July 27, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register July 27, 2009

View all documents issued on July 27, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

105 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 27, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 27, 2009
We are advising the public that we have received a request from the Government of the Republic of South Africa to recognize 16 additional magisterial districts in 3 provinces as pest-free areas for citrus black spot. After reviewing the documentation...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Assessment Increase:

Title Type Published
This rule proposes to amend the Blueberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order) to increase the assessment rate on producers and importers who produce or import more than 2,000 pounds of highbush blueberries annually from $12 per ton to...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009
This rule proposes to amend the Potato Research and Promotion Plan (Plan) to increase the assessment rate on handlers and importers of potatoes from 2.5 cents to 3 cents per hundredweight. The increase is provided for under the Plan which is authoriz...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Close of Comment Period:

Title Type Published
This is a notice to inform the public that the comment period for the submission of stakeholder concerns related to the implementation of the National Animal Identification System will be closing on August 3, 2009. The comment period opened on May 1,...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extensions:

Title Type Published
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined the regulatory review period for NAHVAX[supreg] Marek's Disease Vaccine and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. We have made...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

90-day Finding for a Petition to Revise Designated Critical Habitat for Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals:

Title Type Published
We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), announce a 90-day finding for a petition to revise elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (A. cervicornis) corals' critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended. Elkhorn...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Certain Woven Electric Blankets from the People's Republic of China
Notice Jul 27, 2009
On January 30, 2009, the Department of Commerce ("Department") initiated a new shipper review ("NSR") of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates ("chlorinated isos") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). The period of review ("...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Countervailing Duties:

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The Department of Commerce (the "Department") has determined that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of kitchen shelving and racks from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). For information on the estimated coun...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch by catcher processors participating in the limited access or opt-out fisheries that are subject to sideboard limits established under the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Pilot Program...
Rule Jul 27, 2009
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish (PSR) by Amendment 80 vessels subject to sideboard limits in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2009 PSR sideboard...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Herring Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Receipt of Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) (Jeremy Rusin, Principal Investigator), Protected Resources Division, 3333 N. Torrey Pines Ct., La Jolla, CA 92037, has applied in due form for...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Solicitation of Applications for the National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation Program:

Title Type Published
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) is soliciting applications for FY 2009 National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation (NTA) Program funding. Through this notice, EDA solicits applications to fund a research project to...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Notice is given of the names of members of a Performance Review Board for the Department of the Air Force.
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice informs the public that the Global Positioning Systems Wing will be hosting an Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) meeting for document/s IS-GPS-200 (NAVSTAR GPS Space Segment/Navigation User Interfaces), IS-GPS-705 (NAVSTAR GPS Space...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Applications for Awards in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009:

Title Type Published
Charter Schools Program Grants to Non-State Educational Agencies for Planning, Program Design, and Implementation and Dissemination
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Jul 27, 2009
This Policy Statement provides guidance regarding the development of a smart grid for the nation's electric transmission system, focusing on the development of key standards to achieve interoperability and functionality of smart grid systems and devi...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Base Charge and Rates:

Title Type Published
The Deputy Secretary of Energy approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Base Charge and Rates (Rates) for Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric service provided by the Western Area Power Administration (Western). The Rates will provide sufficient revenue t...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

Title Type Published
In order to implement recent amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its test procedures for residential furnaces and boilers to provide for measurement of standby mode and of...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve the source-specific State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky on February 4, 2009, for the purpose of removing Stage II vapor control requirements at Avis Rent-A-Car, and Budget Ren...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Deletion of the Southern California Edison, Visalia Pole Yard Superfund Site:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX, is publishing a Direct Final Notice of Deletion for the Southern California Edison (SCE), Visalia Pole Yard Superfund Site (Site) located in northeastern Visalia, Tulare County, California, from th...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Intent to Delete the Southern California Edison, Visalia Pole Yard Superfund Site:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Southern California Edison (SCE), Visalia Pole Yard Superfund Site (Site) located in northeastern Visalia, Tulare County, California, from the National Pr...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing national emissions standards for control of hazardous air pollutants from prepared feeds manufacturing facilities. The proposed emissions standards for new and existing sources are based on EPA's proposed determination as to what con...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan:

Title Type Published
The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule entitled "Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, California Air Resources Board Consumer Products Regulations." The proposed rule was initially publ...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or s...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
In this document, pursuant to section 9(b)(3) of the Communications Act, we eliminate two international regulatory fee categories from our Schedule of Regulatory Fees--International Public Fixed and International High Frequency (HF) Broadcast Station...
Rule Jul 27, 2009
Petitions for Reconsideration of Rulemaking Proceeding
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Domestic Policy Directive of June 23 and 24, 2009:

Title Type Published
Federal Open Market Committee
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment:

Title Type Published
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the compl...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other Locations:

Title Type Published
On April 21, 2009, the Commission published a Federal Register document soliciting public comment in connection with its review of the Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other Locations ("Cooling...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee to the Director
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel, etc.; Correction
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel; Correction
Notice Jul 27, 2009
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Notice Jul 27, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jul 27, 2009
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jul 27, 2009
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jul 27, 2009
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
45-Day Emergency Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Request for Electronic Mail and Text Message Notification, OMB Control Number 1615-NEW.
Notice Jul 27, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
This Notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security has extended the designation of Somalia for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months, from its current expiration date of September 17, 2009 through March 17, 2011. This Notice also...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Cargo Containers and Road Vehicle Certifications Pursuant to International Conventions:

Title Type Published
This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations in title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) concerning the certification of cargo containers for international transport pursuant to international customs conventi...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will be meeting by teleconference; the meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a 3-year extension of OMB Control Number 1004-0185 under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The respondents are businesses...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
The final rule modifies various Commission regulations to reduce by half the fee reporting burdens on tribes, remove obsolete provisions, clarify existing appellate procedures, update and clarify management contract procedures and costs for backgroun...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (the Agencies) are extending the public comment period for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Develop and Implement Agency-Specific Programs for Solar Energy Development...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made available for public review and comment the Draft EIS for the Madera Irrigation District Water Supply Enhancement Project (MID WSEP). Reclamation proposes to approve the banking of up to 55,000 acre-fe...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the White-tailed Deer Management Plan for Valley Forge National H...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Intent:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District Office, Oregon, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and to solicit public comments pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 in res...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), together with the California Public Uti...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will meet in formal session on Friday, August 28, 2009,...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will me...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Weekly Listing of Historic Properties
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Realty Actions:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer by modified competitive sealed-bid sale, one parcel of public land in Antelope Valley totaling 409.34 acres at not less than the fair market value (FMV) of $60,000. A description of the method of...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
The public lands described in this Notice consist of four small parcels ranging in size from 0.01 acres to 1.75 acres for a total of 1.87 acres in Gilpin County, Colorado. The parcels are being proposed for direct sale to Prospectors Run LLC at no le...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 27, 2009

M
Management and Budget Office

Title Type Published
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is considering options for revising the current prohibition on Web tracking technologies (such as persistent cookies) and invites public comments on the policy that would govern the use of such technologies....
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Title Type Published
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the collection of information in PBGC's booklet Qualified Domestic Relations Orders &...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Commission Order No. 231, which addresses a new Priority Mail contract, was inadvertently submitted to the Federal Register for publication in the Notices category. It appeared in that category on July 16, 2009 (74 FR 34598). Order No. 231 should hav...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
The Commission is adding Priority Mail Contract 11 to the Competitive Product List. This action is consistent with changes in a recent law governing postal operations. Republication of the lists of market dominant and competitive products is also con...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Consolidated Tape Assn.
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jul 27, 2009
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Jul 27, 2009
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Jul 27, 2009
The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
Notice Jul 27, 2009
The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 27, 2009

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Request for Comments:

Title Type Published
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) is assessing how and to what extent the free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the Republic of Korea (Korea) signed on June 30, 2007 makes progress in achieving the applicable purposes,...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
NHTSA intends to establish a system of records under the Privacy Act of 1974 as part of its Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save program (CARS program), which implements the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS Act). The syste...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is correcting airworthiness directive (AD) 2009-03-05. That AD applies to PWC PW206 and PW207 series turboshaft engines. We published that AD in the Federal Register on February 20, 2009 (74 FR 7794). Paragraph (d) in the regulatory text is i...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that is has discontinued the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed development at West Bend Municipal Airport, West Bend, Wisconsin. The FAA is doing so because the cur...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
This document amends the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on air brake systems to improve the stopping distance performance of truck tractors. The rule requires the vast majority of new heavy truck tractors to achieve a 30 percent reduction in s...
Rule Jul 27, 2009

Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies:

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, Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) Segment E, from Interstate Highway...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
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, Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) Segment F-1, from United States Hi...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Proposed Amendments of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Platteville, WI. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at Platteville Municipal Airport, Platteville, WI. This action would als...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Summary of Petition Received:

Title Type Published
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jul 27, 2009
This document withdraws the notice of proposed rulemaking published on April 19, 1996, in the Federal Register and contains proposed regulations relating to the issuance of Taxpayer Assistance Orders (TAOs). The IRS is issuing these proposed regulati...
Proposed Rule Jul 27, 2009

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a (e)(4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is esta...
Notice Jul 27, 2009

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