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practices under the Commission’s rules 

for trading facilities, implemented 

pursuant to the Commodity Futures 

Modernization Act of 2000, based on the 

Commission’s experience in applying 

those rules since they were originally 

adopted in 2001; and revise the 

application and review process for 

designation as a derivatives clearing 

organization. The original comment 

period closed on September 9, 2005. 

By letter dated September 6, 2005, the 

New York Mercantile Exchange 

(‘‘NYMEX’’) requested that the comment 

period be extended 15 days, to 

September 26, 2005. NYMEX requested 

the additional time because, due to 

current extreme energy market 

conditions, the Exchange staff will be 

unable to properly circulate its response 

and obtain the necessary committee 

approvals and other review necessary to 

file a comment prior to the original 

close of the comment period on 

September 9, 2005. 

In response to this request, and in 

order to ensure that an adequate 

opportunity is provided for the 

submission of meaningful comments, 

the Commission will reopen and extend 

the comment period on the proposed 

rules. 

DATES: Responses must be received by 

September 26, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581, attention: Office of the 

Secretariat. Comments may be sent by 

facsimile transmission to 202–418–5521 

or, by e-mail to secretary@cftc.gov. 

Reference should be made to ‘‘Proposed 

Clarifying Amendments for Exempt 

Markets, Derivatives Transaction 

Execution Facilities and Designated 

Contract Markets, and Procedural 

Changes for Derivatives Clearing 

Organization Registration 

Applications.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Heitman, Senior Special 

Counsel (telephone 202–418–5041, email dheitman@cftc.gov), Division of 

Market Oversight, or Lois Gregory, 

Special Counsel (telephone 202–418–

5521, e-mail lgregory@cftc.gov), Division 

of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2005, by the Commission. 

Jean A. Webb, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–18174 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Parts 1 and 301 

[REG–168892–03] 

RIN 1545–BD00 

Attained Age of the Insured Under 

Section 7702; Hearing Cancellation 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Cancellation of notice of public 

hearing on proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document cancels a 

public hearing on proposed regulations 

explaining how to determine the 

attained age of an insured for purposes 

of testing whether a contract qualifies as 

a life insurance contract for Federal 

Income Tax purposes. 

DATES: The public hearing originally 

scheduled for September 14, 2005 at 10 

a.m., is cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaNita Van Dyke of the Publications and 

Regulations Branch, Legal Processing 

Division, Associate Chief Counsel 

(Procedure and Administration), at (202) 

622–7180 (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of proposed rulemaking and notice of 

public hearing that appeared in the 

Federal Register on Tuesday, May 24, 

2005, (70 FR 29671), announced that a 

public hearing was scheduled for 

September 14, 2005, at 10 a.m., in the 

IRS Auditorium, Internal Revenue 

Service Building, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 

subject of the public hearing is under 

section 7702 of the Internal Revenue 

Code. 

The public comment period for these 

regulations expired on August 24, 2005. 

The notice of proposed rulemaking and 

notice of public hearing, instructed 

those interested in testifying at the 

public hearing to submit a request to 

speak and an outline of the topics to be 

addressed. As of Friday, September 09, 

2005, no one has requested to speak. 

Therefore, the public hearing scheduled 

for September 14, 2005, is cancelled. 

Guy R. Traynor, 

Acting Chief, Publications and Regulations 

Branch, Legal Processing Division, Associate 

Chief Counsel, (Procedure and 

Administration). 

[FR Doc. 05–18262 Filed 9–9–05; 2:42 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[R08–OAR–2005–UT–0003; FRL–7961–6] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; State of 

Utah; Ogden City Revised Carbon 

Monoxide Maintenance Plan and 

Approval of Related Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to take 

direct final action approving State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions 

submitted by the State of Utah. On 

November 29, 2004, the Governor of 

Utah submitted revisions to Utah’s Rule 

R307–110–12, ‘‘Section IX, Control 

Measures for Area and Point Sources, 

Part C, Carbon Monoxide,’’ which 

incorporates a revised maintenance plan 

for the Ogden carbon monoxide (CO) 

maintenance area for the CO National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). The revised maintenance 

plan contains revised transportation 

conformity budgets for the years 2005 

and 2021. In addition, the Governor 

submitted revisions to Utah’s Rule 

R307–110–35, ‘‘Section X, Vehicle 

Inspection and Maintenance Program, 

Part E, Weber County,’’ which 

incorporates a revised vehicle 

inspection and maintenance program for 

Weber County. In this action, EPA is 

approving the Ogden City CO revised 

maintenance plan, the revised 

transportation conformity budgets, the 

revised vehicle inspection and 

maintenance program for Weber County, 

and the revisions to rules R307–110–12 

and R307–110–35. This action is being 

taken under section 110 of the Clean Air 

Act. 

In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’

section of this Federal Register, EPA is 

approving the State’s SIP revisions as a 

direct final rule without prior proposal 

because the Agency views this as a 

noncontroversial SIP revision and 

anticipates no adverse comments. A 

detailed rationale for the approval is set 

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forth in the preamble to the direct final 

rule. If EPA receives no adverse 

comments, EPA will not take further 

action on this proposed rule. If EPA 

receives adverse comments, EPA will 

withdraw the direct final rule and it will 

not take effect. EPA will address all 

public comments in a subsequent final 

rule based on this proposed rule. EPA 

will not institute a second comment 

period on this action. Any parties 

interested in commenting must do so at 

this time. Please note that if EPA 

receives adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

EPA may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by RME Docket Number R08- 

OAR–2005-UT–0003, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Agency Web site: http:// 

docket.epa.gov/rmepub/index.jsp. 

Regional Materials in EDOCKET (RME), 

EPA’s electronic public docket and 

comment system for regional actions, is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: long.richard@epa.gov, 

russ.tim@epa.gov, and 

mastrangelo.domenico@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (303) 312–6064 (please alert 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing 

comments). 

• Mail: Richard R. Long, Director, Air 

and Radiation Program, Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 

Mailcode 8P-AR, 999 18th Street, Suite 

300, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466. 

• Hand Delivery: Richard R. Long, 

Director, Air and Radiation Program, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P–AR, 999 

18th Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado 

80202–2466. Such deliveries are only 

accepted Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. 

to 4:55 p.m., excluding Federal 

holidays. Special arrangements should 

be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Domenico Mastrangelo, Air and 

Radiation Program, Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 

Mailcode 8P–AR, 999 18th Street, Suite 

300, Denver, Colorado 80202–2466, 

phone (303) 312–6436, and e-mail at: 

mastrangelo.domenico@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the 

information provided in the Direct Final 

action of the same title which is located 

in the Rules and Regulations section of 

the Federal Register. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Stephen S. Tuber, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII. 

[FR Doc. 05–18233 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 197 

[FRL–7968–7] 

RIN 2060–AN15 

Opportunity to Obtain Information and 

Present Testimony on Proposed Public 

Health Environmental Radiation 

Protection Standards for Yucca 

Mountain, NV; Notice of Public 

Hearings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will conduct public 

hearings to receive comments on its 

proposed amendments to the Public 

Health and Environmental Radiation 

Protection Standards for Yucca 

Mountain, Nevada in Amargosa Valley, 

NV; Las Vegas, NV; and Washington, 

DC. 

The amended proposed standards 

were published in the Federal Register 

on August 22, 2005. The 60-day public 

comment period closes on October 21, 

2005. 

DATES: The schedule for the hearings is 

as follows: 

• Amargosa Valley, NV, October 3, 

2005, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This hearing 

will be preceded by an information 

session from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and a 

roundtable discussion from 5:30 p.m. to 

6:30 p.m. 

• Las Vegas, NV, October 4, 2005, 

from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This hearing will 

be preceded by an information session 

from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and a 

roundtable discussion from 5:30 p.m. to 

6:30 p.m. 

• Las Vegas, NV, October 5, 2005, 

from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. This hearing 

will be preceded by an information 

session from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

• Washington, DC, October 11, 2 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. This hearing will be preceded 

by an information session from 1 p.m. 

to 2 p.m. Specific locations for each city 

are detailed in the next section, 

ADDRESSES. Procedures for 

preregistering for and testifying at these 

public hearings are detailed in the 

‘‘’Hearings Procedures’’’ subsection 

(under Unit II) of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

ADDRESSES: EPA’s public hearings to 

receive comments on the Agency’s 

amended proposed radiation protection 

standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada 

will be held on: 

• October 3, 2005 at the Amargosa 

Valley Community Center, 821 East 

Farm Road, Amargosa Valley, NV; 

• October 4 and 5, 2005 at The 

Cashman Center, 850 North Las Vegas 

Blvd, Las Vegas, NV; 

• October 11, 2005 at the EPA East 

Building, Room 1153, 1202 Constitution 

Ave, NW. (Federal Triangle Metro Stop). 

For additional information regarding the 

purpose and format of the hearings, 

please refer to Unit II of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. OAR–2005–0083, by one 

of the following methods: 

• Electronically: If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed 

below, EPA recommends that you 

include your name, mailing address, 

and an e-mail address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case we cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or we need 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that we 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

we may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Agency Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, EPA’s