October 12, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register October 12, 2012

View all documents issued on October 12, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

118 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 12, 2012

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

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This notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the updated U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Inspector General's Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012

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

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506), the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a new information collection request associated wi...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rio Grande National Forest announces the extension of the comment period for the Village at Wolf Creek Access Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement. The period ends Oct...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
In March 2008, the U.S. Forest Service completed the Eldorado National Forest Public Wheeled Motorized Travel Management Final Environmental Impact Statement (ENF TM FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD). The 2008 TM FEIS and ROD designated roads and tr...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Proposed New Fee Sites:

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The Payette National Forest is proposing to charge a $85 fee at Burgdorf Rental Cabin from June 1 to October 15 and a $65 fee from October 16 to June 1 with no water available; a $65 fee at the Paddy Flat Rental Cabin; and a $65 fee at the Lake Fork...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012

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

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As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce ("Department") and the International Trade Commission ("ITC") that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China ("PRC")...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

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NMFS announces that the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 38 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Ame...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting.
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and its advisory entities will hold public meetings.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Proposed Foreign-Trade Zones:

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 products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Committee is proposing to add services to the Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities and deletes products previously furnished by such agencies. Comments Must...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Charter Renewals:

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Mobile District, intends to revise the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Water Control Manual (WCM) updates for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) R...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the following F...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 (2001)), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.10, DoD hereby announces that the DIA Advisory Board will meet on October 29...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board logo Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

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Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2286a(a)(5), the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has made a recommendation to the Secretary of Energy concerning the Hanford Tank Farms flammable gas safety strategy.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled "Impact Evaluation of Race to the Top and School Improvement Grant...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a new system of records entitled "Institute of Education Sciences Principal Investigator/Application File and Asso...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Orders Granting Authorities:

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The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy gives notice that during August 2012, it issued Orders granting authority to import and export natural gas and liquefied natural gas and vacating prior authority. These Orders are summarize...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The ICR, entitled:...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

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EPA is proposing to approve the submittal from the State of New Mexico pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) that addresses the infrastructure elements specified in the CAA necessary to implement, maintain, and enforce the 2006 fine particulate...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012
EPA is making two determinations regarding the Pittsburgh- Beaver Valley fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment area (hereafter referred to as "the Pittsburgh Area" or "the Area"). First, EPA determines that the Area has attained th...
Rule Oct 12, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans:

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EPA is taking final action to approve multiple changes to the Jefferson County portion of the Kentucky State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Division for Air Quality (KDAQ), to EPA in two sub...
Rule Oct 12, 2012
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the New Mexico SIP to update the New Mexico NNSR and PSD SIP permitting programs consistent with federal requirements. EPA proposes to find that these revisions to the New Mexico SIP meet the Federal Clean Air...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012
EPA is taking direct final action to approve state implementation plan (SIP) revision, submitted by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR), on June 15, 2007, as updated on November 30, 2009, to address the reason...
Rule Oct 12, 2012
EPA is proposing to approve state implementation plan revisions, submitted by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, on June 15, 2007, and November 30, 2009, to address the reasonable further progress (RFP) plan requireme...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012

Draft Research Report:

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EPA is announcing an extension to the public comment period for the external review of the draft research report titled, "Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming." The draft research report was prepared by the National Ris...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

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Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Committee (NAC) and Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) to the U.S. Representative to the North American Commission for Environmenta...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Cesar E. Chavez National Monument; Establishment (Proc. 8884)
Presidential Document Oct 12, 2012
Iran; Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Implementing Sanctions (EO 13628)
Presidential Document Oct 12, 2012

Special Observances:

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Columbus Day (Proc. 8882)
Presidential Document Oct 12, 2012
Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 8881)
Presidential Document Oct 12, 2012
German-American Day (Proc. 8883)
Presidential Document Oct 12, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

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Notice of 25 day comment period regarding an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act or Act) requires the Board to issue regulations that require financial companies with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion and for which the Board is the prim...
Rule Oct 12, 2012
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act or Act) requires the Board to conduct annual stress tests of bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more and nonbank financial companies th...
Rule Oct 12, 2012

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Agreements:

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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of Federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Charter Renewals:

Title Type Published
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

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Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Oct 12, 2012
National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps
Notice Oct 12, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 12, 2012
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Oct 12, 2012
National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Oct 12, 2012
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Notice Oct 12, 2012

Rural Health Network Development Program Non-Competitive Replacement Award:

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is issuing a non-competitive replacement award under the Rural Health Network Development Program to the Siloam Springs Regional Health Cooperative, Inc. This non-competitive replacement award w...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

World Trade Center Health Program:

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On September 12, 2012, HHS published a final rule in the Federal Register adding certain types of cancer to the List of WTC- Related Health Conditions. The final rule has an effective date of October 12, 2012. Several ICD coding errors were made in T...
Rule Oct 12, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Dynamic Positioning Operations Guidance:

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On May 4, 2012 the Coast Guard published a notice of recommended interim voluntary guidance titled "Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Dynamic Positioning Guidance". The notice recommended owners and operators of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) fol...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

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The Commercial Fishing Safety Advisory Committee (CFSAC) will meet in Washington, DC to discuss various issues relating to safety in the commercial fishing industry. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue the collection of information from applicants for land for recreation or public purposes. The Office of Manag...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) described below. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce pa...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue the collection of information pertaining to Federal and Indian oil and gas leasing and drainage protection (e...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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We are allowing additional time for the public to submit comments on significant issues and alternatives that we should consider in the planning and preparation of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Four Corners Power Plant and Navajo Mi...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Herring River Restoration Project in Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts. The DEIS provides a systematic analysis of alternative...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mount Lewis Field Office, Battle Mountain, Nevada has prepared a Final Environmen...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the date of the November 3, 2012, meeting of the Flight 93 Advisory Commission.
Notice Oct 12, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to affirm, as modified, the final initial determination ("final ID" or "ID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") in the above-captioned investigation und...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Decisions And Orders:

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HOLIDAY CVS, L.L.C., d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy Nos. 219 and 5195
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Denials of Requests for Redactions:

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HOLIDAY CVS, L.L.C., d/b/a CVS/Pharmacy Nos. 219 and 5195
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Investigations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

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

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The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and conti...
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and conti...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. APP. 1), notice is hereby given to announce an open virtual meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) on November 14-15, 2012, which can be...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Negative Determinations on Reconsiderations:

Title Type Published
Long Elevator Machine Co., Inc., et al. Reported through Kone, Inc., Riverton, IL
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Truseal Technologies, Inc., Division of Quanex Building Products Corp., Barbourville, KY
Notice Oct 12, 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, publication of a proposed rule, and consideration of comments received in response to the proposed rule, hereby amends its rules of practice and...
Rule Oct 12, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is seeking comments on its draft "Tribal Protocol Manual" dated September 2012. After the Tribal Protocol Manual is issued, the NRC intends to use it as a starting point for developing a...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Standard Review Plans:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition," on a proposed new section to its Standa...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to amend rule 206(3)-3T under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, a temporary rule that establishes an alternative means for investment advisers that are registered with the Commission as broker-de...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc
Notice Oct 12, 2012
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc
Notice Oct 12, 2012
ICE Clear Credit LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
ICE Clear Europe Ltd.
Notice Oct 12, 2012
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Oct 12, 2012
The Options Clearing Corporation
Notice Oct 12, 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 Oct 12, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Surface Transportation Board seeks comments from the public addressing the recent discovery that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire), owned or controlled CBEC Railway (CBEC) and White City Terminal Union Railway (WCTU) when it acquired BNSF Railw...
Notice Oct 12, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
The FAA is correcting the title of the publication "American Air Almanac" to its current title "Air Almanac". This document corrects this minor technical error in the codified regulations.
Rule Oct 12, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes, and Model A300 C4-605R Variant F airplanes (collectively called Model A300- 600 series airplanes); and Airbus Model A310 s...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

No documents available.

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is proposing to amend its retail foreign exchange rule for transactions with bank common trust funds, bank collective investment funds, and insurance company separate accounts and is making technica...
Proposed Rule Oct 12, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Debt Management Advisory Committee
Notice Oct 12, 2012

United States African Development Foundation logo United States African Development Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Board of Directors Executive Session
Notice Oct 12, 2012

U
United States Institute of Peace

Meetings:

Title Type Published
United States Institute of Peace
Notice Oct 12, 2012

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