March 23, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register March 23, 2009

View all documents issued on March 23, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

109 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 23, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 04-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) intention...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection for the Floriculture S...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection, the Egg, Chicken, and...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Change to Fiscal Period:

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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule changing the fiscal period prescribed under the tart cherry marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of tart cherries grown in M...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Decreased Assessment Rate:

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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim final rule which decreased the assessment rate established for the Kiwifruit Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2008-09 and subsequent fiscal peri...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Guidelines (40 CFR Part 1500); and the Natural Resources Conservation Service Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural Resources Cons...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Meetings:

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The Fresno County Resource Advisory Committee will be meeting in Clovis, California on April 2nd. The purpose of the meeting on April 2nd will be to approve and vote on projects that have been submitted for funding.
Notice Mar 23, 2009
This notice is published in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Meeting notice is hereby given for the Ouachita-Ozark Resource Advisory Committee pursuant to Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Se...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Solicitation of Input from Stakeholders:

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Section 7403 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246) (FCEA) amended section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)) to provide the opportunity for 1862 and 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, including Tuskegee University...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations:

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We are amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations to establish two separate zones with different tuberculosis risk classifications for the State of New Mexico. The entire State of New Mexico has been classified as modified accredited advanced; howe...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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NOAA published a final revised management plan and revised regulations for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) January 16, 2009 (74 FR 3216). Under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the final regulations automatically take effect...
Rule Mar 23, 2009
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is accepting orders for the 2009 edition of the Export Administration (EA) Regulations, which should be available on or about April 5, 2009. The EA Regulations are meant to protect the United States f...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Antidumping:

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Commodity Matchbooks from India
Notice Mar 23, 2009
On December 22, 2008, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of Commerce (the Department) results of redetermination pursuant to the CIT remand and entered final judgment in Husteel Company, Ltd. and SeAH Corp.,...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska:

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This notice announces receipt of an exempted fishing permit (EFP) application from the Best Use Cooperative (BUC). If granted, this permit would allow three BUC vessels to remove halibut from a codend on the deck, and release those fish back to the w...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Regulations:

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NOAA published final revised management plans and revised regulations for the Gulf of the Farallones, Cordell Bank, and Monterey Bay national marine sanctuaries (GFNMS, CBNMS, and MBNMS respectively) on November 20, 2008 (73 FR 70488). Under the Nati...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, Pub. L. 97-375 and Pub. L. 105-153), we are announcing a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee. The meeting will addr...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Permits:

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NMFS publishes for public review and comment information regarding a permit application for transshipment of Atlantic herring by Canadian vessels, submitted under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-St...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is promulgating final rules to implement those provisions of the CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008 ("Reauthorization Act") \1\ relating to exempt commercial markets ("ECMs") on which si...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The U.S. Marine Corps is proposing to alter system of records notice to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Mar 23, 2009
The National Security Agency (NSA) is proposing to amend a system of records notice in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.65, the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewi...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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A notice of availability was published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register (74 FR 5652) on January 30, 2009 for the Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC) Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impac...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010:

Title Type Published
The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) announces the Institute's FY 2010 competitions for grants to support education research and special education research. The Director takes this action under the Education Sciences Reform...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The EIA is soliciting comments on the proposed three-year extension to Form NWPA-830R, "Appendix G--Standard Remittance Advice for Payment of Fees (including Annex A and Annex B to Appendix G)."
Notice Mar 23, 2009
The Department of Energy (DOE) is publishing this technical amendment to place the energy conservation standards and test procedures, and related definitions, prescribed in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) for certain cons...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Rate Approval Petitions:

Title Type Published
Enbridge Pipelines (Louisiana Intrastate) L.L.C
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
EPA has made a proposed determination that reduction in expenditures of non-Federal funds for the Washoe County District Health Department (WCDHD) in Reno, Nevada are a result of county-wide non- selective reductions in expenditures. This determinati...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Meetings:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Chartered SAB to: discuss EPA's long range strategic research directions, discuss the FY 2010 EPA research budget, and plan for futu...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Settlement Agreements, etc.:

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In accordance with Section 122 (h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Malone Service Co...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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The FDIC is issuing this Interim Rule to amend the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP) by providing a limited extension of the Debt Guarantee Program (DGP) for insured depository institutions (IDIs) participating in the DGP. The extended DGP...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service logo Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Title Type Published
This notice announces that seven information collection requests contained among the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), Labor Management Corporation Program have come up for renewal. FMCS will submit to the Office of Management and Bu...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Capital Adequacy Guidelines:

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This final rule delays the March 31, 2009, implementation date for certain amendments to the Board's capital adequacy guidelines for bank holding companies on trust preferred securities and the definition of capital published by the Board in the Fede...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Bureau of Health Professions All-Advisory Committee
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Center for Scientic Review
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Council on Graduate Medical Education
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Human Development
Notice Mar 23, 2009
With this notice, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces a public meeting and requests input from interested parties on issues that the agency will consider as it develops regulatio...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Initial Review Group
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institue of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Mar 23, 2009
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this request for comments announces that the U.S. Coast Guard is forwarding an Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA),...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form G- 639, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Request; OMB Control No. 1615- 0102.
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Safety Zone:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes establishing a safety zone on the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of Ocean City, MD to support the Ocean City Air Show. This action is intended to restrict vessel traffic on the Atlantic Ocean to protect mariners from the haza...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2009
The Coast Guard is adopting the interim safety zone published on December 29, 2008, as a temporary final rule. This rule creates a safety zone for a portion of the Saugus River in Lynn, Massachusetts as requested by the Massachusetts Highway Departme...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Weekly Listing of Historic Properties
Notice Mar 23, 2009

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of 30 U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 3108.2-3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease COC62063 from Red Willow Production, LLC for lands in Jackson County,...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
In accordance with Title IV of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (Pub. L. 97-451), OXY USA Inc. timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas lease UTU82533 for lands in Sanpete County, Utah, and it was accompanied by all requ...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
At the direction of the Acting United States Trade Representative (USTR) in letters received on March 3, 2009 and March 10, 2009, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) has terminated its investigation with respect to the following arti...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the commencement by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission ("Commission") of a program for adjudication of a certain category of claims of United States nationals against the Government of Libya, as defined below, which were s...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Adjustment Assistance; Applications, Determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
General Motors Corp. et al.; Messena, NY
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Indiana Handle Co., Paoli, PA
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Kensington WIndows, Inc., Vandergrift, PA
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Modine Manufacturing, Truck Division, Lawrenceburg, TN
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Olympic Panel Products, Shelton, WA
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Panasonic Electric Devices Corp., General Administrative, Product Engineering, Switch Engineering; Knoxville, TN
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Road and Rail Service, Venice, Ill
Notice Mar 23, 2009
United States Steel, Granite City Works, Granite City, Ill
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Termination of Investigations:

Title Type Published
Valentine Tool and Stamping, Inc., Norton, MA
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Copyright Office makes royalty rate adjustments for satellite carriers based upon changes in the Consumer Price Index. This year, the change in the Consumer Price Index for the relevant time period was 0.03%, a change so small that the rates rema...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request reinstatement of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), we are providing an opportunit...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Polar Programs
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the provisions of the Pa...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Order for Implementation of Additional Security Measures and Fingerprinting for Unescorted Access:

Title Type Published
Issuance of order for implementation of additional security measures and fingerprinting for unescorted access to Exelon Generation Company, LLC.
Notice Mar 23, 2009

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding two (2) Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Manag...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act, and under section 6(c) of the Act for an exemption from rule 12d1- 2(a) under the Act.
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Exemption Under Section 312 of the Small Business Investment Act, Conflicts of Interest:

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Title of Information Collection: Request for Commodity Jurisd...
Notice Mar 23, 2009
The Department of State hereby gives notice that, on March 16, 2009, it received from the chairman of the Anzalduas Bridge Board, acting on behalf of the mayors of McAllen, Hidalgo, and Mission, Texas, a request to amend the Presidential permit that...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The United States Department of State published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on January 28, 2009 (74 FR 5019), announcing its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone international pipeline pro...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Preparations for Holocaust Era Assets Conference: Town Hall Follow-up Meetings on Looted Art, Immovable Property, etc.
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, United States Highway 290 (US 290), east of Austin, beginning at U....
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Airworthiness Directives

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
Rule Mar 23, 2009

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) Model A109E, A109S, A119, and AW119MKII helicopters. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation autho...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2009
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (BHTC) Model 427 helicopters. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by the aviation authority of Canada...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2009
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800 and -900 series airplanes. The original NPRM would have required sealing the fasteners on the front and rear spars inside the main fu...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2009
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all McDonnell Douglas Model MD-90-30 airplanes. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections for cracks of the upper aft skin panels on the horizontal stabilizer, and related investi...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2009

Approval of Noise Compatibility Program

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Connecticut Department of Transportation under the provisions of Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub....
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of $17 million in funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program (Tribal Transit Program (TTP)), a program authorized by the Sa...
Notice Mar 23, 2009

Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers:

Title Type Published
By notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on December 31, 2008 (73 FR 80349), FRA proposed revisions to its regulations governing the qualification and certification of locomotive engineers. This document announces a public hearing to provide...
Proposed Rule Mar 23, 2009

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 23, 2009

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