August 25, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register August 25, 2009

View all documents issued on August 25, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

130 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 25, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 25, 2009
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the new information collection: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Visitor Study--2009.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is making available the Food Aid Quality Project report prepared by Sharing Science and Technology to Aid in the Improvement of Nutrition (SUSTAIN). The report contains recommendations for improvements in the specificati...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Rural Housing Service (RHS), Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) published a document in the Federal Register on July 23, 2009, at 74 FR 36448. The document did not provide a date for the comment period for...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 reauthorizes and modifies the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers program as established by Subtitle C of Title I of the Trade Act of 2002, which amended the Trade Act of 1974. Under this program...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Requests for Proposals:

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Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs are administered through USDA Rural Development. USDA Rural Development announces the availability of $300,000 in competitive cooperative agreement funds for fiscal year (FY) 2009 to conduct research on the...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Arctic Research Commission logo Arctic Research Commission

Meetings:

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Arctic Research Commission
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

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Notice of meeting.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Meetings:

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Georgia Advisory Committee
Notice Aug 25, 2009
State Advisory Committee Chairs of Southern Region of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
NMFS issues new and revised definitions for certain regulatory terms, and procedural and technical changes to the regulations addressing scientific research activities, exempted fishing, and exempted educational activities under the Magnuson-Stevens...
Rule Aug 25, 2009
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with July anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Antidumping:

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Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China and Mexico
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Countervailing Duties:

Endangered Species:

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Notice is hereby given that the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control-Division of Fish and Wildlife, Dover, Delaware, has applied in due form for a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes o...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

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NOAA Fisheries announces three inseason actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. Inseason action <greek-i>1 modified the commercial fishery in the area from Cape Falcon, Oregon to Humbug Mountain, Oregon, and from Humbug Mountain, Oregon to the Oregon/...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by non- American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels that are subject to sideboard limits catching Pacific cod for processing by the inshore component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Ala...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (L-DEO), a part of Columbia University, to take...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Meetings:

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On June 17, 2009, the Department of the Treasury released a White Paper on Financial Regulatory Reform ("White Paper") calling on the SEC and the CFTC to "make recommendations to Congress for changes to statutes and regulations that would harmonize r...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update the list of DoD contracting activities and other references within the DFARS text.
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

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The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (the Councils) are issuing this notice to inform Federal contractors that the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board ("Board") has announced the availabil...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Intent to Grant Partially Exclusive Patent Licenses:

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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Sanofi Pasteur S.A., a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license to practice worldwide the Government owned inventions described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:

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On August 17, 2009, we published in the Federal Register (74 FR 41407) a notice inviting applications for new awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Program. The notice specified a deadl...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of Virtual Public Forum for EAC Board of Advisors.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Notice of Virtual Public Forum for EAC Standards Board.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Notice of Filings
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Combined Notice of Filings
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Combined Notice of Filings
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Combined Notice of Filings
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Combined Notice of Filings
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Combined Notice of Filings
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Source Gas Distribution LLC et al. v. Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
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 Aug 25, 2009
EPA is proposing to revise the voluntary test method for determining stack gas velocity taking into account the velocity decay near the stack or duct walls. When the method was originally developed, it addressed only sources where the flow measuremen...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing action on portions of a State Implementation Plan revision submitted by New York State that are intended to meet some Clean Air Act requirements for attaining the 0.08 parts per million 8-hour oz...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know:

Title Type Published
This notice announces an upcoming change in location and contractor designated to manage the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data processing for all TRI submissions including TRI Trade Secret and confidential information submitted. Under Section 322 o...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Change in Bank Control; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is issuing this final rule, as required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Recovery Act" or "the Act"). The rule requires vendors of personal health records and related ent...
Rule Aug 25, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (the "Commission" or "FTC") is amending its Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR") by updating the fees charged to entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry (the "Registry") as required by the Do-Not-Call Registry Fe...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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The General Services Administration's (GSA's) annual per diem review has resulted in lodging and meal allowance changes for locations within the continental United States (CONUS) to provide for the reimbursement of Federal employees' expenses covered...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Director (OD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and approva...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Medical Device Reporting:

Title Type Published
Electronic Submission Requirements; Correction
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Meetings:

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Board of Scientific Counselors, NIA
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
Notice Aug 25, 2009
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Notice Aug 25, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Microbiology Devices:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend its device classification regulations by correcting the regulation classifying herpes simplex virus (HSV) serological assays by removing the reference to HSV serological assays other than t...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is implementing a direct final rule correcting the regulation classifying herpes simplex virus (HSV) serological assays by removing the reference to HSV serological assays other than type 1 and type 2. When recl...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement:

Title Type Published
The Department of Health and Human Services amends the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Rule by adjusting for inflation the maximum civil money penalty amount for violations of the confidentiality provisions of the Rule. We are amending the pen...
Rule Aug 25, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services is publishing this companion proposed rule to the direct final rule, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, which amends the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Rule by adjusting for...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
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 Aug 25, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announces the postponement of the commencement date of the H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot, originally set for August 1, 2009. The pilot program will require temporary workers within H-2...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Maine (FEMA-1852-DR), dated July 30, 2009, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Major Disaster and Related Determinations:

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This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-1854-DR), dated August 13, 2009, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-1855-DR), dated August 14, 2009, and related determinations.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD proposes to amend one of its system of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed new system of record is the IMF/F51. The IMF System maintains a file of in...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service (NPS) invites public comments on an extension of a currently approved collection of information (OMB...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior is issuing public notice of its intent to amend 7 existing Privacy Act system of records notices to add a new routine use to...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Amendments to Various National Indian Gaming Commission Regulations:

Title Type Published
The National Indian Gaming Commission ("NIGC") announces the extension of the effective date on the final rule concerning various amendments to the National Indian Gaming Commission regulations. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Boundary Revisions:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the boundary of Catoctin Mountain Park in Frederick County, Maryland is modified to include one tract of land adjacent to the park. This revision is made to include privately owned property that the National Park Service w...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Draft Availability:

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The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to adopt a Director's Order setting forth the policies and procedures under which NPS facilities will develop and implement Public Risk Management Program. The Director's Order will help park staff do what...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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In accordance with Sec. 102(2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the National Park Service (NPS) is undertaking a conservation planning and environmental impact analysis process for creating a new General...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190 as amended), the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, will prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Comprehensive Management...
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 81-190 as amended), the National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Warner Valley Compreh...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Filing of Plat of Survey:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, (30) days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Inventory Completions:

Meetings:

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Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act that meetings of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission will be held to discuss the development and implementation of the Park's genera...
Notice Aug 25, 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, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)-- Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will mee...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Migratory Bird Hunting:

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This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks from which the States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2009-10 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those that generally op...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Criminal Division (CRM), Department of Justice, issued a proposed rule to amend its Privacy Act regulations (Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 16), to revise the exemptions for the following newly modified Privacy Act system of re...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
United States v. Cooper Land Development
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Termination of Investigation:

Title Type Published
Interdent Service Corp.; Stockton, CA
Notice Aug 25, 2009

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Performance Review Board.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities logo National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the order of succession in the absence of the Chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Notice Aug 25, 2009

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request concerning a minor revision to Global Express Guaranteed (GXG) service. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this filing.
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") is publishing interpretive guidance regarding the release by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") of its FASB Accounting Standards Codification\TM\ ("FASB Codification").
Rule Aug 25, 2009
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Meetings:

No documents available.

State Department logo State Department

Statutory Debarment Under Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State has imposed statutory debarment pursuant to Sec. 127.7(c) of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR") (22 CFR Parts 120 to 130) on persons convicted of violating, attempting to violate...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval its request to extend a currently-approved information collection request (ICR) entitled, "Training C...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct a...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Boeing Model 747 airplanes. This proposed AD would require one-time detailed and high frequency eddy current inspections for cracks in the wing and horizontal stabilizer side-of-body join...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Approvals:

Title Type Published
PHMSA is authorizing persons who offer lithium metal and lithium ion cells and batteries for transportation in commerce, and persons who transport lithium metal and lithium ion cells and batteries in commerce, to describe those articles in the same m...
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard:

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This document makes permanent an existing requirement that trailers with antilock brake systems (ABS) be equipped with an external malfunction indicator lamp. The indicator lamp requirement, which is included in the Federal motor vehicle safety stand...
Rule Aug 25, 2009
NHTSA is proposing to place a requirement in the Federal motor vehicle safety standards that certain motor vehicles with an automatic transmission that includes a "park" position manufactured for sale after September 1, 2010 be equipped with a brake...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

New Entrant Safety Assurance Process:

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requests comment on the methods the Agency should consider implementing to provide further assurance that a new applicant carrier is knowledgeable about the applicable safety requirements before...
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

Petitions for Waiver of Compliance:

Title Type Published
Ellis Eastern Co.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
Red River Valley and Western Railroad Co.
Notice Aug 25, 2009
SMS Rail Lines of New York
Notice Aug 25, 2009
SMS Rail Service
Notice Aug 25, 2009

Track Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
FRA is amending the Federal Track Safety Standards to promote the safety of railroad operations over continuous welded rail (CWR). In particular, FRA is promulgating specific requirements for the qualification of persons designated to inspect CWR tra...
Rule Aug 25, 2009

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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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 Aug 25, 2009
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 Aug 25, 2009

Implementation of Statutory Amendments Requiring the Qualification:

Title Type Published
In response to a request filed on behalf of several industry members, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is reopening the comment period for Notice No. 95, a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2009....
Proposed Rule Aug 25, 2009

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