Volume 154, No. 114 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S6602-S6604 on July 11, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
The following communications were laid before the Senate, together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, and were referred as indicated:
EC-7090. A communication from the Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Department of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Designation of Biobased Items for Federal Procurement''
(RIN0503-AA32) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7091. A communication from the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, transmitting proposed legislation intended to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Department to collect and retain user fees for enforcement activities related to mandatory country of origin labeling; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
EC-7092. A communication from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting, pursuant to law, notification that the Average Procurement Unit Cost and Program Acquisition Cost metrics for the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program have exceeded the 25 percent critical cost growth threshold; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-7093. A communication from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting a report on the approved retirement of Major General James R. Helmly, United States Army Reserve, and his placement on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-7094. A communication from the Director, Defense Procurement, Acquisition Policy, and Strategic Sourcing, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Export-Controlled Items'' (DFARS Case 2004-D010) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Armed Services.
EC-7095. A communication from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Bank's system of internal controls for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-7096. A communication from the Director, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Financial Education Programs That Include the Provision of Bank Products and Services'' (RIN3064-AD28) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-7097. A communication from the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Bank's management report for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-7098. A communication from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Bank's system of internal controls for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-7099. A communication from the President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Bank's system of internal controls for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-7100. A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a six-month periodic report on the national emergency that was declared in Executive Order 13348 relative to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
EC-7101. A communication from the Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Department of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Trawl Catcher Processors in the Amendment 80 Limited Access Fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area'' (RIN0648-XI69) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7102. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Safety Zone Regulations (including 4 regulations beginning with USCG-2008-0341)'' (RIN1625-AA00) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7103. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Security Zone; Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts'' ((RIN1625-AA87)(USCG-2008-0301)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7104. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Mill Neck Creek, Oyster Bay, NY'' ((RIN1625-AA09)(USCG-2008-0010)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7105. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Implementation of Vessel Security Officer Training and Certification Requirements--International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended'' ((RIN1625-AB26)(USCG-2008-0028)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7106. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Regulated Navigation Areas, Safety Zones, Security Zones, and Deepwater Port Facilities; Navigable Waters of the Boston Captain of the Port Zone'' ((RIN1625-AA00)(RIN1625-AA11)(RIN1625-AA87)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7107. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Shipping; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments'' ((RIN1625-ZA18)(USCG-2008-0394)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7108. A communication from the Chief of Regulations and Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Navigation and Navigable Waters; Technical, Organizational, and Conforming Amendments'' ((RIN1625-ZA16)(USCG-2008-0179)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7109. A communication from the Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca Makila 1A and 1A1 Turboshaft Engines'' ((RIN2120-AA64)(Docket No. 2001-NE-23)) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7110. A communication from the Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report for fiscal year 2007 relative to implementation of the National Do Not Call Registry; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
EC-7111. A communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report relative to projects that have been authorized, but for which no funds have been appropriated for planning, design or construction during the preceding five full fiscal years; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7112. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illinois'' (FRL No. 8578-5) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7113. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Maryland; Amendments to the Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Portable Fuel Containers''
(FRL No. 8691-6) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7114. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wyoming; Revisions to New Source Review Rules'' (FRL No. 8692-1) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7115. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Reasonably Available Control Technology for Oxides of Nitrogen for a Specific Source in the State of New Jersey''
(FRL No. 8576-6) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7116. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry 1A.105 Protein; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance'' (FRL No. 8369-3) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7117. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``National Perchloroethylene Air Emission Standards for Dry Cleaning Facilities'' (FRL No. 8691-2) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7118. A communication from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District'' (FRL No. 8580-3) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7119. A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, an annual report relative to the activities of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 2007; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EC-7120. A communication from the Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, ``Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System''; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-7121. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Update of Weighted Average Interest Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates'' (Notice 2008-65) received on July 9, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-7122. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Change to Office to Which Notices of Nonjudicial Sale and Request for Return of Wrongfully Levied Property Must be Sent'' ((RIN1545-BF54)(TD 9410)) received on July 9, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-7123. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Coordinated Issue: Supplemental Environmental Projects'' (LMSB-04-0608-036) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-7124. A communication from the Chief of the Publications and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Escrow Accounts, Trusts, and Other Funds Used During Deferred Exchanges of Like-Kind Property'' (TD 9413) received on July 9, 2008; to the Committee on Finance.
EC-7125. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, a certification of the proposed transfer of the Baseline Phase 1R Aegis combat system equipment to several companies; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-7126. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of a proposed manufacturing license agreement for the export of defense articles to Taiwan for the development of the 721S VHF and UHF receiver-transmitter radio and an equipment cabinet; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-7127. A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the certification of an application for a license for the transfer of defense articles to South Africa in support of the manufacture of the RG-33 Family of Military Vehicles; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
EC-7128. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Office of Inspector General's Semiannual Report for the period of October 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-7129. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers--Final Priorities'' received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-7130. A communication from the Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Services, Department of Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled
``National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers--Final Priorities'' received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-7131. A communication from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the Community Services Block Grant Statistical Report and Report on Performance Outcomes for Fiscal Year 2005; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
EC-7132. A communication from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ``Prevailing Rate Systems: Definition of the New Orleans, Louisiana, Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area'' (RIN3206-AL68) received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
EC-7133. A communication from the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for the period from October 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
EC-7134. A communication from the Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled, ``Annual Report to the Congress on the Information Sharing Environment''; to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
EC-7135. A communication from the Deputy White House Liaison, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a vacancy in the position of U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, received on July 10, 2008; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
EC-7136. A communication from the Board of Trustees, National Tropical Botanical Garden, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Annual Audit Report for calendar year 2007; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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