January 17, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register January 17, 2013

View all documents issued on January 17, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

91 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on January 17, 2013

Agency for International Development logo Agency for International Development

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Administrator of USAID has determined that renewal of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid for a two-year period beginning January 10, 2013 is necessary and in the public interest.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Rule Jan 17, 2013
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is proposing to increase the fees for voluntary Federal dairy grading and inspection services. The fee increases proposed are 15 percent during fiscal year (FY) 2013 and 5 percent during FY 2014. These fees we...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is modifying Operating Loan (OL) application, eligibility, and security requirements for Microloans (ML) to better serve the unique operating needs of small family farm operations. The intended effect of this rule is to...
Rule Jan 17, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Ochoco National Forest is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to analyze the effects of changing grazing management in four allotments on the Paulina Ranger District. The Fox Canyon Cluster project area is located approximately 35 m...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Fisheries off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
NMFS is extending the temporary rule that delayed or revised several portions of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Trawl Rationalization Program (program) regulations. This emergency rule extension is necessary to enable the National Marine Fisher...
Rule Jan 17, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the U. S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS[supreg]) Advisory Committee (Committee) in Denver, CO. Dates and Times: The meeting will be held on Wednesday February 6, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 217 Ft. Johnson Rd., Charleston, SC 29412, has requested a modification to scientific research Permit No. 13543.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Settlement Agreements and Orders:

Title Type Published
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Sett...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Education Department logo Education Department

Applications for New Awards:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Proposed Priorities:

Title Type Published
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes a priority for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This document announces the first meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in t...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Party Status Clarifications:

Title Type Published
Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Requests under Blanket Authorization:

Title Type Published
Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Technical Conferences:

Title Type Published
Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to r...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve in part, conditionally approve in part, and disapprove in part, the July 17, 2012, State Implementation Plan (SIP) submission provided by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) of the Kentu...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future:

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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reconsiders and clarifies certain aspects of the USF/ICC Transformation Order, in response to various petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification. We grant in part petitions...
Rule Jan 17, 2013

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
This document sets forth a proposal to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Sec. 73.202(b) of the Commission's rules. The Commission requests comment on a petition filed by the Hualapai Tribe, proposing to amend the Table of Allotments by allotting Chan...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Background. Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwor...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Changes in Bank Control:

Title Type Published
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA Rule" or "Rule"), consistent with the requirements of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, to clarify the scope of the Rule and strengthen its protections for childr...
Rule Jan 17, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") has completed its regulatory review of the Trade Regulation Rule Concerning Cooling-Off Period for Sales Made at Homes or at Certain Other Locations ("Cooling-Off Rule" or "Rule") as part of the Co...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Jan 17, 2013
HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10), in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occu...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in Los Alamos, New Mexico, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employe...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Nuclear Metals, Inc. facility in West Concord, Massachusetts, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees O...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Mound Plant, in Miamisburg, Ohio, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensa...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Generic Drug User Fees:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the rate for the generic drug active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished dosage form (FDF) facilities user fees for fiscal year (FY) 2013. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Prospective Grants of Co-Exclusive Licenses:

Title Type Published
This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is contemplating the grant of a worldwide co-exclusive license, to practice...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
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 ap...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Drawbridge Operations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the draws of two bridges which operate as one unit, specifically, the S71 bridge, mile 0.8 and the railroad bridge, mile 0.9 both of which are across the Shark...
Rule Jan 17, 2013
The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedules that govern the SR 529 Bridges across the Snohomish River, mile 3.6 near Everett, WA. This deviation is necessary to facilitate heavy maintenance and equipment upgrades on...
Rule Jan 17, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold a meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) on February 6, 2013, to discuss reports from its sub-committees. This meeting will be open to the public.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing that the information collection request for the State Regulatory Authority: Inspection and Enforcement, has been forw...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
The Department of the Interior is submitting a nomination to the World Heritage List for the Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana. This is the third notice required by the National Park Service's World Heritage Pro...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Comprehensive Conservation Plans:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our intent to prepare comprehensive conservation plans (CCP) and associated environmental documents for the Big Oaks, Glacial Ridge, Northern Tallgrass Prairie, and Whittlesey Creek National...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the environmental assessment (EA) for Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (Re...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the environmental assessment (EA) for the Hamden Slough National Wildlife Re...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lander Field Office, Rawlins Field Office, and Casper...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets the date of February 1, 2013, meeting of the Kalaupapa Federal Advisory Commission.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and existing BLM regulations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Lonewolf Exploration & Production Company, for competitive oil and gas leases NVN-81212 and NVN-...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Public Land Orders:

Title Type Published
This order withdraws 3,385.89 acres, more or less, of public lands from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, for a period of 20 years for use by the Department of the Navy for the...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's ("ALJ") initial determinations ("IDs") (Order Nos. 42- 43) terminating the above-captioned investigation as to f...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 21) of the presiding administrative law judge granting in part complainant's motion for leave to file an amend...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with a full review pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain welded large diameter l...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to revise the information collection requirements currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for handling of retaliation complaints filed with OSHA under various whistleblower...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The regulations for packaging and transport of spent nuclear fuel are separate from requirements for storage of spent nuclear fuel. Because these regulatory schemes are separate, there is no requirement that loaded storage casks also meet transportat...
Proposed Rule Jan 17, 2013

Proposed Models for Plant-Specific Adoption of Technical Specifications:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requesting public comment on the proposed model safety evaluation (SE) for plant- specific adoption of Technical Specifications (TS) Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF-426, Revision 5, "Revise or Add Actio...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

O
Office of National Drug Control Policy

Title Type Published
60-Day Notice of Information Collection; Public Comment.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request concerning an additional Global Plus 1C contract. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural steps.
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc
Notice Jan 17, 2013
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Jan 17, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013
National Securities Clearing Corp.
Notice Jan 17, 2013
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
The Surface Transportation Board (Board), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3519 (PRA), gives notice that the Board will seek from the Office of Manage...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given of the actions on spec...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Haz...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on eac...
Notice Jan 17, 2013
This Notice announces the establishment of FRA's emergency relief docket (ERD) for calendar year 2013. The designated ERD for calendar year 2013 is docket number FRA-2013-0001.
Notice Jan 17, 2013
Petitions for Waivers of Compliance
Notice Jan 17, 2013

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

Title Type Published
This final rule amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 109, New pneumatic and certain specialty tires, to change the test pressure for the physical dimensions test for T-type tires (temporary use spare tires) from 52 pounds per squa...
Rule Jan 17, 2013

Land Releases:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public comment on the proposed release of 154.0957 acres of land currently owned by the Raleigh County Commission, Sponsor for the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, Beckley, West Virginia. The parcel i...
Notice Jan 17, 2013

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