October 24, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register October 24, 2012

View all documents issued on October 24, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

123 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on October 24, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2012

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

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Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited (Apex Frozen) has requested a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from India pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Applications for Reorganizations and Expansions under Alternative Site Framework:

Applications:

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Notice is hereby given that the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, MA (Responsible Party: Michael Simpkins), has withdrawn application File No. 15777 and submitted a new application (File No. 17670) for a permit to take marine mamma...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

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

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Hardwood and Decorative Plywood from People's Republic of China
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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NMFS announces a 5-year review of the Southern Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of North American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) (hereafter, Southern DPS) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). On April 7, 2006, NMFS iss...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting retention of "other rockfish" in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch of "other rockfish" in the Aleutian Islan...
Rule Oct 24, 2012
NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 96 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS extends the emergency closure of the Delmarva Access Area (DMV) published on May 14, 2012, which is scheduled to expire on November 10, 2012. Specifically, this temporary rule extends the 180- day closure of the DMV in fishing year (FY) 2012 for...
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Meetings:

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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a webinar of the Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to ION Geophysical (ION) to take, by harassment, small numbers of nine species of m...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals:

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NMFS has received a request from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), on behalf of the City of Seattle (City), for authorization for the take, by Level B harassment, of marine mammals incidental to construction associated with the replace...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Meetings:

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The CFTC announces that on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting in Chicago at the Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 60605, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The TAC will hav...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, hereinto referred to as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB" or the "Bureau"), gives notice of the establishment of a Privacy Act System...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management), submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certifie...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2012
Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission- certified Electric Reliability Organization, to submit fo...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2012
This notice provides the Performance Review Board Standing Register for the Department of Energy. This listing supersedes all previously published lists of PRB members.
Notice Oct 24, 2012
This notice provides the Performance Review Board Chair designee for the Department of Energy.
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Staff Attendances
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Staff Attendances
Notice Oct 24, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affirms its basic determinations in Order Nos. 1000 and 1000-A, amending the transmission planning and cost allocation requirements established in Order No. 890 to ensure that Commission-jurisdictional service...
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Applications for Long-Term Authorizations to Export Liquefied Natural Gas, etc.:

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The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application) filed on August 31, 2012, by Cheniere Marketing, LLC (CMI), requesting long- term, multi-contract authorization to export up to...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Title Type Published
BITH Solar 1, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
BITHENERGY, Inc.
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Chesapeake Renewable Energy LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Collegiate Clean Energy, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Dynamo Power LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Frontier Utilities New York LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Great Bay Energy IV, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Homer City Generation, LP
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Ingenco Holdings, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Sunbury Energy, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Texas Dispatchable Wind 1, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Meetings:

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This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that agencies publish these notices in the Federal Register.
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Requests under Blanket Authorizations:

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WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Technical Conferences:

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Public Service Company of Colorado
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory (TSCA Inventory)) to notify EPA and comply wi...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
This notice announces EPA's receipt of an application 524-EUP- RNL from Monsanto Company requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the herbicides glyphosate and dicamba (M1751 Herbicide). The Agency has determined that the permit may be of regi...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Extension of Administrative Stay; Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans:

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The EPA is extending for an additional 45 days the existing administrative stay of the final rule titled "Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Mexico; Federal Implementation Plan for Interstate Transport of Pollution Affecting Visib...
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Pesticide Tolerances:

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This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of fluoxastrobin and its Z-isomer in or on poultry, liver; hog, fat; hog, meat byproducts; and rice, grain. Arysta LifeScience, North America, LLC, requested these tolerances under the Fede...
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreements:

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In accordance with Section 122 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), notice is hereby given that a proposed administrative settlement agreement for recovery of past response costs ("Proposed Agreemen...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs is inviting nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to the Pesticide Program...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
National Character Counts Week (Proc. 8891)
Presidential Document Oct 24, 2012
National Forest Products Week (Proc. 8892)
Presidential Document Oct 24, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission proposes to amend the amateur radio service rules to grant examination credit for expired and beyond- the-grace-period-for renewal amateur radio operator licenses; to shorten the grace period during which an expired a...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2012

Radio Broadcasting Services:

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This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Appalachian Broadcasting Company, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 265A at Maysville, Georgia, as the community's second local FM transmission service. A staff engineering...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Meetings:

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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which will be held in Washington, DC. The Advisory Committee will provide advice and recommendations on a...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements Filed
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Applicants
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Reissuances
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Revocations
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Proposals to Engage in or to Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The FTC seeks public comments on its proposal to extend through F...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hereby announces the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA) Priority List of Needs in Pediatric Therapeutics for 2012. The BPCA seeks to improve the level of information on the safe and effective use of p...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the Ventron Corporation, in Beverly, Massachusetts, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the National Institute...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Native Employment Works Program Plan Guidance and Report Requirements
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Guidance for Industry:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Necessity of the Use of Food Product Categories in Food Facility Registrations and Updates to Food Product Categories." FDA has developed...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Meetings:

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Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Notice.
Notice Oct 24, 2012
This notice announces that a public meeting of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) ("Committee") will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. The Committee generally provides advice and recommendations concerning...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
National Cancer Institute
Notice Oct 24, 2012
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Oct 24, 2012
National Institute on Aging
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Workshops:

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National Institute of Mental Health
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is formalizing and expanding an Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot program which revises the time frame for transmission by pilot participants of a subset of mandatory advanc...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4080-DR), dated August 29, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Oct 24, 2012
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4080-DR), dated August 29, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the waters of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Carolina Beach, North Carolina. The safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of mariners on navigable waters during maintenance o...
Rule Oct 24, 2012
The Coast Guard is extending the timeframe for a temporary safety zone on the waters of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Emerald Isle, North Carolina. The safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of mariners on navigable waters during...
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Security Zones:

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The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary security zone encompassing certain waters of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. This action is necessary to prevent terrorist acts and incidents and to safeguard high-ranking government officials and t...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2012

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2012
The revised 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 proposal...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Comprehensive Conservation Plans and Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a draft comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and an environmental assessment (EA) for the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge, NWR), located approximately 30 mi...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Intents to Repatriate Cultural Items:

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

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

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of its determination to conduct, and scheduling of, a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orde...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and in accordance with the Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies signed on December 17,...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

National Credit Union Administration logo National Credit Union Administration

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The NCUA intends to submit the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This information collection is pub...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Confirmatory Orders Modifying Licenses:

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Priority Mail Contract 45 to the competitive product list, along with a new contract. This notice informs the public of the filing, invite public comment, and takes other admin...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to add Priority Mail Contract & First-Class Package Service Contract 1 to the competitive product list, including a related contract. This notice informs the public of the filing, inv...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements.
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Oct 24, 2012
ICE Clear Credit LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Louisiana (FEMA--4080--DR), dated 08/ 31/2012. Incident: Hurricane Isaac. Incident Period: 08/26/2012 through 09/10/2012. Effective Date: 10/17/2012. Physical L...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated 10/18/2012. Incident: Cheltenham Township Condominium Complex Fire. Incident Period: 10/05/2012. Effective Date: 10/18/2012. Physical Loan Appl...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to amend an existing system of records, Translator and Interpreter Records, State-37, pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Office of Managem...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Notice is hereby given that the Department of State proposes to amend an existing system of records, Personal Property Claims, State-27, pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Office of Management and Bu...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace:

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This action amends the airspace description for Class D and Class E airspace at Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal Airport, Hawthorne, CA. The FAA is taking this action in response to a request from the Southern California Terminal Radar Approac...
Rule Oct 24, 2012

Decisions of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

Title Type Published
Continental Tire North America, LLC.\1\ (Continental), has determined that certain passenger car replacement tires manufactured in 2009, do not fully comply with paragraph S5.5(b) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 139, New Pneumati...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Petitions for Decisions of Inconsequential Noncompliance:

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Mazda North American Operations (MNAO),\1\ on behalf of Mazda Motor Corporation of Hiroshima, Japan (Mazda),\2\ has determined that certain Mazda brand motor vehicles manufactured between 2007 and 2012 for sale or lease in Puerto Rico, do not fully c...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Proposed Establishments of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Princeton, KY to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures serving the Princeton-Caldwell County Airport. This action would enh...
Proposed Rule Oct 24, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012
The OCC, 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 a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduct...
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Blocked Persons and Property:

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the name of 1 individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, "Blocking Property and Prohibitin...
Notice Oct 24, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
Notice Oct 24, 2012

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