Federal Register December 17, 2012 (Volume 77)

Agencies Publishing on December 17, 2012

Agriculture Department (3)
Commerce Department (5)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1)
Defense Department (2)
Energy Department (15)
Environmental Protection Agency (3)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2)
Federal Reserve System (1)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
General Services Administration (1)
Health and Human Services Department (21)
Homeland Security Department (10)
Interior Department (4)
International Trade Commission (1)
Labor Department (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (5)
Securities and Exchange Commission (11)
Small Business Administration (1)
State Department (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (14)
Treasury Department (4)
Veterans Affairs Department (1)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Agriculture Department > APHIS Importation of Live Swine, Swine Semen, Pork, and Pork Products; Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia APHIS is amending the regulations governing the importation of certain animal embryos and animal semen by removing one of the conditions for the importation of swine semen from the APHIS-defined European CSF region, a region of Europe that we recogni...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Okanogan County, WA Bannon, Aeneas, Revis, and Tunk Grazing Allotments Environmental Impact Statement; Correction The USDA Forest Service published a document in the Federal Register of November 27, 2012, concerning requests for comments on the proposed grazing allotments and dates of document availability. The document contained incorrect dates.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Commerce Department > EDA Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance Notice and Opportunity for Public Comment.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Commerce Department Department of Commerce Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements This notice revises and updates the Department of Commerce (DOC) Pre-Award Notification Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements, as published in the Federal Register (66 FR 49917) on October 1, 2001, and as amended on October 30, 2002 (67...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

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

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011 On June 8, 2012, the Department of ("the Department") published its preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods ("OCTG") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC").\1\...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries NMFS is transferring 40 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) quota from the Reserve category to the General category for the remainder of the 2012 fishing year. NMFS also is adjusting the Atlantic tunas General category BFT daily retention...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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

Title	Type	Published
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, Comment Request: Form TO, Annual Notice Filing for Counterparties to Unreported Trade Options The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Fede...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Policy To Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs; Information Collection The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on its proposed Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs (Policy), which is intended to carry out the...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Defense Department

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

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Submission for OMB Review; Accident Prevention Plans and Recordkeeping Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement conce...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
DOD, GSA, NASA Information Collection; Notification of Ownership Changes Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement c...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Amendments and Correction to Petitions for Waiver and Interim Waiver for Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or the "Department") proposes amendments and corrections to portions of its regulations governing petitions for waiver and interim waiver from DOE test procedures. In finalizing the March 7, 2011 final certificati...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #2 Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #1 Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings #2 Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Combined Notice of Filings Combined Filings	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters (Standby Mode and Off Mode) Where appropriate, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its test procedures for residential water heaters, direct heating equipment (DHE), and pool heaters to include provisions for measuring standby mode and off mode energy consumption, a...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Gas Transmission Northwest LLC; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Carty Lateral Project Gas Transmission Northwest LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

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

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC MET Southwest Trading LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization MET Southwest Trading LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Mammoth One, LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization Mammoth One, LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Technical Conferences:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Algonquin Gas Transmission; Notice of Technical Conference Algonquin Gas Transmission	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Energy Department > FERC Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Technical Conference Texas Eastern Transmission, LP	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Supplemental Determination for Renewable Fuels Produced Under the Final RFS2 Program From Grain Sorghum EPA is issuing a supplemental rule associated with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. This final rule contains a lifecycle GHG analysis for grain sorghum ethanol and a regulatory determination that grain sorghum ethanol qualifies as a renewab...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

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

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; South Bend/Elkhart, Indiana Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision to Approved Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets EPA is approving Indiana's request to revise the South Bend/ Elkhart, Indiana 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance state air quality implementation plan (SIP) by replacing the previously approved motor vehicle emissions budgets (budgets) with budgets develo...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Open Internet Advisory Committee The Commission announces the next meeting date, time, and agenda of the Open Internet Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee was established to track and evaluate the effects of the Commission's Open Internet rules, and to provide any recommen...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Designated Reserve Ratio for 2013 Notice of Designated Reserve Ratio for 2013.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rules of Practice and Procedure The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, requires all Federal agencies that have statutory authority to impose civil money penalties (CMPs), every four years, to publish, as adjusted for inflation, the maximum authori...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Federal Trade Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule Except as specifically described below, the FTC has completed its regulatory review of its Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule ("Used Car Rule" or "Rule") as part of the FTC's systematic review of all current Commission regulations and guides. T...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2012

General Services Administration

Title	Type	Published
General Services Administration General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation: Modifications (Multiple Award Schedules); Information Collection Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an information collection requirement regarding General Services Administr...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2012

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

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

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information To Accompany Humanitarian Device Exemption Applications and Annual Distribution Number Reporting Requirements The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Understanding Dynamics of Disconnection from Employment and Assistance	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Compliance Policy Guides:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Compliance Policy Guide; Radiofrequency Identification Feasibility Studies and Pilot Programs for Drugs; Notice To Extend Expiration Date The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the expiration date of compliance policy guide (CPG) Sec. 400.210 entitled "Radiofrequency Identification (RFID) Feasibility Studies and Pilot Programs for Drugs" to December 31, 2014.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry on Enrichment Strategies for Clinical Trials to Support Approval of Human Drugs and Biological Products; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Enrichment Strategies for Clinical Trials to Support Approval of Human Drugs and Biological Products." The purpose of this document is to...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for Industry Describing Product-Specific Bioequivalence Recommendations; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of additional draft and revised draft product-specific bioequivalence (BE) recommendations. The recommendations provide product-specific guidance on the design of BE studies to sup...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, Public Scoping Meeting, and Request for Comments; 2015-2025 Facilities Master Plan for Edward R. Roybal Campus in Atlanta, GA The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 2015-2025 Facilities Master Plan for HHS/CDC's Edwa...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Guidances for Industry; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Facility Registration (Fifth Edition) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Questions and Answers Regarding Food Facility Registration (Fifth Edition)." The guidance provides updated information pertaining to registrati...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Meeting of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services This notice announces the public meeting of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services (Advisory Council). Notice of these meetings is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2))...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Center for Scientific Review	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Center for Scientific Review	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences; Notice of Meeting National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Human Genome Research Institute	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Meetings National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research; Notice of Meeting National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute on Aging	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting Office of the Director, National Institutes Of Health	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Proposals to Withdraw Approvals of New Animal Drug Applications:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Ag-Mark, Incorporated, et al.; Proposal To Withdraw Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Opportunity for a Hearing The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity to request a hearing on the Agency's proposal to withdraw approval of 19 new animal drug applications (NADAs) and 1 abbreviated new animal drug application (ANADA) from multiple spon...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Small Entity Compliance Guides; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Small Entity Compliance Guide: What You Need To Know About Registration of Food Facilities; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of an updated guidance for industry entitled "What You Need To Know About Registration of Food Facilities--Small Entity Compliance Guide." FDA has prepared this guidance to restate...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Homeland Security Department

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the U.S. Coast Guard intends to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), requesting an ex...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Final Flood Elevation Determinations Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Suspension of Community Eligibility This rule identifies communities where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with th...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

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

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCIS Agency Information Collection Activities: Application for Employment Authorization, Form I-765; Form I-765 Work Sheet, Form I-765WS; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.L.104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), DHS is requesting public comment on a proposed revision to an approved information collection. On August 15, 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Homeland Security Department Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) will submit the following Information Collection Request to t...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Homeland Security Department Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD) will submit the following Information Collection Request to t...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Homeland Security Department Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP), Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD), will submit the following Information Collection Request to...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Drawbridge Operations:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Elizabeth River, Eastern Branch, Norfolk, VA The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the operation of the Norfolk Southern <greek-i>V2.8 Railroad Bridge across the Elizabeth River (Eastern Branch), mile 2.7, at Norfolk, VA. This deviation is nec...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Medical Waivers:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Medical Waivers for Merchant Mariner Credential Applicants With Anti-Tachycardia Devices or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators On September 7, 2012, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed policy change and request for comments regarding criteria for granting medical waivers to mariners who have anti-tachycardia devices or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Safety Zones:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > USCG Safety Zone; Grain-Shipment Vessels, Columbia and Willamette Rivers The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone around all inbound and outbound grain-shipment vessels involved in commerce with the Columbia Grain facility on the Willamette River in Portland, OR, and the United Grain Corporation facility on...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Interior Department

Final Recovery Plan, First Revision:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Final Recovery Plan, First Revision; Mexican Spotted Owl We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of our final recovery plan, first revision, for the Mexican Spotted Owl, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This species occurs in the...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Land Acquisitions:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BIA Land Acquisitions; Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma The Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs made a final agency determination to acquire approximately 127.65 acres of land in trust for the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma on December 6, 2012.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Notice of January 14, 2013, Meeting for Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission This notice sets forth the date of the Two Hundred Eighty- Seventh Meeting of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Partial Termination of Segregative Effect:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Amended Proposed Withdrawal; Partial Termination of Segregative Effect; Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and Budget has approved an amendment to a previously filed application to withdraw public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah from settlement, sale, locat...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

International Trade Commission

Determination Not to Close Any Part of Hearing to the Public:

Title	Type	Published
International Trade Commission Utility Scale Wind Towers From China and Vietnam; Commission Determination To Deny a Request To Hold a Portion of a Hearing in Camera The Commission has determined to deny a request to conduct a portion of its hearing in the above-captioned investigations scheduled for December 13, 2012 in camera. See Commission rules 207.24(d), 201.13(m) and 201.36(b)(4) (19 CFR 207.24(d), 201.13(...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Labor Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > OSHA Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities OSHA invites interested parties to participate in informal stakeholder meetings on preventing backover injuries and fatalities. OSHA plans to use information gathered at these meetings to evaluate backover risks across various industries, whether or...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on AP-1000; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on AP1000	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Fukushima; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on Fukushima	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Future Plant Designs; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on Future Plant Designs	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Materials, Metallurgy & Reactor Fuels; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on Materials, Metallurgy and Reactor Fuels	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Meeting of the ACRS, Subcommittee on U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor; Notice of Meeting Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Regarding the Valuation of Securities on Deposit Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Customer and Industry Codes of Arbitration Procedure Relating to Subpoenas and to Arbitrator Authority To Direct the Appearance of Associated Person Witnesses and the Production of Documents Without Subpoenas Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; International Securities Exchange, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Increase Position and Exercise Limits in EEM Options International Securities Exchange, LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Rebates and Fees for Adding and Removing Liquidity NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Strategies NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Fees for SOX, OSX and HGX NASDAQ Stock Market LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600 NYSE Arca, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Amending the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule NYSE Arca, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Amend the NYSE Arca Options Fee Schedule To Allow Manual Orders Entered Into the Exchange's Electronic Order Capture System or Entered Into an Order Entry Device and Contemporaneously Recorded Into the EOC System To Qualify for the Manual Transaction Fee NYSE Arca, Inc.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE MKT LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Proposing To Amend the NYSE Amex Options Fee Schedule for Professional Customers and Broker-Dealers To Modify Existing Volume-Based Tiers and the Associated Rate per Contract for Certain Electronic Executions NYSE MKT LLC	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Accommodate Certain Physically-Settled Options on U.S. Treasury Securities Options Clearing Corp.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

Title	Type	Published
Small Business Administration New Hampshire Disaster #NH-00024 This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New Hampshire (FEMA-4095-DR), dated 11/28/2012. Incident: Hurricane Sandy. Incident Period: 10/26/2012 through 11/08/2012. Effective Date...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

State Department

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

Title	Type	Published
State Department 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of Exigent/Special Family Circumstances for Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16 The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Surface Transportation Board

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Petition for Declaratory Order Norfolk Southern Railway Co.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing Products:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing Products of Chile, Morocco, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia, and Panama In accordance with relevant provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice of its determination of the trade surplus in certain sugar and syrup...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Transportation Department

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waivers of Compliance	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waivers of Compliance	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waivers of Compliance	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waivers of Compliance	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FRA Petition for Waiver of Compliance Petitions for Waivers of Compliance	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 12 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 27 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces its decision to renew the exemptions from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 11 individuals. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions gra...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FMCSA Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 9 individuals for exemption from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will e...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Airworthiness Directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Embraer S.A. Airplanes We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Embraer S.A. Model ERJ 190 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of cracks on the side stay of the main landing gear (MLG). This proposed AD would require repetitive mea...	Proposed Rule	Dec 17, 2012
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GIV-X airplanes. This AD requires performing a modified system power-on self test (SPOST) of the flap/stabilizer electronic control unit (FSECU), an...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Applications:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FRA Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of Railroad Signal System	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent and Draft Environmental Impact Statement: I-10 Corridor Improvement Study; Maricopa County, AZ The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are rescinding the Notice of Intent (NOI) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed freeway improvements along Interstate 10 (I-10) from State Route (SR) 51 to the Santan...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Guidance on Review and Approval of Public Charter Prospectuses:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department Guidance on Review and Approval of Public Charter Prospectuses: Extension of Effective Date to January 14, 2013 The Department is publishing the following notice extending the effective date of a prior notice, dated November 13, 2012, on policies affecting the review and approval of public charter filings under 14 CFR part 380.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Treasury Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 706-D The Department of the Treasury, 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 collection...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012
Treasury Department > IRS Guidance Regarding Deduction and Capitalization of Expenditures Related to Tangible Property This document contains amendments to temporary regulations relating to guidance regarding deduction and capitalization of expenditures related to tangible property. These amendments change the applicability dates of the temporary regulations to taxab...	Rule	Dec 17, 2012

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National Cemetery Public Law 104-275 was enacted on October 9, 1996. It allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a monetary allowance towards the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle for use in a VA national cemetery. Under VA regulation (38...	Notice	Dec 17, 2012

Federal Register December 17, 2012

Agencies Publishing on December 17, 2012

Agriculture Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Commerce Department

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

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Defense Department

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

Energy Department

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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

Technical Conferences:

Environmental Protection Agency

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

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Federal Communications Commission

Meetings:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

General Services Administration

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

Health and Human Services Department

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

Compliance Policy Guides:

Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability, etc.:

Draft and Revised Draft Guidances for Industry; Availability, etc.:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Guidances for Industry; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Proposals to Withdraw Approvals of New Animal Drug Applications:

Small Entity Compliance Guides; Availability, etc.:

Homeland Security Department

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

Drawbridge Operations:

Medical Waivers:

Safety Zones:

Interior Department

Final Recovery Plan, First Revision:

Land Acquisitions:

Meetings:

Partial Termination of Segregative Effect:

International Trade Commission

Determination Not to Close Any Part of Hearing to the Public:

Labor Department

Meetings:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Small Business Administration

Disaster Declarations:

State Department

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

Surface Transportation Board

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

T Trade Representative, Office of United States

Determination of Trade Surplus in Certain Sugar and Syrup Goods and Sugar-Containing Products:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness Directives:

Applications:

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Guidance on Review and Approval of Public Charter Prospectuses:

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

Treasury Department

Veterans Affairs Department

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