August 31, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register August 31, 2012

View all documents issued on August 31, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

115 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 31, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS) intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for Business and...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

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The De Soto Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Waynesboro, Mississippi. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Olympia, WA. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act....
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Siuslaw Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Corvallis, OR. The purpose of the meeting is RAC FY13 Business, Elect Chairperson, Set FY13 Overhead Rate, Information Share, Public Forum, 2013 Project Review, Project Selections.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, as amended, (Pub. L. 110-343), the Boise, Payette, Salmon-Challis, Sawtooth, and Wallo...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Resource Advisory Committee will meet via teleconference. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 112-141) (the Act) and operates in compliance w...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board logo Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

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The Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold its first meeting on September 27 and 28, 2012.
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

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On July 18, 2012, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published a notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstance review and intent to revoke, in part, the antidumping duty ("AD") order of certain cased pencils from t...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Antidumping Duty Orders:

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Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Department is issuing an antidumping duty order on large power transformers from the Republic of Korea (Korea).
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Continuations:

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As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on certain lined paper products (lined paper) from India and the People's Republic of China (PRC) would likely lead t...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; Revocations:

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As a result of the determinations by the International Trade Commission (the ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain lined paper products (lined paper) from Indonesia would not be likely to le...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic tunas General category daily Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) retention limit from one to three large medium or giant BFT for the September, October, November, and December time periods of the 2012 fishing year, based on con...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear, catcher vessels greater than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear, and catcher vessels using trawl gear to catcher vessels le...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS proposes to re-open a portion of the Georges Bank Closed Area to the harvest of Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs. The area has been closed since 1990 due to the presence of toxins known to cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. The proposed re...
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Oversight Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be b...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (NPFMC) Crab Plan Team (CPT) will meet in Seattle, WA.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will hold a work session to review work products individual members have been developing prior to submission to the 2012 salmon methodology review process. Th...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled logo Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

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This action adds services to the Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Committee is proposing to add products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370h); the Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508); Department of the Na...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the Federal Regulations (41 CFR 102-3. 140 through 160), the Department of...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976, the Department of Defense announces that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Advisory Council on Dependents' Education...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National Laboratory. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announ...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Savannah River Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
This notice announces a meeting of the Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Cancellation Orders for Certain Pesticide Registrations:

Title Type Published
EPA issued notices in the Federal Register of November 23, 2011 and February 15, 2012, concerning the voluntary cancellation of several pesticide products, including Amrep, Inc.'s MGK-264/Pyrethrins/ Pyriproxyfen/Permethrin product EPA Reg. No. 01080...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of nitric acid (CAS Reg. No. 7697-37-2) when used as an inert ingredient in antimicrobial pesticide formulations applied to food-contact surfaces in public eati...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Requests for Waivers of Preemption:

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has notified EPA that it has developed an Advanced Clean Car program (ACC) which combines the control of smog and soot causing pollutants and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into a single coordinated package o...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
Economic Impact Policy
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) has been filed in the Commission's Rulemaking proceeding by Ryan M.F. Baron on behalf of the Orange County, California Sheriff's Department.
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Aug 31, 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 31, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Medicare Program:

Title Type Published
We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. Some of the changes imp...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Aug 31, 2012
This notice announces that a public meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) ("Committee") will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. The Committee generally provides advice and recommendations concerning...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Aug 31, 2012
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Aug 31, 2012
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Aug 31, 2012
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 31, 2012
National Institute on Aging
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Interstate 5 (I-5) Bridges across the Columbia River, mile 106.5, between Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA. This deviation is necessary to facilitate heavy ma...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on Lake Erie and Cleveland Harbor at Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH. This safety zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of Lake Erie and Cleveland Harbor (near Burke Lakefro...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

Title Type Published
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless.
Notice Aug 31, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be 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 proposa...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Funding Awards:

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In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department in a competition for funding under the FY 2010 Notice of...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) has endorsed the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) as the first-ever comprehensive federal data standard for classifying and describing coastal and marine ecosystems. CMECS prov...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
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Notice Aug 31, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), the joint lead agency, is notifying the public that they have prepared a final environmental impact statement and has made it available to the public...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan (Plan), along with the Implementing Agree...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, with the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tribe), City of Coconut Creek (City), and Broward County serving as cooperating agencies, intends to file a Draft Environmental...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations, the National Park Service (NPS) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the permit for th...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice sets the date of the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission meeting.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act that meetings of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission will be held to discuss the implementation of the Park's general management pla...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the 25th meeting of the Concessions Management Advisory Board (the Board) will be held as indicated below.
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), that a meeting of the Landmarks Committee of the National Park System Advisory Board will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on November 7, 2012, at the...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Pursuant to Public Law 96-472, the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold a 1\1/2\ day meeting on September 17 and 18, 2012, at the U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), 1711 Illinois Avenu...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a meeting of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee). This meeting will be open to the publi...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Migratory Bird Hunting:

Title Type Published
This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white- tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; e...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

National Register of Historic Places:

Title Type Published
Pending Nominations and Related Actions
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Permit Applications:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (Act) prohibits activities with endange...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Following receipt of a request on July 30, 2012 from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) instituted investigation No. 332-534, R...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Investigations; Determinations, Rulings, Amendments, etc.:

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
Lodgings of Consent Decrees under the Clean Air Act
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 31, 2012

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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 Aug 31, 2012

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) has published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed International Isotopes Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium Deconvers...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

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

Title Type Published
Federal Investigative Services (FIS), U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offers the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on an information collection request (ICR), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-4078-DR), dated 08/22/2012. Incident: Freedom Wildfire. Incident Period: 08/03/2012 through 08/14/2012. Effective Date: 08/22/2012. Physical Loan App...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

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 Aug 31, 2012
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 Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committees (ITAC) to review status of preparations for the World Conference on International Telecommunication and the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly. T...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Temporary Trackage Rights Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
BNSF Railway Co. to Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Section 1114 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Pub. L. 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) continued the highway bridge program to enable States to improve the condition of their highway bri...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
The FAA seeks comments on current policy, guidance, and procedures that aircraft operators (ranging from pilots of general aviation aircraft up to and including air carrier certificate holders at the major airlines) use when determining if passenger...
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for an existing information collection. The FAA collects information to allocate slo...
Notice Aug 31, 2012
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The FAA collects information from airport sponso...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, - 900, and -900ER series airplanes. That NPRM proposed to require checking the escape slide girt for serviceability, and...
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all TAE 125-02-99 and TAE 125-02-114 reciprocating engines. This proposed AD was prompted by an in-flight shutdown of an airplane equipped with a TAE 125-02-99 engine. This proposed AD would...
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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FRA is issuing this notice of intent (Notice) to advise the public that FRA, with the Michigan Department of Transportation (Michigan DOT), will jointly prepare a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate passenger rail service improvem...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In preparation for the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel's (DGP's) Fall Working Group to be held October 15-19, 2012, in Montreal, Canada, the FAA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety and the Pipeline and Haza...
Notice Aug 31, 2012

Railroad Workplace Safety:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice that, due to the complex issues raised in both the petitions for reconsideration of the final rule published November 30, 2011, and the comments received on the petitions, FRA continues to formulate an appropriate respon...
Proposed Rule Aug 31, 2012

Temporary Trackage Rights Exemptions:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
This document amends temporary regulations relating to dividend equivalents for purposes of section 871(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The regulations affect nonresident aliens and foreign corporations that hold notional principal contracts...
Rule Aug 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Closed meeting of the Art Advisory Panel will be held in Washington, DC.
Notice Aug 31, 2012

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