March 19, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register March 19, 2013

View all documents issued on March 19, 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 19, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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USDA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 25, 2012, which would have added reporting for pork (fresh, chilled, or frozen muscle cuts/whether or not boxed) and distillers dried grain (DDG) to the Export Sales Reporting Requirement...
Rule Mar 19, 2013
USDA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 25, 2012, which would have mandated that weekly reporting for pork (fresh, chilled, or frozen muscle cuts/whether or not boxed) and distillers dried grain (DDG) be added to the Export Sal...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013
The Rio Grande National Forest is proposing to add a cabin for rent to the public for a $50 fee for the overnight rental. It was recently renovated and has public interest in utilizing the facility. Rentals of other cabins on the Rio Grande National...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending the system of records currently listed under "COMMERCE/ PAT-TM-5 Non-Registered Persons Rendering Assistance...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending the system of records currently listed under "COMMERCE/ PAT-TM-2 Complaints, Investigations and Disciplinary...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending the system of records currently listed under "COMMERCE/ PAT-TM-1 Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending the system of records currently listed under "COMMERCE/ PAT-TM-20 Customer Call Center, Assistance and Satis...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending the system of records currently listed under "COMMERCE/ PAT-TM-14 Users of Public Facilities of the Patent a...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders:

Title Type Published
As a result of the determinations by the International Trade Commission (the "ITC") that revocation of the antidumping duty ("AD") orders on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products ("CORE") from Germany and the Republic of Korea ("Korea") and...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic:

Title Type Published
NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) to close the hook-and-line component of the commercial sector for king mackerel in the southern Florida west coast subzone. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) king mackerel re...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) announces that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for extension of approval of a...
Notice Mar 19, 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 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of an existing information collection.
Notice Mar 19, 2013
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.
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a new information collection.
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information collection, FERC-730 (Report of Transmission Investment A...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Applications:

Title Type Published
Equitrans, LP
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Equitrans, LP, Equitable Gas Co., LLC
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Fall Creek Hydro, LLC, Oregon
Notice Mar 19, 2013

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

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Alaska Energy Authority Dispute Resolution Panel
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
On September 28, 2012, EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register approving Georgia State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions, submitted through the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), related to reasonably available control t...
Rule Mar 19, 2013
On February 5, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a source-specific federal implementation plan (FIP) requiring the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), located on the Navajo Nation, to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013
EPA is approving the request by Ohio to revise the Cleveland- Akron-Lorain and the Columbus, Ohio 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance air quality State Implementation Plans (SIPs) under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to replace the previously approved motor vehic...
Rule Mar 19, 2013
EPA is proposing to approve the request by Ohio to revise the Cleveland-Akron-Lorain and Columbus, Ohio, 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance air quality State Implementation Plans (SIPs) under the Clean Air Act to replace the previously approved motor vehi...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013

Designations of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes:

Title Type Published
EPA is clarifying the description of the Imperial Valley planning area, an area designated as nonattainment for the national ambient air quality standard for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of a nominal 10 microns or less (PM<INF>10</...
Rule Mar 19, 2013
EPA is proposing to clarify the description of the Imperial Valley planning area, an area designated as nonattainment for the national ambient air quality standard for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of a nominal 10 microns or less (P...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013

State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The EPA is taking final action to approve revisions to Idaho's State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the Director of the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) on July 13, 2011, for approval into the Idaho SIP. The submitted revision...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Export-Import Bank logo Export-Import Bank

Title Type Published
This Notice is to inform the public, in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("Ex-Im Bank"), that Ex-Im Bank has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission amends its rules to change the name of the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) to Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). This is intended to conform the name used for the wireless alert system regulated under Commission r...
Rule Mar 19, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission extends the deadline for filing reply comments on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), in this proceeding, which was published in the Federal Register at 78 FR 1188, January 8, 2013. Reply comments are now d...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) addresses several issues related to changes made to high- cost universal service support for rate-of-return carriers in the USF/ ICC Transformation Order, including granting in part...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Commission announces the next meeting date, time, and agenda of the Open Internet Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee was established to track and evaluate the effects of the Commission's Open Internet rules, and to provide any recommen...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Radio Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Media Bureau grants a Counterproposal filed by Grenax Broadcasting II, LLC, for a new FM allotment on Channel 246C2 at Munds Park, Arizona, over a conflicting Petition for Rule Making and hybrid application filed by Univision Radio License Corpor...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Television Broadcasting Services:

Title Type Published
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association's (HRETA). HRETA requests the reallotment of its channel *16 to Norfolk, Virginia- Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and to modify...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC, 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 the renewal of an existing information collection, as required by the P...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently v...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

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

Title Type Published
The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the revised survey...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, which will be held in Washington, DC The Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations on a broad...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, announces plans to submit a new Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
This document makes changes to the notice published in the February 28, 2013 Federal Register entitled "Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, Office of Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability, Division of Acquisition; Pu...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing a public docket to obtain input on recommendations for regulations on good manufacturing practice for tobacco products that were submitted to FDA by a group of 13 tobacco companies (tobacco compa...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013

Medicare and Medicaid Programs:

Title Type Published
This rule adopts, with technical changes, the interim rule that published February 18, 2011. That interim rule revised the requirements that a long-term care (LTC) facility must meet in order to qualify to participate as a skilled nursing facility (S...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Mar 19, 2013
National Cancer Institute
Notice Mar 19, 2013
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Mar 19, 2013
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice Mar 19, 2013
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Mar 19, 2013
National Institute on Aging
Notice Mar 19, 2013
National Institute on Aging
Notice Mar 19, 2013
Office of the Director
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC) in a Federal Register Notice (71 FR 14930-14933) dated March 24, 2006, which identified the purpose of CIPAC, as...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Major Disaster Declarations:

Title Type Published
This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4101-DR), dated February 13, 2013, and related determinations.
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Special Local Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing special local regulations on the waters of St. Thomas Harbor in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands during the 2013 International Rolex Regatta, a series of sail boat races. The event is scheduled to take place on Friday,...
Rule Mar 19, 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. This su...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we (The U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR) for the extension of the currently approved paperwork re...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the opening of an information gathering period regarding the status of the fisher (Martes pennanti) throughout the range of its West Coast distinct population segment (DPS) in the United Stat...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix,...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications, Rulings, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to extend the target date for completion of the investigation until May 31, 2013. The Commission requests additional written submissions from the parties and from the...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Title Type Published
This notice solicits public comments on the Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction recently submitted to the Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe pursuant to the pr...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Membership Changes Under National Cooperative Research and Production Act:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Title I of WIA (Pub. L. 105-220) requires the U.S. Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to update and publish the LLSIL tables annually, for uses described in the law (including determining eligibility for youth). WIA defines the term "low income individua...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Benefit Rights and Experience Report," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and ap...
Notice Mar 19, 2013
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Investment Manager Electronic Registration," to t...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Funding Availabilities:

Title Type Published
The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), announces the availability of approximately $20 million in grant funds authorized by the Workforce Investment Act and the Second Chance Act of 2007 to serve adult offend...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

M
Management and Budget Office

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

Title Type Published
The theft of trade secrets from U.S. corporations can impact national security, undermine U.S. global competitiveness, diminish U.S. export prospects, and put American jobs at risk. Trade secrets play a crucial role in maintaining America's global co...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

N
National Science Foundation

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee for Geosciences
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Mar 19, 2013
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to establish security requirements for the use and transport of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. The NRC considers these quantities to be risk signi...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

Title Type Published
Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations
Notice Mar 19, 2013

License Amendment Request:

Title Type Published
In November 2012, URENCO USA submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a license amendment request. The existing license (No. SNM-2010) authorizes operation of a uranium enrichment facility in New Mexico. The facility produces enriche...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Proposed Internal Restructuring and Indirect Transfer of License:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register (FR) on March 5, 2013 (78 FR 14361), regarding the order approving the proposed internal restructuring and indirect transfer of license. This act...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board logo Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

Title Type Published
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Board) is giving public notice that it will submit a currently approved information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal. The public and affected federal agencies are...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Temporary Trackage Rights Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board revokes the class exemption as it pertains to the trackage rights described in Docket No. FD 35715 \1\ to permit the trackage rights to expire 24 months after the commencement date of the agreement, or the date that t...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

Title Type Published
This notice announces the availability of full 2012 calendar year import statistics relating to competitive need limitations (CNLs) under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
On December 4, 2012, the FAA published a final rule; request for comments (77 FR 71691) to make the existing regulation consistent with the FAA's intent and with the certification practice both before and after the adoption of the existing rule. The...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Class E Airspace; Amendments:

Title Type Published
This SNPRM would further modify Class E airspace at Eureka Airport, Eureka, NV. In a NPRM published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2012, the FAA proposed to create additional airspace at Eureka Airport to accommodate aircraft using Area Navi...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013

Class E Airspace; Establishments:

Title Type Published
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at the Tuba City VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range Tactical Air Navigational Aid (VORTAC), Tuba City, AZ to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Denver, Albu...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013

Noise Compatibility Program:

Title Type Published
The FAA announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the City of Cleveland, Ohio under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (formerly the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act") an...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications:

Title Type Published
FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 8 individuals for exemption from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. They are unable to meet the vision requirement in one eye for various reasons. The exemptions will e...
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Requests to Release Airport Properties:

Title Type Published
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at the Ankeny Regional Airport, Ankeny, Iowa, under the provisions of U.S.C.
Notice Mar 19, 2013

Temporary Trackage Rights Exemptions:

No documents available.

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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 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 19, 2013

Certain Outbound Property Transfers by Domestic Corporations:

Title Type Published
This document contains final and temporary regulations that apply to transfers of certain property by a domestic corporation to a foreign corporation in certain nonrecognition exchanges, or to distributions of stock of certain foreign corporations by...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

Indirect Stock Transfers and Coordination Rule Exceptions:

Title Type Published
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS and the Treasury Department are issuing temporary regulations that eliminate one of two exceptions to the coordination rule between asset transfers and indirect stock...
Proposed Rule Mar 19, 2013
This document contains final and temporary regulations. These regulations eliminate one of two exceptions to the coordination rule between asset transfers and indirect stock transfers for certain outbound asset reorganizations. The regulations also m...
Rule Mar 19, 2013

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