This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 70, No. 182 

Wednesday, September 21, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 3 

[Docket No. 04–088–2] 

RIN 0579–ZA01 

Animal Welfare; Standards for Ferrets: 

Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Petition and request for 

comments; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are extending the 

comment period for our notice 

announcing the receipt of a petition 

requesting that specific standards be 

promulgated for the humane handling, 

care, treatment, and transportation of 

domestic ferrets. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on Docket No. 04–088– 

1 on or before November 18, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• EDOCKET: Go to http:// 

www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once you have 

entered EDOCKET, click on the ‘‘View 

Open APHIS Dockets’’ link to locate 

Docket 04–088–1. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. 04–088–1, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 04–088–1. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on Docket 

04–088–1 in our reading room. The 

reading room is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: You may view 

APHIS documents published in the 

Federal Register and related 

information on the Internet at http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/ 

webrepor.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jerry DePoyster, Senior Veterinary 

Medical Officer, Animal Care, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1234; (301) 734–7586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

5, 2005, we published in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 45322–45323, Docket 

No. 04–088–1) a notice in which we 

announced the receipt of, and requested 

comments on, a petition from the 

International Ferret Congress. The 

petition requested that APHIS develop 

and promulgate specific standards for 

the care and handling of domestic 

ferrets (Mustela furo). Currently, the 

standards that apply to domestic ferrets 

are set forth in 9 CFR part 3, Subpart F, 

under the generic standards for 

warmblooded animals other than dogs, 

cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, 

nonhuman primates, and marine 

mammals. 

Comments on the petition were 

required to be received on or before 

October 4, 2005. We are extending the 

comment period on Docket No. 04–088– 

1 until November 18, 2005, an 

additional 45 days from the original 

close of the comment period. This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

September, 2005. 

W. Ron DeHaven, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–18742 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 741 

Requirements for Issuance 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: NCUA proposes to amend its 

rule concerning financial and statistical 

reports to require all federally insured 

credit unions to file the same quarterly 

Financial and Statistical Report with 

NCUA. Under the amendment, all 

federally insured credits unions will file 

Form NCUA 5300 quarterly and the 

alternate Form NCUA 5300SF for credit 

unions with assets of less than ten 

million dollars will be eliminated. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 21, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods (Please 

send comments by one method only): 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• NCUA Web Site: http:// 

www.ncua.gov/ 

RegulationsOpinionsLaws/ 

proposed_regs/proposed_ regs. html. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Address to 

regcomments@ncua.gov. Include ‘‘[Your 

name] Comments on Proposed Rule 

Section 741.6,’’ in the e-mail subject 

line. 

• Fax: (703) 518–6319. Use the 

subject line described above for e-mail. 

• Mail: Address to Mary F. Rupp, 

Secretary of the Board, National Credit 

Union Administration, 1775 Duke 

Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314– 

3428. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

mail address. 

Public inspection: All public 

comments are available on the agency’s 

Web site at http://www.ncua.gov/ 

RegulationsOpinionsLaws/comments as 

submitted, except as may not be 

possible for technical reasons. Public 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information. 

Paper copies of comments may be 

inspected in NCUA’s law library, at 

1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314, by appointment weekdays