February 20, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register February 20, 2013

View all documents issued on February 20, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

103 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on February 20, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2013
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Rural Housing Service's (RHS) intention to request an extension for the currently approved information collection in support of our program for Complaints and Compensat...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs (54 FR 25818 pu...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

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On December 6, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof (diamond sawblades) from the Republic of Korea (Korea...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
On August 7, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its preliminary results of the 2010-2011 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland.\1\ The Department issued the result...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:

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NMFS closes the General category fishery for large medium and giant Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) until the General category reopens on June 1, 2013. This action is being taken to prevent overharvest of the General category January BFT subquota.
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Authorization of Production Activities:

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Richemont North America, Inc. dba Cartier, Foreign-Trade Zone 168, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2013 Pacific cod to...
Rule Feb 20, 2013
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2013 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GO...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

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NMFS proposes specifications for the 2013 and 2014 Atlantic bluefish fishery, including an annual catch limit, total allowable landings, a commercial quota and recreational harvest limit, and a recreational possession limit. The intent of this action...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Meetings:

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The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS[supreg]) Program in NOAA publishes this notice on behalf of the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC) to announce a formal meeting of the IOOC's Data Management and Communications Steering Tea...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) VMS/ Enforcement Committee and Advisory Panel will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Requests for Applications:

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The ONMS is seeking applicants for the following seats on the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (council): Recreation, Business/Economic Development, Tourism (primary seat only), Diving (alternate only), Higher Education, and Cit...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

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NMFS has received an application from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting a low-energy marine geophysical (seismic) survey in the Gulf of...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Taking of Marine Mammals:

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NMFS has received a request from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Ferries Division (WSF) for an authorization to take small numbers of six species of marine mammals, by Level B harassment, incidental to proposed construction...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this Notice announces that the Information Collection Request ("ICR") abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review and comment. The ICR describes the nat...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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Notice.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

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

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Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement c...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Education Department logo Education Department

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

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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 information collection.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Applications for New Awards:

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10(...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities:

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The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c)(2) of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that, respectively, generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period e...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Requests under Blanket Authorization:

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CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Co., LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Staff Attendances:

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Entergy Regional State Committee Meeting
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory (TSCA Inventory)) to notify EPA and comply wi...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)....
Notice Feb 20, 2013
In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close...
Notice Feb 20, 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), Registration of Fuels and Fuel Additives--Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA ICR No. 1696.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0297, to th...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) Program" (EPA ICR No. 2333.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0640) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Air Quality Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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EPA is proposing to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Kansas on July 27, 2010, to add two new rules which implement restrictions on the idling of heavy duty diesel vehicles and reduce nitrogen oxide (NO<INF>X</INF>...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013
EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Kansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Kansas on July 27, 2010. The revision includes two new rules which implement restrictions on the idling of heavy duty diese...
Rule Feb 20, 2013
As additions to Ohio's State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act, EPA is approving six Permit-by-Rule (PBR) provisions, a Permit to Install and Operate (PTIO) program, two permanent exemptions from the Permit to Install (PTI) requiremen...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Exemptions from Requirements of Tolerances:

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This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticide, 3-decen-2- one, in or on potatoes when applied as a postharvest potato sprout inhibitor and used in accordance with label directio...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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EPA is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the Missouri State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted March 17, 2011. This revision will amend the rule restricting emissions of particulate matter from industrial sources by providing an alt...
Rule Feb 20, 2013
EPA proposes to approve the State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the state of Missouri on March 17, 2011. This revision proposes to amend the rule restricting emissions of particulate matter from industrial sources by providing an al...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013
EPA is proposing to approve submissions from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee for inclusion into each state's implementation plan. This proposal pertains to the infrastructure state implementation...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013
EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted to EPA on December 13, 2012, by the State of Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). Tenne...
Rule Feb 20, 2013
EPA is proposing to approve a revision to the Tennessee State Implementation Plan (SIP), submitted to EPA on December 13, 2012, by the State of Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Tennessee's December 13, 2012...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Meetings:

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EPA's Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) is holding public meetings in Arlington, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Denver, Colorado to discuss and obtain public input from stakeholders on a national electronic manifest ("e-Manifest")...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

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Economic Impact Policy
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Feb 20, 2013

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

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

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA).
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Feb 20, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) have filed a petition requesting that the Agency amend the standard of identity for milk and...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Charter Renewals:

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Exclusive Licenses:

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This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR Part 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to practice the inventio...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Meetings:

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As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH) will hold a meeting. This meeting will be open to the public. Prereg...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Center for Sientific Review
Notice Feb 20, 2013
This document corrects a notice that was published in the Federal Register on February 7, 2013 (78 FR 9055-9056). The title of the meeting announcement should read as follows: Notice of Meeting of the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee....
Notice Feb 20, 2013
National Human Genome Research Institute
Notice Feb 20, 2013
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Feb 20, 2013
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice Feb 20, 2013
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Office of the Director
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Pursuant to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public Law 110-134, notice is hereby given of two 1-day Tribal Consultation Sessions to be held between the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children an...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Anchorages:

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The Coast Guard is establishing a new anchorage area on the Lower Mississippi River, Above the Head of Passes (AHP), located at the Belmont Light extending from Mile Marker (MM) 152.9 to 154 on the Left Descending Bank (LDB) of the river. The anchora...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Drawbridge Operations:

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The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Chelsea Street Bridge across the Chelsea River, mile 1.2, between Chelsea and East Boston, Massachusetts. The vertical lift needs to be adjusted to co...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard proposes to amend and establish regulations requiring safety zones for firework events that take place annually within the Captain of the Port Zone Buffalo. This proposed rule is intended to amend and establish restrictions on vessel...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Kentucky regulatory program ("the Kentucky program") for surface coal mining and reclamation operations under the Surface Mining...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), amends it regulations which implement the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), to create a special rule under authority of section 4(d) of the ESA that provides measures that are necessar...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Meetings:

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This notice sets forth the date of the first meeting of the Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee.
Notice Feb 20, 2013
The Department of the Interior published a document in the Federal Register of February 11, 2013, concerning a notice of public meetings of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The document contained incorrect dates. This document corrects those...
Notice Feb 20, 2013
This notice announces a schedule of upcoming meetings for the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (NHP) Federal Advisory Commission.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Minimum Internal Control Standards:

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The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) proposes to amend its minimum internal control standards for Class II gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to add standards for the drop and count and surveillance of kiosks.
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Minimum Technical Standards:

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On September 21, 2012, the National Indian Gaming Commission ("NIGC") published a final rule amending its technical standards for Class II gaming systems and equipment, and the rule became effective on October 22, 2012. This document proposes an amen...
Proposed Rule Feb 20, 2013

Realty Actions:

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Hollister Field Office, proposes to sell two separate parcels of public land totaling approximately 80 acres in San Mateo County, California. The public lands would be sold to the Sempervirens Fund, a California N...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Full Five-year Reviews:

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The Commission hereby gives notice that it will proceed with full reviews 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 countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled steel products fr...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Following the President's Plan to reduce gun violence released on January 16, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is conducting a review of existing and emerging gun safety technologie...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires this notice to set forth the effectiveness of information collection requirements contained in the final rule on Pattern of Violations.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

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In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), the National Science Foundation is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the Analysis of the 2011 Service Cont...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Meetings:

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Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research
Notice Feb 20, 2013
Proposal Review Panel for Materials Research
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Acceptability of Corrective Action Programs:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment draft NUREG-2154 "Acceptability of Corrective Action Programs for Fuel Cycle Facilities." The draft NUREG provides guidance to the NRC staff on how to determine whether a Corr...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Considerations of Indirect Transfers:

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Request for license transfer; opportunity to comment; opportunity to request a hearing and petition for leave to intervene; order.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Public Workshops:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans to conduct a public workshop to discuss possible revisions to NUREG/BR-0204, Rev. 2 "Instructions for Completing NRC's Uniform Low-Level Radioactive Waste Manifest." Information will be gathered from...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("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, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Act, and under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Feb 20, 2013
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2013
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Feb 20, 2013
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Feb 20, 2013
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2013
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2013
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2013
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Feb 20, 2013
New York Stock Exchange LLC and NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

Small Business Size Regulations:

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This document contains corrections to the final regulations which were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 27, 2012. The regulations related to size and eligibility for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Busin...
Rule Feb 20, 2013

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

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We are giving notice of SSR 13-2p, in which we explain our policies for how we consider whether "drug addiction and alcoholism" (DAA) is material to our determination of disability in disability claims and continuing disability reviews. This SSR resc...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

State Department logo State Department

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

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The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all intereste...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

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Susquehanna River Basin Commission

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This notice lists the projects approved by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Befo...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Meetings:

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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The United States Mint is announcing a revised pricing grid for 2013 gold and platinum products. Please see the grid following signature.
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Identification of Entities and Vessels:

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The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of one hundred and ten (110) entities and vessels identified as the Government of Iran, Iranian financial institutions, or property or interest in property of...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice Feb 20, 2013

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