December 9, 2011 (Volume 76)

Federal Register December 9, 2011

View all documents issued on December 9, 2011. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

112 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 9, 2011

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is extending until January 17, 2012, the period for public comment on the proposal to issue regulations in order to provide loans and grants to facilitate the construction, acquisition, or improvement of infrastructu...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008:

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is amending the regulations issued under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended and supplemented (P&S Act). GIPSA is amending the regu...
Rule Dec 09, 2011

Nutrition Labeling of Single-Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products:

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is delaying the effective date of the final regulations that require nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products and ground or chopped meat and poultry product...
Rule Dec 09, 2011

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 09, 2011
This rule updates the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) legal authority citations for the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to replace citations to the President's Notice of November 4, 2010, Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass...
Rule Dec 09, 2011
We, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services), announce a draft policy to provide our interpretation of the phrase "significant portion of its range" in the Endange...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is seeking public comments on the impact that implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), through the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (CWCIA), and the Chemical Weapons Convention R...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

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On August 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the fourteenth administrative review for the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy.\1\ The review covers two manufacturers/exporters and...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
On June 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey. The administrative review covers the Borusan Grou...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe ("CWP") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") for the period of review ("POR") of J...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
On August 5, 2011, the Department of Commerce (Department) published the preliminary results of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film (PET Film) from India.\1\ This review covers one producer/exporter...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) for this administrative review is...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
On June 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published in the Federal Register the preliminary results in the 2009- 2010 antidumping duty administrative review of pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China ("PRC").\1\ The period...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Applications for Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework:

Applications for Subzone Authority:

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS has determined that the Atlantic tunas General category daily retention limit of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) should be adjusted for the January 2012 subquota period, based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding insea...
Rule Dec 09, 2011

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

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On August 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET Film) from India for Ester Industries Ltd. (Ester), covering the perio...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) from catcher vessels using trawl gear and jig gear sectors to American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/ processors and catcher/processors using hook-and-li...
Rule Dec 09, 2011
NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of sculpins in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow fishing operations to continue....
Rule Dec 09, 2011

Meetings:

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Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Permit Amendment Applications:

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Notice is hereby given that NOAA's Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, (Brandon Southall, Ph.D.--Principal Investigator) has applied for an amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 14534-01.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Permit Applications:

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Notice is hereby given that Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation [Responsible Party: Mark Swingle], 717 General Booth Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA 23451, has applied in due form for a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's ridley...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Notice is hereby given that D. Ann Pabst, Ph.D., University of North Carolina Wilmington, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on marine mammals.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
The Committee is proposing to add a service to the Procurement List that will be provided by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities. Comments Must Be Received On or Before: 1/9/2012.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 comment. The...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) executes the Department of Defense (DoD) Procurement Technical Assistance Program by awarding cost sharing cooperative agreements to assist states, local governments, private nonprofit organizations, tribal organiza...
Notice Dec 09, 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 Dec 09, 2011
This document contains corrections to the final rule which was published in the Federal Register of Wednesday, November 2, 2011 (76 FR 68039). The final rule amended the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to revise the definitions of "Caribbean Bas...
Rule Dec 09, 2011
The Office of the Secretary of Defense proposes to alter a system of records in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
The Office of the Secretary of Defense 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 Dec 09, 2011
The Office of the Secretary of Defense 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 Dec 09, 2011
Notice Dec 09, 2011

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

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement c...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collectio...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory (TSCA Inventory)) to notify EPA...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
On or about November 18, 2011, the EPA will make available to the public the final document, Integrated Review Plan for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Lead. This document contains the plans for the review of the air quality criteria a...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to make two determinations regarding the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-MD-DE 8-hour ozone moderate nonattainment area (the Philadelphia Area). First, EPA is proposing to make a determination that the Philadelphia Area...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:

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This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Arkansas's request to revise its EPA-authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Indiana's request to revise its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
This notice announces EPA's approval of the State of Montana's request to revise its EPA-authorized program to allow electronic reporting.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Weekly Receipt
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; Public Hearings:

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EPA and NHTSA are announcing public hearings to be held for the joint proposed rules "2017 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards," published in the Federal Register on December 1...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (Board). The Board usually meets three times each calendar year, twice at different locations along the U.S. border wit...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Plans for Separation of Recyclable Material from Municipal Solid Waste; Availability:

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EPA is issuing notice of receipt of, and opportunity to comment on, a plan by Fiberight of Blairstown LLC to remove recyclables from municipal solid waste (MSW) prior to its use as a feedstock for renewable fuel production at their biorefinery in Bla...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2011

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

No documents available.

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

No documents available.

Government Accountability Office logo Government Accountability Office

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The Government Accountability Office Personnel Appeals Board (the Board or PAB) is amending its regulations to reflect a change in law concerning grievance procedures. The amended rule provides a choice of forum to employees with prohibited personnel...
Rule Dec 09, 2011

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 09, 2011
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a list of members who may be named to serve on FDA's Senior Executive Performance Review Board or Panels, which oversee the evaluation of performance appraisals of FDA's Senior Executive Service (S...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

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

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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.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Meetings:

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National Cancer Institute
Notice Dec 09, 2011

New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly & Co. The supplemental NADA provides for us...
Rule Dec 09, 2011

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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The Coast Guard is amending its vessel inspection regulations to add the International Anti-fouling System (IAFS) Certificate to the list of certificates a recognized classification society may issue on behalf of the Coast Guard. This action is being...
Rule Dec 09, 2011
The United States and Canada are staunch allies, vital economic partners, neighbors, and steadfast friends. We share common values, communities, and deep links among our citizens. The extensive mobility of people, goods, capital, and information betw...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

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

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the NAFTA Regulations and Certificate of Origin. This...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 130, Petition for Alien Relative.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Port Access Route Studies:

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The U.S. Coast Guard is reopening the comment period to further its outreach efforts and solicit additional comments concerning its Port Access Route Study being conducted along the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Florida.
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
This proposed rule provides for the establishment of regulations for Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), which are the local information technology systems that HUD recipients and subrecipients use for homeless assistance programs authori...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Boundary Changes:

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The administrative boundaries between the Central Montana District Office, Lewistown Field Office, and the Western Montana District Office, Butte Field Office, are being changed. The administrative boundary change will realign Lewis and Clark County,...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), and the Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act 1976...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Inventory Completions:

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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Amendments, Extensions, etc.:

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The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on tin- and chromium-coa...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Complaints:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled In Re Certain Blu-Ray Disc Players, DN 2863; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings:

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Solid Urea From Russia and Ukraine
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs 54 FR 25818 (Ju...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Controlled Substances:

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This notice establishes final adjusted 2011 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in Schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Final Adjusted Assessment of Annual Needs for List I Chemicals:

Title Type Published
This notice establishes the Final Adjusted 2011 assessment of annual needs for the List I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing to revise the regulations implementing the non-discrimination and affirmative action regulations of section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Section 503 prohibi...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

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

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Coke Oven Emissions," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval fo...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

No documents available.

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

No documents available.

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is giving notice once each week for four consecutive weeks of combined license (COL) applications from Progress Energy Florida, Inc., Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., and Florid...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Staff Guidance; Availability:

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The NRC is issuing its final Revision 2 to NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition," Section 1.0, Revision 2 on "Introduction and Interfaces" (Agencywide Documents Access and M...
Notice Dec 09, 2011

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

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This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Avalon, Texas post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioner...
Notice Dec 09, 2011
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Niagara, North Dakota 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 Dec 09, 2011
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Geuda Springs, Kansas 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 Dec 09, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

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Boston Stock Exchange Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2011
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2011
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2011
NYSE Amex LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2011
NYSE Amex LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2011
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2011
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2011
Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small Business Investment Companies:

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In this proposed rule, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is defining a new sub-category of small business investment companies (SBICs) which will focus on making equity investments in early stage small businesses. By licensing and providin...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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This action announces the effective date of a final rule published in the Federal Register of April 28, 2011 that amends Federal airways in Alaska. The FAA subsequently published a rule in the Federal Register of June 16, 2011 that delayed the effect...
Rule Dec 09, 2011
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Dec 09, 2011

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards; Public Hearings:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo 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...
Notice Dec 09, 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 Dec 09, 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 Dec 09, 2011
This notice of proposed rulemaking makes technical corrections to the notice of proposed rulemaking concerning alternatives to the use of external credit ratings that was published on November 29, 2011 to correct a mischaracterization of section 939(...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2011
This document contains final regulations relating to conduit financing arrangements. The final regulations apply to multiple-party financing arrangements that are effected through disregarded entities, and are necessary in order to determine which of...
Rule Dec 09, 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 Dec 09, 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 Dec 09, 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 Dec 09, 2011

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