January 24, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register January 24, 2012

View all documents issued on January 24, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

119 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 24, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Development's intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for 7 CFR part 4284, subpart K, Agricult...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Through this action, the Rural Housing Service (RHS) amends its regulations for the Direct Single Family Housing Loans by reinstating language in the Single Family Housing (SFH) recapture regulation to enable full repayment of the entire subsidy in e...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a reinstatement of an information collection to help eliminate chronic wasting disease from farmed or...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for the importation...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loans:

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The Agency published a rule in the Federal Register on February 14, 2011, establishing a guaranteed loan program for the development and construction of commercial-scale biorefineries and for the retrofitting of existing facilities using eligible tec...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

Common Crop Insurance Regulations:

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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to amend the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Peach Crop Insurance Provisions. The intended effect of this action is to provide policy changes, to clarify existing policy provisions to better m...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012

Funding Availability:

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Fiscal Year 2006 established a demonstration Rural Development Voucher Program, as authorized under Section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 as amended, (without regard to Section 542(b)). This Notice inform...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

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We are giving notice that the meeting of the General Conference Committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan scheduled for January 25, 2012, has been canceled.
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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Georgia Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 24, 2012
NMFS solicits public comments on draft revisions to the guidelines for preparing marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs).
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Antidumping Duty Investigations:

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Utility Scale Wind Towers from People's Republic of China and Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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This final rule establishes the opening dates and adjusts quotas for the 2012 fishing season for the Atlantic commercial shark fisheries. Quotas were adjusted based on over- and/or underharvests experienced during the 2010 and 2011 Atlantic commercia...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

Countervailing Duty Investigations:

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Utility Scale Wind Towers from People's Republic of China
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Export and Reexport License Requirements for Certain Microwave and Millimeter Wave Electronic Components:

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This correction adds a compliance date of February 9, 2012, to a final rule published on January 9, 2012 (77 FR 1017). That final rule imposed a license requirement on exports and reexports to all destinations other than Canada of two types of microw...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

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Materials Technical Advisory Committee
Notice Jan 24, 2012

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Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Meetings:

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The Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council) announces its winter meeting.
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Meetings:

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the following...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

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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 Jan 24, 2012
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled "Migrant Education Bypass Program Student Database (MEBPSD)" (18-14-06). The Secr...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 24, 2012
This Notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE) acceptance of claims in FY 2012 from eligible active uranium and thorium processing site licensees for reimbursement under Title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. In FY 2009, Congress appropria...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
The Department of Energy (DOE) is evaluating the energy use and energy efficiency potential of miscellaneous residential and commercial electrical equipment, including: audio-video equipment, computer systems, household cleaning equipment, imaging eq...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Compliance Filings:

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Pelico Pipeline, LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive comments on the equipment classes that DOE plans to analyze for establishing energy conservation standards for automatic commercial ice makers; the analytical frame...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy is cancelling the environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Proj...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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The EPA is proposing to determine that the Springfield (Western Massachusetts), serious one-hour ozone nonattainment area did not meet the applicable deadline of December 31, 2003 for attaining the one-hour National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQ...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012
EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This SIP revision contains Pennsylvania's Clean Vehicle Program, which adopts California's second generation low emission vehicle program for l...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of State Air Quality Plans for Designated Facilities and Pollutants:

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EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the West Virginia hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) Section 111(d)/129 plan (the "plan"). The revision contains a modified state rule for solid waste combustion that was u...
Rule Jan 24, 2012
EPA proposes to approve a revision to the West Virginia hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) Section 111(d)/ 129 plan (the "plan"). The revision contains a modified state rule for solid waste combustion that was updated as a result o...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA gives notice of a public teleconference of the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad rang...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby provides notice that the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) will host a public teleconference meeting...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011; Delegation of Function and Authority (Memorandum of January 5, 2012)
Presidential Document Jan 24, 2012
South Sudan; U.S. Participation in the United Nations Mission, Certification (Memorandum of January 10, 2012)
Presidential Document Jan 24, 2012

Government Agencies and Employees:

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Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness; Establishment (EO 13597)
Presidential Document Jan 24, 2012

South Sudan; Defense Articles and Defense Services, Eligibility (Presidential Determination):

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jan 24, 2012

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement r...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jan 24, 2012
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Prospective Grants of Exclusive Licenses:

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This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license, subject to existing non-exclu...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

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

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30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 914 and Supplements A and B, Application for T Nonimmigrant Status; Application for Immediate Family Member of T-1 Recipient; and Declaration of Law Enforcement Officer for Victim of Trafficking in Persons; OMB Control No. 1615-0099.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The su...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 129F, Petition for Alien Fiance(e).
Notice Jan 24, 2012
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the: Regulations Relating to Recordation and Enforcem...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: OMB-25, Special Immigrant Visas for Fourth Preference Employment-Based Broadcasters; OMB Control No. 1615-0064.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning Transfer of Cargo to a Container Station. This reques...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The sub...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

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The National Advisory Council will meet on February 16, 2012, in San Francisco, CA. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request approval to continue, the collection of information from individuals, small businesses, and large corporation...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

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

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We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce pape...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the `i'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), and designate critical habitat....
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

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We, the Department of the Interior, announce a public meeting of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Advisory Committee (Committee) to discuss the outcomes and objectives of the Committee.
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Permit Applications:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Permits:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protec...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico logo International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508); and the United States Section, Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 10...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2012

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

Title Type Published
Light-walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Taiwan
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Notice Jan 24, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor's (Department) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is issuing this notice to announce the recruitment standards that construction contractors are required to follow when recruiting United States (U.S.) workers fo...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Reopened Previously Denied Determinations
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Reopened Previously Denied Determinations
Notice Jan 24, 2012

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

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Telecommunications Standard," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and app...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Amended Certifications Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance:

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The U.S. Copyright Office is in the process of reviewing its fees for services and will publish a proposed revised fee schedule in the spring. As part of the process of formulating that fee schedule, the Office seeks the views of interested parties o...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Request for Action against Omaha Public Power District and Nebraska Public Power District
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Facility Operating Licenses:

Title Type Published
Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Regulatory Guides:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is issuing a revision to Regulatory Guide 1.115, "Protection Against Turbine Missiles." This guide describes methods acceptable to the NRC staff for protecting safety-related structures, syst...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Depository Trust Co.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 24, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Suspension of Trading Orders:

Title Type Published
Amstem Corp., Anesiva, Inc., Balsam Ventures, Inc., and Catcher Holdings, Inc.
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Transit Administration invites public comment about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the approval of the following information collection:
Notice Jan 24, 2012
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below are being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below are being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review an...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Agusta S.p.A. (Agusta) model A109S and AW109SP helicopters. This AD is prompted by a fatigue crack found in the left elevator assembly along the riveting of the upper skin to the fourth rib o...
Rule Jan 24, 2012
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for the specified ECF model helicopters. This AD results from a mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) AD issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the Te...
Rule Jan 24, 2012

Amendments of Restricted Areas:

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This action makes several editorial corrections to the descriptions of restricted areas R-3704A and R-3704B, Fort Knox, KY.
Rule Jan 24, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has prepared a Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), SCH<greek-i> 2011051018, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act for the 2012-2035 Regional Transportation...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Jan 24, 2012
FMCSA announces that MCSAC will hold a meeting on Monday- Thursday, February 6-9, 2012, which will include a joint meeting on Monday, February 6, 2012, with the MRB to finalize recommendations of the joint MCSAC-MRB subcommittee to the FMCSA Administ...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review:

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it is reviewing a proposed noise compatibility program that was submitted for Philadelphia International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47504 (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Proposed Modifications, Revocations and Establishments of Air Traffic Service Routes:

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This action proposes to modify four VOR Federal airways, revoke one VOR Federal airway, and establish three area navigation (RNAV) routes in the vicinity of Windsor Locks, CT. The FAA is proposing this action to adjust the airway route structure due...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012

Qualifications of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

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FMCSA announces receipt of applications from twenty individuals for exemption from the prohibition against persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. If granted, the exempt...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from thirteen individuals for exemption from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. If granted, the exemptions would enable these individuals to qualify as drivers of commercial...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt eight individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemptions will enable these individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate comm...
Notice Jan 24, 2012
FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 6 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gran...
Notice Jan 24, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This proposed rule would implement section 165(i) of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") which requires certain companies to conduct annual stress tests pursuant to regulations prescribed by their respect...
Proposed Rule Jan 24, 2012

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