May 3, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register May 3, 2012

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99 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 3, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces its Community Connect Grant Program application window for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. In addition, RUS announces the minimum and maximum amounts for Community Co...
Notice May 03, 2012
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces the availability of $993,000 in grant funds to be competitively awarded for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program for fiscal year 2012 (FY 2012). RUS will make grants to qualified private non...
Notice May 03, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
On April 24, 2012, Samsung Electronics Mexico S.A. de C.V. filed a First Request for Panel Review with the United States Section of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. On April 25, 2012, an addit...
Notice May 03, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwo...
Notice May 03, 2012

Expansion of Manufacturing Authority:

Title Type Published
Epson Portland, Inc., Foreign Trade Zone 45, Portland, OR
Notice May 03, 2012

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to...
Rule May 03, 2012

Fisheries of the United States:

Title Type Published
NMFS issues this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to provide background information and request public comment on potential adjustments to the National Standard 1 Guidelines, one of 10 national standards for fishery conservation and manag...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Interstate Land Sales Registration Program:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection published an interim final rule on December 21, 2011 (76 FR 79486), republishing implementing regulations under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (ILSA). The interim final rule contained a typog...
Rule May 03, 2012

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 03, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The information collection requirements in a Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC" or "Commission") coal and woodburning appliance rule have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") under OMB control number 3041-0040. As requ...
Notice May 03, 2012

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 03, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service proposes to add a new system of records in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The Defense Intelligence Agency proposes to delete a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is deleting a system of records notice from its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The Defense Intelligence Agency is proposing to alter a system to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The Defense Intelligence Agency is proposing to alter a system to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The Defense Intelligence Agency is proposing to alter a system to its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
The Defense Logistics Agency proposes to alter a system of records in its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice May 03, 2012
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 the...
Notice May 03, 2012

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

Title Type Published
DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement an Executive order for nondisplacement of qualified workers under service contracts, as implemented in Department of Labor regulations.
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
On April 27, 2012 (77 FR 25150), the National Defense University Board of Visitors gave notice of a date correction to an open meeting that was to be held on May 2, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Subsequent to the publication of that notice, Depa...
Notice May 03, 2012

Restricted Areas:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is proposing to amend its regulations to establish a new restricted area in the waters surrounding the U.S. Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida (Base Miami Beach). Base Miami Beach is composed of multiple U....
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
BPA intends to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on several proposed upgrades to its existing transmission system. The proposed upgrades would consist of a combination of reinforcements of five existing BP...
Notice May 03, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Regi...
Notice May 03, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice May 03, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...
Notice May 03, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee (NEAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice May 03, 2012
This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a partially closed meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the F...
Notice May 03, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Underground Injection Control Program Primacy:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to announce that: 1 the EPA has received a complete application from the State of Tennessee requesting approval of its Underground Injection Control program; 2 the EPA has determined the application contains all the requ...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Iran and Syria, Foreign Sanctions Evaders; Prohibiting Transactions and Suspending Entry Into the U.S. (EO 13608)
Presidential Document May 03, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as requir...
Notice May 03, 2012
Economic Impact Policy
Notice May 03, 2012

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board logo Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
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. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice May 03, 2012
The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking inviting comment on whether to allow noncommercial educational broadcast stations to conduct on-air fundraising activities that interrupt regular programming for the benefit of third- party...
Notice May 03, 2012

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 03, 2012

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice May 03, 2012

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice May 03, 2012

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the sterility test requirements for biological products. This rule provides manufacturers of biological products greater flexibility, as appropriate, and encourages use of the most appropriate and st...
Rule May 03, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of grant funds for the support of the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN). FDA believes that University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)-JIFSAN is a soun...
Notice May 03, 2012
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice May 03, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).
Notice May 03, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice May 03, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish noti...
Notice May 03, 2012

Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for HALAVEN and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the D...
Notice May 03, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for KRYSTEXXA and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the...
Notice May 03, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for LASTACAFT and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the...
Notice May 03, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for PRADAXA and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the D...
Notice May 03, 2012

Medicaid Program:

Title Type Published
This document corrects a technical error that appeared in the proposed rule published elsewhere in this Federal Register entitled "Medicaid Program; State Plan Home and Community-Based Services, 5- Year Period for Waivers, Provider Payment Reassignme...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012
This proposed rule would revise Medicaid regulations to define and describe State plan home and community-based services (HCBS) under the Social Security Act (the Act) as added by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and amended by the Patient Protectio...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 03, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 03, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice May 03, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice May 03, 2012
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Notice May 03, 2012
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Notice May 03, 2012

New Animal Drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during February 2012. FDA is also informing the...
Rule May 03, 2012

Patient Safety Organizations:

Title Type Published
AHRQ has accepted a notification of voluntary relinquishment from CareRise LLC of its status as a Patient Safety Organization (PSO). The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) authorizes the listing of PSOs, which are...
Notice May 03, 2012

Prospective Grant of Exclusive License:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to ODIN Biotech, a Texas...
Notice May 03, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
42 U.S.C. 299c establishes a National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (the Council). The Council is to advise the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on matters r...
Notice May 03, 2012

Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Assessments:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop entitled "Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Assessments: Social Science Methodologies to Assess Goals Related to Knowledge." The purpose of the public workshop is to initiat...
Notice May 03, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), HUD is publishing for public comment a comprehensive set of closing and other documents used in connection with transactions involving healthcare facilities (excluding hospitals) that are ins...
Notice May 03, 2012

Federal Housing Administration:

Title Type Published
In 2010 through 2011, HUD commenced and completed the process of revising regulations applicable to, and closing documents used in, FHA insurance of multifamily rental projects, to reflect current policy and practices in the multifamily mortgage mark...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reclassifying the wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) from endangered to threatened. This action is based on a review of the best available scientific and commercial data, which indicate that the...
Rule May 03, 2012

National Environmental Policy Act; Implementing Procedures:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a proposed addition to the categorical exclusions included in the Departmental Manual 516 DM 10. The proposed categorical exclusion pertains to the leasing and funding for single- family homesites on Indian land, including assoc...
Notice May 03, 2012

U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) has retained an independent facilitator, the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), to conduct a stakeholder assessment as part of the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI) implementat...
Notice May 03, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Justice is amending its internal organizational regulations to clarify the authority of the respective agency heads of the Bureau of Prisons, the Federal Prison Industries, the United States Marshals Service, the Drug Enforcement Ad...
Rule May 03, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 03, 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is proposing to amend its access authorization fees charged to licensees for work performed under the Material Access Authorization Program (MAAP) and the Information Access Authority Pro...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is amending the NRC's access authorization fees charged to licensees for work performed under the Material Access Authorization Program (MAAP) and the Information Access Authority Program...
Rule May 03, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Progress Energy Florida; Combined Licenses for Levy Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2
Notice May 03, 2012

Exemption of Material; Proposed Disposal Procedures:

Title Type Published
Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact.
Notice May 03, 2012

Exemption:

Title Type Published
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3
Notice May 03, 2012

Facility Operating License Renewals:

License Issuances:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is giving notice that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) has issued a Director's Decision with regard to a petition dated September 8, 2011, filed by Mr. Thoma...
Notice May 03, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 03, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 03, 2012
The Postal Service will revise the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) throughout various sections to discontinue price eligibility based on the use of POSTNET<SUP>TM</SUP> barcodes on all types o...
Rule May 03, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Findings, Opinions, and Orders of the Commission:

Title Type Published
Application of BOX Options Exchange LLC for Registration as a National Securities Exchange
Notice May 03, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice May 03, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to the extension and reconstruction of Broadway Road between 67th Avenue and 7th Street within the...
Notice May 03, 2012
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice May 03, 2012
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice May 03, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A300 B2-1C, B2K-3C, B2-203, B4-2C, B4-103, and B4-203 airplanes. This AD was prompted by analysis that in a specific failure case of the upper primary attachment of the trimmable...
Rule May 03, 2012
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company Model 560XL airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of wheel inserts becoming loose and damaging brake assemblies on Model 560XL airplanes. This AD requires an...
Rule May 03, 2012
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-Trent 875-17, RB211-Trent 877-17, RB211-Trent 884-17, RB211-Trent 884B-17, RB211- Trent 892-17, RB211-Trent 892B-17, and RB211-Trent 895-1...
Proposed Rule May 03, 2012
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Saab AB, Saab Aerosystems Model SAAB 2000 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of hydraulic accumulator failure. This AD requires replacing certain hydraulic accumulators with stainless...
Rule May 03, 2012

Modification of VOR Federal Airway V14:

Title Type Published
This action amends VOR Federal airway V-14 in the vicinity of St. Louis, MO. The FAA is taking this action to correct the V-14 description contained in Part 71 to ensure it matches the information contained in the FAA's aeronautical database, matches...
Rule May 03, 2012

Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program:

Title Type Published
Section 6005 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) established the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program, codified at 23 U.S.C. 327. To ensure compliance by each State...
Notice May 03, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document contains final regulations that provide guidance concerning taxpayers' (that is, owners') requests to housing credit agencies to obtain a qualified contract (as defined in section 42(h)(6)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code) for the acquis...
Rule May 03, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

State Nursing Homes Receiving Per Diem Payments from VA:

Title Type Published
This rule updates the reference to the required resident assessment tool for State homes that receive per diem from VA for providing nursing home care to veterans. It requires State nursing homes receiving per diem from VA to use the most recent vers...
Rule May 03, 2012

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