January 15, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register January 15, 2013

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133 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 15, 2013

Administrative Conference of the United States logo Administrative Conference of the United States

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The Administrative Conference of the United States adopted three recommendations at its Fifty-seventh Plenary Session. The appended recommendations address reforms to 28 U.S.C. 1500, third-party programs to assess regulatory compliance, and inflation...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

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Agricultural Marketing Service

No documents available.

Applications:

No documents available.

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is taking several actions to post and depost stockyards under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act). Specifically, we are proposing that sixteen stockyards now operating subject t...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposes to revise eight United States Standards for Grades of Frozen Vegetables. AMS is proposing to replace the dual grade nomenclature with single letter grade design...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Applications:

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GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to provide official services in the Indianapolis, Indiana area.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to document the analysis and disclose the environmental impacts of the Maverick Point Forest Health Project. This project is designed to achieve goals of increasing aspen and pon...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Meetings:

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The Forestry Research Advisory Council will meet in Washington, DC February 7-8, 2013. The Council is required by Section 1441 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide advice to the Secretary of Agriculture on accomplishing efficiently the...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Tangelos Grown in Florida:

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This proposed rule would increase the assessment rate established for the Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.0072 to $0.008 per \4/5\ bushel carton of citrus handled. The Committee locall...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites organizations to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for exchange of electronic health care information by healthcare providers. This...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking to improve the quality of issued patents. In this notice, the USPTO is focusing on potential practices that applicants can employ at the drafting stage of a patent application in order...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Applications for Expansions and Expansions of Service Areas under Alternative Site Framework:

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), are issuing a final rule to authorize the continued release of Middle Columbia River (MCR) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) that are currently being reintroduced as part of an ongoing reintroduction ef...
Rule Jan 15, 2013

Meetings:

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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (RE&EEAC) will hold its inaugural meeting under its second charter. During the course of this charter term, which began in June 2012, the Committee is expected to develop recommendations o...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a series of scoping meetings and public hearings pertaining to Amendment 5 to the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 27 to the Snapper Grouper FMP.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Permit Amendment Applications:

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Notice is hereby given that Joseph Mobley, Jr., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2528 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96816; Ann Zoidis, Cetos Research Organization, 33 Echo Ave., Suite 5, Oakland, CA 94611; and Jim Darling, Ph.D., Whale Trust, P.O. Box 38...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Permit Applications:

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Notice is hereby given that Peter Rogers, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30332, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on cetacean species not listed under the Endanger...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Requests for Applications:

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The ONMS is seeking applications for the following vacant seats on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: recreational fishing, research, education, and conservation. Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expe...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Special Use Permit Requirements:

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In accordance with a requirement of Public Law 106-513 (16 U.S.C. 1441(b)), NOAA hereby gives public notice of the applicability of the special use permit requirements of Section 310 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to certain categories of act...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

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DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a correction to the applicability date of FAR Case 2011-028; Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts, which was published in the Federal Register at 77 FR 75766, December 21, 2012.
Rule Jan 15, 2013

Education Department logo Education Department

Proposed Priorities:

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The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a priority under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Resear...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a priority under the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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In accordance with 18 CFR 381.104, the Commission issues this update of its filing fees. This notice provides the yearly update using data in the Commission's Management, Administrative, and Payroll System to calculate the new fees. The purpose of up...
Rule Jan 15, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
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Combined Filings
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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Northwest Pipeline GP South Seattle Delivery Lateral Expansion Project
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Filings:

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Azusa, CA
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Pasadena, CA
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Steuben Gas Storage Co.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

License Transfer Applications:

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

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Badger Creek Ltd.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Requests under Blanket Authorizations:

Technical Conferences:

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Trailblazer Pipeline Co. LLC
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The EPA is finding that 28 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have not made complete state implementation plan (SIP) submissions to address certain SIP elements, as required by the Clean Air Act (CAA). Specifically,...
Rule Jan 15, 2013
Based on its review of the air quality criteria and the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM), the EPA is making revisions to the suite of standards for PM to provide requisite protection of public health and welf...
Rule Jan 15, 2013
Notice Jan 15, 2013

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

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The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), (EPA ICR No. 1981.05, OMB Control No. 2...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Funding and Fiscal Affairs:

Title Type Published
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA), through the FCA Board, issued a final rule amending its regulations governing investment management practices of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. In accordance with the law, the effective date of th...
Rule Jan 15, 2013

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden(s) and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to ta...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
In this document, the Commission seeks further comment on its requirement that licensees and other entities filing the FCC Form 323, Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Station, provide an FCC Registration Number (FRN) generated by the Commissi...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013
The Commission seeks comment on whether to collect information from holders of equity interests in a licensee that would be attributable but for the single majority shareholder exemption and from holders of interests that would be attributable but fo...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council logo Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Federal Open Market Committee; Domestic Policy Directive of December 1112, 2012
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; Correction
Notice Jan 15, 2013

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

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 Jan 15, 2013
The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity to comment on the proposed collection of information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are withdrawing the direct final rule that August 28, 2012. HHS/FDA published the direct final rule to exempt scientific research misconduct proceedings reco...
Rule Jan 15, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published in the Federal Register of August 28, 2012, a direct final rule to exempt a new system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 19...
Rule Jan 15, 2013

Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a publication containing modifications the Agency is making to the list of standards FDA recognizes for use in premarket reviews (FDA recognized consensus standards). This publication, entitled "Mo...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Meetings:

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Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the next meeting of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force is independent and nonfederal. Its members are nationally known leaders in public health prac...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs Special Emphasis Panel
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Notice of Meeting via Conference Call.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Public Hearings:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public hearing to obtain input on a potential new pathway to expedite the development of drugs, including biological products, for serious or life-threatening conditions that would address an unm...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection proposes to establish a new system of records titled, "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS/CBP-004-Intellectual Property Rights e-...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security proposes to update and reissue a current Department of Homeland Security system of records titled, "Department of Homeland Security/Science and Technology Directorate-001...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Maryland (FEMA-4091-DR), dated November 20, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 15, 2013
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-4092-DR), dated November 26, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 15, 2013
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Virginia (FEMA-4092-DR), dated November 26, 2012, and related determinations.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to issue a special local regulation on the waters of the Intracoastal Waterway, in West Palm Beach, Florida, during the West Palm Beach Triathlon Championship, on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Approximately 1,500 participants are a...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to establish a policy that covers Service procedures for accepting, using, and recognizing donations. This draft donations policy is an extension of the Department of the Interior's guidance on do...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has established the Swan Valley Conservation Area as a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service established the Swan Valley Conservation Area on August 6...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and associated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents for Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Noxubee, Oktibbeha,...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment for St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Franklin...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the General Management Plan (GMP) for Blue Ridge Parkwa...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Temporary Closures of Public Lands:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office will close certain public lands during the Best in the Desert (BITD) Racing Association "BITD PARKER 250" and "BITD 425" events.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

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 Jan 15, 2013

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/o...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Meetings:

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Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, and Section 166(h)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) [29 U.S.C. 2911(h)(4)], notice is hereby given of the next teleconference meeting of t...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulations:

No documents available.

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National Council on Disability

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

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National Transportation Safety Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing the Final Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance (JLD-ISG), JLD-ISG-2012-06, "Performing a Tsunami, Surge, or Seiche Hazard Assessment" (Agencywide Documents Access and...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

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This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the regulation for valuation dates in February 2013. The interest assumption...
Rule Jan 15, 2013

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries o...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications and Temporary Orders:

Title Type Published
Temporary order and notice of application for a permanent order under section 9(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act").
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Applications:

Title Type Published
Summary of Application: Applicants request an order that permits: (a) Actively-managed series of the Trust to issue shares ("Shares") redeemable in large aggregations only ("Creation Units"); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at ne...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2013
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 15, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 15, 2013
National Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Jan 15, 2013
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 15, 2013
Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations:

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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 Jan 15, 2013

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Release of Waybill Data
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Jan 15, 2013
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The proposed rule would prohibit flightcrew members in operations under part 121 from using a personal wireless communications device or laptop computer for personal use while at their duty station on the flight deck while the aircraft is being opera...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for GROB-WERKE Model G115EG airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and c...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Establishment of Class D and Class E Airspaces:

Title Type Published
This action establishes Class D airspace and Class E airspace at Camp Guernsey, WY. The establishment of an air traffic control tower has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at Camp Gue...
Rule Jan 15, 2013

Exemptions from Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard:

Title Type Published
This document grants in full Toyota Motor North America, Inc.'s (Toyota) petition for an exemption of the RAV4 vehicle line in accordance with 49 CFR part 543, Exemption from the Theft Prevention Standard. This petition is granted because the agency...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

Qualifications of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

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FMCSA announces its decision to grant requests from 22 individuals for exemptions from the regulatory requirement that interstate commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers have "no established medical history or clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any oth...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 9 individuals for an exemption from the prohibition against persons with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause a loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to o...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 14 individuals for an exemption from the prohibition against persons with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause a loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to...
Notice Jan 15, 2013

REGULATORY AGENDA

Title Type Published
The entire Department of Transportation Fall 2012 Unified Agenda published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2013 (78 FR 1604), is being republished to correct missing portions of the fall 2012 preamble. This information was omitted in error, and...
Proposed Rule Jan 15, 2013

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of two individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ("Kingpin...
Notice Jan 15, 2013
The United States Mint is announcing revised pricing for five 2013 products. Please see the table below.
Notice Jan 15, 2013

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