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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.” published by Congressional Record on Dec. 27, 2012

Volume 158, No. 168 covering the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) 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 H7434-H7435 on Dec. 27, 2012.

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:

8919. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Chlorantraniliprole; Pesticide Tolerances, Technical Correction [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0029; FRL-9367-6] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

8920. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Difenzoquat; Data Call-in Order for Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0441; FRL-9372-9] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

8921. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Propiconazole; Pesticide Tolerances

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0772; FRL-9369-5] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

8922. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0010; FRL-9372-4] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

8923. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Spirotetramat; Pesticide Tolerance for Emergency Exemption [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0900; FRL-9373-2] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.

8924. 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; State of Colorado; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program -- Deletion of Final Enhanced Inspection and Maintenance Emission Cutpoint Standards [EPA-R08-OAR-2011-1004; FRL-9676-3] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8925. 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; Permits for Major Stationary Sources and Major Modifications Locating in Prevention of Significant Deterioration Areas and Permits for Major Stationary Sources Locating in Nonattainment Areas or the Ozone Transport Region [EPA-R03-OAR-2011-0926; FRL-9763-4] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8926. 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; New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; Determination of Attainment of the 2006 Fine Particle Standard [Docket No.: EPA-R02-OAR-2012-0504; FRL-9763-6] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8927. 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; Illinois; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS; Revisions to FIPs To Reduce Interstate Transport of PM2.5 and Ozone; Correction

[EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0805; EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0491; FRL-9763-3] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8928. 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; Indiana; Delaware County

(Muncie), Indiana Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets [EPA-R05-OAR-2012-0537; FRL-9762-9] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8929. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; South Carolina 110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 and 2006 Fine Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Correction [EPA-R04-OAR-2012-0238; FRL-9762-6] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8930. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources [EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334; FRL-9725-9] (RIN: 2060-AQ89) received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8931. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District [EPA-R09-OAR-2012-0274; FRL-9730-4] received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8932. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances; Withdrawal of Significant New Use Rules

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0740; FRL-9373-8] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8933. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's final rule -- Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0842; FRL-9372-8] (RIN: 2070-AB27) received December 18, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

8934. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report on progress toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus question covering the period August 1 through September 30, 2012 pursuant to Section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 as amended, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2602(g)(1); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8935. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting notification that effective September 14, 2012, the danger pay allowance for Tunisia was established based on civil insurrection, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5928; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8936. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting Transmittal No. 12-69, pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8937. A letter from the Assistant Legal Advisor for Treaty Affairs, Department of State, transmitting report prepared by the Department of State concerning international agreements other than treaties entered into by the United States to be transmitted to the Congress within the sixty-day period specified in the Case-Zablocki Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8938. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's report pursuant to section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8939. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting as required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), a six-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Belarus that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8940. A letter from the Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, transmitting the semiannual report on the activities of the Inspector General and the semiannual management report for the period ending September 30, 2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

8941. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's Fiscal Year 2012 Agency Financial Report; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

8942. A letter from the Attorny-Advisior, Office of General Counsel, Department of Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

8943. A letter from the Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board, transmitting the Board's Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Financial Report; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

8944. A letter from the Director, Office of Personnel Management, transmitting the Office's semiannual report from the office of the Inspector General and the Management Response for the period April 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012; to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

8945. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's determination on a petition on behalf of workers employed at the Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, 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.

8946. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works, Department of Defense, transmitting a comprehensive restoration plan; (H. Doc. No. 112-154); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and ordered to be printed.

8947. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States and the Government of the Republic of Guatemala Boncerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Objects and Materials from the Pre-Columbian Cultures of Guatemala, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2602(g)(1); to the Committee on Ways and Means.

8948. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a report entitled ``Assessing the Feasibility of Extending the Hospital Acquired Conditions

(HAC) IPPS Payment Policy to Non-IPPS Settings''; jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 158, No. 168