September 29, 2011 (Volume 76)

Federal Register September 29, 2011

View all documents issued on September 29, 2011. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

167 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on September 29, 2011

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are amending the golden nematode regulations by removing the townships of Elba and Byron in Genesee County, NY, from the list of generally infested areas. Surveys have shown that the fields in these two townships are free of golden nematode, and w...
Rule Sep 29, 2011
We are proposing to amend the phytosanitary treatment regulations to provide generic criteria for new irradiation treatment facilities in the Southern States of the United States. This action would allow irradiation facilities to be located anywhere...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
The proposed rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 2011 (76 FR 57681) announced Agricultural Research Service intent to seek comments on renewing the National Agricultural Library's regulation to increase the interlibrary loan fees....
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh tejocote fruit from Mexico. Based on this analysis, we believe that the applica...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
We are advising the public that we have prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh pomegranate fruit from India. Based on that analysis, we believe that the appli...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to update the procedures for cotton futures quality classification services by using Smith-Doxey classification data in the cotton futures classification process. In addition, references to a sepa...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

Decreased Assessment Rates:

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This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (Committee) for the 2011-12 and subsequent production years from $0.0007 to $0.0005 per pound of assessed weight pistachios. The Committee locally adm...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Determination of Nonregulated Status for Altered Color Roses

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We are advising the public of our determination that two hybrid rose lines developed by Florigene Pty., Ltd., designated as IFD- 524[Oslash]1-4 and IFD-529[Oslash]1-9, which have been genetically engineered to produce novel flower color, are no longe...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Determination of Nonregulated Status for Lepidopteran-Resistant Cotton:

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We are advising the public of our determination that a cotton line developed by Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc., designated as event COT67B, which has been genetically engineered to express a protein to protect cotton plants from lepidopteran insect dam...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The USDA Forest Service published in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent (75 FR 71414-71415, November 23, 2010) to prepare an environmental impact statement for a proposal to authorize several (Phase 1) projects included in the Taos Ski Valley (T...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Gypsy Moth Generally Infested Areas:

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We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the regulations to add areas in Indiana, Maine, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin to the list of generally infested areas based on the detection of infestations...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Phytosanitary Treatments:

Title Type Published
In a final rule that was published in the Federal Register on January 26, 2010, and effective on February 25, 2010, we amended the phytosanitary treatment regulations by removing the lists of approved treatments and treatment schedules from the regul...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Notice and opportunity for public comment.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

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

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NMFS announces that the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (Councils) have submitted Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region (...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
This final rule implements measures that were approved in Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) developed Amendment 3 to bring the FMP into compliance with th...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of Northeastern United States:

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NMFS hereby implements an omnibus amendment to all Mid- Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) fishery management plans (FMPs) to bring all Council FMPs into compliance with the annual catch limit (ACL) and accountability measure (AM) requirem...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In preparation for the 2011 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting, the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT is announcing the convening of its fall meeting.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Notice.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
DoD has updated its Commercial Item Handbook. The purpose of the Handbook is to help acquisition personnel develop sound business strategies for procuring commercial items. DoD is seeking industry input on the contents before finalizing the Handbook.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice announces the appointment of the Department of Defense, Fourth Estate, Performance Review Board (PRB) members, to include the Joint Staff, Defense Field Activities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the following Defense...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to assess the potential social, economic and environmental effects of the proposed construction and operation of a gold mine in ord...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Loan Guarantees:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its decision to issue a Federal loan guarantee under Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 05), as amended by Section 406 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act),...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee (HTAC) was established under section 807 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) (Pub. L. 109-58; 119 Stat. 849). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Records of Decision:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its decision to continue to provide financial support to the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP). DOE prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (DOE/EIS- 0444) to assess the environmental impacts ass...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have made insignificance findings through the transportation conformity adequacy process, under the Clean Air Act, for directly emitted fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) and oxides of nitro...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
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 29, 2011

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is determining that the tri-state Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana, fine particulate (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment Area (hereafter referred to as "the Cincinnati Area" or "Area") has attained the 1997 annual average PM<INF>2.5</INF>...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan:

Title Type Published
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control District (SBAPCD), Sacramento Municipal Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portions of th...
Rule Sep 29, 2011
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control District (SBAPCD), Sacramento Municipal Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) portions of the California Stat...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

Settlement Agreements for Recovery of Past Response Costs:

Title Type Published
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 two Settlement Agreements under Section 122 (h...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
This document invites members of the public to comment on the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC's or Commission's) rules to be reviewed pursuant to section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA). The purpose of the revi...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
In 1993, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules pertaining to carriage of video programming vendors by multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs"), known as the "program carriage rules." The rules are intended to benefit...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
Tariffs; CFR Correction
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Leased Commercial Access:

Title Type Published
In 1993, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules pertaining to carriage of video programming vendors by multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs"), known as the "program carriage rules." The rules are intended to benefit...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies; Correction
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
On August 23, 2011, the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 52664) announcing its intent to "review it...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Exclusions from Medicare and Limitations on Medicare Payment; CFR Correction
Rule Sep 29, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting that any industry organizations interested in participating in the selection of a nonvoting industry representative to serve on the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee for t...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Guidance for Industry; Availability:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry (<greek-i>215) entitled "Target Animal Safety and Effectiveness Protocol Development and Submission." The purpose of this document is to provide sponsors...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Time and Extent Applications for Nonprescription Drug Products." This guidance describes a two-step process on how to request that a new condit...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is opening a comment period for the notice of public workshop published in the Federal Register of July 28, 2011 (76 FR 45268). In that notice, FDA announced a public workshop regarding the approach of the Cente...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Notice of public workshop.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Health Services Research Initial Review Group Subcommittees
Notice Sep 29, 2011
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Sep 29, 2011
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Sep 29, 2011
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Sep 29, 2011
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Patient Safety Organizations:

Title Type Published
HPI-PSO: AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from the HPI-PSO, a component entity of Healthcare Performance Improvement, LLC, of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Ac...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Illinois PSO: AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from the Illinois PSO of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109-41, 42...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
HPI-PSO: AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from The Patient Safety Group of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109-41,...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Prospective Grants of Exclusive Licenses:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to practice the inventions em...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is considering cancelling its policy concerning the issuance of Merchant Mariner Credentials endorsed as Able Seaman-Mobile Offshore Units. The policy is currently found in Chapter 16 of the Marine Safety Manual, Volume III. The Coast...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This Notice announces that CBP is discontinuing the H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Exit Program Pilot, effective September 29, 2011. The pilot began on December 8, 2009. It required temporary workers in H-2A or H-2B nonimmigrant classifications...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
On March 30, 2011, the Coast Guard published a direct final rule that notified the public of the Coast Guard's intent to harmonize structural and performance standards for inflatable recreational personal flotation devices (PFDs) with current volunta...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security is giving concurrent notice of a newly established system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the "Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency-012 Suspicious Activity Reportin...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security is giving concurrent notice of a newly established system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the "Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-016 Electronic Immigration...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

Emergency Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of New York (FEMA-3341-EM), dated September 8, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for State of North Dakota (FEMA-3318-EM), dated April 7, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-3339-EM), dated August 29, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Emergency and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the State of New York (FEMA-3328-EM), dated August 26, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-3326-EM), dated August 22, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an emergency for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-3329-EM), dated August 26, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Maine (FEMA-4032-DR), dated September 13, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Missouri (FEMA-4012-DR), dated August 12, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 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 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (FEMA-4030-DR), dated September 12, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-4029-DR), dated September 9, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Major Disaster and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Connecticut (FEMA-4023-DR), dated September 2, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA-4016-DR), dated August 24, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-4024-DR), dated September 3, 2011, and related determinations.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, the DHS Privacy Office announced in the Federal Register at 76 FR 58524 that the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee would meet on October 5, 2011, in Arlington, Virginia. This notice supplements that origi...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Hunting and Fishing; CFR Correction
Rule Sep 29, 2011
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Department of the Interior (DOI) is issuing a public notice of its intent to amend the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Investigative Records system of records no...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Notice is hereby given of contractual actions that have been proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation and are new, modified, discontinued, or completed since the last publication of this notice on July 27, 2011. From the date of this publication, future...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental Assessment:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, USFWS), announce the availability of our revised comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). In this revised CCP, we...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the American eel (Anguilla rostrata) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Based on our review, we find that the pet...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on June 24, 2011 (76 FR 37145), concerning preparation of the Oklahoma Resource Management Plan Amendment and associated Environmental Assessment addressing Four Feder...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Final Wilderness and Backcountry Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, and Parts 62 and 65 of title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, that the National Park System Advisory Board will meet December 1-2, 2011, in Key Lar...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Realty Actions:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification and conveyance to Emery County under the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended, a parcel of public land in Emery County, Utah. Em...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodgings of Consent Decrees under CERCLA
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Lodgings of Consent Decrees under CERCLA
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) are hosting two workshops in conjunction with the 118th Annual IACP Conference in Chicago, Ill. The focus of the workshops is the development of NIJ...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (Department), 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 propos...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employee Retirement Income Security Act Prohibited Transaction Exemption 86-128," to the Office of Manag...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Miner's Claim for Benefits Under the Black Lung Benefits Act and Employment History," to the Offic...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Representative Payee Report, Representative Payee Report, Short Form, Physician's/Medical Officer'...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Request for Nominations:

Title Type Published
OSHA is reopening the record and extending the deadline for submitting nominations for membership on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) until October 31, 2011.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The United States Copyright Office is preparing to conduct proceedings in accordance with provisions added by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which provide that the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, ma...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

M
Management and Budget Office

Federal Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is publishing its semiannual agenda of upcoming activities for Federal regulations, OMB Circulars, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letters, and Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) Cost A...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Millennium Challenge Corporation logo Millennium Challenge Corporation

Title Type Published
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the quarter April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, on assistance provided under section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), as amended (the Act), and on trans...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Title Type Published
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 inf...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed Senate Bill 4036 into law, which, among other things, amended the statutory definitions of "net worth" and "equity ratio" in the Federal Credit Union Act. Through this final rule, NCUA is making conforming a...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing notice that beginning Monday, October 3, 2011, all visitors to the NRC White Flint Complex headquarters shall be required to enter through the recently renovated One White Flint North (OWFN) b...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 29, 2011

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Clarksville, New York post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, pe...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Smyrna, New York post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitio...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Tarrifville, Connecticut post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service,...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Algoma, Mississippi post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, peti...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
The Railroad Retirement Board (Board) amends its regulations to allow alternative signature methods in addition to the traditional pen-and-ink or "wet" signature in order to implement an electronic application process which will eventually eliminate...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

S
Science and Technology Policy Office

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for an open regional meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Working Group on Advanced Manufacturing, and describes the functions of the Council and its...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is amending its rules to reflect the consolidation of the Office of the Executive Director with the Office of the Chief Operating Officer, including amendments to replace references to the Executi...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
International Securities Exchange, Inc.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

State Department logo State Department

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request for Grant Proposals; Global Undergraduate Exchange Program:

Title Type Published
The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the administration of the FY 2012 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Serbia and Montenegro (UGRAD). The total amount of...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Office of Marine Conservation announces that the Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission will meet...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Boston and Maine Corp. and Springfield Terminal Railway Co., Rockingham, NH
Notice Sep 29, 2011

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business (ITAC-11) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will be opened to the public from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Notice Sep 29, 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) for review and comme...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice provides information regarding the FHWA's finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for the use of non-domestic 1/ 2" x 0.008 steel fiber with ultimate tensile strength of 290ksi for experimental use in Ultra High Performance Concr...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and the USFWS that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project for a 26.7 mile segment of I-69, in the Counties of Greene and Monroe, State of I...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Sep 29, 2011
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 29, 2011
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A. Model P-180 airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of anothe...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011
We are revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-23, PA-23-160, PA-23-235, PA-23- 250, PA-23-250 (Navy UO-1), PA-E23-250, PA-31, PA-31-300, PA-31-325, PA-31-350, PA-31P, PA-31P-350, PA-31T, PA-31T1,...
Rule Sep 29, 2011

Early Scoping:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Metro (Oregon) regional government issue this early scoping notice to advise other agencies and the public that they intend to explore alternatives for improving transit service between downtown Portla...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Transit Administration and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Sound Transit's p...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Exemptions:

No documents available.

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability:

Title Type Published
The Department is proposing to amend its rules implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which requires accessibility in airport terminal facilities that receive Federal financial assistance. The proposed rule includes new provision...
Proposed Rule Sep 29, 2011

Proposed Circulars:

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has placed in the docket and on its Web site, proposed guidance in the form of a Circular on incorporating environmental justice principles into plans, projects, and activities that receive funding from FTA. T...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has placed in the docket and on its Web site, proposed guidance in the form of a Circular to assist grantees in complying with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The purpose of this Circular is to provi...
Notice Sep 29, 2011

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Sep 29, 2011
Rule Sep 29, 2011

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

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The Financial Management Service, 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. By this no...
Notice Sep 29, 2011
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 Sep 29, 2011

Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds; Terminations:

Title Type Published
This is Supplement No. 1 to the Treasury Department Circular 570; 2011 Revision, published July 1, 2011, at 76 FR 38892.
Notice Sep 29, 2011

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