June 7, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register June 7, 2012

View all documents issued on June 7, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

111 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on June 7, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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USDA announces the availability of grants through the Rural Business Opportunity Grant Program (RBOG) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. Public bodies, nonprofit corporations, institutions of higher education, Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations a...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
USDA announces the availability of grants through the Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. Nonprofit corporations and institutions of higher education may apply. Approximately $5.8 million is available. Applic...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Horse Protection Act:

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We are amending the horse protection regulations to require horse industry organizations or associations that license Designated Qualified Persons to assess and enforce minimum penalties for violations of the Horse Protection Act (the Act). The regul...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Newspapers Used for Publication of Legal Notices by the Intermountain Region:

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This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by the ranger districts, forests and regional office of the Intermountain Region to publish legal notices required under 36 CFR 215, 219, and 218. The intended effect of this action is to inform inte...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Meetings:

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Arkansas Advisory Committee
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received a scientific research permit application request relating to salmonids listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of the species and to help gui...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Expansions of Subzones:

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Marathon Petroleum Co., Foreign-Trade Zone 70, Detroit, MI
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Export Administration Regulations:

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This proposed rule describes how articles the President determines no longer warrant export control under Category X (Protective Personnel Equipment and Shelters) of the United States Munitions List (USML), would be controlled under the Commerce Cont...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

Requests for Applications:

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The ONMS is seeking applications for the following vacant seats on the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: (2) Education Members; (1) Education Alternate; (1) Whalewatching Member; (2) Fixed Gear Commercial Fishing Member and...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

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NMFS has received an application from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting training exercises within the Navy's Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC) in the Pacific Oc...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program:

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The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services announces a priority for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Researc...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the National Board for Education Sciences. The notice also describes the functions of the Committee. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Feder...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is approving the addition of a new rule to the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) on April 7, 2010. The rule being approved into the SIP is Title 35 Illinois Administrative Co...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines:

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The EPA is proposing amendments to the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for stationary reciprocating internal combustion engines under section 112 of the Clean Air Act. The proposed amendments include alternative testing optio...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

Regional Haze:

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The EPA is finalizing revisions to our rules pertaining to the regional haze program. In this action, the EPA is finalizing our finding that the trading programs in the Transport Rule, also known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), achieve...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Regulation of Fuel and Fuel Additives:

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The Environmental Protection Agency has reconsidered a portion of a fuel waiver that was granted to the Texas Methanol Corporation (Texas Methanol) under the Clean Air Act on February 8, 1988. This waiver was previously reconsidered and modified on O...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

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African-American Music Appreciation Month (Proc. 8832)
Presidential Document Jun 07, 2012
Great Outdoors Month (Proc. 8833)
Presidential Document Jun 07, 2012
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month (Proc. 8834)
Presidential Document Jun 07, 2012
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month (Proc. 8835)
Presidential Document Jun 07, 2012
National Oceans Month (Proc. 8836)
Presidential Document Jun 07, 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 Jun 07, 2012
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of six months, the information collection associated with the Commission's Review of the Emergency Alert System, Fifth Report and Ord...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
This document contains a correction to the interim regulations of the Commission's rules, which were published in the Federal Register on Monday, August 5, 2011. The interim regulations require Internet- based Telecommunications Relay Service (iTRS)...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks public comment on approaches to reform and modernize how Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund) contributions are assessed and recovered. The Commission seeks comment on ways to...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jun 07, 2012
This document corrects errors that appeared in the notice published in the May 31, Federal Register entitled "Findings of Research Misconduct."
Notice Jun 07, 2012
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Department of Veterans Affairs are working to empower individuals to be partners in their health through health information technology (health IT). Giving patients...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
As part of the HHS Open Government Plan, the HealthData.gov Platform (HDP) is a flagship initiative and focal point helping to establish learning communities that collaboratively evolve and mature the utility and usability of a broad range of health...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
As part of the HHS Open Government Plan, the HealthData.gov Platform (HDP) is a flagship initiative and focal point helping to establish learning communities that collaboratively evolve and mature the utility and usability of a broad range of health...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
Environmental and public health are closely related and complementary fields--and their future depends on a closer understanding of those connections. New portable sensors have the potential to transform the way we measure and interpret the influence...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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

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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 Jun 07, 2012
Native Employment Works Program Plan Guidance and Report Requirements
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Extension of Support Period:

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be issuing a non-competitive supplement and a 7-month extension of the period of support to the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) Cooperative Agreement recipient of record, SouthEast Ala...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

International Conference on Harmonisation:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "S2(R1) Genotoxicity Testing and Data Interpretation for Pharmaceuticals Intended for Human Use" (ICH S2(R1)). This guidance was prepared under the auspices...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jun 07, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Jun 07, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice Jun 07, 2012
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Notice Jun 07, 2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jun 07, 2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jun 07, 2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jun 07, 2012
National Institute of Nursing Research
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is amending the current regulations for fire suppression systems on several classes of commercial vessels. The amendments clarify that approved alternatives to carbon dioxide systems may be used to protect some spaces on these vessels...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
This final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the extension of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Peru. The restrictions, which were originally imposed by Treasury...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security is giving concurrent notice of a newly established system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the "Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection--017 Analytical Framework for Int...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations to exempt portions of a newly established system of records titled "Department of Homeland Security Office of Operations Coordination and Planning-003 Operations Col...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to establish a new Department of Homeland Security system of records titled, "Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS/CBP--017 A...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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

Title Type Published
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility.
Notice Jun 07, 2012
60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I- 829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions.
Notice Jun 07, 2012
30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form G- 646, Sworn Statement of Refugee Applying for Admission to the United States.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing to amend the system notice for, "Grievance Records," to update the number of the system, to more accurately reflect its Department-wide scope of records collected by the systems, addit...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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

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The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject propos...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Bureau of Reclamation intends to submit a request for renewal of an existing approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Reclamation Rural Water Supply Program (OMB Control Number 1006-0029). Title 43 CFR part 40...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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

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In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, announces the proposed renewal of a public information collection required by The Ame...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce pape...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) have sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost. This information collection...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicate...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

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The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council is soliciting nominations for the Public Advisory Committee, which advises the Trustee Council on decisions related to the planning, evaluation, and conduct of injury assessment, restoration, long-term monit...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

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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 Jun 07, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
In 2002, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) published an interim final rule implementing the provision of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, relating to firearms disabilities for...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
Lodging of Consent Decrees under CERCLA
Notice Jun 07, 2012
Lodging of Second Amendment to First Amended Consent Decree under the Clean Water Act
Notice Jun 07, 2012
The Department of Justice is amending the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) by removing the 90-day State residency requirement for aliens lawfully present in the United States to purchase or acquire a firea...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Decisions and Orders:

Title Type Published
Pharmboy Ventures Unlimited, Inc.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Announcement regarding states triggering "on" or "off" in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) program and the Federal-State Extended Benefits (EB) Program. The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) produces trigger notices indicating...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Merit Systems Protection Board logo Merit Systems Protection Board

Title Type Published
The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board), following an internal review of MSPB regulations and after consideration of comments received from MSPB stakeholders, is proposing to amend its rules of practice and procedure in order to improv...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

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National Mediation Board

Title Type Published
This document corrects the text of a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2012. The proposed rule changes the National Mediation Board's (NMB or Board) existing rules for run-off elections to incorporate statutory language added...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

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National Science Foundation

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

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to establish this collection. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this action...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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National Transportation Safety Board

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The NTSB is announcing that it has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This ICR described completion of a Web-based form used to...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
General Aviation Safety Forum; Climbing to the Next Level
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) will consider in the rulemaking process the issues raised in the petition for rulemaking (PRM), PRM-26-7, submitted by the American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disor...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is publishing revisions to its Enforcement Policy (Enforcement Policy or Policy) to address construction-related topics, including enforcement discretion.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Interim Staff Guidance:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing the draft Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance (JLD-ISG), JLD-ISG-2012-02, "Compliance with Order EA- 12-050, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard t...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing the draft Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance (JLD-ISG), JLD-ISG-2012-03, "Compliance With Order EA- 12-051, Order Modifying Licenses With Regard t...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is issuing the draft Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance (JLD-ISG), JLD-ISG-2012-01, "Compliance with Order EA- 12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard t...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

License Amendment to Construct and Operate New In Situ Leach Uranium:

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License amendment request; opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to intervene, and Commission order.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request for an advisory opinion regarding its Post Office Structure Plan. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural steps.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
At the request of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, the Postal Service is adding this country to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg]), to reflect Timor-Leste's independence from Indonesi...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A), (B) and (C) of the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Orders of Suspension of Trading:

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 07, 2012
BATSY Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 07, 2012
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jun 07, 2012
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jun 07, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Jun 07, 2012
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Jun 07, 2012

State Department logo State Department

International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
As part of the President's Export Control Reform effort, the Department of State proposes to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise Category X (personal protective equipment and shelters) of the U.S. Munitions List (USML...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The FAA publishes a monthly notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals and disapprovals under the provisions of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Pub. L. 101-508) and Par...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for re-instatement o...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for re-instatement o...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Alpha Aviation Concept Limited Model R2160 Airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 767-200, -300, and -400ER series airplanes. That AD currently requires replacing the separation link assembly on the applicable entry and service doors w...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Establishments of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Arcadia, FL, to accommodate the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at Arcadia Municipal Airport. This action would enhance the safety an...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Fort Morgan, CO. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedure at Fort Morgan M...
Proposed Rule Jun 07, 2012

Petitions for Decisions of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

Title Type Published
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., on behalf of Hyundai Motor Company (collectively referred to as "Hyundai") \1\ has determined that certain model year 2012 Hyundai Veracruz multipurpose passenger vehicles (MPV) manufactured August 9, 2011, thr...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of foreign ownership of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2012. This mandatory survey is conducted under the authority of the International I...
Notice Jun 07, 2012
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this final rule to revise the regulations governing State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities. SLGS securities are non-marketable Treasury securities that are only available for purchase...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations:

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FinCEN is issuing this final rule to amend the regulations that allow depository institutions to exempt transactions of certain payroll customers \1\ from the requirement to report transactions in currency in excess of $10,000. The rule substitutes t...
Rule Jun 07, 2012
FinCEN is amending the rules relating to the reporting of certain currency transactions consistent with a recent statutory amendment authorizing FinCEN to require clerks of court to file such reports with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Such inf...
Rule Jun 07, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. I section 10(d), of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and 5 U.S.C. section 552b, the Government in the Sunshine Act, a report summarizing the closed meeting activities of the Art Advisory Panel during 2011 has been prepare...
Notice Jun 07, 2012

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