworthiness Directives; the Boeing Company Model MD-90-30 Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2010-1202; Directorate Identifier 2010-NM-167-AD; Amendment 39-16637; AD 2011-06-12] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1844. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule -- Amendments for Milk and Milk Product Containers [EPA-HQ-OPA-2008-0821; FRL-9297-3] (RIN: 2050-AG50) received April 18, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1845. A letter from the Chair, United States Section, International Commission United States and Canada, transmitting the 15th Biennial Report, pursuant to (100 Stat. 4249); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1846. A letter from the Chief, Border Security Regulations Branch, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's final rule -- Technical Amendment to List of CBP Preclearance Offices in Foreign Countries: Addition of Dublin, Ireland (CBP Dec. 11-08) received April 19, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1847. A letter from the Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the Service's final rule -- Undue Hardship Waivers and Taxpayers Choice Statement (Rev. Proc. 2011-25) received May 13, 2011, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1848. A letter from the Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting the Department's first quarterly report for fiscal year 2011 from the Office of Security and Privacy; to the Committee on Homeland Security.

1849. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification to Congress regarding the Incidental Capture of Sea Turtles in Commercial Shrimping Operations, pursuant to Public Law 101-162, section 609(b); jointly to the Committees on Natural Resources and Appropriations.

1850. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting additional legislative proposals that the Department requests to be enacted during the first session of the 112th Congress; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, House Administration, and Intelligence (Permanent Select).

1851. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting additional legislative proposals that the Department requests to be enacted during the first session of the 112th Congress; jointly to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, and the Judiciary.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 157, No. 79