September 22, 2011 (Volume 76)

Federal Register September 22, 2011

View all documents issued on September 22, 2011. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

97 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 22, 2011

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Meetings:

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The Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Sweet Home, Oregon. 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...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of meeting.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Amended Final Results of Antidumping Administrative Reviews:

Title Type Published
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, and Italy
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
We (NMFS and USFWS; also collectively referred to as the Services) have determined that the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is composed of nine distinct population segments (DPSs) that constitute "species" that may be listed as threatened or...
Rule Sep 22, 2011

Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plans:

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We, NMFS and USFWS, announce the availability of the Bi- National Recovery Plan (Recovery Plan) for the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii). The Recovery Plan is a bi-national plan developed by the NMFS and USFWS and the Secretary of Envir...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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NMFS announces its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), in order to assess the impacts of issuing annual quotas for the subsistence harvest of bowhead whales by Al...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific sardine off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California. This action is necessary because the directed harvest allocation total for the third seasonal period (September 15-December 31) is projected...
Rule Sep 22, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a meeting of the Reef Fish Advisory Panel.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a meeting of the Standing, Special Shrimp and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).
Notice Sep 22, 2011
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee, its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish (SMB) Committee, its Executive Committee, and its Spiny Dogfish Committee will hold public meetings.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Provisional Acceptance of Settlement Agreements and Orders:

Title Type Published
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The National Security Agency (NSA) is proposing to amend 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 Sep 22, 2011
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is proposing to add a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
On September 6, 2011 (76 FR 55057-55059), DoD published a notice announcing its intent to add a Privacy Act System of Records. The system identifier was incorrectly written. This notice corrects that error.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the following...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Education Department logo Education Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Feder...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
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 22, 2011
The Commission proposes to eliminate the semi-annual storage reporting requirements for Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Companies that are currently codified in our regulations. The Commission finds that the reports now proposed for elimination...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011
On November 17, 2009, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted a petition requesting approval of NERC's interpretation of Requirement R1.3.10 of Commission-approved transmission planning Reliability Standard TPL-002-0 (Sys...
Rule Sep 22, 2011
Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to approve eight modified Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, CIP- 002-4 through CIP-009-4, developed and submitted...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Jonathan and Jayne Chase
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Filings:

Title Type Published
Western Area Power Administration
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Western Area Power Administration
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Interim Approvals:

Title Type Published
The Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved, on an interim basis, Rate Schedules CBR-1-H, CSI-1-H, CEK-1-H, CM-1-H, CC-1- I, CK-1-H, CTV-1-H, CTVI-1-A, and Replacement-3. The rates were approved on an interim basis through September 30, 201...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
Southern Cross Transmission LLC
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the District...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

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

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 requ...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove submittals from the state of Texas pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) that address the infrastructure elements specified in the CAA section 110(a)(2), necessary to implement, main...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011

Assessment of Decision-Making Processes:

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EPA is releasing a final report entitled An Assessment of Decision-Making Processes: Evaluation of Where Land Protection Planning can Incorporate Climate Change Information, (EPA/600/R-09/142F). The document was prepared by the National Center for En...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Terrorism; Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support (Notice of September 21, 2011)
Presidential Document Sep 22, 2011

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Proposals to Engage in or to Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Telemarketing Sales Rule:

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission published a final amended Telemarketing Sales Rule in the Federal Register on August 10, 2010 (75 FR 48458), with new provisions to address the telemarketing of debt relief services. This document makes technical correcti...
Rule Sep 22, 2011

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Guidance for Industry; Availability:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "Guidance for Industry: Measures to Address the Risk for Contamination by Salmonella Species in Food Containing a Pistachio-Derived Product as an Ingredient....
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Patient Safety Organizations; Delistings for Cause:

Title Type Published
Patient Safety Organization One, Inc.: AHRQ has delisted Patient Safety Organization One, Inc. as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) pursuant to 42 CFR 3.108(b). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Pub. L. 10...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Privacy Office of DHS is making available twenty-six PIAs on various programs and systems in DHS. These assessments were approved and published on the Privacy Office's Web site between June 1, 2011 and August 31, 2011.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

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

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is submitting a request for review and approval of a collection of information under the emergency processing procedures in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulation 5 CFR 1320.13. FEMA is request...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Emergency Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-3323-EM), dated June 18, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-3327-EM), dated August 25, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-4028-DR), dated September 3, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-4026-DR), dated September 3, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-4026-DR), dated September 3, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New York (FEMA-4031-DR), dated September 13, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New York (FEMA-4020-DR), dated August 31, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New York (FEMA-4020-DR), dated August 31, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-4025-DR), dated September 3, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Vermont (FEMA-4022-DR), dated September 1, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will meet via teleconference for the purpose of reviewing and deliberating on recommendations by the HSAC's Southwest Border Task Force.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
The National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) will meet on October 14, 2011, in Washington, DC. NBSAC discusses issues relating to recreational boating safety. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Funding Awards for Fiscal Year 2010 Transformation Initiative:

Title Type Published
In accord with Section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of funding awards under competition FR-5415-N-23A for the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Funding Awards:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOF...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOF...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for funding under the Notice of Funding Availability (NOF...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart C, Pollution...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Caballo Dam, Rio Grande Projects, New Mexico:

Title Type Published
Current Federal policy encourages non-Federal development of environmentally sustainable hydropower potential on Federal water resource projects. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), in consultation with the Department of Energy, Western Area Pow...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Central Valley Project Improvement Act:

Title Type Published
To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and subsequent Department of the Interior administrative review process, the Bureau of Reclamation developed and published the Criteria for Developing Refuge Water...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Endangered and Threatened Species:

No documents available.

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status for Casey's June beetle (Dinacoma caseyi) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are also designating approximately 587 acres (237 hectares) of land...
Rule Sep 22, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Department of the Interior and the California Department of Fish and Game have prepared a draft environmental impact statement and environmental impact report (EIS/EIR) evaluating the effects of removing four dams on the Klamath River in southern...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Terminations of Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 13) granting a joint motion to terminate the investigation based...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 9) of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting a joint motion by Complainant and Respondents to...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 9) granting a joint motion to terminate the above-captioned investigatio...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Labor Department logo Labor Department

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council. The meeting will be held for the pu...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a 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...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Exemption:

Title Type Published
Virginia Electric and Power Co.; Surry Power Station
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Final Interim Staff Guidance; Availability:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff is issuing its Final Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-019 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML111110572). The purpose of this ISG is to clarify the NRC s...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Langston, Alabama post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petiti...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act.
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

State Department logo State Department

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
The African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee (the "Subcommittee") is requesting written public comments for the annual review of the eligibility of sub-Saharan African countries to receive the...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing Requirements under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.
Notice Sep 22, 2011

2011 Special 301 Out-Of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets:

Title Type Published
In 2010 the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) began publishing the notorious market list as an "Out of Cycle Review" separately from the annual Special 301 report. This review of Notorious Markets ("Notorious Markets List") resu...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requesting emergency...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
In anticipation of Congress enacting a reauthorization of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) the FAA is publishing this annual notice. This notice announces the criteria, application procedures, and schedule to be applied by the Secretary of Trans...
Notice Sep 22, 2011
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Transportation proposes to establish a new Department of Transportation system of records titled, "Department of Transportation/ALL-23 Information Sharing Environment Suspicious Activity R...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Model 747-100, 747-100B, 747- 200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes, without a stretched upper deck or stretched upper deck...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011

Amendment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend Class E Airspace at Cumberland, MD, as the Cumberland Non-Directional Beacon (CBE) has been decommissioned and new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) have been developed at Greater Cumberland Regional Airpor...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011
This action proposes to amend Class E Airspace in the Springfield, TN area. Aydelotte Airport has been abandoned and controlled airspace is no longer needed. Airspace reconfiguration is necessary for the continued safety and management of instrument...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011
This action amends Class E airspace for the Wrightstown, NJ, area, by changing Allaire Airport to Monmouth Executive Airport, Belmar, NJ. This action also updates the airspace descriptions to be in concert with the FAAs aeronautical database.
Rule Sep 22, 2011

Applications for Certificate Authority:

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation is directing all interested persons to show cause why it should issue an order finding Jet-A, LLC fit, willing, and able to operate interstate charter air transportation of persons, property and mail, using one large...
Notice Sep 22, 2011

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Oneonta, AL, to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at Robbins Field. This action would enhance the safety and airspace m...
Proposed Rule Sep 22, 2011

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