Federal Register December 27, 2011 (Volume 76)

Agencies Publishing on December 27, 2011

Agriculture Department (9)
Commerce Department (16)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (1)
Defense Department (10)
Education Department (3)
Energy Department (16)
Environmental Protection Agency (18)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Export-Import Bank (1)
Farm Credit Administration (1)
Federal Communications Commission (2)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2)
Federal Election Commission (1)
Federal Maritime Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Health and Human Services Department (15)
Homeland Security Department (7)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (7)
International Trade Commission (2)
Justice Department (4)
Labor Department (2)
Library of Congress (1)
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Management and Budget Office (1)
National Archives and Records Administration (2)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (3)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (3)
Postal Service (3)
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Railroad Retirement Board (1)
Securities and Exchange Commission (10)
Social Security Administration (1)
State Department (5)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (16)
Treasury Department (3)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Notice of Determination of Pest-Free Areas in Mendoza Province, Argentina We are advising the public that we are recognizing the Southern and Central Oases in the southern half of Mendoza Province in Argentina as pest-free areas for Mediterranean fruit fly and South American fruit fly. Based on our site visit to the area a...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Agriculture Department Increasing Access to Rural Community Investment Opportunities for Investors This Notice applies to investors interested in investment opportunities in rural infrastructure; these potential investors are encouraged to contact the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Rural Development Act of 1972 established USDA's authority...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Agriculture Department > RUS, RHS, RBS, FSA Intergovernmental Review The U. S. Department of Agriculture ("Department") is amending several regulations, which make reference to RD Instruction 1940-J, Intergovernmental Review." This action is necessary since the affected regulations refer to RD Instruction 1940-J, whic...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Determination of Nonregulated Status:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Monsanto Co.; Determination of Nonregulated Status of Corn Genetically Engineered for Drought Tolerance We are advising the public of our determination that a corn line developed by the Monsanto Co., designated as event MON 87460, which has been genetically engineered for drought tolerance, is no longer considered a regulated article under our regulati...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Los Padres National Forest: California; Environmental Impact Statement for the Removal of the Noxious Weed Tamarisk on the Los Padres National Forest The USDA, Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, gives notice of intent to conduct analysis and prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the removal of the noxious weed Tamarisk across the Los Padres National forest: this notice annou...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Food Source Attribution; Public Meeting The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is hosting a public meeting to discuss Federal efforts to advance tri-agency unders...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Petitions, Plant Pest Risk Assessments, and Environmental Assessments; Availability:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Dow AgroScience LLC; Availability of Petition, Plant Pest Risk Assessment, and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Corn Genetically Engineered for Herbicide Tolerance We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Dow AgroScience LLC seeking a determination of nonregulated status of corn designated as DAS-40278-9, which has been genetically engineered fo...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Agriculture Department > APHIS Monsanto Co.; Availability of Petition, Plant Pest Risk Assessment, and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Soybean Genetically Engineered To Produce Stearidonic Acid We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from the Monsanto Company seeking a determination of nonregulated status of soybean designated as MON 87769, which has been genetically engineered...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Requests for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NIFA Solicitation of Veterinary Shortage Situation Nominations for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting nominations of veterinary service shortage situations for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP; [75 FR 20239- 20248]) for fiscal year (FY) 2012, as authorized under...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Commerce Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Commerce Department The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Export Trading Companies Contact Facilitation Services The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Applications for Expansion:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Foreign-Trade Zone 44-Morris County, NJ; Application for Expansion Foreign-Trade Zone 44, Morris County, NJ	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Approvals for Manufacturing Authority:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Approval for Manufacturing Authority; Foreign-Trade Zone 26; Makita Corporation of America; (Hand-Held/Stationary Power Tool and Gasoline/Electric-Powered Lawn and Garden Product Manufacturing); Buford, GA Makita Corp. of America, Foreign-Trade Zone 26, Buford, GA	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Proposed 2012 and 2013 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish NMFS proposes 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area. This action is necessary to establish harves...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Amendment 88 NMFS issues regulations implementing Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP). Amendment 88 is the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program). These regulations allocate exclusive harv...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Antidumping Order on Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review In response to a request from Zhaoqing New Zhongya Aluminum Co., Ltd. ("New Zhongya"), a producer of aluminum extrusions from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), and pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the "Act"), an...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a meeting of the Red Snapper Advisory Panel (AP).	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Commerce Department > NOAA Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad Hoc Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a work session to continue the periodic review of groundfish essential fish habitat (EFH).	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Endangered Species; File Nos. 13599 and 1614 Notice is hereby given that the following applicants have applied in due form for modifications to their scientific research permits: the National Ocean Service Marine Forensic Lab (NOS Lab) [Responsible Party: Julie Carter], 219 Fort Johnson Road, C...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Reorganizations Under Alternative Site Framework:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 277 Under Alternative Site Framework; Western Maricopa County, AZ Foreign-Trade Zone 277, Western Maricopa County, AZ	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Requests for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee The Department of Commerce (United States Patent and Trademark Office) is requesting nominations of individuals to serve on the National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee. The United States Patent and Trademark Office...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Cape Wind's High Resolution Survey in Nantucket Sound, MA In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to Cape Wind Associates (CWA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to pre-construc...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Voluntary Terminations:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > FTZB Voluntary Termination of Foreign-Trade Subzone 84S Academy Sports and Outdoors, Katy and Brookshire, TX Academy Sports and Outdoors, Foreign-Trade Subzone 84S, Katy and Brookshire, TX	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal agencies...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Electronic Fund Transfers (Regulation E) Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rulemaking authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws from seven Federal agencies to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Fire Pots and Gel Fuel; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comments and Information The Consumer Product Safety Commission ("the Commission," "CPSC," or "we") has reason to believe that firepots and gel fuel used together may present an unreasonable risk of injury. As of September 30, 2011, the Commission is aware of 76 incidents th...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

Title	Type	Published
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia Senior Executive Service; Performance Review Board; Members Section 4314(c) of Title 5, U.S.C. (as amended by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978) requires each agency to establish, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management, one or more Performance Review Boards (PRB) to...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Defense Department

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USA Proposed Collection; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department Notice of Intent To Expand Implementation of the TRICARE® Program in Alaska The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs announces the intent to expand implementation of the TRICARE Program in Alaska. The expansion will require the Managed Care Support Contractor to develop and operate a TRICARE civili...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department Extension of Autism Services Demonstration Project for TRICARE Beneficiaries Under the Extended Care Health Option This notice provides a 2-year extension of the Department of Defense Enhanced Access to Autism Services Demonstration Project under the Extended Care Health Option for beneficiaries diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Under the demonstr...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department Mandatory Declassification Review Addresses Pursuant to the Information Security Oversight Office's Classified National Security Information Directive No. 1, this notice provides Department of Defense addresses to which Mandatory Declassification Review requests may be sent. This notice benefi...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department DoD Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Program This part implements policy established in DoD Instruction 5200.01. It assigns responsibilities and provides procedures for members of the public to request a declassification review of information classified under the provisions of Executive Order 1...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB); Member Solicitation Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces the following Federal advisory...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department TRICARE Evaluation of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Approved Laboratory Developed Tests Demonstration Project This notice is to advise interested parties of a Military Health System (MHS) demonstration project under the authority of Section 1092, Chapter 55, Title 10 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), entitled TRICARE Evaluation of Centers for Medicare & Me...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Defense Department TRICARE Prime Urgent Care Demonstration Project This notice is to advise interested parties of a Military Health System (MHS) Demonstration project under the authority of title 10, U.S. Code, section 1092, entitled Department Of Defense TRICARE Prime Urgent Care Demonstration Project. The demonstr...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department > USN Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Military Training Activities at the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman, OR, and Notice of Request for Public Scoping Comments This notice is to advise the public that the Department of the Navy (DoN) is revising the scope for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for continued and increased training activities on Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility (NWSTF) Boardman,...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

TRICARE:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department TRICARE: Certified Mental Health Counselors This rule is submitted as an interim final rule (IFR) in order to meet the Congressional requirement set forth in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, Section 724, which required the Department of Defense to prescr...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests 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 27, 2011
Education Department Notice of Submission for OMB Review The 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. 104-13)...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Education Department National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity: Notice of Membership National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; Members	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Energy Department > FERC Filing of Privileged Materials and Answers to Motions The Commission proposes changes in its rules and regulations relating to the filing of privileged material, in keeping with the Commission's efforts to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, and the E-Gover...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Applications for Long-Term Authorization to Export Domestically Produced Liquefied Natural Gas:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Carib Energy (USA) LLC; Application for Long-Term Authorization To Export Domestically Produced Liquefied Natural Gas for a 25-Year Period The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on October 20, 2011 by Carib Energy (USA) LLC (Carib), requesting long- term, multi-contract authorization to export up...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Compliance Filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Kansas Gas Service, a division of ONEOK, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing Kansas Gas Service, a Division of ONEOK, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Energy Department > FERC Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc.; Notice of Compliance Filing Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Entergy Services, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Blue Heron Hydro LLC; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment Blue Heron Hydro LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Energy Department > FERC Boott Hydropower, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment Boott Hydropower, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC MRL Energy, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization MRL Energy, LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Energy Department > FERC Shiloh III Lessee, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization Shiloh III Lessee, LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Preliminary Permit Applications:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Cortez Pumped Storage Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications Cortez Pumped Storage Project	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Requests Under Blanket Authorizations:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Technical Conferences:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Technical Conference Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Waivers from Commercial Package Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Test Procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Publication of the Petition for Waiver From Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Granting of the Interim Waiver From the Department of Energy Commercial Package Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Test Procedures This notice announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver from Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (Samsung). The petition for waiver (hereafter "petition") requests a waiver from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure applicable...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Waivers from Residential Dishwasher Test Procedures:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > DOE Decision and Order Granting a Waiver to Miele, Inc. From the U.S. Department of Energy Residential Dishwasher Test Procedure The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of the decision and order (Case No. DW-006) that grants to Miele, Inc. (Miele) a waiver from the DOE dishwasher test procedure for certain basic models that run on a 208 volt electrical supply. Under t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan; Re-Opening Public Comment Period On October 26, 2011, EPA published its final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan ("final 2010 Plan") and announced its 2011 Effluent Guidelines Reviews, as required under the Clean Water Act (CWA). Since publication, the Agency has received several...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Pulp and Paper Industry The EPA is proposing amendments to the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for the pulp and paper industry to address the results of the residual risk and technology review that the EPA is required to conduct under sections 112(d...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metal Coil Surface Coating (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Water Quality Inventory Reports (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a requ...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements and Exemptions for Specific RCRA Wastes (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Strategic Plan Information on Source Water Protection (Renewal) In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a requ...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Oregon: New Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration Rule Revisions and Air Quality Permit Streamlining Rule Revisions EPA is taking final action to approve the amendments to the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) that were proposed on September 23, 2011. No comments were received on the proposal and today EPA is taking final action to approve the proposed SIP am...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Kansas: Regional Haze EPA is taking final action to approve a revision to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for Kansas, submitted by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on October 26, 2009, that addresses Regional Haze for the first implementation period. EP...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; State of Florida; Control of Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI) Emissions From Existing Facilities EPA is approving the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 state plan (the Plan) submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for the State of Florida on December 21, 2010, for implementing and enforcing the Emissions Guide...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants; State of Florida; Control of Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator (HMIWI) Emissions From Existing Facilities EPA is proposing to approve the Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d)/129 State Plan (the Plan) submitted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) for the State of Florida on December 21, 2010, for implementing and enforcing the Emis...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Implementation Plans, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Federal Implementation Plans for Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin and Determination for Kansas Regarding Interstate Transport of Ozone In this final rule, EPA is concluding that emissions from Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin significantly contribute to downwind nonattainment or interfere with maintenance of the 1997 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standa...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board Meeting Dates and Agenda The EPA Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board, as previously announced, holds teleconference meetings on the third Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, and two face-to-face meetings each calendar year. For 2012, teleconference only meeti...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Meeting The EPA Office of the Science Advisor announces a public meeting of the Human Studies Review Board to advise the Agency on the EPA scientific and ethical reviews of research with human subjects.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Executive Office of the President

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Amendments to Executive Orders 12131 and 13539 Amendments to Executive Orders 12131 and 13539 (EO 13596)	Presidential Document	Dec 27, 2011
Executive Office of the President Flexible Implementation of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule Mercury and Air Toxic Standards Rule; Flexible Implementation (Memorandum of December 21, 2011)	Presidential Document	Dec 27, 2011

Export-Import Bank

Title	Type	Published
Export-Import Bank Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as requir...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Farm Credit Administration

Title	Type	Published
Farm Credit Administration Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding Operations; Liquidity and Funding The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we or us) proposes to amend its liquidity regulation. The purpose of the proposed rule is to strengthen liquidity risk management at Farm Credit System (FCS or System) banks, improve the quality of assets in the l...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Request for Connect America Fund Cost Models In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) requests interested parties to submit forward-looking cost models, consistent with the USF/ICC Transformation Order, for consideration in this proceeding. The Commission also reques...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Federal Communications Commission Review of the Emergency Alert System In this document, the Commission amends its rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules to extend the deadline for EAS Participants to be able to receive Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)- formatted EAS alerts to no later than June 30, 2012....	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request (3064-0022) In accordance with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ("PRA"), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently va...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Update to Notice of Financial Institutions for Which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Has Been Appointed Either Receiver, Liquidator, or Manager Notice is hereby given that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Corporation) has been appointed the sole receiver for the following financial institutions effective as of the Date Closed as indicated in the listing. This list (as updated from...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Election Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Election Commission Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications by Corporations and Labor Organizations The Federal Election Commission seeks comments on proposed changes to its rules regarding corporate and labor organization funding of expenditures, independent expenditures and electioneering communications. These and other proposed changes are in re...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Maritime Commission

Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Negotiated Rate Arrangements:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Maritime Commission Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Negotiated Rate Arrangements; Tariff Filing Exemption The Federal Maritime Commission is issuing this Notice of Inquiry seeking comments on ways to make the tariff filing exemption provided to licensed non-vessel-operating common carriers in its regulations more useful, including its possible extension...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Use of Methanocarba Analogues of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleosides and Nucleotides to Treat or Prevent Cardiac Diseases in Humans 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 (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is contemplating the grant of a worldwide exclusive evaluation option licen...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry on Postmarketing Adverse Event Reporting for Nonprescription Human Drug Products Marketed Without an Approved Application The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Draft Guidance for Industry and Staff; Availability:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Investigational Device Exemptions for Early Feasibility Medical Device Clinical Studies, Including Certain First in Human Studies; Extension of Comment Period The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of Thursday, November, 10, 2011 (76 FR 70150). In the notice, FDA requested comments on the draft guidance that addresses the...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Draft Guidance for Industry, Clinical Investigators, Institutional Review Boards, and Staff; Availability:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry, Clinical Investigators, Institutional Review Boards, and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Food and Drug Administration Decisions for Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Clinical Investigations; Extension of Comment Period The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice that appeared in the Federal Register of Thursday, November, 10, 2011 (76 FR 70151). In the notice, FDA requested comments on the draft guidance that has been devel...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center For Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting Center for Scientific Review	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine Notice of Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Request for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve on the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women (ACBCYW) Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Requests for Nominations:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Request for Nominations for Voting Members on a Public Advisory Committee; Food Advisory Committee The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nominations for members with expertise in epidemiology, pediatric development, and analytical chemistry or food science to serve on the Food Advisory Committee, Center for Food Safety and Applied N...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Request for Nominations for Voting Members on Public Advisory Panels or Committees The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nominations for voting members to serve on the Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee, certain device panels of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, and the National Mammography Q...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0011 In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ex...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Nebraska; Amendment No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Nebraska (FEMA-4013-DR), dated August 12, 2011, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Homeland Security Department > FEMA New Jersey; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Jersey (FEMA-4048-DR), dated November 30, 2011, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Homeland Security Department > FEMA New Mexico; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of New Mexico (FEMA-4047-DR), dated November 23, 2011, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Texas; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster for the State of Texas (FEMA-1999-DR), dated July 1, 2011, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Texas; Amendment No. 7 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1999-DR), dated July 1, 2011, and related determinations.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Special Local Regulations and Safety Zones:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Special Local Regulations and Safety Zones; Recurring Events in Northern New England The Coast Guard proposes to update recurring special local regulations and safety zones in the Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Northern New England Zone for annual recurring marine events. When these special local regulations or safety zones a...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Builder's Certification of Plans, Specifications, and Site The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Interior Department

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NIGC Definition of Enforcement Action This action proposes to amend NIGC regulations to include definitions for "enforcement action". The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act authorizes the NIGC to take certain actions in regard to violations of the Act, NIGC regulations, and tribal gaming ordin...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Interior Department > FWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit Applications We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with en...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Interior Department > NIGC Enforcement Actions This action proposes to amend NIGC regulations to include a graduated pre-enforcement process through which a tribe may come into compliance before an enforcement action is taken by the Chair. Voluntary compliance is the goal of the Commission. This...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Public Meeting: Resource Advisory Councils, Nevada In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada will hold a joint meeting of its three Resource Advisory Counc...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions Pending Nominations and Related Actions	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Records of Decision; Availability:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Sonoran Solar Energy Project, Arizona The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Sonoran Solar Energy Project (SSEP). The Secretary of the Interior approved the ROD on December 19, 2011, which constitutes the Interior Department...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Tule Wind, LLC's Tule Wind Project, San Diego County, CA The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the project, located in San Diego County. The Secretary of the Interior approved the ROD on December 19, 2011, which constitutes the Department's final...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

International Trade Commission

Determinations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate From India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Korea Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Korea	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Investigations:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices, and Products Containing Same; Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337 Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 21, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Nanya Technology Corporation of Kueishan, Taiwa...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Justice Department

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act Lodging of Consent Decrees Under the Clean Air Act	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > FBI Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection: Age, Sex, and Race of Persons Arrested 18 Years of Age and Over; Age, Sex, and Race of Persons Arrested Under 18 Years of Age; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Comments Requested 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Justice Department > FBI Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed collection: Applicant Questionnaire: Race, National Origin, Gender, and Disability Demographics; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; Comments Requested 60 day notice.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Solicitation for Cooperative Agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > NIC Solicitation for a Cooperative Agreement-Jail as Part of County Government: Review and Revision The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Jails Division is seeking applications for the revision of its Jail as Part of County Government training program. The project will be for a 9-month period and will be completed with the NIC Jails Division....	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > WHD Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service The Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) proposes to revise the current Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act) regulations pertaining to the exemption for companionship services and live-in domestic services. Section 13(a)(15) of the FLSA...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Labor Department > OSHA Corrections and Technical Amendments to 16 OSHA Standards OSHA is correcting typographical errors in, and making non- substantive technical amendments to, 16 OSHA standards. The technical amendments include updating or revising cross-references and updating OSHA recordkeeping log numbers.	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Library of Congress

Title	Type	Published
Library of Congress > LOC Distribution of the 2004-2009 Cable and Satellite Royalty Funds The Copyright Royalty Judges are soliciting objections on motions of the Phase I claimants for further distributions in connection with the 2004-2009 cable and satellite royalty funds as well as requesting comments as to the existence of Phase I and...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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Management and Budget Office

Cost Accounting Standards:

Title	Type	Published
Management and Budget Office > OFPP Cost Accounting Standards: Cost Accounting Standards 412 and 413-Cost Accounting Standards Pension Harmonization Rule The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (Board), is publishing this final rule to revise Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 412, "Composition and Measurement of Pension Cost," and CAS 413, "Adjustment and Allocati...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

National Archives and Records Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instru...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Archives and Records Administration > ISOO State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Policy Advisory Committee (SLTPS-PAC) In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR 101-6, announcement is made for the committee meeting of the State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Policy Advisory Committee. To discuss the...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for a Extension of a Currently Approved Collection; Comment Request The NCUA is submitting the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is publish...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation National Science Board; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Facility Operating Licenses:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Biweekly Notice; Applications and Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Operating License Renewal Applications:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of the Application, Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, Regarding Renewal of Facility Operating License No. NPF-29 for an Additional 20-Year Period; Entergy Operations, Inc.; Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1 Entergy Operations, Inc., Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Suspensions of Licensed Activities:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission International Cyclotron, Inc., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico; Order Suspending Licensed Activities International Cyclotron, Inc., Hato Rey, PR	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meetings Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Postal Regulatory Commission New Postal Product The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to enter into an outstanding International Business Reply Service competitive agreement. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Postal Regulatory Commission Post Office Closing This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the McCallsburg, Iowa post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petiti...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Postal Service

Title	Type	Published
Postal Service International Product Change-Global Expedited Package Services-Non-Published Rates The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add Global Expedited Package Services-- Non-Published Rates 3 (GEPS--NPR 3) to the Competitive Products List.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Postal Service Product Change-Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Extension of Temporary Registration of Municipal Advisors The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is amending interim final temporary Rule 15Ba2-6T, which provides for the temporary registration of municipal advisors under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), as amended by the...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Penny Pilot Program C2 Options Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify Fees for Co-Location Services NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change To Modify Rule 7034 Regarding Low Latency Network Connections NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify the Fee Schedule for Co-Location Services NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change To Modify its Co-Location Fee Schedule Regarding Low Latency Network Connections NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Modify Fees for Co-Location Services NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change to Modify Rule 7034 Regarding Low Latency Network Connections NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Amex LLC; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval of a Proposed Rule Amendment to NYSE Amex Rule 452 and Corresponding Section 723 of the Company Guide and Amex Rule 577 Relating to Discretionary Proxy Voting on Executive Compensation Matters NYSE Amex LLC	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend Its Fee and Rebate Schedule National Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Social Security Administration

Title	Type	Published
Social Security Administration Rate for Assessment on Direct Payment Fees to Representatives in 2012 We are announcing that the assessment percentage rate under Sections 206(d) and 1631(d)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 406(d) and 1383(d)(2)(C), is 6.3 percent for 2012.	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

State Department

Title	Type	Published
State Department Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons, Including a Ban on U.S. Government Procurement A determination has been made that a number of foreign entities and one foreign person have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Nordkapp” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Woman in Blue, Against Blue Water” by Edvard Munch Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
State Department The Secretary of State's International Council on Women's Business Leadership; Notice of Open Meeting International Council on Women's Business Leadership	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
State Department International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) Meeting Notice; Closed Meeting International Security Advisory Board	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing Products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru In accordance with relevant provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > PHMSA Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on an information collection under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 2137-0584, "Gas Pipeline Safety Program Certification and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Sa...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Light Rail Project in Washington This notice announces actions taken by FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to the East Link Light Rail Transit Project in King County Washington. These actions grant licenses, p...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FMCSA Hours of Service of Drivers FMCSA revises the hours of service (HOS) regulations to limit the use of the 34-hour restart provision to once every 168 hours and to require that anyone using the 34-hour restart provision have as part of the restart two periods that include 1 a.m....	Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FAA Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of title 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 pub...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waiver of Compliance	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

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

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity and Avionics Survey In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > PHMSA Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will submit a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): "Ge...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FAA Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Training and Qualification Requirements for Check Airmen and Flight Instructors In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011
Transportation Department > FAA Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Type Certification Procedures for Changed Products In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day commen...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Alcohol and Drug Testing:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Alcohol and Drug Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2012 Notice of determination.	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Clarification of Policy:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Clarification of Policy Regarding Approved Training Programs This document announces the availability of an FAA Notice that would require FAA inspectors to review 14 CFR part 135 approved training programs to identify and correct those programs which erroneously issued credit for previous training or checking....	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > PHMSA Notice of Public Webinar on Implementation of Distribution Integrity Management Programs Distribution pipeline operators were required to have prepared and implemented distribution integrity management plans (DIMP) by August 2, 2011. Federal and state regulators have begun inspecting those plans and their implementation. This webinar wil...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

New Task Assignment:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee-New Task The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) a new task to develop a comprehensive program of voluntary accreditation for commercial air tour operators that are not required under parts 91 and 135 of Title 14 of the Code of Fede...	Notice	Dec 27, 2011

Revocation and Establishment of Compulsory Reporting Point:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Revocation and Establishment of Compulsory Reporting Point; Alaska This action modifies a low altitude and a high altitude Alaskan compulsory reporting point in the vicinity of Kodiak, Alaska. The FAA is removing the MARLO compulsory reporting point and establishing CJAYY in the same location, to avoid confusion wit...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Special Conditions:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Special Conditions: XtremeAir GmbH, XA42; Acrobatic Category Aerodynamic Stability This action proposes special conditions for the XtremeAir GmbH XA42 airplane. The XA42 airplane has a novel or unusual design feature associated with its static stability. This airplane can perform at the highest level of aerobatic competition. To be...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request 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	Dec 27, 2011
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tangible Property This document contains temporary regulations that provide guidance on the application of sections 162(a) and 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to amounts paid to acquire, produce, or improve tangible property. The temporary regulations clarify and...	Rule	Dec 27, 2011
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tangible Property Appearing elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations that provide guidance on the application of sections 162(a) and 263(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) to amounts paid to acquire, produce, or imp...	Proposed Rule	Dec 27, 2011

Federal Register December 27, 2011

Agencies Publishing on December 27, 2011

Agriculture Department

Determination of Nonregulated Status:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Petitions, Plant Pest Risk Assessments, and Environmental Assessments; Availability:

Requests for Nominations:

Commerce Department

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

Applications for Expansion:

Approvals for Manufacturing Authority:

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Initiation of Changed Circumstances Review:

Meetings:

Permits:

Reorganizations Under Alternative Site Framework:

Requests for Nominations:

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Voluntary Terminations:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Product Safety Commission

C Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

Defense Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

TRICARE:

Education Department

Energy Department

Applications for Long-Term Authorization to Export Domestically Produced Liquefied Natural Gas:

Compliance Filings:

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Meetings:

Preliminary Permit Applications:

Requests Under Blanket Authorizations:

Technical Conferences:

Waivers from Commercial Package Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Test Procedures:

Waivers from Residential Dishwasher Test Procedures:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Approval and Promulgation of State Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants:

Federal Implementation Plans, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin:

Meetings:

Executive Office of the President

Export-Import Bank

Farm Credit Administration

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Election Commission

Federal Maritime Commission

Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers Negotiated Rate Arrangements:

Federal Reserve System

Health and Human Services Department

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

Draft Guidance for Industry and Staff; Availability:

Draft Guidance for Industry, Clinical Investigators, Institutional Review Boards, and Staff; Availability:

Meetings:

Request for Nominations:

Requests for Nominations:

Homeland Security Department

Major Disaster Declarations:

Special Local Regulations and Safety Zones:

Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Interior Department

Meetings:

National Register of Historic Places:

Records of Decision; Availability:

International Trade Commission

Determinations:

Investigations:

Justice Department

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

Solicitation for Cooperative Agreements:

Labor Department

Library of Congress

M Management and Budget Office

Cost Accounting Standards:

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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia

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Management and Budget Office

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National Science Foundation

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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Railroad Retirement Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States