Federal Register January 3, 2013
View all documents issued on January 3, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
72 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on January 3, 2013
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Agriculture Department
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Commerce Department
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Defense Department
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Education Department
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Energy Department
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Executive Office of the President
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Federal Communications Commission
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Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
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Federal Reserve System
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Federal Trade Commission
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General Services Administration
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Health and Human Services Department
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Homeland Security Department
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Housing and Urban Development Department
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Interior Department
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Treasury Department
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Agriculture Department
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), is revising the voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Eggplant. AMS has reviewed the fresh fruit and vegetable grade standards for usefulness in serving the...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), intends to prepare a supplemental final environmental impact statement (SFEIS) to update information in the Department of Energy's (DOE's) "Final Environme...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Commerce Department
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The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is resuming the Population Estimates Challenge Program to provide eligible governmental units the opportunity to file requests for the review of population estimates for 2011 and subsequent years. The Census B...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks to form a partnership with the software community to enhance the quality of software-related patents (Software Partnership). Members of the public are invited to participate. The Software Pa...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:
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On December 6, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey for the period of review (POR) May 1,...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Orders, Findings, or Suspended Investigations:
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Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Opportunity to Request Administrative Review
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:
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On November 26, 2012, NMFS published a proposed rule for Amendment 5 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in response to several shark stock assessments that were completed from 2009 to 2012. As descri...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery:
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This final rule establishes the 2013-2014 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conser...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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NMFS is adjusting the 2013 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock, Atka mackerel, and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
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NMFS is adjusting the 2013 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified, and will ensure the GOA pollock...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Meetings:
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The 2013 Interim Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will be held January 27 to 30, 2013. This notice contains information about significant items on the NCWM Committee agendas, but does not include all agenda items. As...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT or Committee), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet in open session on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time and Thursday, February 7, 20...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Defense Department
Meetings:
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Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 (2001)), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.10, DoD hereby announces that the DIA Advisory Board will meet on January 22...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Education Department
Membership:
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National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Meetings:
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The Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB), as previously announced, holds teleconference meetings the third Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and two face-to-face meetings each calendar...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
NPDES Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines Standards:
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On October 31, 2012 the EPA published a request for comments on a Regulatory Flexibility Act section 610 review titled, Section 610 Review of NPDES Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operat...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Executive Office of the President
Government Agencies and Employees:
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Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates (Memorandum of December 21, 2012)
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Presidential Document | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Rates of Pay; Adjustment (EO 13635)
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Presidential Document | Jan 03, 2013 |
Federal Communications Commission
Radio Broadcasting Services:
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The Audio Division, at the request of Appalachian Broadcasting Company, Inc., allots Channel 265A at Maysville, Georgia, as the community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis confirms that Channel 265A can be allotted to Maysville con...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Federal Reserve System
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Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Changes in Bank Control:
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Acquisitions of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Company
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Federal Trade Commission
Proposed Consent Orders:
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The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
General Services Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a previously approved information collection requirement regardin...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the General Services Administration 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 requ...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Health and Human Services Department
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITF) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testin...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Guidance for Industry on Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of draft guidance for industry entitled "Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format--Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications and Related Submissions Using the...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Medicare Program:
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This document is a request for information from hospitals, electronic health record (EHR) vendors, and other interested parties regarding hospital readiness beginning calendar year 2014 discharges to electronically report certain patient-level data u...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Meetings:
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Center for Scientific Review
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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National Cancer Institute
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Nicotine Replacement Therapies and Smoking-Cessation Products:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the notice of public hearing that appeared in the Federal Register of November 28, 2012 (77 FR 70955). In the public hearing notice, FDA requested comments on FDA consideratio...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Homeland Security Department
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On April 2, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a proposed rule to amend its regulations to allow certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are physically present in the United States to request provisional unlawf...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
| Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Moving Security Zones around Escorted Vessels:
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The Captain of the Port of New Orleans (COTP New Orleans) is establishing a Moving Security Zone on the Mississippi river, mile marker 88.0 through mile marker 106.0, extending 300 yards on all sides of vessels being escorted by one or more Coast Gua...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Safety Zones:
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The Coast Guard is establishing temporary safety zones around the TEMCO grain facilities on the Columbia River in Kalama, WA and the Willamette River in Portland, OR. These safety zones extend to the waters of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, resp...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Housing and Urban Development Department
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In this notice, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing designates the Order of Succession for the Office of Housing. This Order of Succession supersedes all prior Orders of Succession for the Assistant Secretary for Housing, including that publis...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act), amends section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and authorizes the establishment of an Office of Housing Counseling in the Department of Housi...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Interior Department
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate revised critical habitat for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) (flycatcher) under the Endangered Species Act. In total, approximately 1,975 stream kilometers (1...
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Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
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On December 26, 2012, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a proposed rule and petition finding to reclassify the continental United States (U.S.) breeding population of wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Speci...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Filings of Plats of Surveys:
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the land described below in the BLM--Eastern States office in Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Applications:
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Request for license transfer; opportunity to comment; opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Request for license transfer; opportunity to comment; opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Request for license transfer; opportunity to comment; opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Request for license transfer; opportunity to comment; opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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ICE Clear Europe Ltd.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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ICE Clear Europe Ltd.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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ICE Clear Europe Ltd.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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New York Stock Exchange LLC
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Surface Transportation Board
Abandonment Exemptions:
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CSX Transportation, Inc., Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:
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Buckeye Hammond Railroad, LLC from Buckeye Partners, L.P.
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Transportation Department
Abandonment Exemptions:
No documents available.
Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:
No documents available.
Airworthiness Directives:
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for REIMS AVIATION S.A. Model F406 airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identif...
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Proposed Rule | Jan 03, 2013 |
Requested Administrative Waivers of Coastwise Trade Laws:
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As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for su...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
Treasury Department
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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...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on revisions of an information collection that are proposed for approval by the Office of M...
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Notice | Jan 03, 2013 |
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