February 23, 2011 (Volume 76)

Federal Register February 23, 2011

View all documents issued on February 23, 2011. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

122 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 23, 2011

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the Act), amends section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, which established the Value-Added Producer Grant Program. This program will be administered by the Rural Business-Cooperativ...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Territorial and Import Regulations:

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We are proposing to amend the Hawaiian and territorial quarantine regulations to prohibit the movement of South American cactus moth host material, including nursery stock and plant parts for consumption to the mainland and Guam from Hawaii, Puerto R...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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This notice is to remind the public that U.S. firms are required to report annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce) on contracts for the sale of defense articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to o...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
On February 11, 2011, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V. and Mexinox USA, Inc. (collectively "Mexinox") filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

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

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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 Feb 23, 2011

Meetings:

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Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The SEDAR 25 assessment of the South Atlantic black sea bass (Centropristis striata) and golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: This notice is for a webinar associated with the Data portion...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Observer Advisory Committee (OAC) will meet at the Council office in the Old Federal Building.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Scallop Plan Team will meet March 7-8, 2011 in the Council Office at the Old Federal Building.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
President's Export Council Subcommittee On Export Administration
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Defense Intelligence Agency proposes to delete a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Department of the Air Force is proposing to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is deleting three systems of record notices from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Office of the Secretary of Defense is deleting a system of records notice from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and filed the Draft Sup...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces the following Federal advisory...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Combined Filings
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is re-opening the public comment period for proposed amendments to its regulations governing compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), made available for public comment on January 3, 2011 (76 FR...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National Laboratory. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announ...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," and called on all Federal agencies to conduct a "retrospective analysis of rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or exce...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011
The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009 is available for public review. Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time from 1990 through 2009 are summarized and presented by source category and sector. The inventory co...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
This notice announces receipt of applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

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

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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 Feb 23, 2011
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 Feb 23, 2011
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:

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EPA issued a proposed rule in the December 15, 2010, Federal Register proposing changes to the leak repair regulations promulgated under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. In response to stakeholder requests, this action reopens the...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011

Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs:

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In accordance with the requirements of Section 122(i)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i)(1), notice is hereby given of a Settlement Agreement under Sections 104, 106...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Television Broadcasting Services:

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The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Montana State University, requesting that we add channel *46, Kalispell, Montana, which is already allotted to the Pre-Transition DTV table of Allotments, to the Post-Transition Table of...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently va...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 23, 2011

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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The General Services Administration (GSA) will prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) that will analyze and discuss the environmental impacts of renovations of the Charles F. Prevedel Federal Building and demolition of buildings 100, 101, and 102 a...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Meetings:

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The President's Management Advisory Board, a Federal Advisory Committee established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App., and Executive Order 13538, will hold a public meeting on March 11, 2011.
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services issues this final rule which provides that enforcement of the federal statutory health care provider conscience protections will be handled by the Department's Office for Civil Rights, in conjunction with t...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Determinations:

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The Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, VADM Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., has determined that a demonstration needle exchange program (or more appropriately called syringe services program or SSP) would be effective in reduc...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Eye Institute
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute Of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute Of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute Of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Feb 23, 2011
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge Operation Regulations:

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The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the CSX Railroad Swing Span Bridge across Chickasaw Creek, mile 0.0, in Mobile, Alabama. The deviation is necessary to replace rai...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Emergency Declarations:

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This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-3316-EM), dated February 2, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Major Disaster Declarations:

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This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Jersey (FEMA-1954-DR), dated February 4, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 23, 2011

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 Utah (FEMA-1955-DR), dated February 11, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This notice announces HUD's intention to sell certain unsubsidized single family mortgage loans, without Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance, in a series of competitive, sealed bid sales, commencing with the first sale offering (S...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

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

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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 Feb 23, 2011
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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 propos...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Changes to the Public Housing Assessment System:

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This notice provides additional information to public housing agencies (PHAs) and members of the public about HUD's process for issuing scores under the Capital Fund program indicator of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS).
Notice Feb 23, 2011
This notice provides additional information to public housing agencies (PHAs) and members of the public about HUD's process for issuing scores under the financial condition indicator of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). This notice include...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
This notice provides additional information to public housing agencies (PHAs) and members of the public about HUD's process for issuing scores under the management operations indicator of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS).
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Funding Availability for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation Initiative:

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On January 20, 2011, HUD posted on http://www.Grants.gov, a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation Initiative: Natural Experiments Grant Program. This Correction clarifies the rating Factors for Award to be used in...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Public Housing Assessment System:

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This notice provides additional information to public housing agencies (PHAs) and members of the public about HUD's process for issuing scores under the physical condition indicator of the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). This notice amends t...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Public Housing Evaluation and Oversight:

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The changes implemented by this interim rule are intended to enhance the efficiency and utility of HUD's Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). The interim rule makes 2 sets of amendments to improve evaluation and oversight of the Public Housing Pr...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We announce our receipt of applications to conduct certain activities pertaining to enhancement of survival of endangered species. The Endangered Species Act requires that we invite public comment on these permit applications.
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list Astragalus hamiltonii (Hamilton milkvetch), Penstemon flowersii (Flowers penstemon), Eriogonum soredium (Frisco buckwheat), Lepidium ostleri (Ostler's...
Rule Feb 23, 2011
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list Thorne's hairstreak butterfly (Callophrys [Mitoura] gryneus thornei) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After review of a...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicat...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Letter Requesting Supporting Documents Identifying a Legal Entity.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: COPS Progress Report.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: COPS Application Package.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Limited Permittee Transaction Record.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Record of Vote of Meeting Closure
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Importers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

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Sigma Aldrich Manufacturing LLC
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Importers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

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Wildlife Laboratories, Fort Collins, CO
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Applications:

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Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials Inc., Pharmaceutical Service, Devens, MA
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

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Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Miamisburg, OH
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Chemic Laboratories, Inc., Canton, MA
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Halo Pharmaceutical Inc., Whippany, NJ
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Johnson Matthey Inc., Custom Pharmaceuticals Department, West Deptford, NJ
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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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 Feb 23, 2011
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 co...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Proposed Generic Communications:

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This notice revises a notice published on January 18, 2011, in the Federal Register (76 FR 2924), which announced, in part, that the public comment period for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) Draft Regulatory Issue Summary 2011-XX, Ad...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

No documents available.

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Railroad Retirement Board

No documents available.

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

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The SBA plans to issue Program Announcement No. OIT-STEP-2011- 01 to invite the States, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories to apply for a STEP grant to carry out export promotion programs that assist eligible small business concerns to...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Disaster Declarations:

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This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of NEW JERSEY (FEMA--1954--DR), dated 02/04/2011. Incident: Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm. Incident Period: 12/26/2010 through 12/27...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Utah (FEMA-1955- DR), dated 02/11/2011. Incident: Severe Winter Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 12/20/2010 through 12/24/2010. Effe...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Surety Bond Guarantee Program:

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) is issuing this final rule to amend its Surety Bond Guarantee Program rules to guarantee bid and performance bonds for timber sale contracts awarded by the Federal Government or other public and private landown...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

No documents available.

State Department logo State Department

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

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The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice Feb 23, 2011
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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Applications for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Feb 23, 2011
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 Feb 23, 2011
By Federal Register notice (See 75 FR 68023; November 4, 2010) the National Park Service (NPS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) invited interested persons to apply to fill two vacant positions on the National Parks Overflights Advisory G...
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Airworthiness Directives:

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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above, except for those that are currently affected by similar action through any of five ADs applicable to Boeing products. This proposed AD would require an inspection/r...
Proposed Rule Feb 23, 2011
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 Feb 23, 2011
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe conditio...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Amendments of Class E Airspace and Revocations of Class E Airspace:

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This action amends Class E surface airspace and airspace 700 feet above the surface, and removes Class E airspace designated as an extension to Class D airspace at Easton, MD. The Easton Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) has been decommissioned and new St...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Amendments of Class E Airspace:

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This action amends Class E Airspace at Charleston, WV, to accommodate the additional airspace needed for new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) developed at Yeager Airport. This action enhances the safety and airspace management of Instr...
Rule Feb 23, 2011
This action corrects errors in the legal description of a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2010 that amends Class E airspace at Henderson, KY.
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Petitions for Waivers of Compliance:

Title Type Published
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Notice Feb 23, 2011
Whitewater Valley Railroad
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Removals and Amendments of Class E Airspace:

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This action removes Class E surface airspace as an extension to Class D airspace, and amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet at Oxford, CT. Decommissioning of the Waterbury Non- Directional Beacon (NDB) at the Waterbury-Oxford airport...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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Treasury, SSA, VA, RRB and OPM (Agencies) are issuing an interim final rule to implement statutory restrictions on the garnishment of Federal benefit payments. The rule establishes procedures that financial institutions must follow when they receive...
Rule Feb 23, 2011

Conversion Applications; Approvals:

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Sunshine Financial, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
Notice Feb 23, 2011

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

No documents available.

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