August 6, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register August 6, 2012

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97 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 6, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21).
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Ravalli County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Hamilton, Montana. The purpose of the meeting is to review proposed projects for funding.
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Redding, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Feder...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Weaverville, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110- 343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with th...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announces the availability of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Strategic Plan 2013--2017 (Plan), approved by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF). The Plan is available for...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) expands the scope of information that any party may cite in a patent file to include written statements of a patent owner filed in a proceeding before a Federal court or the United States Patent and Trademark...
Rule Aug 06, 2012
The Office of Competition and Economic Analysis ("OCEA") of the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review ("Certificate"). This notice summarizes the propose...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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

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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 Aug 06, 2012

Amended Final Scope Ruling Pursuant to Court Decision:

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On July 25, 2012, the United States Court of International Trade ("CIT") sustained the Department of Commerce's ("Department") results of redetermination, which construed the scope of the Order \1\ as including steel nails found within Target Corpora...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta (pasta) from Turkey for the period of review (POR) July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. The Department initiated the rev...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
As discussed below, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("the Department") preliminarily determines that Dongtai Peak Honey Industry Co., Ltd. ("Peak") failed to cooperate to the best of its ability and is, therefore, applying adverse facts available ("A...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from India. This review covers three respondents, Jindal Poly Films Ltd (...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET Film) from Taiwan. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 2010, through June 30,...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Antidumping Duty Orders; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc:

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

Title Type Published
On April 2, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from Turkey for the J...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Countervailing Duty Investigations; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is amending the scope of the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of large residential washers (washing machines) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) to exclude top-load washing machines with a vertical r...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch (ITAC) of "other flatfish" in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) and Greenland turbot in the Aleutian Island subarea of the BSAI. This a...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene public meetings.
Notice Aug 06, 2012
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC). The members will discuss and provide advice on issues outlined in the agenda below.
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations:

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The Department of Commerce ("Department") preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of drawn stainless steel sinks ("SS sinks") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). For information o...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the U.S. Navy...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
This interim final rule provides for the enforcement of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities conducted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Prote...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

Title Type Published
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) requested comments on a proposed extension of approval, for a period of 3 years from the date of approval by the Office of Manage...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is proposing to amend the DLA Privacy Program Regulation. The DLA Privacy Offices have been repositioned under the DLA General Counsel; therefore, responsibilities have been updated to reflect the repositioning. In...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012
The Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee is publishing Civilian Personnel Per Diem Bulletin Number 284. This bulletin lists revisions in the per diem rates prescribed for U.S. Government employees for official travel in Alaska, Haw...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary annually announces tests, test forms, and delivery formats that the Secretary determines to be suitable for use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS).
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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

Title Type Published
This study provides important implementation and impact information on the kinds of performance evaluation systems currently discussed in federal policy.
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Proposed Priorities:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a funding priority under the Technical Assistance (TA) on State Data Capacity program. The Assistant Secretary may use this proposed priority for competitions in fisca...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
EIA has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its information collection, EIA-882T, "Generic Cle...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 06, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to r...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA"), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Sierra Club v...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by National Parks Conservation Association, Montana Environmental Informa...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA" or the "Act"), 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by WildEarth Guardians in the United States District Court for the Distri...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a req...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve changes to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to EPA on May 2, 2011. The SIP revision modifies Alabama's New Source Review (NSR), Prevention...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing a limited approval and a limited disapproval of a revision to the Michigan State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Michigan on November 5, 2010, that addresses regional haze for the first implementation period endin...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012
EPA is proposing to approve the Commonwealth of Virginia's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) on September 26, 2011. The SIP revision consists of updating the 2009 and 2015 motor vehi...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the CASAC Ozone Review Panel to conduct a peer review of EPA's Integrated Science Assessment for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants (Third External Review Draft) (J...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission has received the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Closed Captioning of Internet Protocol-Delivered Video Programming:

Title Type Published
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 Report and Order (Order) implementing provisions of the T...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by ION Media Greenville License, Inc. ("ION"), the licensee of WEPX- TV, channel 51, Greenville, North Carolina, requesting the substitution of channel 26 for channel 51 at Greenville. Whil...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (the "agencies"), may not conduct...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is proposing to further modify the proposed definitions of personal information, support for internal operations, and Web site or online service directed to children, that the FTC has proposed previously under its Rule implementing the...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the following final versions of documents that support making regulatory submissions in electronic format using the electronic Common Technical Document (eCTD) specifications: "...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Meetings:

New Animal Drugs; Change of Sponsor; Change of Sponsor Address:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect a change of sponsor for two new animal drug applications (NADAs) from Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, to Elanco Animal Health, a Division of Eli Lilly & Co. FDA is al...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Research Project Grants:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of grant funds for the support of FDA's Office of Orphan Products Development (OPD) grant program. The goal of FDA's OPD grant program is to support the clinical development of pro...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting comments on Recovery Policy, RP 9524.5, Plantings Associated with Eligible Facilities. DATES: Comments must be received by September 5, 2012.
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold two public meetings to solicit input from stakeholders and interested members of the public on the scope of a proposed revision of "Criteria for...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of the Hudson River in the vicinity of Englewood Cliffs and Fort Lee, NJ for the 2012 Ironman US Championship swim event. This temporary safety zone is necessary to prote...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with the concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is finalizing the proposed rule to amend its existing Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct, which are regulations for HUD offic...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, in cooperation with the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians and other Federal agencies, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates a solar energy generation center on the Moapa River Indian Reserv...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Injury Assessment Plans:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Reclamation, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, as a natural resource trustee, announces the release of the Injury Assessment Plan for the Upper Columbia River Site. The Injury Assessment Plan describes the activities that con...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
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, North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)-- Science Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will mee...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodging of Amendments to Consent Decree under Clean Air Act
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has received a waste management permit application for Quark Expeditions' cruise ships to conduct a number of activities, including: Shore excursions via zodiac, camping ashore or exte...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
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 Aug 06, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is establishing a public inquiry to receive comments addressing the Commission's role in advising the Secretary of State on whether certain international mail proposals are consistent with applicable standards and criteria. This notice...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Title Type Published
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is amending its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Policy Directive. The purpose of these amendments is to implement those provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 a...
Rule Aug 06, 2012
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that it will be holding public Webinars regarding the recent amendments to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Policy Directives. T...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is amending its Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Policy Directive. The purpose of these amendments is to implement those provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 a...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

State Department logo State Department

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

Title Type Published
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 Aug 06, 2012

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Proceeding Regarding China:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative ("USTR") is providing notice that on July 9, 2012, the United States requested consultations with the Government of the People's Republic of China ("China") under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishi...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 17 individuals from its rule prohibiting persons with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) from operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. The exemptions will enable these individuals...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 10 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will enable thes...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 12 individuals for exemption from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will...
Notice Aug 06, 2012
This notice informs the public of FMCSA's Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 safety grant opportunities and FMCSA's projected application due dates. FMCSA announces these grant opportunities based on authorities provided for in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this NOI is to update the notice issued in the Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 112, Monday, June 12, 2006, Notices. The FHWA and WisDOT are updating this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is contin...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Hours of Service of Drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles:

Title Type Published
FMCSA extends the comment period for the Agency's June 5, 2012, notice concerning regulatory guidance on the applicability of the oilfield operations exceptions in the hours-of-service regulations, and announces that the Agency will hold three public...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The NHTSA announces a meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the Metropolitan Washington, DC, area. This notice announces the date, time, and location of the meeting, which will be open to the public. The purpose of NEMSAC is to provide a nationally recogni...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operations:

Title Type Published
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) amends the requirements regarding brake readjustment limits in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). This rule amends the readjustment limits, clarifies their application, and c...
Rule Aug 06, 2012

Petition for Decision that Nonconforming Vehicles are Eligible for Importation:

Title Type Published
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2005 Chevrolet Suburban multi-purpose passenger vehicles (MPV) that were not originally manufactured to comply with all ap...
Notice Aug 06, 2012

Vehicle Certification:

Title Type Published
This document proposes to clarify the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulations that prescribe the format and contents of certification labels that manufacturers are statutorily required to affix to motor vehicles manufacture...
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Hearings:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice of public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the branded prescription drug fee imposed by the Affordable Care Act.
Proposed Rule Aug 06, 2012

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