September 20, 2010 (Volume 75)

Federal Register September 20, 2010

View all documents issued on September 20, 2010. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 20, 2010

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is making efforts to reduce the paperwork burden, USAID invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following proposed and/or continuing informatio...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) intention to request a revision for a currently approved information collection in support of the foreign donation of agricultural...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing a forthcoming meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB). The principal purpose of NOSB meetings is to provide an op...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010
We are proposing to amend the National Poultry Improvement Plan (the Plan) and its auxiliary provisions by providing new or modified sampling and testing procedures for Plan participants and participating flocks. The proposed changes were voted on an...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

Increased Assessment Rate for the 20102011 Crop Year:

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This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board) for the 2010-2011 fiscal period from $0.0066 to $0.0075 per pound of assessable tart cherries. The Board locally administers the marketing order...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

Meetings:

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The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Hamilton, Montana. The purpose of the meeting is assigning monitor's contacts.
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) currently releases American Community Survey (ACS) data products in the form of 1-year estimates and 3-year estimates. Most recently, the 2008 ACS 1-year estimates were released in September 2009, and the 2006...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering pro-business strategies for incentivizing the development and widespread distribution of technologies that address humanitarian needs. One proposal being considered is a fast-track...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Beginning January 1, 2011 the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will cease accepting data, all orders and classes, from triangulation and traverse geodetic surveys as they are described in the Federal Geodetic Control Committee September 1984 "Standards...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
The Department of Commerce is currently seeking nominations for membership on the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC). The purpose of the CINTAC is to advise the Secretary regarding the development and administration of programs to expand...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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2011 Field Test of Re-Engineered Survey of Income and Program Participation
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Antidumping Duty Orders:

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Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on certain magnesia carbon bricks (MCB) from Mexico and the P...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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This proposed rule would establish opening dates and adjust quotas for the 2011 fishing season for sandbar sharks, non-sandbar large coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks. Quotas will be adjusted based on the framework...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010
NMFS announces its request for applications for the 2011 shark research fishery from commercial shark fishermen with a directed or incidental limited access permit. The shark research fishery allows for the collection of fishery-dependent data for fu...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
NMFS issues this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to provide background information and request public comment on potential adjustments to the regulations governing the U.S. Atlantic shark fishery to address several specific issues curren...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

Direct Investment Surveys:

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This proposed rule would amend regulations of the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) to set forth the reporting requirements for the BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad. The survey is conducted annually and i...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Seventh Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews:

Fisheries of Northeastern United States:

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NMFS and the New England Fishery Management Council (Council) announce that they are seeking public comment on the reaffirmation of the current control date of March 30, 2006, in anticipation of developing a limited access program for the NE multispe...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils:

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This supplemental notice is to alert the interested public of the New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) intent to change the level of NEPA analysis for Amendment 5 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) from an Environmental Impac...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Pursuant to the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ("CFP Act"),\1\ the Secretary of the Treasury designates July 21, 2011, as the date for the transfer of functions to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ("CFPB"). On this "designated t...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

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In Accordance with 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the forthcoming meeting.
Notice Sep 20, 2010

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 (Pub. L. 104-13).
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Manage...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Baseline Filings:

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Duke Energy Ohio, Inc, et al.
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Filings:

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Linden VFT, LLC
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Meetings:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Power Program, is planning a series of public events to exchange information on the development of offshore wind energy in the United States....
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 25 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). One of these chemical substances is subject to...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes:

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On February 24, 2010, the State of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), submitted a request to EPA to make a determination that the Birmingham, Alabama, nonattainment area has attained the 24-hour fine particula...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan revisions submitted by the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. These revisions establish 2002 base year emission inventories and reasonable further progress emission reduction...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions:

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The State of Rhode Island has applied to EPA for final authorization of certain changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed to quali...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlements:

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In accordance with Section 122(I) 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 for recovery of past response cos...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Rules to Implement 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard:

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The EPA is announcing a public hearing to be held for the proposed "Rule to Implement the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard: New Source Review Anti-Backsliding Provisions for Former 1-Hour Ozone Standard" which published in the...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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Terrorism; Continuation of National Emergency with Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support (Notice of September 16, 2010)
Presidential Document Sep 20, 2010

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Proposed Consent Agreements:

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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 Sep 20, 2010

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), GSA will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information collection requirement regarding the agency's Su...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

Financial Management and Assurance:

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On August 23, 2010, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an exposure draft of proposed revisions to Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) (also known as the Yellow Book). To help ensure that the standards continue to meet the needs...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the "Veterans Health Care Act of 1992" enacted Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Section 340B implements a drug pricing program by which manufacturers who sell covered outpatient drugs to particu...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010
Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the "Veterans Health Care Act of 1992" enacted Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Section 340B implements a drug pricing program by which manufacturers enter into an agreement to sell covered outp...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 20, 2010
AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from the Florida Patient Safety Corporation of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Statements of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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Request for State Data Needed to Determine Amount of a Tribal Family Assistance Grant
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning: Cost Submission. This request for comment is being m...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the waters of Lake Sammamish, WA for the Composite Laminate Specialties (CLS) Fall Championship Hydroplane Race. This action is necessary to ensure public safety from the intrinsic dangers as...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

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To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), BOEMRE is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) co...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Si...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Filing of Plats of Survey:

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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, on October 20, 2010.
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items:

Meetings:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council).
Notice Sep 20, 2010

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Recommendations for Modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule:

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Following receipt of a letter from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Commission instituted investigation No. 1205-9, Certain Festive Articles: Recommendations for Modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, pursuant to...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Record of Vote of Meeting Closure
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR Part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This Federal Register Notice (FR Notice) notifies the public that it has investigat...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification filed by the parties listed...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

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National Intelligence, Office of the National Director

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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is issuing a final rule exempting fourteen (14) new systems of records from subsections (c)(3); (d)(1), (2), (3), (4); (e)(1) and (e)(4)(G), (H), (I); and (f) of the Privacy Act, pursuant to...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Ti...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Ti...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Proposal Review Panel for Physics
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has conducted a comprehensive review of all its Privacy Act systems of records notices. The NRC is revising and republishing all its systems of records notices as a result of this review. The revisions are mino...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Meetings:

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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards
Notice Sep 20, 2010

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add 11 Global Expedited Package Services 3 contracts to the Global Expedited Package Services product. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this filing.
Notice Sep 20, 2010
The Postal Service has requested changes in six analytical methods approved for use in periodic reporting. This document summarizes the proposals and invites public comment.
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

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Summary of Application: Applicant, American Capital, Ltd. requests an order approving a proposal to grant certain stock options to directors who are not also employees or officers of the applicant (the "Non-employee Directors") under its 2009 Stock O...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

State Department logo State Department

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The Department of State invites the public, including NGOs, educational institutions, private sector enterprises and other interested persons, to submit written comments or suggestions regarding items for inclusion in a new Plan of Action for impleme...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

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DOT, STB
On August 24, 2010, GNP Rly, Inc. (GNP), a Class III rail carrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10902 to acquire and resume rail service over 2 segments of railbanked railroad right-of-way (ROW...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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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 Sep 20, 2010

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Compliance with Interstate Motor Carrier Noise Emission Standards:

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In response to a petition for rulemaking from the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) amends its regulations to eliminate turbochargers from the list of equipment considered to be noise dissi...
Rule Sep 20, 2010

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed transportation project in Pinal County, Arizona.
Notice Sep 20, 2010

Proposed Establishments of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Bamberg, SC, to accommodate the additional airspace needed for the Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) developed for Bamberg County Airport. This action would enhance the safety and ai...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010
This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Crewe, VA, to accommodate the additional airspace needed for the Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) developed for Crewe Municipal Airport. This action would enhance the safety and air...
Proposed Rule Sep 20, 2010

Qualifications of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

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FMCSA announces its decision to exempt twenty-one individuals from its rule prohibiting persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. The exemptions will enable these ind...
Notice Sep 20, 2010

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 comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperw...
Notice Sep 20, 2010
Rule Sep 20, 2010

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