January 26, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register January 26, 2012

View all documents issued on January 26, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

101 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 26, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Expansion of Manufacturing Authority:

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Grants of Authority for Subzone Status:

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Delta Faucet Co., Jackson, TN
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations:

Title Type Published
Large Residential Washers from the Republic of Korea and Mexico
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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.
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Permits:

Title Type Published
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.
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Provisional Acceptance of Settlement Agreements and Orders:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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.
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Availability for Exclusive, Non-Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive Licensing of Inventions:

Title Type Published
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...
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Energy Department logo 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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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.
Proposed Rule Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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.
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo 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...
Proposed Rule Jan 26, 2012
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 26, 2012
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 26, 2012
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Effects of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Federal Housing Finance Agency logo Federal Housing Finance Agency

Title Type Published
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 26, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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.
Notice Jan 26, 2012

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center For Scientific Review
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Center For Scientific Review
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 26, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 26, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jan 26, 2012
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Notice Jan 26, 2012
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 26, 2012
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Jan 26, 2012
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Safety and Occupational Health Study Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Oral Dosage Form New Animal Drugs:

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Scientific Information Requests:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Intent to Collect Fees on Public Lands:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
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...
Rule Jan 26, 2012

Complaints:

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodging of Second Agreement and Order Regarding Modification of the Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
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 Jan 26, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 26, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 26, 2012
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jan 26, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Jan 26, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Jan 26, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jan 26, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Designations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations:

Designations as Global Terrorists:

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012
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...
Proposed Rule Jan 26, 2012
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...
Notice Jan 26, 2012

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