March 19, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register March 19, 2012

View all documents issued on March 19, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

109 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 19, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend the meat and poultry products regulations pertaining to the schedule of operations. FSIS is proposing to amend these regulations to define the 8-hour workday as including time that i...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 19, 2012
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Self-Help Technical Assist...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
In September 2010, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) implemented the new Conservation Loan (CL) Program authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill). FSA added the CL Program provisions to the existing direct and guar...
Rule Mar 19, 2012
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Meetings:

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The Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee will hold a meeting via teleconference. The purpose of the teleconference is to discuss committee roles and responsibilities and to set a meeting date to consider fee proposals for areas mana...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration, with the concurrence of the General Services Administration, renewed the Charter for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation Nomination Evaluation Committee o...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Applications for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework:

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Foreign-Trade Zone 148, Knoxville, TN
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Species Fisheries:

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NMFS issues a final rule under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to modify retention limits for swordfish harvested in the U.S. West Coast-based deep-set tuna longline (DSLL) fishery. The DSLL fishery is managed under...
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Fisheries of the Northeastern U.S.:

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This rule proposes a catch limit, commercial quota, and trip limit for the spiny dogfish fishery for the 2012 fishing year. The proposed action was developed by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils pursuant to the fishery spec...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2012

Meetings:

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The Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997, and is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies for r...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Permits:

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Notice is hereby given that Molly Lutcavage, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 108 Main Street, Gloucester MA 01930 has been issued a permit to take leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) for purposes of scientific research.
Notice Mar 19, 2012

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Interim Procedures for Considering Requests from Public:

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This notice sets forth the procedures the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ("CITA" or "the Committee") will follow in considering requests from the public for textile and apparel safeguard actions as provided for in the United S...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Interim Procedures for Considering Requests:

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This notice sets forth the interim procedures the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements ("CITA") will follow in implementing certain provisions of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "Act"). Section 2...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The U.S. Central Command proposes to add a new system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a document in the Federal Register of February 21, 2012, concerning the reissuance of nationwide permits. This document contains corrections to that final notice.
Notice Mar 19, 2012
On January 31, 2012 (77 FR 4788-4798), DoD published a notice titled Revised Non-Foreign Overseas Per Diem Rates. The table on pages 4789-4797, titled "Maximum Per Diem Rates for official travel in Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Better Buildings, B...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Compliance Filings:

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Cargill Power Markets, LLC v. Public Service Company of New Mexico
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Meetings:

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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...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Fede...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR) plans to make available approximately $7 million to provide supplemental funds to Revolving Loan Fund capitalization grants previously awarded competitively under section 104(k)(3) of the Com...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The EPA is announcing an extension of the public comment period for the proposed rule titled "Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Source Category, and Amendments to Table A-7, of the Greenhouse Gas Report...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2012

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to approve several revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). These revisions pertain to preconstruction requirements under the Prevention of Significant D...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2012

Delegation of Authority to Implement and Enforce Additional National Emission Standards, etc.:

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On October 17, 2011, EPA sent the Philadelphia Department of Public Health's Air Management Services (AMS) a letter acknowledging that AMS's delegation of authority to implement and enforce National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (N...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Final Authorizations of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions:

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EPA is granting Ohio final authorization of the changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency published a proposed rule on September 14, 2011 at 76 FR 56708 and provided for public comment....
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo 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. 3502-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking exploring whether to retain, sunset, or relax the exclusive contract prohibition of the program access rules and whether to revise the program access rules to better address alleged violati...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 19, 2012, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Roxbury Community College, Main Stage, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02120. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit public comm...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this final rule to amend the regulations to reflect organizational change in the Agency and to make other conforming changes. This action is editorial in nature and is intended to improve the accuracy...
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Determinations that Products Were Not Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that CITANEST (prilocaine hydrochloride (HCl)) Injection, 1%, 2%, and 3%, and CITANEST PLAIN (prilocaine HCl) Injection, 4%, were not withdrawn from sale for reasons of safety or effectiveness. Th...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Draft Guidance for Industry and Staff; Availability:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Nucleic Acid-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Devices for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Guidance for Industry, Third Parties and Staff; Availability:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Medical Device ISO 13485:2003 Voluntary Audit Report Submission Pilot Program." This guidance document is intended to provide information on the implement...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Microbiology Devices:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to reclassify nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic devices for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in respiratory specimens from class III (premarket approval) into class II (speci...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 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 an original new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. The NADA provides for the veterinary prescription use o...
Rule Mar 19, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of an original new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Pegasus Laboratories, Inc. The NADA provides for the veterinary prescription use of phenylpr...
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Withdrawal of Approval of 35 New Drug Applications and 64 Abbreviated New Drug Applications:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing approval of 35 new drug applications (NDAs) and 64 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) from multiple applicants. The holders of the applications notified the Agency in writing that the drug...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ext...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The Coast Guard seeks applications for membership on the Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (CFSAC). The CFSAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security on matters relating to the s...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
This rule amends the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States- Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Rule Mar 19, 2012

2012 West Coast Trade Symposium:

Title Type Published
This year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be holding two trade symposia. One trade symposium will be held on the West Coast in May and the other will be on the East Coast later in the year. This document announces that CBP will convene...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

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

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Form I- 589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding for Removal; OMB Control No. 1615-0067.
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Kentucky (FEMA-4057-DR), dated March 6, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Major Disasters and Related Determinations:

Title Type Published
This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oregon (FEMA-4055-DR), dated March 2, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish temporary special local regulations on the navigable waters of Niantic Bay, Long Island Sound, the Thames River and New London Harbor, New London, Connecticut for OPSAIL 2012 Connecticut (CT) activities. This act...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications for permits to conduct activities with the purpose of enhancing the survival of endangered species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

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

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To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), BSEE is notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart J, "Pipeline...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge proposed land exchange/road corridor for public review and comment. In the DEIS, we...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and record of decision (ROD). We completed a thorough analysis of the environmental, social, and eco...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Meetings:

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The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is announcing that the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board) will hold its next meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Dis...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces that the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will conduct a meeting on matters pertaining to management and protection of wild, free-roaming horses and burros on the Nation's public lands.
Notice Mar 19, 2012

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

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The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture seek nominations for individuals to be considered as members of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council (Council). The Council provides advice about wildlife and habitat co...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the United States Department of Justice ("Department") proposes to modify the system of records entitled, "Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review Requests an...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Lodgings of Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Notice Mar 19, 2012
Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Notice Mar 19, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Disclosures by Insurers to General Account Policyholders," to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Technical Release 91-1," to the Office of Managem...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Listening Sessions:

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This notice announces listening sessions designed to gain input from employers, labor organizations, State workforce agencies, and relevant program experts on the implementation of provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 201...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

National Archives and Records Administration logo National Archives and Records Administration

Title Type Published
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request use of a new information collection. This information collection is a questionnaire designed to identify potential grant recipients that have limited experience with managing Federal fu...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

License Amendment Requests:

Title Type Published
License amendment request; opportunity to provide comments, request a hearing and to petition for leave to intervene, and Order.
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Order Modifying Licenses With Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation:

Order Modifying Licenses With Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events:

Title Type Published
All Power Reactor Licensees and Holders of Construction Permits in Active or Deferred Status
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Orders Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Hardened Containment Vents:

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Suspension of Trading Orders:

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
When a shipper files a formal complaint that a railroad's rate is too high, the Surface Transportation Board (Board) must determine whether the challenged rate is reasonable. To present its case using the Board's procedures for small cases, the compl...
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the continuing need and usefulness of BTS collecting...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federa...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Alpha Aviation Concept Limited Model R2160 airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another countr...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2012
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for all Pratt & Whitney (PW) JT9D series turbofan engines. That AD currently requires revisions to the Airworthiness Limitations Section (ALS) of the manufacturer's Instructions for Continue...
Rule Mar 19, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, 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 colle...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
The Secretary of the Treasury ("Secretary") is authorized under Chapter 31 of Title 31, United States Code, to issue United States obligations and to offer them for sale under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. The Department o...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

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

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, FinCEN invites comment on a proposed renewal, without change, to information collections found in regulations requiring futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, ban...
Notice Mar 19, 2012
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, FinCEN invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the CMIR. This request for comment is being made p...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Tribal Government Relations (OTGR) will host a Tribal Consultation on the following VA programs: Native American Direct Loan Program, Tribal Cemetery Grants, and local implementation of the 2010 VA/In...
Notice Mar 19, 2012

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