Federal Register January 9, 2012
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84 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on January 9, 2012
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Administrative Conference of the United States
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AAgricultural Marketing Service (0)
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Farm Credit Administration
(1)
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Election Commission
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Federal Reserve System
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Interior Department
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International Trade Commission
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Justice Department
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Labor Department
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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PPostal Regulatory Commission (3)
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RRailroad Retirement Board (1)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Administrative Conference of the United States
Meetings:
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Notice is hereby given of two public meetings of the Committee on Adjudication of the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States. At these meetings, the committee will consider a draft report and a draft recommendation examining w...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Agricultural Marketing Service
Requests for Nominations:
No documents available.
Agriculture Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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This notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to resume a currently approved information collection for bee and honey data and all associated reports.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Meetings:
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We are giving notice of a meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Requests for Nominations:
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The Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the USDA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee). The Advisory Committee meets...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Commerce Department
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This rule imposes a license requirement on exports and reexports to all destinations other than Canada of two types of microwave and millimeter wave electronic components. The two components are packaged high electron mobility transistors and package...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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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...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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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...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:
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On February 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce ("Department") published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp ("shrimp") from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ("Vietnam").\1\ The Department is conduct...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Applications for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:
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Foreign-Trade Zone 100, Dayton, OH
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:
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In accordance with the framework procedures for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf FMP) and the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews:
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Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3), the Department of Commerce (Department) is initiating a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on low enriched urani...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Permits:
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Notice is hereby given that Kristen Hart, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Davie Field Office, Davie, FL has been issued a permit to take loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmoch...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Notice is hereby given that the North Carolina Zoo, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27203 [David Jones, Responsible Party], and the Springfield Science Museum, 21 Edwards Street Springfield, MA 01103 [David J. Stier, Responsible Party] have been issue...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation:
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High Pressure Steel Cylinders from the People's Republic of China
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or "Commission") is adopting regulations to implement certain statutory provisions enacted by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act"). Specifically, in accordan...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, hereinto referred to as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or the "Bureau"), gives notice of the establishment of a Privacy Act System...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Education Department
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The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that on August 29, 2011, an arbitration panel rendered a decision in the matter of Judy A. Davis-Perry v. Missouri Department of Social Services Rehabilitation Services for the Blind, Case no. R-S...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Environmental Protection Agency
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This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to r...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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This action proposes editorial and technical corrections necessary for source testing of emissions and operations. The revisions include the addition of alternative equipment and methods as well as corrections to technical and typographical errors. W...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Approval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans:
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EPA is approving portions of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Colorado for the purpose of addressing the "good neighbor" provisions of Clean Air Act ("Act" or "CAA") section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) for the 1997 8-hour ozon...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions:
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The EPA is proposing amendments to three national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP): National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Group IV Polymers and Resins; NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Produc...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives:
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Under the Clean Air Act Section 211(o), the Environmental Protection Agency is required to set the renewable fuel standards each November for the following year. In general the standards are designed to ensure that the applicable volumes of renewable...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Farm Credit Administration
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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit Administration Board (Board).
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Federal Communications Commission
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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In this document, a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) has been filed in the Commission's Rulemaking proceeding concerning rules that govern access to toll-free numbers by users of Internet- based Telecommunications Relay Services (iTRS).
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Federal Election Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Federal Reserve System
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Proposals to Engage in or to Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Health and Human Services Department
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an alteration to an existing System of Records (System) titled "Bioresearch Monitoring Information System, HHS/FDA" (System No. 09- 10-0010). Among other updates, this alteration adds new routine u...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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With this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposes to modify its regulations on Specifications for Medical Examinations of Underground Coal Miners. Existing regulations establish specifications for pro...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Meetings:
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As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) will be holding a public meeting, followed by a closed portion of the meet...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Homeland Security Department
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to change its current process for filing and adjudication of certain applications for waivers of inadmissibility filed in connection with an immediate relative immigrant visa application. Spec...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Meetings:
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The National Maritime Security Advisory Committee (NMSAC) will meet on January 18-19, 2012 in Washington, DC to discuss various issues relating to national maritime security. This meeting will be open to the public.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Regulated Navigation Areas:
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The Coast Guard is amending the Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) in the navigable waters of the Arthur Kill in New York and New Jersey. The amendment allows the Coast Guard to suspend enforcement of some RNA requirements when they are found to be impr...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
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The United States Coast Guard is establishing a regulated navigation area (RNA) on the navigable waters of the Mystic River under and surrounding the S99 Alford Street Bridge which crosses the Mystic River between Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts. T...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Requests for Nominations:
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The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC). This Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard on matters relating to the safe transit of vessels...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Security Zones:
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The Coast Guard is amending a security zone regulation for cruise ships visiting San Pedro Bay, California by providing a common description of all security zones to encompass only navigable waters within a 100-yard radius around any cruise ship that...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Interior Department
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (NEPA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Owyhee Field Office in Marsing, Idaho intends to prepare an e...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District Office, Las Cruces, New Mexico, intends t...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). In the CCP, we descri...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Realty Actions:
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In accordance with Section 7 of the Taylor Grazing Act and Executive Order Number 6910, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has examined and found suitable for classification for lease and/or subsequent conveyance under the provisions of the Recreati...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Renewable Energy Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf:
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This document corrects amendments contained in a direct final rule published in the Federal Register on October 18, 2011, and involves only that portion of the rule related to acquiring a lease non-competitively for offshore renewable energy projects...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Requests for Nominations:
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is soliciting nominations from the public to fill four positions on the Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Committee (MAC). MAC members provide advice and recommendations to the BLM on the management of publi...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
International Trade Commission
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:
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The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-488 and 731-TA-1199-1200 (Preliminary) under sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings:
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 19) granting Complainant's unopposed motion to amend the Complai...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Justice Department
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Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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30-Day Notice of Information Collection under review.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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30-Day Notice of Information Collection under review.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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30-day Notice of Information Collection under review.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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30-Day Notice of Information Collection under review
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993:
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ASTM International
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Labor Department
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Delegation of Authority and Assignment of Responsibilities to the Employee Benefits Security Administration
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Postal Regulatory Commission
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The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add a Global Direct Contracts 1 contract to the competitive product list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with the filing.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Alvord, Iowa post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Odin, Minnesota post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petition...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Railroad Retirement Board
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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...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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International Securities Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Options Clearing Corp.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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Options Clearing Corp.
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Surface Transportation Board
Abandonment Exemptions:
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Connecticut Southern Railroad, Inc. in Hartford County, CT
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
Transportation Department
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This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
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This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of t...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Abandonment Exemptions:
No documents available.
Airworthiness Directives:
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products identified above. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of a quality escape of about 8,000 2nd stage low pressure turbine (LPT2) rotor blades, manufactured by Honeywell Chihu...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
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We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. That AD currently requires initial and repetitive borescope inspections of the head section and meterpanel assembly of the combustion liner, and replacement if...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
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The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that was published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to Turbomeca Arriel 1 series turboshaft engines. The AD number is incorrect in the preamble and in the Regulatory text. This document co...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Establishment of Class E Airspace:
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This action establishes Class E Airspace at Inverness, FL, to accommodate the new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures serving Inverness Airport. This action enhances the safety and airspace m...
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Rule | Jan 09, 2012 |
Treasury Department
Meetings:
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The President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness will meet on January 17, 2012, at the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public via live webcast at http:[so...
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Notice | Jan 09, 2012 |
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