Federal Register November 30, 2011
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Agencies Publishing on November 30, 2011
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Civil Rights Commission
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Commerce Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Export-Import Bank
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Maritime Commission
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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Millennium Challenge Corporation
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National Credit Union Administration
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NNational Science Foundation (2)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Small Business Administration
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
Approaches to Reducing Sodium Consumption; Establishment of Dockets:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are extending the comment period to January 27, 2012, for the notice entitled "Approaches to Reducing Sodium Consumption; Establishment of Dockets; Request for C...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Civil Rights Commission
Meetings:
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Maine State Advisory Committee
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Commerce Department
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Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Amendments, Extensions, etc.:
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On August 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its preliminary results of the 2009-2010 new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on honey from Argentina.\1\ This review covers one exporter, Villamora S.A. (Villamora...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with October anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations,...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:
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NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery regulations to: Increase the General category maximum daily retention limit; allow the General category season to remain open until the January subquota is reached, or March 31, whichever happ...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) previously published a NOI for Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 18), on January 28, 2009, which has subse...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Fisheries of Northeastern United States:
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The State of Florida is transferring a portion of its 2011 commercial bluefish quota to New York State. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:
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This notice announces that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering creating additional restrictions limiting participation in the Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. If such management measures are imple...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program:
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NMFS issues this notice to decrease the fee rate for the non- pollock groundfish fishery to repay the $35,000,000 reduction loan to finance the non-pollock groundfish fishing capacity reduction program.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Recruitment of Private-Sector Members:
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Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Education Department
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The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L....
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Energy Department
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeks comments and information related to a measured building energy performance data taxonomy. DOE has created this measured building energy performance data taxonomy as part of its DOE Buildings Performance Datab...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Pursuant to section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and in accordance with Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 102-3.65(a), and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, Gene...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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This notice announces the availability of EPA's action identifying water quality limited segments and associated pollutants in Louisiana to be listed pursuant to Clean Water Act Section 303(d), and request for public comment. Section 303(d) requires...
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Notice | Nov 30, 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 EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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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) (EPA ICR No. 2100.05) to the Office of...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans; Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning:
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EPA is taking final action to approve the State of Louisiana's request to redesignate the Baton Rouge, Louisiana moderate 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment area to attainment of the 1997 8-hour ozone standard. As a part of this action, EPA is also appr...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans; Volatile Organic Compound Emission Control Measures:
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On July 29, 2010, September 16, 2011, and September 29, 2011, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) submitted several volatile organic compound (VOC) rules for approval into its State Implementation Plan (SIP). The purpose of these rule...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Executive Office of the President
Committees; Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.:
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Federal Advisory Committees; Continuance (EO 13591)
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Presidential Document | Nov 30, 2011 |
Export-Import Bank
Meetings:
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The Advisory Committee was established by Public Law 98-181, November 30, 1983, to advise the Export-Import Bank on its programs and to provide comments for inclusion in the reports of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to Congress. Time and...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Federal Communications Commission
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In this document, the Commission gives notice of Dr. Dennis L. Bruno's suspension from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or "E-Rate Program"). Additionally, the Bureau gives notice that debarment proceedings are commencin...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Consumer Information and Disclosure; Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format:
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In this document, the Commission extends the deadline to for filing reply comments on the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on various proposals designed to assist consumers in detecting and preventing the placement of...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Federal Maritime Commission
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Agreements Filed
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Applicants
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Health and Human Services Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Approaches to Reducing Sodium Consumption; Establishment of Dockets:
No documents available.
Federal Financial Participation in State Assistance Expenditures; Federal Matching Shares for Medicaid, etc.:
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The Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP), Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (eFMAP), and disaster-recovery FMAP adjustments for Fiscal Year 2013 have been calculated pursuant to the Social Security Act (the Act). These percenta...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs:
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The current version of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines), effective on October 1, 2010, addresses the role and qualifications of Medical Review Of...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Medicare Program:
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This notice announces a new application deadline for participation in the Advance Payment Model for certain accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program scheduled to begin in 2012.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Medicare and Medicaid Programs:
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This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) for CY 2012 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with this system. In this fin...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Homeland Security Department
Drawbridge Operations:
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The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the SR 23 bridge across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Algiers Alternate Route), mile 3.8, at Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Paris...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Meetings:
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The Coast Guard announces a public meeting to receive comments on new policy under consideration that would provide a domestic equivalency for international standards with respect to U.S. flagged oceangoing barges carrying noxious liquid substances (...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Special Local Regulations:
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The Coast Guard is establishing special local regulations on the waters of Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida during the Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta, a series of sailboat races. The Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta is scheduled to take...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Interior Department
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act).
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the southern Selkirk Mountains population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Incidental Take Permit Applications, etc:
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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, have received an application, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), from Kaheawa Wind Power I, LLC, for an amendment to incidental take permit (ITP) number TE118901-0 and the associated Kaheawa...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:
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On September 27, 2011, the Department of the Interior signed a Finding of No Significant Impact which documents the selection of the Proposed Action as presented in the Final Environmental Assessment for the Block Notice 1A Heber Sub-Area Agricultura...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Windy Gap Firming Project is available for public review. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has evaluated comments and has identified Alternative 2 as the Preferred Alternative. The Preferr...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Filings of Plats:
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office is publishing this notice to inform the public of the intent to file the land survey plats listed below, and to afford all affected parties a proper period of time to protest this action, prio...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Justice Department
Meetings:
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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of the forthcoming public meeting of the Section 904 Violence Against Women in Indian Country Task Force (hereinafter "the Task Force").
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Labor Department
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The Department of Labor (Department) will conduct an evaluation to provide rigorous, nationally-representative estimates of the net impacts of the YouthBuild program. The Department has determined that it is in the public interest to use a random ass...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Millennium Challenge Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
National Credit Union Administration
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NCUA is amending its rules to conform to amendments made to the Federal Credit Union Act (FCU Act) by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The final rule adds remittance transfers, as now defined under the E...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Golden Parachute and Indemnification Payments:
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NCUA is finalizing an interim rule to make a technical correction to its rule restricting a federally insured credit union (FICU) from making golden parachute and indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party (IAP). The amendment correc...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
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National Science Foundation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Meetings:
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on December 15, 2011, to discuss the ACMUI's recommendations on proposed revisions to the Abnormal Oc...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service application for an exemption from the annual revenue limitation that applies to market tests of experimental market dominant products. It seeks the exemption for Every Door Direct Mail Retail...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Postal Service
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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BATS Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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BATS Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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EDGA Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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EDGA Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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EDGX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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EDGX Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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International Securities Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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NYSE Amex LLC
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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National Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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New York Stock Exchange LLC
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Small Business Administration
Disaster Declarations:
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This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Connecticut (FEMA--4046--DR), dated 11/17/2011. Incident: Severe storm. Incident Period: 10/29/2011 through 10/30/2011. Effective Date: 1...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Requests for Exemptions:
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Emergence Capital Partners SBIC, L.P.
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Surface Transportation Board
Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:
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Alabama and Florida Railway Co., Inc., etc. from Mississippi Tennessee Holdings, LLC and Mississippi Tennessee Railroad, LLC
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Transportation Department
Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:
No documents available.
Airworthiness Directives:
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Company Model 777-200, -200LR, and -300ER series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report from the manufacturer indicating that the lowered ceiling support structur...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Learjet Inc. Model 60 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by two incidents of swapped fire extinguishing wires. This proposed AD would require inspecting the electrical leads rou...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Railroad Workplace Safety:
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FRA is amending its regulations on railroad workplace safety to further reduce the risk of serious injury or death to roadway workers performing work with potentially distracting equipment near certain adjacent tracks. In particular, this final rule...
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Rule | Nov 30, 2011 |
Treasury Department
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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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...
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Notice | Nov 30, 2011 |
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