Federal Register January 26, 2012
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Agencies Publishing on January 26, 2012
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Commerce Department
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Defense Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Housing Finance Agency
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Federal Reserve System
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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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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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Personnel Management Office
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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State Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This final rule updates the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This rule requires most schools to increase the availability of fru...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Meetings:
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This Notice announces a series of teleconferences and/or Web conference meetings regarding the USDA Multi-Family Housing Program. The teleconference and/or Web conference meetings will be scheduled on a quarterly basis, but may be held monthly at the...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Commerce Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces the voting age population estimates as of July 1, 2011, for each state and the District of Columbia. We are providing this notice in accordance with the 1976 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act, Title 2, United States...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552a(e)(4) and (11); and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, Appendix I, "Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Indi...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552a(e)(4) and (11); and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, Appendix I, "Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Indi...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552a(e)(4) and (11); and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, Appendix I, "Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Indi...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Endangered and Threatened Species:
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We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), issue a final rule to revise the current critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) by designating additional areas within the Pacific Ocean. This designation includes appr...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Expansion of Manufacturing Authority:
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Epson Portland, Inc., Foreign-Trade Zone 45, Portland, OR
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by non- American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels operating as catcher/ processors using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for seven days. This action is necessary to...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Grants of Authority for Subzone Status:
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Delta Faucet Co., Jackson, TN
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations:
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Large Residential Washers from the Republic of Korea and Mexico
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Meetings:
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Surfclam, Ocean Quahog and Tilefish Committee, its Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee, and its Spiny Dogfish Committee will hold public meetings.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Overflight Regulations:
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NOAA is amending the regulations for the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuaries by requiring that motorized aircraft maintain certain minimum altitudes above specified locations within the...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Permits:
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Notice is hereby given that a major amendment to Permit No. 15126-01 has been issued to NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory (Responsible Party: Dr. John Bengtson, Director), Seattle, WA.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:
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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the United States Navy (Navy) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conductin...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Provisional Acceptance of Settlement Agreements and Orders:
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It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Defense Department
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In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e), and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) and 37 CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of the intent to grant an exclusive, revocable license to the invention claimed in International Patent Application No. PCT/US2009/060852 e...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The U.S. Central Command is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Availability for Exclusive, Non-Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive Licensing of Inventions:
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The invention relates to preventing and/or reducing the incidence of transfusion-related malaria, and the use of magnetism to accomplish this. Announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the invention set forth in U.S. Provisional Paten...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Meetings:
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Under the provisions 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 that the following...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Energy Department
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance, a proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection will supersede the...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This document announces that the period for submitting comments on the proposed rule for the coordination of Federal Authorizations for Electric Transmission Facilities has been extended until February 27, 2012.
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is hereby granting a nationwide limited waiver of the Buy American requirements of section 1605 of the Recovery Act under the authority of Section 1605(b)(2), (iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are n...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is hereby granting a nationwide limited waiver of the Buy American requirements of section 1605 of the Recovery Act under the authority of section 1605(b)(1) (amended public interest waiver), with respect to donate...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during December 2011, it issued Orders granting, amending and vacating authority to import and export natural gas and liquefied natural gas. These Orders are summarized in...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Meetings:
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This notice announces a meeting of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee (BERAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Regis...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces a meeting of the DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:
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EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing regional haze for the first implementation period. Illinois submitted its regional haze plan on June 24, 2011. The Illinois regional haze plan addresses...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
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EPA is proposing a limited approval of revisions to the Indiana State Implementation Plan (SIP) addressing regional haze for the first implementation period. Indiana submitted its regional haze plan on January 14, 2011, and supplemented it on March 1...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
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EPA is approving submittals from the State of Oklahoma pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) that address the infrastructure elements specified in the CAA, necessary to implement, maintain, and enforce the 1997 8-hour ozone and the 1997 and...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
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EPA is proposing limited approval of a revision to the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) on December 20, 2010 that addre...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The SIP revision adds a new chapter (9VAC5-45--Consumer and Commercial Products) in order to control volatile organic compounds (VOC) from portable...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Federal Communications Commission
Effects of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds:
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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopts a rule that affects the process of tower construction by instituting a pre-application notification process so that members of the public will have a meaningful opport...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Federal Housing Finance Agency
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA") hereby issues this Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("ANPR") concerning mortgage assets affected by Property Assessed Clean Energy ("PACE") programs and Notice of Intent ("NOI") to prepare an environme...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Federal Reserve System
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Health and Human Services Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: "Assessing the Feasibility of Disseminating Ef...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: "Assessing the Feasibility of Disseminating Ef...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project: "Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Administration on Aging (AoA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed extension of an existing collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Meetings:
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Center For Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Center For Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Center for Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Center for Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc. The supplemental NADA provides for veterinary prescript...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Scientific Information Requests:
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking scientific information submissions from medical device manufacturers of natriuretic peptide measurement assays. Scientific information is being solicited to inform our Comparative Effec...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Homeland Security Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on one currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0003, abstracted below, that TSA will submit to OMB for...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1652-0030, abstracted below, to OMB for review and approval of an...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Chief Procurement Officer, DHS will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduct...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Interior Department
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To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is inviting comments on an information collection request (ICR) that we have sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The IC...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue an appealable decision to Doyon, Limited. The decision approves conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in the lands described below...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Intent to Collect Fees on Public Lands:
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Pursuant to applicable provisions of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Grand Junction Field Office is proposing to begin collecting fees in August of 2012 for overnight camping at the North Frui...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Meetings:
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Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council (DAC) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of the Interior, will meet in formal session on Saturday, Feb...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The OCS Scientific Committee will meet at the Sheraton Reston Hotel in Reston, Virginia. The meeting will serve as a venue to introduce the newest members of the committee to the Environmental Studies Program (ESP) and meet Headquarters and Regional...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
International Trade Commission
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The United States International Trade Commission (Commission) is adopting interim rules that amend the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure to make technical amendments and to provide rules for the conduct of safeguard investigations under st...
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Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
Complaints:
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled In Re Certain Electronic Devices for Capturing and Transmitting Images, and Components Thereof, DN 2869; the Commission is soliciting comments on an...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Justice Department
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Lodging of Second Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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National Science Foundation
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 Public Law 95-541. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Co...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Personnel Management Office
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an extension of an already existing information collection request (ICR) 3206-0250, Certificate of Medical Examination. T...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Postal Service
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Product Changes:
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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.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
State Department
Designations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
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alQa'ida in Iraq, aka Jam'at al Tawhid wa'alJihad, etc.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Designations as Global Terrorists:
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alQa'ida in Iraq, aka Jam'at al Tawhid wa'alJihad, etc.
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
Treasury Department
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The Department of the Treasury, on behalf of itself and the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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This document contains proposed regulations that provide information reporting rules for certain passport applicants. These regulations do not provide information reporting rules for individuals applying to become permanent residents (green card hold...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 26, 2012 |
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The United States Mint is announcing pricing for the 2012 Infantry Soldier Silver Dollar and 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Program products. Prices for the silver products are in the table below. The attached grid is the pricing for pr...
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Notice | Jan 26, 2012 |
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