May 16, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register May 16, 2012

View all documents issued on May 16, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

124 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 16, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Retail Pet Stores and Licensing Exemptions:

Title Type Published
We are proposing to revise the definition of retail pet store and related regulations to bring more pet animals sold at retail under the protection of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Specifically, we would narrow the definition of retail pet store so t...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice May 16, 2012
We, NMFS, announce that the Proposed Endangered Species Act (ESA) Recovery Plan for Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon, Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon, Columbia River Chum Salmon, and Lower Columbia River Steelhead (Proposed Plan) is available for...
Notice May 16, 2012
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review Alaska Longline Cod Commission ("ALCC") on May 7, 2012. This is the second amendment to the Certificate. The Alaska Longline Cod Commission's ("ALCC") original Certi...
Notice May 16, 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 take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...
Notice May 16, 2012
Licensing Responsibilities and Enforcement
Notice May 16, 2012

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

Title Type Published
On April 9, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its final results of the 2009-2010 administrative review for lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from Germany for the period from November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010. We are...
Notice May 16, 2012

Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network:

Title Type Published
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comment on various issues relating to the development of the State and Local Implementation grant program, which NTIA must...
Notice May 16, 2012

Proposed Production Activity:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
On July 14, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC" or the "Commission") issued a final order ("July 14 Order") that granted temporary exemptive relief from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") that otherwise would...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. Navy Case No. 101588//U.S. Patent Application No. 13/372,755: Foam Fre...
Notice May 16, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
The Office of Indian Education of the U.S. Department of Education requests clearance for the Indian Education Discretionary Grant Applications authorized under Title VII, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended. The Profess...
Notice May 16, 2012
The Federal Perkins Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) provides the terms and conditions of the Perkins Loan program and is prepared by the participating eligible institution and signed by the borrower.
Notice May 16, 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 (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-915...
Notice May 16, 2012
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 United States Code (U.S.C.) 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information collection FERC-585, Reporting of El...
Notice May 16, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice May 16, 2012
Commission Staff Attendance
Notice May 16, 2012

Amendment to Petition to Amend Order Issuing Certificate:

Compliance Filings:

Title Type Published
Worsham Steed Gas Storage, LLC
Notice May 16, 2012

Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its energy conservation standards for small, large, and very large water-cooled and evaporatively-cooled commercial package air conditioners, and variable refrigerant flow (VRF) water-source heat pumps...
Rule May 16, 2012

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
On November 23, 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR) to amend the test procedures for microwave ovens. That SNOPR proposed amendments to the DOE test procedure to incorporate provisions...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Exemption Transfers:

Title Type Published
Algonquin Power Co.; Abenaki Timber Corp.
Notice May 16, 2012

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces an open meeting of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), Small Modular Reactor Subcommittee (SMR). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires public notice of this meeting be announced in...
Notice May 16, 2012

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
WPPI Energy
Notice May 16, 2012

Proceeding Redesignations:

Title Type Published
ONEOK Rockies Midstream, L.L.C.
Notice May 16, 2012

Proposed Restricted Service List for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places:

Requests under Blanket Authorizations:

Title Type Published
Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.
Notice May 16, 2012

Staff Attendance:

Title Type Published
SPPITO Louisville Gas and ElectricKentucky Utilities Stakeholder Meeting
Notice May 16, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
On March 5, 2012, EPA sent the Commonwealth of Virginia (Virginia) a letter acknowledging that Virginia's delegation of authority to implement and enforce National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) and New Source Performance S...
Notice May 16, 2012
The EPA issued "Revisions to Federal Implementation Plans To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone" as a direct final rule on February 21, 2012. Because the EPA received adverse comments on this action, we are withdrawing t...
Rule May 16, 2012

Air Quality:

Title Type Published
The EPA has determined that onboard refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) technology is in widespread use throughout the motor vehicle fleet for purposes of controlling motor vehicle refueling emissions, and, therefore, by this action, the EPA is waiving t...
Rule May 16, 2012

Approval, Disapproval and Promulgation of State Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to partially approve and partially disapprove a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Utah on May 26, 2011 that addresses regional haze. EPA is also proposing to approve specific sections of a State of Ut...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is making two determinations regarding the Philadelphia- Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE fine particulate (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment area (the Philadelphia Area). First, EPA is making a determination that the Philadelphia Area has attained the 1997 an...
Rule May 16, 2012

Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards:

Title Type Published
EPA is promulgating technology-based effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) and new source performance standards (NSPS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for discharges from airport deicing operations. The requirements generally apply to wastewater ass...
Rule May 16, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Defense and National Security:

Title Type Published
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; Delegation of Reporting Functions (Memorandum of April 20, 2012)
Presidential Document May 16, 2012

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
Military Spouse Appreciation Day (Proc. 8816)
Presidential Document May 16, 2012
Mother's Day (Proc. 8817)
Presidential Document May 16, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
Notice May 16, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission released a public notice announcing the meeting and agenda of the North American Numbering Council (NANC). The intended effect of this action is to make the public aware of the NANC's next meeting and agenda.
Notice May 16, 2012

Redundancy of Communications Systems:

Title Type Published
In this document the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) and Office of Managing Director (OMD) make nonsubstantive, editorial revisions to the Commission's rules. The Bureau and OMD mak...
Rule May 16, 2012

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice May 16, 2012

Ocean Transportation Intermediary License:

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 16, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice May 16, 2012
This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2010, entitled "Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements under the Patient Protection...
Rule May 16, 2012
This final rule amends the regulations implementing medical loss ratio (MLR) standards for health insurance issuers under the Public Health Service Act in order to establish notice requirements for issuers in the group and individual markets that mee...
Rule May 16, 2012

Cooperative Agreement to Support Innovation in Vaccine Clinical Trial Design and Collaboration:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces its intention to accept and consider a single source application for an award of a cooperative agreement to the World Health Organization (WHO) in support of collaborative efforts to advance innovative...
Notice May 16, 2012

Draft National Public Health Action Plans:

Title Type Published
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is publishing this notice requesting public comment on the draft National Public Health Action Plan for the Detection, Prevention,...
Notice May 16, 2012

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

Title Type Published
This final rule revises the requirements that hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These changes are an integral part of our efforts to reduce procedural burdens on providers....
Rule May 16, 2012
This final rule identifies reforms in Medicare and Medicaid regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and beneficiaries. This rule increases the ability of health care professiona...
Rule May 16, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 16, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 16, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice May 16, 2012
Directors Council of Public Representatives
Notice May 16, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 16, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 16, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 16, 2012
Notice of meeting.
Notice May 16, 2012
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice May 16, 2012
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 16, 2012
National Institute of Diabetes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice May 16, 2012
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice May 16, 2012
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice May 16, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice May 16, 2012
On March 1, 2012, the Coast Guard published a direct final rule, amending and updating its special local regulations and safety zones relating to recurring marine parades, regattas, fireworks displays, and other events that take place in the Eighth C...
Rule May 16, 2012
This document makes a correction to the preamble of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that was published in the Federal Register on May 8, 2012 (77 FR 27007). In the Basis and Purpose section of that NPRM, the Coast Guard stated that the chan...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announces that the TSA Maritime Self-Assessment Risk Module (TMSARM), developed to support the United States Coast Guard's (USCG) regulatory efforts promulgated pursuant to the Maritime Transportation...
Notice May 16, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperw...
Notice May 16, 2012

Disaster Assistance:

Title Type Published
Under the authority of Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides grants for crisis counseling and treatment assistance to individuals after...
Rule May 16, 2012

Drawbridge Operation Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is modifying the drawbridge operating regulation for the Hood Canal floating drawbridge near Port Gamble. This modification will relieve heavy rush hour road traffic on State Routes 3 and 104 by allowing the draw of the bridge to rema...
Rule May 16, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement evaluating the impacts on the quality of the human environment of the National Flood Insurance Program as it is currently implemented and of potential future...
Notice May 16, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the City of Antioch Fourth of July Fireworks display in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to protect life an...
Rule May 16, 2012
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the City of Eureka Fourth of July Fireworks in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to protect life and propert...
Rule May 16, 2012
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the Incline Village, NV Red, White, and Tahoe Blue Fireworks display in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to...
Rule May 16, 2012
The Coast Guard will enforce the safety zone for the San Francisco Giants Fireworks Display in the Captain of the Port, San Francisco area of responsibility during the dates and times noted below. This action is necessary to protect life and property...
Rule May 16, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing:

Title Type Published
The document advises that the interim rule for the Emergency Solutions Grants program, published on December 5, 2011, displayed an incorrect RIN number. This document advises of the correct RIN number, 2506-AC31, as displayed in the heading of this d...
Rule May 16, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce our 12-month findings on a petition to reclassify San Clemente Island lotus, and San Clemente Island paintbrush under the Endangered Species Act are warranted and we propose to change the status of the...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the reopening of the public comment period on the August 25, 2011, proposed revised designation of critical habitat for Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae (Coachella Valley milk-vetch) under the E...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announce the availability of a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge for public review and comment...
Notice May 16, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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 May 16, 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, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) proposes to establish a new system of records entitled, "COPS Online Ordering System," (JUSTICE/COPS-0...
Notice May 16, 2012

Lodgings of Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Water Act
Notice May 16, 2012

Lodgings of Proposed Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Air Act
Notice May 16, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (the Department) is providing notice of the judicial order enjoining the Department from implementing and enforcing the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, published February 21, 2012 (th...
Rule May 16, 2012

Amended Certifications Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance:

Title Type Published
General Motors Co., et al., Excluding Workers of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Division, Warren, MI
Notice May 16, 2012
Lexis Nexis, Quality and Metrics Department, et al., Miamisburg, OH and Colorado Springs, CO
Notice May 16, 2012
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Primary Care Business Unit (Sales) Division, East Hanover, NJ
Notice May 16, 2012
Pace American Enterprises, Inc., McGregor, TX; Pace American Enterprises, Inc., Middlebury, IN, et al.
Notice May 16, 2012
UBS Group, Division of UBS AG, Also Known As UBS Financial Services, Inc., et al.
Notice May 16, 2012

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 16, 2012

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at...
Notice May 16, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Fukushima
Notice May 16, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice May 16, 2012
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice May 16, 2012
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice May 16, 2012
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice May 16, 2012
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice May 16, 2012
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice May 16, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice May 16, 2012
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice May 16, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice May 16, 2012
NYSE Amex LLC
Notice May 16, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice May 16, 2012
National Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice May 16, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Acquisition Process:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to amend its regulations governing small business contracting procedures. This proposed rule would amend SBA's regulations to implement the following sections of the Small Business Jobs Act of 201...
Proposed Rule May 16, 2012

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: Electronic...
Notice May 16, 2012
The Department of State has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. <bullet> Title of Information Collection: Electronic...
Notice May 16, 2012
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. W...
Notice May 16, 2012

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 16, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Shipping Coordinating Committee
Notice May 16, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is correcting the final flightcrew member duty and rest rule published on January 4, 2012. In that rule, the FAA amended its existing flight, duty and rest regulations applicable to certificate holders and their flightcrew members operating c...
Rule May 16, 2012

Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws:

Title Type Published
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...
Notice May 16, 2012
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...
Notice May 16, 2012

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