October 22, 2009 (Volume 74)

Federal Register October 22, 2009

View all documents issued on October 22, 2009. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

126 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 22, 2009

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are amending the citrus canker regulations to modify the conditions under which fruit may be moved interstate from a quarantined area. We are eliminating the requirement that each lot of finished fruit be inspected at the packinghouse and found to...
Rule Oct 22, 2009
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that it will hold two public meetings on proposed regulations that it recently published to implement a new voluntary cooperative program under which State-inspected establishments with 25 o...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The North Central Idaho RAC will meet in Grangeville, Idaho. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The p...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Title Type Published
Certain Standard Steel Fasteners from People's Republic of China and Taiwan
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Certain Steel Grating from the People's Republic of China
Notice Oct 22, 2009
We determine that imports of commodity matchbooks are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The estimated margins of sales at...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Countervailing Duties:

Title Type Published
Certain Standard Steel Fasteners from People's Republic of China
Notice Oct 22, 2009
The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of commodity matchbooks from India. For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the "Suspension of Liquidation...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the northern Florida west coast subzone of the Gulf of Mexico. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.
Rule Oct 22, 2009
NMFS closes the recreational fishery for greater amberjack in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf). During the closure, the bag and possession limit for greater amberjack in or from the Gulf EEZ is zero. In addition, a perso...
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS informs surfclam and ocean quahog allocation owners that they will be required to purchase their year 2010 cage tags from the National Band and Tag Company. The intent of this notice is to comply with regulations for the Atlantic surfclam and oc...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
NMFS is announcing that the quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries for 2010 remain status quo. Regulations governing these fisheries require NMFS to notify the public in the Federal Register of the allowable harvest levels for At...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will host a public meeting regarding data related to broadband Internet access that the agency collects, data needs of researchers, and future broadband research.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Intent to Undertake a Determination Whether Certain Electricity Contracts Offered for Trading:

Title Type Published
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is undertaking a review to determine whether the NWP \1\ Rockies Financial Basis ("NWR") contract, offered for trading on the IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. ("ICE"), an exempt commerci...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Public Hearings:

Title Type Published
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) will conduct a public hearing to receive views from all interested parties on Section 212 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), Establishment of a Public Consumer Product S...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces the appointment of members to the Defense Logistics Agency Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Review Board (PRB). The publication of PRB composition is required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). The PRB provides fair and impartial...
Notice Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 2009
Student Support Services Program; Applications for New Awards (Fiscal Year 2010)
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Commission is revising its regulations governing the interest rates used in calculating refunds. Because the Federal Reserve no longer publishes Statistical Release G. 13, which was previously referenced in the Commission's regulations, and Stati...
Rule Oct 22, 2009
In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to revise its regulations, which currently provide the FERC Form No. 556 (Form 556) that is used in the certification of qualifying status for an ex...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) generally reaffirms its determinations in Order No. 717, but grants rehearing on and clarifies certain provisions. Order No. 717-A aims to make the Standards of Conduct clearer and to refocus the...
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Application to Export Electric Energy:

Title Type Published
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) has applied to amend its authorization to export electric energy from the United States to Canada issued pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Sempra Energy Solutions LLC (SES) applied to renew its authority to export electric energy from the United States to Mexico for a period of five years pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Applications:

Title Type Published
Perryville Gas Storage LLC
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. These amendments address the measurement of energy consumption of fluorescent lamp ballasts in the standby...
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Request for Permission to Withdraw Tariff Filing:

Title Type Published
Texas Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revision pertains to the timing for the first phase of the sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) trading budget under the Commonwea...
Rule Oct 22, 2009
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia for the purpose of changing the timing of the first phase of the sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) trading budget under the Commonwealth's ap...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Review Panel to conduct a consultation on EPA's draft Integrated Review Plan fo...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Request for Nominations of Experts:

Title Type Published
The Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting public nominations of experts to form an SAB Ad Hoc Panel to review EPA's health effects assessment for Trichloroethylene (TCE).
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division will hold a series of joint Town Hall Listening Sessions on EEOC's proposed regulations under the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Congo, Democratic Republic of; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of October 20, 2009)
Presidential Document Oct 22, 2009

Brazil; Drug Interdiction Assistance (Presidential Determination)

Title Type Published
No. 201002 of October 16, 2009
Presidential Document Oct 22, 2009

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Bay Television, Inc., the licensee of station WTTA(TV), channel 38, St. Petersburg, Florida, requesting the substitution of channel 32 for its assigned channel 38 at St. Petersburg.
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive (of September 22 and 23, 2009)
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Agency) proposes to amend its regulations regarding uniformed services accounts to conform with mandatory tax provisions as well as current record keeping practices and allow only for pro rata court-ord...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 Oct 22, 2009
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is developing its third strategic plan and invites the public to provide comments on three background papers which will support the development of this plan. The papers will cover...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Establishment:

Title Type Published
Interdisciplinary Molecular Sciences and Training Integrated Review Group
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the inpatient hospital deductible and the hospital and extended care services coinsurance amounts for services furnished in calendar year (CY) 2010 under Medicare's Hospital Insurance Program (Medicare Part A). The Medicare stat...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
This notice announces the monthly actuarial rates for aged (age 65 and over) and disabled (under age 65) beneficiaries enrolled in Part B of the Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) program beginning January 1, 2010. In addition, this notic...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
This annual notice announces Medicare's Hospital Insurance (Part A) premium for uninsured enrollees in calendar year (CY) 2010. This premium is paid by enrollees age 65 and over who are not otherwise eligible for benefits under Medicare Part A (herea...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
We are proposing revisions to the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and prescription drug benefit program (Part D) based on our continued experience in the administration of the Part C and D programs. The proposed revisions clarify various pro...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 22, 2009
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Oct 22, 2009
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Oct 22, 2009
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Oct 22, 2009
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Oct 22, 2009
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Notice.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Request for Notification From Industry Organizations Interested in Participating in Selection Process:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that any industry organizations interested in participating in the selection of nonvoting industry representatives to serve on its public advisory committees for the Center for Food Safety and Appl...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Form N- 445, Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony; OMB Control No. 1615-0054.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The s...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The s...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
This notice provides the times and locations of two public meetings which will be held by the Coast Guard (USCG) regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled "Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Wa...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009

Major Disaster Declaration:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Georgia (FEMA-1858-DR), dated September 24, 2009, and related determinations.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary moving safety zone in the navigable waters of San Francisco Bay surrounding the Motor Vessel (M/V) Guilio Verne and barge Hagar while engaged in cable laying operations. Unauthorized persons or vessels are...
Rule Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 2009

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Lodging of Consent Decree:

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
ACRS Subcommittee on the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Advisory Committe on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Notice Oct 22, 2009

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Priority Mail Contract 21 to the Competitive Product List. The Postal Service has also filed a related contract. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with these fi...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Priority Mail Contract 22 to the Competitive Product List. The Postal Service has also filed a related contract. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with these fi...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Priority Mail Contract 2- to the Competitive Product List. The Postal Service has also filed a related contract. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with these fi...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The Postal Service is revising and adding new standards which codify that replica and inert explosive devices, and counterfeit and pirated items are nonmailable in outbound international mail.
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 19(b) of the Act and rule 19b-1 under the Act.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Georgia (FEMA--1858--DR), dated 09/24/ 2009. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 09/18/2009 and continuing through 10/08/2009. Effective Date...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Georgia (FEMA-1858-DR), dated 09/26/2009. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 09/18/2009 through 10/08/2009. Effec...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
This document corrects the preamble to a final rule published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2009, regarding a revision of a medical listing for malignant neoplastic diseases. In that preamble, we cited an incorrect date of publication for the...
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of fifth panel meeting; correction to starting time on November 5, 2008.
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemption:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co., Pierce County, WA
Notice Oct 22, 2009

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP):

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) received petitions in connection with the 2009 GSP Annual Review to modify the list of products that are eligible for duty-free treatment under the GSP program ("2009 GSP Annual Product Revi...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportations Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haza...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
NHTSA is issuing this notice to cancel a public hearing scheduled for October 23, 2009, at 10 a.m. This public hearing was originally announced in a notice published in the Federal Register, 74 FR 48624, on September 23, 2009.
Notice Oct 22, 2009
This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
Rule Oct 22, 2009
This establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the ad...
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Abandonment Exemption:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above that would supersede an existing AD. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of anoth...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) model helicopters. This proposed AD results from a mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) AD issued by the European Aviation Safety...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009
This document proposes superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Model MD-900 helicopters. That AD currently requires applying serial numbers to certain parts, increasing the life limit for various parts, ma...
Proposed Rule Oct 22, 2009

Final Federal Agency Actions Oregon City Arch Bridge Rehabilitation Project:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed bridge rehabilitation project, Oregon City Arch Bridge Rehabilitation Project, in Clackamas County, Oregon. Thi...
Notice Oct 22, 2009

Hazardous Materials:

Title Type Published
Revision of Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers; Correction
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Special Conditions:

Title Type Published
These special conditions are issued for the Alenia Model C-27J airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features when compared to the state of technology described in the airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. Thes...
Rule Oct 22, 2009

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the name of one newly-designated individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, "Blocking Prop...
Notice Oct 22, 2009
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 2009
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 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 Oct 22, 2009

Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal BondsTerminations:

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