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to continue selection of cases for these 

tests beyond this date, we will publish 

another notice in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil 

Landis, Office of Disability 

Determinations, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235–

6401, 410–965–5388. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current 

regulations at 20 CFR 404.906 and 

416.1406 authorize us to test, 

individually, or in any combination, 

different modifications to the disability 

determination procedures. We have 

conducted several tests under the 

authority of these rules, including a 

prototype that incorporates a number of 

modifications to the disability 

determination procedures that the State 

agencies use. The prototype included 

three redesign features, and we 

previously extended the tests of two of 

those features: the use of a single 

decisionmaker, in which a disability 

examiner may make the initial disability 

determination in most cases without 

requiring the signature of a medical 

consultant; and elimination of the 

reconsideration level of review. We are 

now announcing a further extension of 

the testing of these two features. 

We also have conducted another test 

involving the use of a single 

decisionmaker who may make the 

initial disability determination in most 

cases without requiring the signature of 

a medical consultant. We are also 

extending the period during which we 

will select cases to be included in this 

test of the single decisionmaker feature. 

Extension of Testing of Some Disability 

Redesign Features 

On August 30, 1999, we published in 

the Federal Register a notice 

announcing a prototype that would test 

a new disability claims process in 10 

States, also called the prototype process 

(64 FR 47218). On December 23, 1999, 

we published a notice in the Federal 

Register (65 FR 72134) extending the 

period during which we would select 

cases to be included in a separate test 

of the single decisionmaker feature. In 

these notices, we stated that selection of 

cases was expected to be concluded on 

or about December 31, 2001. We also 

stated that, if we decided to continue 

the tests beyond that date, we would 

publish another notice in the Federal 

Register. We subsequently published 

notices in the Federal Register 

extending selection of cases for these 

tests. Most recently, on December 10, 

2003, we published a notice extending 

selection of cases for the tests until no 

later than September 30, 2005 (68 FR 

68963). We also stated that, if we 

decided to continue selection of cases 

for these tests beyond that date, we 

would publish another notice in the 

Federal Register. We have decided to 

extend selection of cases for two 

features of the prototype process (single 

decisionmaker and elimination of the 

reconsideration step), and the separate 

test of single decisionmaker beyond 

September 30, 2005. We expect that our 

selection of cases for these tests will end 

on or before September 30, 2006. 

This extension also applies to the 

locations in the State of New York that 

we added to the prototype test in a 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on December 26, 2000 (65 FR 81553). 

Dated: September 16, 2005. 

Martin H. Gerry, 

Deputy Commissioner for Disability and 

Income Security Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–19123 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5194] 

Bureau of International Security and 

Nonproliferation; Extension of Waiver 

of Missile Proliferation Sanctions 

Against Chinese Government 

Activities 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: A determination has been 

made to extend the waiver of import 

sanctions against certain activities of the 

Chinese Government that was 

announced on September 19, 2003, 

pursuant to the Arms Export Control 

Act, as amended. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vann H. Van Diepen, Office of 

Chemical, Biological and Missile 

Nonproliferation, Bureau of 

International Security and 

Nonproliferation, Department of State 

(202–647–1142). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

determination was made on March 17, 

2005, pursuant to section 73(e) of the 

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2797b(e)) that it was essential to the 

national security of the United States to 

waive for a period of six months the 

import sanction described in Section 

73(a)(2)(C) of the Arms Export Control 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(C)) against 

the activities of the Chinese Government 

described in section 74(a)(8)(B) of the 

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2797c(a)(8)(B))—i.e., activities of the 

Chinese government relating to the 

development or production of any 

missile equipment or technology and 

activities of the Chinese government 

affecting the development or production 

of electronics, space systems or 

equipment, and military aircraft (see 

Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 182, 

Friday, Sept. 19, 2003). This action was 

effective on March 18, 2005. 

On September 14, 2005, a 

determination was made pursuant to 

section 73(e) of the Arms Export Control 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(e)) that it is 

essential to the national security of the 

United States to extend the waiver 

period for an additional six months, 

effective from the date of expiration of 

the previous waiver (September 18, 

2005). 

These measures shall be implemented 

by the responsible agencies as provided 

in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 

1993. 

Dated: September 21, 2005. 

Stephen G. Rademaker, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for 

International Security and Nonproliferation, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 05–19274 Filed 9–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–27–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Tennessee 

Valley Authority (Meeting No. 1561). 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (EDT), September 

28, 2005; TVA West Tower Auditorium, 

400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, 

Tennessee. 

STATUS: Open. 

AGENDA: Approval of minutes of meeting 

held on July 22, 2005. 

New Business 

E—Real Property Transactions 

E1. Sale at public auction of 

approximately 578 acres of TVA land on 

Nickajack Reservoir in Marion County, 

Tennessee, Tract No. XNJR–21. 

E2. Sale of a permanent easement to 

Dennis Patel for an access road to a new 

Hampton Inn, affecting approximately .3 

acre of TVA land on Guntersville 

Reservoir in Marion County, Tennessee, 

Tract No. XGR–763AR. 

E3. Grant of a 30-year term public 

recreation easement, with conditional 

options to renew for additional 30-year 

terms, affecting approximately 20.3 

acres of TVA land on Douglas Reservoir 

in Jefferson County, Tennessee, Tract 

No. XTDR–36RE. 

E4. Modification of certain deed 

restrictions affecting approximately 93 

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acres of former TVA land on 

Chickamauga Reservoir in Hamilton 

County, Tennessee, Tract No. XCR–53, 

S.1X, to allow residential development 

on 18 acres of said tract and prohibit 

development (other than roads and 

infrastructure) upon the remaining 75 

acres of the tract. 

E5. Modification of certain deed 

restrictions affecting approximately 16.8 

acres of former TVA land on Melton Hill 

Reservoir in Anderson County, 

Tennessee, Tract No. XMHR–49, S.1X, 

to allow the city of Clinton, Tennessee, 

to develop a sports complex on the 

property and approval of a land use 

allocation change to the Melton Hill 

Reservoir Land Management Plan to 

reallocate a .9-acre portion of this tract 

from industrial development to 

recreational development. 

F—Other 

F1. Approval to file condemnation 

cases to acquire easements and rights-ofway for transmission line projects 

affecting the Richard City—Scottsboro 

Transmission Line in Jackson County, 

Alabama. 

C—Energy 

C1. Delegation of authority to the 

Executive Vice President, Fossil Power 

Group, to enter into a term contract with 

Canal Barge Company Inc. for barge 

transportation of coal to Colbert and 

Johnsonville Fossil Plants. 

Information Items 

1. Approval of Board member 

participation in Board meetings by 

telephone or other means due to 

incapacity for the period beginning 

September 12, 2005, and extending 

through December 31, 2005. 

2. Approval of a plan to match cash 

or check contributions by employees or 

retirees through the CFC to Hurricane 

Katrina relief organizations for the 

period September 2–16, 2005. 

3. Approval of temporary policy 

revisions related to distributors who 

have given notice of contract 

termination. 

4. Approval of changes to the risk 

management structure at TVA. 

5. Approval of delegation of authority 

to the Director, TVA Police, to designate 

TVA employees as law enforcement 

officers for an interim period 

commencing on August 22, 2005, and 

ending December 31, 2005. 

6. Approval of a contract with Blue 

Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for 

dental benefit services. 

7. Approval of the sale at public 

auction of the Aquatic Biology Lab 

Buildings, affecting approximately 3.2 

acres, Tract No. XNR–911, and an 

associated utility easement, Tract No. 

XNR–912E, in Norris, Tennessee. 

8. Approval to enter into a contract 

with Staples Business Advantage for 

office supplies, equipment, and forms 

management services. 

9. Approval of the sale at public 

auction of leasehold interests to the 

Public Power Institute building and of 

approximately 1.9 acres of associated 

land on TVA’s Muscle Shoals 

Reservation in Colbert County, 

Alabama, Tract No. X2NPT–21. 

10. Approval of modifications to 

grants of easements affecting 52 acres of 

land on the Wilson Dam Reservation in 

Lauderdale County, Alabama, to 

facilitate the construction and operation 

of a public park and an adjacent hotel/ 

convention center complex, Tract Nos. 

XWDNC–1E, XTWDNC–1RE, and 

XWDR–9E. 

11. Approval of abandonment of 

certain transmission line easement 

rights affecting approximately 1.43 

acres, Tract Nos. BWG–5 and BWG–6, 

contingent upon Blue Ridge Mountain 

EMC providing transmission line 

easement rights satisfactory to TVA 

affecting approximately 2.07 acres of 

land, Tract No. BWG–5A, all in Union 

County, Georgia. 

12. Approval of a membership 

appointment of Don Gowan to the 

Regional Resource Stewardship Council. 

13. Approval of TVA’s contribution to 

the TVA Retirement System for Fiscal 

Year 2006. 

14. Approval of the 2005 edition of 

the Transmission Service Guidelines. 

For more information: Please call 

TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–6000, 

Knoxville, Tennessee. Information is 

also available at TVA’s Washington 

Office (202) 898–2999. People who plan 

to attend the meeting and have special 

needs should call (865) 632–6000. 

Anyone who wishes to comment on any 

of the agenda in writing may send their 

comments to: TVA Board of Directors, 

Board Agenda Comments, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902. 

Dated: September 21, 2005. 

Maureen H. Dunn, 

General Counsel and Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–19231 Filed 9–22–05; 3:29 pm] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) received 

a request for a waiver of compliance 

with certain requirements of its safety 

standards. The individual petition is 

described below, including the party 

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions 

involved, the nature of the relief being 

requested, and the petitioner’s 

arguments in favor of relief. 

The Rarus Railway Company 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2005–

22131] 

The Rarus Railway Company (RAR), 

seeks a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Safety Glazing 

Standards, 49 CFR 223, that requires 

certified glazing for two passenger cars, 

RARW 802 and RARW 805. The RAR is 

located in Anaconda, Montana. The 

RAR states they operate as a seasonal 

excursion train and will not operate as 

a commuter railroad. The cars will 

operate in a rural area over 

approximately 26 miles of track at a 

speed not exceeding 25 miles per hour. 

The RAR states that the cost of 

retrofitting a total of 58 windows for 

each car to accept FRA safety glazing 

will be cost prohibitive with 

consideration given to the type of 

operation the RAR performs. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number 2005–22131) 

and must be submitted to the Docket 

Clerk, DOT Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Communications received within 

45 days of the date of this notice will 

be considered by FRA before final 

action is taken. Comments received after 

that date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the