March 14, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register March 14, 2013

View all documents issued on March 14, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

113 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on March 14, 2013

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation logo Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Programmatic Agreements; Extension:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) issued a Program Comment at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy that allows its program of tailored compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act to continue under...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are sponsoring a public meeting on March 28, 2013. The objective of the public meeting is to provide informat...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program Technical Advisory Panel will meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Panel is meeting as authorized under the Community Forest Restoration Act (Title VI, Pub. L. 106-393) and in compliance with th...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Civil Rights Commission logo Civil Rights Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of business meeting and briefing.
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2013, a final rule revising the rules of practice in patent cases for consistency with, and to address the examination issues raised by, the chan...
Rule Mar 14, 2013
Rule Mar 14, 2013

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

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On September 6, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea)...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Applications for Reorganization under Alternative Site Framework:

Title Type Published
Foreign-Trade Zone 72, Indianapolis, IN; Expansion of Service Area
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Authorization of Production Activities:

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of hardwood and decorative plywood from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Expedited Sunset Reviews:

Title Type Published
On November 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce ("the Department") initiated the second sunset reviews of the countervailing duty ("CVD") orders on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products ("HR steel") from India, Indonesia, and Thailand pursuan...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Export-Only Manufacturing Authority Approval:

Foreign Trade Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is amending its regulations to reflect new export reporting requirements. Specifically, the Census Bureau is requiring mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or throug...
Rule Mar 14, 2013

MagnusonStevens Act Provisions:

Title Type Published
We propose to approve 18 sector operations plans and contracts for fishing year (FY) 2013, provide allocations of Northeast (NE) multispecies to these sectors, and grant regulatory exemptions. We request comment on the proposed sector operations plan...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the next meeting of the National Technical Information Service Advisory Board (the Advisory Board), which advises the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) on policies and op...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The Science Advisory Board (SAB) was established by a Decision Memorandum dated September 25, 1997, and is the only Federal Advisory Committee with responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies for r...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Permits:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC; Samuel Pooley, Ph.D., Responsible Party), has been issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles for purposes of...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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

Title Type Published
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 a new information collection requirement for Service Contracts Reporting R...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to section (102)(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations parts 1500-1508), and Executive Order 12114, and United States...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy (DoN) announces its intent to prepare...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the provisions of The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meeting of the aforementioned subcommittee will be held. (Parent Committee is: Board of Advisors (BOA) to the Pre...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Education Department logo Education Department

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ED is proposing a revision of a current information collection.
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 14, 2013

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Fed...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
On March 4, 2013, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of open meeting announcing a meeting on March 25-26, 2013 of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Savannah River Site (78 FR 14088). This document makes a corre...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Order on Rehearing and Clarification:

Title Type Published
In this order on rehearing and clarification, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) clarifies that: Balancing Authorities and their Authority Services will have until 60 days after publication of this order to implement the valida...
Rule Mar 14, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
The EPA is finalizing revisions to the deadlines established in the national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for nitrogen dioxide (NO<INF>2</INF>) for the near-road component of the NO<INF>2</INF> monitoring network in order to implement a phase...
Rule Mar 14, 2013

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Title Type Published
Iran; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of March 12, 2013)
Presidential Document Mar 14, 2013

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 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 a continuing information collection, a...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The FTC intends to ask the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") to extend through June 30, 2016, the current Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") clearance for the FTC's enforcement of the information collection requirements in its regulation "Duties o...
Notice Mar 14, 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

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Institute on Aging
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Safety Zones:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a temporary safety zone on the waters of St. Thomas Harbor in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands during the Corp. Event Finale UHC firework display. The safety zone is necessary to protect the public from the ha...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters, from surface to seabed, around the Motor Vessel (M/V) XIANG YUN KOU and the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) NOBLE DISCOVERER with a planned transit through Resurrec...
Rule Mar 14, 2013
The Coast Guard is proposing to establish a safety zone on the waters of St. Thomas Harbor in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands during the V. I. Carnival Finale, a firework display. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 27, 2013, and...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard proposes to establish special local regulations on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Bucksport, South Carolina during the Outboard Drag Boat Association (ODBA) dragging on the Waccamaw, a series of high-speed boat races. The event...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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

Title Type Published
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. HUD is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. HUD's O...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
This notice announces that the healthcare facility documents have completed the notice and comment processes and review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, and that OMB has assigned a control numbe...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. HUD is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. Section...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Coral Reef Restoration Plan (Plan) for Biscayne National Park, Florid...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
We are announcing receipt of a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (hereinafter, the "Wyoming program") under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 ("SMCRA" or "the Act"). Wyoming proposes revisions to rules concerni...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Comprehensive Conservation Plans and 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 islands that are part of the National...
Notice Mar 14, 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 Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (R...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) and consistent with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), the National Park Service has prepared a Draft Environmental Im...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Filing of Plats of Survey:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States office in Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will file the plat of survey of the lands described below in the BLM-Eastern States office in Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), of a meeting of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee). The Review Committee meeting previousl...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Permit Applications:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications for permits to conduct activities with the purpose of enhancing the survival of endangered species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (Act) prohibits activities with endange...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("the Commission") has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 8) issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") in the above-captioned investig...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Earned Import Allowance Program:

Title Type Published
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) has announced its schedule, including deadlines for filing written submissions, in connection with the preparation of its fourth annual review in investigation No. 332-503, Earned Import Allowance...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This final rule ("rule") sets forth procedures and criteria United States Trustees shall use when determining whether applicants seeking to become and remain approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling agencies ("credit counseling agencies" or "a...
Rule Mar 14, 2013
This final rule ("rule") sets forth procedures and criteria United States Trustees shall use when determining whether applicants seeking to become and remain approved providers of a personal financial management instructional course ("providers") sat...
Rule Mar 14, 2013

Manufacturers of Controlled Substances; Registrations:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or con...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or cont...
Notice Mar 14, 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

Title Type Published
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Proposal Review Panel for Physics
Notice Mar 14, 2013

N
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications for Amendments to Facility Operating Licenses; Withdrawal:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting the request of Florida Power Corporation (the licensee), through its owner Duke Energy, to withdraw its June 15, 2011, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. M...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Applications for Export License Amendments:

Title Type Published
High-enriched Uranium
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Title Type Published
The Postal Service<SUP>TM</SUP> proposes to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) 604.9, and other DMM sections, to remove obsolete standards pertaining to postage refunds and stamp exchanges...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

Title Type Published
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
BATS Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
BATS Y-Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
C2 Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
International Securities Exchange, LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2013
this data will be retained but will be relocated to Submission and Feedback.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2013
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013
NYSE MKT LLC
Notice Mar 14, 2013
National Stock Exchange, Inc.
Notice Mar 14, 2013

State Department logo State Department

Restrictions on Assistance; Waivers:

Title Type Published
Central Government of Somalia
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits
Notice Mar 14, 2013
FRA is issuing Safety Advisory 2013-02 to alert railroads and other industry members about low-speed, wheel-climb derailments of certain passenger equipment designs having "stiff" suspension systems. These derailments have occurred when such equipmen...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
FMCSA promulgates the regulatory exemptions for the "transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies" and for "covered farm vehicles" and their drivers enacted by sections 32101(d) and 32934, respectively, of the Moving Ahead for Progres...
Rule Mar 14, 2013

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (ECD) EC 135 P1, P2, P2+, T1, T2, and T2+ helicopters equipped with a certain main transmission housing upper part. This proposed AD would require installing a...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Eurocopter France (Eurocopter) Model AS350 and AS355 helicopters. This proposed AD would require inspecting the tail rotor control stop screws to determine if they are correctly align...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013
We propose to supersede an existing airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to certain The Boeing Company Model MD-11 and MD-11F airplanes. The existing AD currently requires inspecting to determine if wires touch the upper surface of the center up...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Notice of Meeting. Pursuant to section 10(A) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the FAA Research, Engineering and Development (R,E&D) Advisory Committee.
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Proposed Amendments of Class E Airspace:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to amend Class E Airspace at Selmer, TN, as the Sibley Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) has been decommissioned and new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures have been developed at Robert Sibley Airport. This action would enhance t...
Proposed Rule Mar 14, 2013

Seaway Regulations and Rules:

Title Type Published
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Pra...
Rule Mar 14, 2013

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 14, 2013
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

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

Title Type Published
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), 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 a continuing information col...
Notice Mar 14, 2013

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War
Notice Mar 14, 2013

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