May 15, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register May 15, 2012

View all documents issued on May 15, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

119 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 15, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its intention to request a new information collection for a post-wave tracki...
Notice May 15, 2012

National Organic Program:

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This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) to enact two recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) by the National Organic Standar...
Rule May 15, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice and opportunity for public comment.
Notice May 15, 2012
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is seeking comments to obtain views of the public on the international effort to revise the standard for the presentation of nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences and the consequent changes to t...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Cou...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

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

Applications For Subzones:

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Foreign-Trade Zone 45 Portland, OR; Shimadzu USA Manufacturing, Inc.; Canby, OR
Notice May 15, 2012

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic tunas General category daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit for the June through August 2012 time period, based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments. This...
Rule May 15, 2012

Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results and Amended Final Results

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On April 25, 2012, the United States Court of International Trade ("CIT") sustained the Department of Commerce's ("the Department") final results of redetermination pursuant to voluntary remand of the 2006-2007 antidumping duty administrative review...
Notice May 15, 2012

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

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NMFS issues this final rule for the 2012 Pacific whiting fishery under the authority of the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006, the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (PCGFMP), and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (...
Rule May 15, 2012

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status:

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North American Stainless (Stainless Steel); Ghent, KY
Notice May 15, 2012

Proposed Production Activities:

Reorganizations and Expansions under Alternative Site Framework:

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Foreign-Trade Zone 89, Las Vegas, NV
Notice May 15, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ("Bureau"), 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 continuin...
Notice May 15, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of the Navy (DoN) is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and...
Rule May 15, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

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The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education proposes priorities and definitions for the American Overseas Research Centers (AORC) Program. The Assistant Secretary may use one or more of these priorities and definitions for competitions in fis...
Notice May 15, 2012

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

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This Loan Verification Certificate (LVC) will serve as the means by which the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) collects certain information from commercial holders of Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans that a borrower wis...
Notice May 15, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 15, 2012
As part of its implementation of Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," issued by the President on January 18, 2011, the Department of Energy (Department or DOE) is seeking comments and information from interested partie...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to establish test procedures for residential products that use electricity for purposes of circulating air through duct work, hereafter referred to as "furnace fans." Specifically, this notice proposes to...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Test Procedure Guidance:

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is holding a public meeting to provide a forum for manufacturers and test laboratories to discuss their respective interpretations of existing DOE test procedures, where they believe that the test procedures lack c...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware. This revision amends Delaware's regulation that establishes controls for nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) emissions from industrial boilers and process he...
Rule May 15, 2012
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Maryland State Implementation Plan (SIP). The revisions pertain to sources which are exempt from preconstruction permitting requirements under Maryland's New Source Review (NSR) program. E...
Rule May 15, 2012
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Maryland pertaining to sources which are exempt from preconstruction permitting requirements under Maryland's New Source Review (NSR) program. In the Final...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Tolerance Actions:

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EPA is establishing the tree nut crop group tolerance and separate tolerances on pistachio and pine nuts for both the fumigant propylene oxide and the reaction product from the use of propylene oxide, known as propylene chlorohydrin, to cover all reg...
Rule May 15, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice May 15, 2012

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Compan
Notice May 15, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 15, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 15, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 15, 2012
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award approximately $130,000 (total costs) for up to one year to the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). This is not a...
Notice May 15, 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 15, 2012

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

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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 15, 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 15, 2012

Draft Publications:

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the availability of the following notice of draft publication available for public comment entitled "Coal Dust Explosi...
Notice May 15, 2012

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 15, 2012
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award approximately $375,000 (total costs) for up to one year to the Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA. This is not a for...
Notice May 15, 2012
National Cancer Institute
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National Cancer Institute
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National Cancer Institute
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National Cancer Institute
Notice May 15, 2012
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice May 15, 2012
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice May 15, 2012
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Notice May 15, 2012

Nationwide Health Information Network:

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The nationwide health information network is defined as the set of standards, services, and policies that enable secure health information exchange over the Internet. Enacted in February 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinic...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Performance Testing:

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The purpose of this notice is to announce a Correlation Test Program offered by NIOSH through its National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) and provide information on how interested parties can obtain the Standard Test Procedures. Th...
Notice May 15, 2012

Prospective Grants of Exclusive Licenses:

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This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR404.7(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 practice the inventions emb...
Notice May 15, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT). The ACOT was established by the Amended Final Rule of the Organ Procurement and Transplanta...
Notice May 15, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is submitting a request for review and approval of a collection of information under the emergency processing procedures in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulation 5 CFR 1320.13. FEMA is request...
Notice May 15, 2012

Drawbridge Operations:

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The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Hannibal Railroad Drawbridge across the Upper Mississippi River, mile 309.9, at Hannibal, Missouri. The deviation is necessary to allow the replacement of e...
Rule May 15, 2012

Special Local Regulations:

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The Coast Guard proposes to establish permanent Special Local Regulations to provide for the safe control of vessel movement during the start of the Annual Bayview Mackinac Race, commonly known as the Port Huron to Mackinac Sail Race. This action is...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008:

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HERA, enacted into law on July 30, 2008, made comprehensive and significant reforms to several HUD programs, including HUD's Public Housing, Section 8 Tenant-Based Voucher, and Project-Based Voucher programs. On November 24, 2008, HUD published a not...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Call for Nominations:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office, under the authority of 43 CFR 3131.2, is issuing a call for nominations and comments on tracts for oil and gas leasing for the 2012 National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) oil and gas leas...
Notice May 15, 2012

Determinations of No Competitive Interest:

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This notice provides the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) determination of no competitive interest (DNCI) for the area requested by Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC's (AGH) application for a right-of-way (ROW) grant to build an offshore electrical...
Notice May 15, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list Umtanum desert buckwheat (Eriogonum codium) and White Bluffs bladderpod (Physaria douglasii subsp. tuplashensis) as threatened, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Draft...
Notice May 15, 2012

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory...
Notice May 15, 2012
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) and sub...
Notice May 15, 2012

Tribal Consultation Sessions:

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The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget is hosting upcoming tribal consultation sessions. The purpose of the sessions is to obtain tribal input on the 2012 Information Technology transformation realignment proposal as...
Notice May 15, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Andean Trade Preference Act:

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Section 206 of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3204) requires the Commission to report biennially to the Congress by September 30 of each reporting year on the economic impact of the Act on U.S. industries and U.S. consumers, as well as on the effectiveness of t...
Notice May 15, 2012

Investigations; Modifications, Terminations, Rulings, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge has issued a Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting comments on public inte...
Notice May 15, 2012

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings, etc.:

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Bottom Mount Combination RefrigeratorFreezers from Korea and Mexico
Notice May 15, 2012
Notice is hereby given that the presiding administrative law judge has issued a Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bonding in the above-captioned investigation. The Commission is soliciting comments on public inte...
Notice May 15, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed...
Notice May 15, 2012

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

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The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/o...
Notice May 15, 2012

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Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 15, 2012

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National Mediation Board

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This proposal amends the National Mediation Board's (NMB or Board) existing rules for handling representation disputes to incorporate statutory language added to or amending the Railway Labor Act (RLA) by the Federal Aviation Administration Moderniza...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 15, 2012

Facility Operating Licenses:

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Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Notice May 15, 2012

Meetings:

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Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Fukushima
Notice May 15, 2012
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Power Uprates
Notice May 15, 2012

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans:

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This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the regulation for valuation dates in June 2012. The interest assumptions ar...
Rule May 15, 2012

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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

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The Combined Federal Campaign, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a revision to an existing information collection request, Combined Federal Campaign Applications OM...
Notice May 15, 2012

Meetings:

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The CFC-50 Advisory Commission will hold its fourth and final meeting on May 29, 2012, at the time and location shown below. The Commission shall advise the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on strengthening the integrity, the...
Notice May 15, 2012
The Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee is issuing this notice to cancel the May 24, 2012, public meeting scheduled to be held in Room 5A06A, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Building, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC. The original Federal...
Notice May 15, 2012

Prevailing Rate Systems:

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is issuing an interim rule to abolish the Montgomery, Pennsylvania, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties, PA, to the Burling...
Rule May 15, 2012

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Parcel Select and Parcel Return Service Contract 3 to the competitive product list. This notice addresses procedural steps associated with this filing.
Notice May 15, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

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The Postal Service is revising the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg]) part 136, to incorporate standards that prohibit the outbound international mailing of lithium batteries and devices con...
Rule May 15, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 15, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is making a technical amendment to the definition of "covered associate" in rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ("Advisers Act") to correct an inadvertent error in the rule as...
Rule May 15, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

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Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 15, 2012
EDGA Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 15, 2012
EDGX Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 15, 2012
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice May 15, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice May 15, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small Business Size Regulations:

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to amend its regulations governing size and eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. This proposed rule would implement...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

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Special Counsel Office

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), and implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), plans to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use...
Notice May 15, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

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Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy
Notice May 15, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public comment on the Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG), Plattsburgh, New York, Notice of Proposed Release from Aeronautical Use, and from the Airport, of approximately 1.73 +/- acres of airport...
Notice May 15, 2012
The Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals from communities or consortia of communities interested in receiving a grant under the Small Community Air Service Development Program. The full text of the Department's order is attached to th...
Notice May 15, 2012

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on a new one-time Information Collection (IC) on Excess Flow Valves (EFVs). PHMSA will request approval for this new information collection from the Office and Management...
Notice May 15, 2012

Special Conditions:

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This action proposes special conditions for the Boeing Model 737-800 airplane. This airplane as modified by Lufthansa Technik will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with the installation of large non-structural glass items in the cabi...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012
This action proposes special conditions for the Tamarack Aerospace Group's modification to the Cirrus Model SR22 airplane. This airplane as modified by Tamarack will have a novel or unusual design feature(s) associated with Tamarack Aerospace Group's...
Proposed Rule May 15, 2012

Technical Standard Orders:

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This notice announces the FAA's cancellation of TSO-C91a, Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Equipment. The effect of the cancelled TSO will result in no new TSO-C91a design or production approvals being issued. Applicants wanting to apply for TSO A...
Notice May 15, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of four individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ("Kingpi...
Notice May 15, 2012
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury is revising this part by amending Subpart C to reflect changes affecting the Department's organization since January 2003.
Rule May 15, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Research and Development, intends to grant to algorithmRx, LLC, 7400 Beaufont Springs Drive--Suite 300, North Chesterfield, Virginia 23225, an exclusive license to practic...
Notice May 15, 2012

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