July 25, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register July 25, 2012

View all documents issued on July 25, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

118 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on July 25, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of The Council for Native American Farming and Ranching (CNAFR) a public advisory committee of the Office of Tribal Relations (OTR). Notice of the meetings are provided in accordance with section 10(a)(2) o...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
The Kern and Tulare Counties Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will be accepting applications for projects that may be recommended for funding under Title II of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (Pub. L 110-343 as amended...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Applications for Manufacturing Authority:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's Advisory Panel will hold a meeting.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
This notice sets forth the schedule of a forthcoming meeting of the DoC NOAA National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC). Time and Date: The meeting will be held Wednesday, August 15, 2012 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern time....
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Request for Applicants:

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In December 2009, the Governments of the United States and Turkey agreed to establish a U.S.-Turkey Business Council. This notice announces membership opportunities for appointment as American representatives to the U.S. Section of the Council. The c...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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This rule updates policies and responsibilities for controlling Department of Defense (DoD) Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI) in accordance with the provisions of current U.S. Code. This revision streamlines and reflects current prac...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) intend to jointly prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) for the proposed Ballona Wetlands Restoration Proje...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps) received a Department of the Army permit application from Westpark S.V. 400, LLC (Applicant) to fill approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the United States to construct the proposed Westb...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that closed meeting of the Department of Defense Wage Committee will be held.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of Public Law 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that closed meeting of the Department of Defense Wage Committee will be held.
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
For 60-month projects initially funded in fiscal year (FY) 2007 under the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) Program, the Department proposes to waive the regulations that generally limit project periods to 60 months and that...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012

Applications for New Awards:

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for an extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Environment, Saf...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Jul 25, 2012
In this rule the Commission revises its regulations pertaining to its Continuity of Operations Plan to allow the Commission the discretion to better address not only long-term and catastrophic events but also short-term events including loss of power...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Keryn Newman v. PotomacAppalachian Transmission Highline, LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Filings:

Title Type Published
System Energy Resources, Inc.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Tri-State Financial Co., LLC, Red River Energy, LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, WA
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Response to Recommendation 20121 of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board:

Title Type Published
On May 8, 2012, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board submitted Recommendation 2012-1, concerning Savannah River Site Building 235-F Safety, to the Department of Energy. In accordance with section 315(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as ame...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Transfer of License Applications:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Rule Jul 25, 2012
This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodent...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Rule Jul 25, 2012

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan National Priorities List:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is publishing a direct final Notice of Deletion of the Fort Dix Landfill Superfund Site (Site), located in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, from the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL, promulgate...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete the Fort Dix Landfill Superfund Site (Site) located in Pemberton Township, New Jersey, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions:

Title Type Published
EPA has granted emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions were granted during the period January 1 to March 31, 2012, to control unforesee...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Pesticide Tolerances:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of acetamiprid in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Fo...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substance:

Title Type Published
EPA is removing significant new use rules (SNURs) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for five chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). EPA published these SNURs using direct final rulemaking...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission logo Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Title Type Published
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC" or "Commission") is issuing this final rule to revise its regulations for processing equal employment opportunity complaints by federal sector employees and job applicants. The revisions implement t...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Aurora, CO (Proc. 8842)
Presidential Document Jul 25, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

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

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 Jul 25, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
This document modifies the rules to remove the restriction that grantee codes must consist of only three characters. This action will permit the Commission to issue longer grantee codes, thus greatly increasing the supply of available codes and ensur...
Rule Jul 25, 2012
This document requests comment on a number of issues related to the designation of Medical Body Area Network ("MBAN") coordinator(s) for the 2360-2390 MHz band. Although the Commission adopted a coordination requirement in the First Report and Order...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Wireless E911 Phase II Location Accuracy Requirements, Th...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice advises interested persons that the initial meeting of the WRC- 15 Advisory Committee will be held on August 9, 2012, at the Federal Communications Commission. The purpose of the meet...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Misuse of Internet Protocol Relay Service:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission adopts a measure that prohibits Internet-Protocol (IP) Relay providers from handling non- emergency calls made by new IP Relay registrants as guest users prior to taking reasonable measures to verify their registratio...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Applicants
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Reissuances
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Revocations
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
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 Jul 25, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jul 25, 2012
National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jul 25, 2012
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health; the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Transformational Medical Technologies (TMT); and Biomedical Advanced Research and Develop...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Prospective Grants of Exclusive Licenses:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive evaluation option license to Lysosomal Thera...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Public Workshops:

Title Type Published
Notice of public workshop.
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document provides notice of the availability of the final Preliminary Damage Assessment for Individual Assistance Operations Manual (9327.2-PR). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of availability and request for co...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Pursuant to section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations (19 CFR 111.53), the following Customs broker license and all associated permits are suspended effective July 23, 2...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Anchorage Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is removing an obsolete naval explosives anchorage in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, and adding an offshore anchorage in Rhode Island Sound south of Brenton Point, Rhode Island, for use by vessels waiting to enter Narragansett Bay.
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Regulated Navigation Areas:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish a regulated navigation area on Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida. The regulated navigation area will be enforced annually from Saturday of the second week through Monday of the third week in October (Columbus Day we...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This safety zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of Lake Winnebago during the Flying Magazine Air show. This temporary safety zone is nece...
Rule Jul 25, 2012
The Coast Guard proposes establishing a safety zone on the navigable waters of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, VA. This action is necessary to provide for the safety of life on navigable waters during the Gilmerton Bridge...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012

Special Local Regulations for Marine Events:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is temporarily changing the enforcement period of one special local regulation for a recurring marine event in the Fifth Coast Guard District, specifically the "Wilmington YMCA Triathlon", locally known as the "Beach 2 Battleship", co...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard will enforce the Special Local Regulation, Olympia Harbor Days Tug Boat Races, Budd Inlet, WA from 12 p.m. through 8 p.m. on September 2, 2012. This action is necessary to restrict vessel movement within the specified race area immedi...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications from the Rio Grande Water Conservation District; Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache Counties; the municipalities of Alamosa, Monte Vista, Del Norte, and Sou...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Proposed Reinstatements of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Marshall & Winston, Inc., for competitive oil and gas lease WYW154148 for land in Carbon County, Wyomi...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) for competitive oil and gas lease WYW156551 for land in Natrona County, Wyoming...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Tyler Rockies Exploration, LTD, for competitive oil and gas lease WYW172987 for land in Natrona and Co...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Hot Springs Resources, Ltd., for competitive oil and gas lease WYW174754 for land in Natrona County, W...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Under the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Legacy Energy, Inc., for competitive oil and gas lease WYW179184 for land in Park County, Wyoming. The...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Determinations, Results, etc:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review-in-part an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 18) of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting in-part complainant's motion for summary de...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Lodgings of Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Air Act
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Funding Opportunities:

Title Type Published
National Technical Assistance and Demonstration Center on Preparing Youth with Disabilities for Employment
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health requests nominations for membership on NACOSH. The terms of four NACOSH members will expire on December 8, 2012.
Notice Jul 25, 2012

M
Management and Budget Office

Cost Accounting Standards:

Title Type Published
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Cost Accounting Standards Board (Board), is publishing technical corrections to the final rule that revised Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 412, "Composition and Measurement of Pension Cost," and CAS 41...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is amending its regulations to make requirements for distributors of byproduct material clearer, less prescriptive, and more risk-informed and up to date. The rulemaking also redefines so...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is amending its regulations to make requirements for distributors of byproduct material clearer, less prescriptive, and more risk-informed and up to date. The Commission is also redefinin...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The Postal Service is considering the adoption of a new criterion for eligibility of Bound Printed Matter (BPM) parcels by adding a physical density threshold for individual mailpieces.
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Process for Submissions for Review of Security-Based Swaps for Mandatory Clearing and Notice Filing Requirements for Clearing Agencies:

Title Type Published
On July 13, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") published a document in the Federal Register (77 FR 41602), concerning, among other things, the process for submissions for review of security-based swaps for mandatory clearing...
Rule Jul 25, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are revising our rules to give adjudicators the discretion to proceed to the fifth step of the sequential evaluation process for assessing disability when we have insufficient information about a claimant's past relevant work history to make the f...
Rule Jul 25, 2012
In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as amended, this notice announces a renewal of an existing computer matching program that we are currently conducting with VA/VBA.
Notice Jul 25, 2012
This final rule adopts, without change, the interim final rule with request for comments we published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2010, at 75 FR 75884. The interim final rule contained the rules that we apply to determine the income-relate...
Rule Jul 25, 2012
In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of Social Security Ruling, SSR 12-2p. This ruling provides guidance on how we develop evidence to establish that a person has a medically determinable impairment...
Notice Jul 25, 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 Jul 25, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Abandonment Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co., Los Angeles County, CA
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Progressive Rail, Inc., Barron County, WI
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Jul 25, 2012
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Abandonment Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-400 series airplanes. The existing AD currently requires a modification to trim the edge of the bumper plate, including performing a...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of cracks found in the skin at body station (STA) 540 just be...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 1E2, 1S, and 1S1 turboshaft engines. The existing AD currently requires a one time inspection and torque check of a certain 3-way union plug in...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Turbomeca S.A. Arriel 1A, 1A1, 1A2, 1B, 1C, 1C1, 1C2, 1D, 1D1, 1E, 1E2, 1K, 1K1, 1S, and 1S1 turboshaft engines. The existing AD currently requires initial and repet...
Proposed Rule Jul 25, 2012

Discontinuance of Service Exemptions:

No documents available.

FY 2012 Discretionary Funding Opportunity:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the selection of projects funded under the Fiscal Year 2012 Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative (VTCLI) discretionary grant opportunity,...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Jul 25, 2012
The United States Mint is lowering the price of the 2012 American Eagle Silver Proof Coin. The product will now be offered for sale at a price of $54.95.
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Blocking Property of Certain Persons:

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the name of one (1) entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011, "Blocking Property of Certain Perso...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Blocking Property of Senior Officials:

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of twenty-nine (29) individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, "Blocking Property of...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons:

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing on OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons ("SDN List") the names of five entities, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursu...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

U
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of meetings of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Name: Dennis C. Shea, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The Commission will meet in Washington, DC as follows: (1) Review-...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Jul 25, 2012

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