March 29, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register March 29, 2012

View all documents issued on March 29, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

95 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 29, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the National Agricultural Library's intent to reque...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Boundary Establishments:

Title Type Published
In accordance with Section 3(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, is transmitting the final boundary of the Presque Isle National Wild and Scenic River to Congress.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Forest Service (FS) will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposed action to conduct selective cutting and prescribed burn in forest across approximately 33,010 acres of National Forest System lands. The project intends t...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel will meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Panel is meeting as authorized under the Community Forest Restoration Act (Title VI, Pub. L. 106-393) and in compliance with th...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of certain steel threaded rod from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The review covers the period April 1, 2010,...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Application for Manufacturing Authority:

Application for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 94, Laredo, TX
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Application for Reorganization/Expansion under Alternative Site Framework:

Applications for Expansion:

Title Type Published
ForeignTrade Zone 158, Vicksburg/Jackson, MS
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Fishing Capacity Reduction Program:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues this notice to inform interested persons of the voting period for the fishing capacity reduction program referendum for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a permit has been issued to Alejandro Acevedo-Guti[eacute]rrez, Ph.D., Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA to conduct research on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina).
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Proposed ForeignTrade Zones Under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties, VT
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``CPSC'' or ``Commission'') is announcing a teleconference and the seventh meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates and phthalate substitutes. The Commission appointed this CHAP on Apri...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for th...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 the following Feder...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) the Department of Defense announces the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the T...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-552, Annual Report of Na...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Staff Attendances
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
This document announces an extension of the time period for submitting comments on the Notice of Public Meeting (NOPM) and Availability of Framework Document Regarding Energy Conservation Standards for High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps. The commen...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012

Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) requests comments on the revised version of the Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals: Standard Work Specifications for Single Family Energy Upgrades. This docum...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Proceedings:

Title Type Published
Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court fo...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is making a final determination regarding the Harrisburg- Lebanon-Carlisle-York, Allentown, Johnstown, and Lancaster nonattainment areas (hereafter referred to as ``Areas'') for the 24- hour 2006 fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nationa...
Rule Mar 29, 2012
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. These revisions pertaining to Pennsylvania's nonattainment New Source Review (NSR) program incorporate preconstruction permitting r...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve revisions which repeal and replace existing rules, and revisions to the applicable State Implementation Plan (SIP) for New Mexico submitted by the State of New Mexico on April 11, 2002, and April 25, 2005, which relate to...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012
EPA is taking a direct final action to approve revisions which repeal and replace existing rules, and revisions to the applicable State Implementation Plan (SIP) for New Mexico submitted by the State of New Mexico on April 11, 2002, and April 25, 200...
Rule Mar 29, 2012

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Notice of Charter renewal.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Draft Research Report; Availability:

Title Type Published
EPA is announcing an extension to the public comment period for the external review of the draft research report titled, ``Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming.'' The draft research report was prepared by the National R...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Trade:

Title Type Published
Generalized System of Preferences Duty-Free Treatment; Modifications (Proc. 8788)
Presidential Document Mar 29, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
This document proposes to modify the Commission's rules to allow Economic Area (EA)-based 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) licensees to exceed a channel spacing and bandwidth limitation, subject to two conditions. The Commission proposes to all...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Mar 29, 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 29, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 29, 2012
On March 22, 2012 the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 17060) announcing requirements and registra...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
This notice announces our intention to establish a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to facilitate the modernization of business processes and supporting systems and their operations.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

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

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of Section (3507(a)(1)(D)) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institutes of Health has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed bel...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Advisory Committee to the Director
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Advisory Committee to the Director Health Disparities Subcommittee
Notice Mar 29, 2012
This notice announces the public meeting of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services (Advisory Council). Notice of these meetings is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2))...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Mar 29, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 29, 2012
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Mar 29, 2012
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Pursuant to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public Law 110-134, notice is hereby given of a one-day Tribal Consultation Session to be held between the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Various U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations require the transmission of advance cargo information to CBP through a CBP-approved electronic data interchange (EDI) system. CBP recently completed the testing of the Automated Commercial...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
The United States Coast Guard published a direct final rule in the Federal Register on December 14, 2011 (76 FR 77712) revising regulations for the inspection and certification of seagoing barges to align with the language of the applicable statues....
Rule Mar 29, 2012

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

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR), OMB control number 1652-0003, abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval of...
Notice Mar 29, 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 Mar 29, 2012

Designations for Temporary Protected Status:

Title Type Published
Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has designated the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for a period of 18 months, effective Mar...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish special local regulation during the Yorktown Parade of Sail, a parade of five tall ships and 195 other vessels, to be held on the waters of York River, Yorktown, Virginia on June 2, 2012. This regulation is neces...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
BSEE is establishing a final rule to incorporate by reference 12 additional production measurement industry standards into the regulations governing oil, gas, and sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf. Incorporation of these production me...
Rule Mar 29, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) will meet on April 17-18, 2012 at the American Institute of Architects Building, 1735 New York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006. The meeting will be held in the Gallery Room. The NGAC, which is compos...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Following receipt of a request on March 22, 2012, from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) under authority delegated by the President and pursuant to section 104 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Devices and Products Containing Same, DN 2888; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

J
Joint Board for Enrollment of Actuaries

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Executive Director of the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries gives notice of a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Actuarial Examinations.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is promulgating this direct final rule for its National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Program (NMVTIS) in order to make two technical corrections to the NMVTIS regulations.
Rule Mar 29, 2012

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

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
OSHA is aware of employee safety risks in two areas, reinforcing operations in concrete work (construction only) and fatal backovers by vehicles and equipment (all industries), and is requesting information from the public on these risks. This RFI re...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012

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

Title Type Published
On March 30, 2012, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``Labor Exchange Reporting System,'' (LERS) to the Office of Management and...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``Request To Be Selected as Payee,'' Form CM-910, to the Office of Management and Budget (...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Engineering
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
Summary of the Application: Applicants request an order to exempt a limited liability company formed for the benefit of eligible employees of Jefferies Group, Inc. and its affiliates from certain provisions of the Act. The limited liability company i...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Mar 29, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Mar 29, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Mar 29, 2012
NYSE Amex LLC
Notice Mar 29, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying th...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
This rule amends the Schedule of Fees for consular services (Schedule) for nonimmigrant visa application processing fees, border crossing card application processing fees and immigrant visa application processing fees. The rule increases from $140 to...
Rule Mar 29, 2012

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its regular business meeting held on December 15, 2011, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the Commission convened a public hearing, at which it took the following actions: (1) Rescinded approval for three water resources projects; and (2) app...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
As part of its regular business meeting held on March 15, 2012, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Commission took the following actions: (1) Reconsidered certain actions taken at its December 15, 2011, public hearing; (2) upon reconsideration, approve...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited (BHTC) Model 407 helicopters. This proposed AD is prompted by a review of the tailboom-attachment installation, which revealed that the torque value...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Eurocopter France Model SA341G helicopters. This proposed AD is prompted by an analysis and tests performed by the manufacturer that indicate that the life limit of the rotating star should b...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model SA.315B Alouette III, SE.3160 Alouette III, SA.316B Alouette III, SA.316C Alouette III, SA.319B Alouette III, SA 3180-Alouette Astazou, SA 318B-Alouet...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) Model MD900 helicopters. The existing AD requires a visual inspection, and if necessary, an eddy current inspection of the main rotor lower hub assembly...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-76C helicopters. This proposed AD is prompted by a bird-strike to the windshield that resulted in unintended movement of the engine co...
Proposed Rule Mar 29, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FRA announces the forty-sixth meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics will include opening remarks from the FRA Administrator, and status reports...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Petitions for Decision of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

Title Type Published
Morgan Olson, LLC (Morgan Olson) \1\ has determined that certain model year 2009, 2010, and 2011 Morgan Olson walk-in van-type trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) over 4,536 kg and manufactured between September 1, 2009, and January 18...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The 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 collection...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 29, 2012
The 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 collection...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
The 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 collection...
Notice Mar 29, 2012
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requests nominations of individuals for selection to the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC). Nominations should describe and document the proposed member's qualifications for IRPAC membership,...
Notice Mar 29, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War
Notice Mar 29, 2012

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