December 31, 2012 (Volume 77)

Federal Register December 31, 2012

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

158 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 31, 2012

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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We are giving notice that the Secretary of Agriculture will extend the time to submit nominations and applications to serve on the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (the "Committee") for an additional term of 2 years through Decemb...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
This notice announces the availability of new data standards required to generate an official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection (ICVI). The data standards would define the minimum data elements required to generate an ICVI using an elec...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting nominations of veterinary service shortage situations for the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) for fiscal year (FY) 2013, as authorized under the National Veterinar...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
We are amending the Animal Welfare Act regulations to include more specific requirements in the regulations concerning the submission of itineraries by any person who is subject to the Animal Welfare Act regulations and who intends to exhibit any ani...
Rule Dec 31, 2012
Federal subsistence regulations require that the rural or nonrural status of communities or areas be reviewed every 10 years. In 2009, the Secretary of the Interior initiated a review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program. An ensuing directiv...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Approximately 353.63 acres of National Forest System lands are transferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Interior pursuant to the Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act (Pub. L. 100-580; 102 Stat. 2924 (1988)). Transfer of Jurisdiction of Certain Natio...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is establishing January 1, 2016, as the uniform compliance date for new meat and poultry product labeling regulations that are issued between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2014. FSIS periodically anno...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection that will help the Animal and Pla...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Contingency Plans:

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We are amending the Animal Welfare Act regulations to add requirements for contingency planning and training of personnel by research facilities and by dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers. We are taking this action because we bel...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with November anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations,...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Notice.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

20132014 Summer Flounder and Scup Specifications:

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NMFS issues final specifications for the 2013 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries, as well as the 2014 summer flounder and scup fisheries. This final rule specifies allowed harvest limits for both commercial and recreational fisheries...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

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

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On October 24, 2012, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) results of redetermination pursuant to the CIT's remand order in Fischer S.A. Comercio, Industria and Agricultura v. U...
Notice Dec 31, 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 Dec 31, 2012

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

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 2010-2011 antidumping duty administrative review on honey from Argentina because all parties have withdrawn their requests for review and the antidumping duty order on imports of honey fro...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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

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The Department of Commerce (the Department) is revoking the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on honey from Argentina because we have concluded that substantially all domestic producers lack interest in the relief provided by these orde...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Authorization of Production Activity:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 230; Sonoco Corrflex; Rural Hall and Winston-Salem, NC
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Report to Congress:

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Title Type Published
On April 23, 2012, NMFS published in the Federal Register the final rule to implement the 2012 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass specifications, which established commercial summer flounder allocations for each coastal state from North Caroli...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a meeting of Golden Crab Advisory Panel (AP) in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) announces its intent to hold a workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to consider options for improving the management of the longfin and Illex squid fisheries, with a focus on responsive harves...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Mid- Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Proposed Export Production Activity:

U.S. Infrastructure Trade Mission to Colombia and Panama:

Title Type Published
The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service published a document in the Federal Register of December 4, 2012 regarding the U.S. Infrastructure Trade Mission to Colombia and Panama...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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

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

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal agencies...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is proposing to amend subpart B of Regulation E, which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and the official interpretation to the regulation. The proposal would refine a final rule issued...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C):

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The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is publishing a final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of the Bureau's Regulation C (Home Mortgage Disclosure) to reflect a change in the asset-size exemption...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunit...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2166(e), the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is establish...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Department of the Air Force proposes to alter a system of records notice in its existing inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) is deleting a system of records in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Defense Contract Audit Agency is amending a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Department of the Air Force is deleting a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement:

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DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to revise the definitions of "contracting activity" and "departments and agencies" found at DFARS subpart 202.101.
Rule Dec 31, 2012
DoD is issuing a final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update the text to reflect the distinction between "certified cost or pricing data" and "data other than certified cost or pricing data." The DFARS...
Rule Dec 31, 2012
DoD is issuing a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to add Poland as a qualifying country.
Rule Dec 31, 2012
DoD is making technical amendments to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to provide needed editorial changes.
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR Sec. 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces the following...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Secretary is publishing the following list of correspondence from the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to individuals during the previous quarter. The correspondence describes the Department's interpretations of the Individuals with Disa...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing an extension of an existing information collection of a previously approved collection.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 USC 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, OMB No. 190...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-730...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to determine that commercial and industrial compressors meet the criteria for covered equipment under Part A-1 of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended. DOE proposes that c...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products:

Title Type Published
The Department of Energy (DOE) received a petition from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) requesting reconsideration of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) final rule to amend the test procedures for residential dishwashers, de...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012
In an earlier final rule, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) prescribed amendments to its test procedures for residential furnaces and boilers to include provisions for measuring the standby mode and off mode energy consumption of those products, as...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Energy Conservation Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the "Department") is adopting amendments to the compliance dates for manufacturers to submit certification reports for certain commercial and industrial equipment covered under the Energy Policy and Conservation...
Rule Dec 31, 2012
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including incandescent reflector lamps (IRLs). The U.S. Departm...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Filings:

Title Type Published
Banning, CA
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
York Haven Power Company, LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Petitions for Waiver From Residential Dishwasher Test Procedure:

Title Type Published
This notice announces receipt of and publishes the BSH Corporation (BSH) petition for waiver from specified portions of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure for determining the energy consumption of dishwashers. Today's notice also gran...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
Environmental Impact Statements; Weekly Receipt; Availability
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request t...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is determining that the New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT fine particle (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment area for the 2006 24-hour PM<INF>2.5</INF> National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) has...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans:

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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Colorado on May 25, 2011 that addresses regional haze. Colorado submitted this SIP revision to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA or "the Act") and our...
Rule Dec 31, 2012
EPA is approving, under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the state of Ohio's request to redesignate the Ohio portion of the Huntington- Ashland (OH-WV-KY) nonattainment area (Lawrence, Scioto, and portions of Adams and Gallia Counties) to attainment for the...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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EPA in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Charleston District (USACE) intends to prepare an EA to evaluate the proposed designation of an expanded ODMDS offshore Charleston, South Carolina. An EA will provide the environmental informat...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

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In 2010, EPA issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (2010 ANPRM) concerning renovation, repair, and painting activities on and in public and commercial buildings. EPA is in the process of determining whether these activities create lead-base...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Pesticide Product Registrations:

Title Type Published
EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and o...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Pesticides:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to more clearly describe the active and inert ingredients permitted in products eligible for the exemption from regulation for minimum risk pesticides. EPA is proposing to reorganize these lists with a focus on clarity and transparen...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Removal of Significant New Use Rules:

Title Type Published
EPA is removing significant new use rules (SNURs) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for four chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs). EPA published these SNURs using direct final rulemaking...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Committees; Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.:

Title Type Published
Educational Excellence for Hispanics Advisory Commission; Reestablishment (EO 13634)
Presidential Document Dec 31, 2012

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
Economic Impact Policy
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the International Bureau granted a request for an extension of time to file comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that initiated a comprehensive review of the Commission's rules governing space stations and earth s...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Audio Division, at the request of Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting Company, LLC, allots FM Channel 287A and deletes FM Channel 244A at Tignall, Georgia. The allotment change is part of a hybrid rule making and FM application proposal. Channel 287A c...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13), the Health Resource...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Charter Renewal:

Title Type Published
Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health
Notice Dec 31, 2012

New Animal Drugs:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during November 2012. FDA is also informing the...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
Modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) are finalized for the communities listed below. These modified BFEs will be used to calculate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and their contents.
Rule Dec 31, 2012
New or modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
New or modified Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, and/or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations) as shown on...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
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 31, 2012
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 31, 2012

Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations:

Title Type Published
On May 25, 2010, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 75 FR 29219. The table provided here represe...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations for Nobles County, Minnesota, and Incorporated Areas.
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
This rule revises the regulations that the Department of the Interior (the "Department") follows in processing records under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). The revisions clarify and update procedures for requesting information from the Depa...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Filing of Plats of Survey:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has officially filed the plats of survey of the lands described below in the BLM Idaho State Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9:00 a.m., on the dates specified.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, 10), notice is hereby given of the meetings of the Big Cypress National Preserve ORV Advisory Committee for 2013.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
This notice sets forth the dates of the February 22; May 17; August 23; and November 8, 2013, meetings of the Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko- Honokohau National Historical Park Advisory Commission.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Boise District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will hol...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Balloon Dissection Devices and Products Containing Same, DN 2925; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Investigations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the final initial determination ("final ID" or "ID") of the presiding administrative law judge in the above-identified investigation.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") final initial determination ("ID") issued on October 22, 2012, finding no violation of section 337 of the Ta...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (Department) is removing the regulations at 20 CFR parts 626, 627, 628, 631, 632, 633, 634, 636, 637, and 638, which implemented the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA or the...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Reporting for the National Farmworker Jobs Program under Section 167 of Title I of the Workf...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Workforce Investment Act Management Information and Reporting System," to the Office of Mana...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is soliciting public comment on NUREG-0800, "Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants" LWR Edition: Section 13.6.4, "Access Authorization--O...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing supplemental information to a notice of receipt that appeared in the Federal Register on December 19, 2012. This document informed the public of a petition for rulemaking submitted by the Comm...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announces the renewal of the Hispanic Council on Federal Employment (Council). The Commission shall advise the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on the implementation of leading employme...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Changes:

Title Type Published
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
The Securities and Exchange Commission is amending rule 206(3)-3T under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, a temporary rule that establishes an alternative means for investment advisers who are registered with the Commission as broker-dealers to me...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d) and 22(e) of the Act and rule 22c-1 under the Act, and under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (2) of the Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
ICE Clear Credit LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
ICE Clear Europe Ltd
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NASDAQ OMX PHLX, LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
We are announcing that the assessment percentage rate under sections 206(d) and 1631(d)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 406(d) and 1383(d)(2)(C), is 6.3 percent for 2013.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

State Department logo State Department

Amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to list Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, and to make available the use of two additional defense export license exemptions for proscribed destinations.
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Corporate Family Transactions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Hotard Coaches, Inc. and Calco Travel, Inc.
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

2013 Special 301 Review; Public Hearing:

Title Type Published
Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242) requires the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) or deny f...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking approval of the following proposed information collection activities. Before submit...
Notice Dec 31, 2012
On April 27, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of Transportation Services (TRANServe), located within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, as the lead...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Abandonment of Freight Easement Exemption:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive (AD) for certain General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80C2 series turbofan engines. That NPRM proposed to supersede an AD that required replacement of fuel tubes connected to the fuel flowmeter...
Proposed Rule Dec 31, 2012

Corporate Family Transactions:

No documents available.

Exhaust Emissions Standards:

Title Type Published
This action amends the emission standards for turbine engine powered airplanes to incorporate the standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 18, 2012. This amendment fulfills the FAA's requirements under...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

Title Type Published
FRA recently announced the forty-eighth meeting of the RSAC, a Federal Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a consensus process (77 FR 73734). This meeting has been postponed until further notice and will be reschedule...
Notice Dec 31, 2012

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 31, 2012
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 31, 2012
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Dec 31, 2012
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is amending its lending limits rule to extend the rule's temporary exception for credit exposures arising from a derivative transaction or securities financing transaction from January 1, 2013 to Ju...
Rule Dec 31, 2012
Minimum Capital Ratios; Issuance of Directives
Rule Dec 31, 2012

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amends its medical regulations concerning the copayment required for certain medications. But for this rulemaking, beginning on January 1, 2013, the copayment amount would increase based on a formula set forth...
Rule Dec 31, 2012

Meetings:

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Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation
Notice Dec 31, 2012
Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee
Notice Dec 31, 2012

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