December 6, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register December 6, 2012

View all documents issued on December 6, 2012. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

107 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 6, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agencies' intention to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the program for 7 CFR part 1951, subpart F, "Analyzing Credit...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is publishing this notice to inform establishments producing not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) ground or otherwise comminuted chicken and turkey products that they must reassess their Hazard Analysis and Critical C...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with no revision of a currently approved information collection, OMB 0596-0105, Land Exc...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Forest Service to seek approval to renew and revise a currently approved information collection, "Secure Rural Schools Act, County Certification of Tit...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington:

Title Type Published
This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $1.50 to $0.50 per ton of Washington apricots handled. The Committee locally administers...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Sweet Cherries Grown in Designated Counties in Washington:

Title Type Published
This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Washington Cherry Marketing Committee (Committee) for the 2012-2013 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.40 to $0.18 per ton of sweet cherries handled. The Committee locally administers the...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Notice Dec 06, 2012

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

Title Type Published
On May 29, 2012, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") based on multiple timely...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
On June 1, 2012, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey.\1\ This review covers four produc...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China (the PRC). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2011, through February 29, 2012. The rev...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
On June 1, 2012, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") published its preliminary results of administrative review of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products f...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
On June 4, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge (narrow woven ribbons) from Taiwan. The period...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries:

Title Type Published
NMFS suspends the minimum size limit for Atlantic surfclams for the 2013 fishing year. NMFS also announces that the quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries for 2013 will remain status quo. Regulations governing these fisheries req...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Authorization of Production Activity:

Final Results of Full Sunset Reviews:

Title Type Published
On July 27, 2012, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") issued the preliminary results of the full third sunset reviews of the antidumping duty ("AD") orders on certain corrosion- resistant carbon steel flat products ("CORE") from Germany and...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes 2013 and 2014 harvest specifications, apportionments, and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances for the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area. This action is necessary to establish harves...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will hold an online webinar to develop alternatives for determining the status of groundfish stocks based on results of data-moderate assessments. The online Groundfish Status Determination Cri...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that a permit has been issued to John P. Wise, Sr., Ph.D., Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health, University of Southern Maine, 478 Science Building, 96 Fa...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Request for Continued Examination Practice:

Title Type Published
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) currently has a backlog of over 90,000 patent applications that have not been examined since the filing of a Request for Continued Examination (RCE). This backlog diverts resources away from the...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), 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 information collec...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Navy (DoN) is amending its certifications and exemptions under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS), to reflect that the Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General (DAJAG) (Admiralty and...
Rule Dec 06, 2012
The Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule concerning the reduction of the use of social security numbers (SSN) in the Department on March 3, 2010 (75 FR 9548). The Department published the proposed rule because it intended to apply th...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Ocean Research Advisory Panel will hold a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title Type Published
Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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

Title Type Published
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application) filed on September 21, 2012, by CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization to export up to 8 mi...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application) filed on October 5, 2012, by Excelerate Liquefaction Solutions I, LLC (ELS), requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application) filed on October 26, 2012, by Golden Pass Products LLC (GPP), requesting long- term, multi-contract authorization to export dom...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Complaints:

Title Type Published
H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. v. ISO New England Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the "Department") proposes to amend the compliance dates for revisions to its certification regulations for certain commercial and industrial equipment covered under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

Filings:

Title Type Published
ITC Holdings Corp., Entergy Corp, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Approvals and Promulgations of State Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is taking final action to approve the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) determination for NO<INF>X</INF> for the TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC coal-fired power plant in Centralia, Washington (TransAlta). The Washington State Departme...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards:

Title Type Published
EPA is granting the California Air Resources Board's (CARB's) request for an authorization of its airborne toxic control measure for in-use portable diesel-fueled compression-ignition engines 50 horsepower and greater.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
EPA is granting authorization for the California Air Resources Board's (CARB's) amendments to its Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP), and confirming that certain portions of CARB's PERP program is within the scope of previous EPA authoriz...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the N-alkyl(C<INF>8</INF>- C<INF>18</INF>) dimethylamidopropylamines where the alkyl group is linear and may be saturated and/or unsaturated when used as an...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is finalizing the update of the Outer Continental Shelf ("OCS") Air Regulations proposed in the Federal Register on August 30, 2012. Requirements applying to OCS sources located within 25 miles of States' s...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Petitions:

Title Type Published
Notice is given that, pursuant to Clean Water Act Section 312(f)(3), the State of New York has determined that the protection and enhancement of the quality of the New York State (NYS or the State) portion of Lake Erie requires greater environmental...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Public Workshops:

Title Type Published
The inorganic arsenic (iAs) public stakeholder workshop is designed to inform the planning for EPA's toxicological review of chronic exposure to iAs (cancer and noncancer effects), which EPA intends to post in the IRIS database. Workshop participants...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives; Withdrawal:

Title Type Published
EPA published a direct final rule on October 9, 2012 to amend the definition of heating oil in 40 CFR 80.1401 in the Renewable Fuel Standard ("RFS") program under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act. The direct final rule also amended requirements un...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Special Observances:

Title Type Published
International Day of Persons With Disabilities (Proc. 8913)
Presidential Document Dec 06, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Applications:

Title Type Published
This Notice is to inform the public, in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("Ex-Im Bank"), that Ex-Im Bank has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this o...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Reissuances
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

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

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is amending its Red Flags Rule promulgated under Section 615 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), to implement the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 (Clarification Act or Act). The int...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 2012
healthfinder.gov is a free, award-winning federal Web site that features reliable, evidence-based, and actionable health information presented in plain language. The site has approximately 1 million visits each month. The prevention and wellness info...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), each year more than 2.5 million people in the United States are affected by skin breakdowns that cause pain, increased risk for serious infection, and increased health care utilizati...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Agricultural Health Study:

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 Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of pr...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Compliance Guidances for Small Business Entities; Availability:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a compliance guidance for small business entities entitled "Labeling and Effectiveness Testing: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Small Entity Compliance G...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Guidances for Industry; Availability:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Limiting the Use of Certain Phthalates as Excipients in CDER-Regulated Products." This guidance provides the pharmaceutical industry with the C...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Dec 06, 2012
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Dec 06, 2012
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Opioid Drugs in Maintenance and Detoxification Treatment of Opiate Addiction:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends the federal opioid treatment program regulations by modifying the dispensing requirements for buprenorphine and buprenorphine combination products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for opioid dependence and use...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Requests for Nominations:

Title Type Published
National Public Health Surveillance and Biosurveillance Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Currently, for any merchandise valued over $2,000, CBP requires importers to provide a surety bond, complete CBP form 7501, and pay a minimum of $25 in Merchandise Processing Fees (MPF). The final rule increases the limit, from $2,000 to $2,500, for...
Rule Dec 06, 2012
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641) and title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations at section 111.30(d), (19 CFR 111.30(d)) the following Customs broker licenses are revoked by...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Drawbridge Operation Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulations governing the operation of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal Bridge, at mile 28.0, over the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Alternate Route), Dismal Swamp Can...
Rule Dec 06, 2012
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Harry S. Truman Railroad Drawbridge across the Missouri River, mile 359.4, at Kansas City, Missouri. The deviation is necessary to allow the replacement of...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements associated with 30 CFR part 250, subpart A, Ge...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Complaints:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Tablet Computers, Media Players, and Televisions, and Components Thereof, DN 2...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Five-year Reviews; Terminations:

Title Type Published
The subject five-year review was initiated in October 2012 to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on folding metal tables and chairs from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. On Novemb...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications and Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells and Modules from China
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Steel Wire Garment Hangers from Taiwan
Notice Dec 06, 2012

J
Judicial Conference of the United States

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure will hold a two-day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
The Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence will hold a one- day meeting. The meeting will be open to public observation but not participation.
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Lodgings of Proposed Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Air Act
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
OSHA is initiating a regulatory review of its existing safety and health standards in response to the President's Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review" (76 FR 38210). The Agency conducted similar regulatory reviews of i...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

Library of Congress logo Library of Congress

Title Type Published
The Copyright Office has further revised its proposed fee schedule for filing cable and satellite statements of account following feedback from interested parties in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on March 28, 2012. The modifie...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

N
National Labor Relations Board

Amendment of Statement of Organization and Functions:

Title Type Published
The National Labor Relations Board is restructuring its Regional Offices in Kansas City, Winston-Salem, Hartford and Memphis to designate them as Subregional Offices assigned to the supervision of the St. Louis, Atlanta, Boston and New Orleans Region...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Indirect License Transfers:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering the issuance of an Order under section 50.80 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) approving the indirect transfer of Facility Operating License No. R-98 for the Aerotest R...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
BOX Options Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2012
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Dec 06, 2012
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small Business Size Standards:

Title Type Published
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is increasing the small business size standards for 37 industries and retaining the current size standards for the remaining seven industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAIC...
Rule Dec 06, 2012
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is increasing the receipts based small business size standards for 15 industries and retaining the current receipts based size standards for five industries in North American Industry Classificati...
Rule Dec 06, 2012
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to increase small business size standards for three industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Subsector 213, Support Activities for Mining, within NAICS Sector 21, Mining...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on Private International Law; Study Group on the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Chessie Logistics Co., LLC; J. Emil Anderson and Son, Inc.
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Leases and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Western Washington Railroad, LLC; City of Tacoma, Department of Public Works
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Tennessee Valley Authority logo Tennessee Valley Authority

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

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.), this notice announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has forwarded the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Manageme...
Notice Dec 06, 2012
This action is taken to allow U.S. civil flight operations to and from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah International Airports in Northern Iraq by any United States (U.S.) air carrier or commercial operator, any person exercising the privileges of an airman ce...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 525 airplanes equipped with certain part number (P/N) air conditioning (A/C) compressor motors. That NPRM proposed to require inspecti...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Embraer S.A. Model ERJ 170 and ERJ 190 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of the cockpit door falling off the hinges when it is being open or closed. This proposed AD...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012

Leases and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Pipeline Safety:

Title Type Published
PHMSA has determined that the minimum random drug testing rate for covered employees will remain at 25 percent during calendar year 2013. Operators are reminded that drug and alcohol testing information must be submitted for contractors performing or...
Notice Dec 06, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) are proposing amendments to the regulatory definitions of "funds transfer" and "transmitta...
Proposed Rule Dec 06, 2012
This document contains final regulations that implement and provide guidance on the fees imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on issuers of certain health insurance policies and plan sponsors of certain self-insured health plans...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
This interim final rule amends Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations to allow VA to enter into contracts or provider agreements with State homes for the nursing home care of certain disabled veterans. This rulemaking is required to implemen...
Rule Dec 06, 2012

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