April 25, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register April 25, 2013

View all documents issued on April 25, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

104 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 25, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
We are proposing to restructure our regulations governing the importation of plants for planting. In the proposed structure, restrictions on the importation of specific types of plants for planting would no longer be found in the regulations, but ins...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
This final rule permanently adopts changes to the manufacturing cost allowances and the butterfat yield factor used in Class III and Class IV product-price formulas applicable to all Federal milk marketing orders. These amendments were adopted by an...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

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

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on an extension of a currently approved information collection for the Minority Farm Register....
Notice Apr 25, 2013
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget, for an extension of and revision...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Assessment Rates:

Title Type Published
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.14 to $0.16 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges and grapefruit handled. The Commit...
Rule Apr 25, 2013
This rule increases the assessment rate established for the Citrus Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.0072 to $0.008 per \4/5\ bushel carton of citrus handled. The Committee locally administers...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Boise, Idaho. The RAC is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, (the Act) (Pub. L. 110-343) and operates in compliance with the Federa...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Reporting Requirements:

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that revised the reporting requirements prescribed under the marketing order for cranberries grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connec...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Temporary Suspension of Handling Regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that temporarily suspended the handling regulations and inspection requirements prescribed under the marketing order for apricots grown in designated C...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Endangered and Threatened Species:

Title Type Published
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received 15 scientific research permit application requests relating to Pacific salmon, sturgeon, and eulachon. The proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the Endangered Specie...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Fisheries Off West Coast States:

Title Type Published
NOAA Fisheries announces two inseason actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modified the commercial fisheries in the area from Cape Falcon, Oregon to Point Arena, California.
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

Title Type Published
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Greenland turbot in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2013 Greenland turbot initial total allowable c...
Rule Apr 25, 2013
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Greenland turbot in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2013 Greenland turbot initial total allowable catch (...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau logo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Electronic Fund Transfers:

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is publishing a final determination as to whether certain laws of Maine and Tennessee relating to unclaimed gift cards are inconsistent with and preempted by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Re...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
Notice.
Notice Apr 25, 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 an extension of an existing information collection.
Notice Apr 25, 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 Apr 25, 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 Apr 25, 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 Apr 25, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
This notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Commission). The notice also describes the functions of the Commission. Notice of the meeting is required b...
Notice Apr 25, 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. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection FERC Form...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Petitions:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air Quality Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) on June 7, 2012, concerning the State's vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) program in southeast Wisconsin....
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013

Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

Title Type Published
The EPA is approving State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Oregon on February 16, 2001, July 14, 2005, August 28, 2006, and May 20, 2008 that relate to open burning rules, enforcement procedures, civil penalties, and pro...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Time-Limited Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance:

Title Type Published
This regulation establishes a time-limited exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Bacillus mycoides isolate J in or on potato, when used in accordance with the terms of the section 18 emergency exemption. This action is in resp...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Farm Credit Administration logo Farm Credit Administration

Rules of Practice and Procedure:

Title Type Published
This regulation implements inflation adjustments to civil money penalties (CMPs) that the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) may impose pursuant to the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended (Farm Credit Act), and pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Auctions of Lower and Upper Paging Band Licenses:

Title Type Published
This document announces the procedures and minimum opening bids for the upcoming auction of licenses in the lower and upper paging bands (Auction 95). This document is intended to familiarize prospective applicants with the procedures and other requi...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Federal Housing Finance Agency logo Federal Housing Finance Agency

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is seeking public comments concerning a proposed information collection to be known as the "National Survey of Mortgage Borrowers" (...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013

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

Title Type Published
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Guidance for Industry and Staff; Availability:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled "Assay Migration Studies for In Vitro Diagnostic Devices." This guidance presents a least burdensome regulatory approach to gain FDA approval of Class III...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Center for Scientific Review
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Notice.
Notice Apr 25, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services published a notice in the Federal Register of April 11, 2013 to announce a meeting of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition that will be held on May 7, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking Expressions of Interest from laboratory accreditation bodies, which are International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Full Members and signatories to the ILAC mutual recognition arrangements...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Each year, the tariff-rate quota for tuna described in subheading 1604.14.22, HTSUS, is based on the apparent United States consumption of tuna in airtight containers during the preceding Calendar Year. This document sets forth the tariff-rate quota...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

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

Title Type Published
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 Apr 25, 2013

Provisions for Fees:

Title Type Published
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is removing specific fee amounts from regulations regarding security threat assessments (STAs) and credentialing for Hazardous Materials Endorsements (HMEs) and Transportation Worker Identification Cre...
Rule Apr 25, 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.
Notice Apr 25, 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.
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Title Type Published
In this Annual Notice of Review (ANOR) of foreign species, we present an updated list of plant and animal species foreign to the United States that we regard as candidates for addition to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants und...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to designate critical habitat for the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, the northern distinct population segment (DPS) (populations that occur north of the Tehachapi Mountains) of the mountain yellow-le...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog and the northern distinct population segment (DPS) (populations that occur north of the Tehachapi Mountains) of the mountain yellow-legged frog as endangered...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013

Inventory Completions:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on March 15, 2011. This notice corrects t...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central California Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicat...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
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) Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales:

Title Type Published
BOEM announces the availability of the Proposed NOS for proposed WPA Sale 233. This Notice is published pursuant to 30 CFR 556.29(c) as a matter of information to the public. With regard to oil and gas leasing on the OCS, the Secretary of the Interio...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Permits:

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 Apr 25, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Countervailing Duty Orders; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of full reviews pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) (the Act) to determine whether revocation of the countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled steel produc...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Consent Decrees:

Title Type Published
Clean Air Act
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The purpose of this notice is to announce the meeting of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB). The CJIS APB is a federal advisory committee established pursuant to the Federal...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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

Title Type Published
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, "Occupational Safety and Health Administration Data Initiative," (ODI) to the Office...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

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Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a revision to Regulatory Guide (RG) 1.91, "Evaluations of Explosions Postulated to Occur at Nearby Facilities and on Transportation Routes Near Nuclear Power Plants." This regulatory guide descr...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing draft Japan Lessons-Learned Project Directorate Interim Staff Guidance (JLD- ISG), JLD-ISG-2013-01, "Guidance for Estimating Flooding Hazards due to Dam Failure." This draft JLD-ISG provides gui...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Evolutionary Power Reactor
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittees on Reliability and PRA
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Applications:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) under the Act.
Notice Apr 25, 2013
Notice of an application for an order under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act") for an exemption from section 15(a) of the Act and rule 18f-2 under the Act, as well as from certain disclosure requirements.
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Social Security Administration logo Social Security Administration

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013

State Department logo State Department

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition:

Title Type Published
On October 12, 2011, notice was published on page 63341 of the Federal Register (volume 76, number 197) of determinations made by the Department of State pertaining to the exhibition "The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times." The refer...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

Title Type Published
DOT, STB
On April 2, 2013, Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, L.L.C. (Ballard), a Class III rail carrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10902 to acquire the residual common carrier rights and obligations...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors Meeting.
Notice Apr 25, 2013
This action modifies VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) Federal airway V-595 in Oregon due to the scheduled decommissioning of the Portland, OR, VOR/DME navigation aid, which currently serves as an end point for the route.
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Acquisition and Operation Exemptions:

No documents available.

Airworthiness Directives:

Title Type Published
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for AgustaWestland S.p.A. (AgustaWestland) Model A119 and AW119 MKII helicopters to require inspecting the pilot and co-pilot doors to ensure that the windows are properly bonded within the doors...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
We propose to supersede an existing revised airworthiness directive (AD) for all Bell Model 204B and certain serial-numbered Model 205A-1 helicopters with a certain tail rotor pitch control chain (chain) installed. The existing AD requires visually i...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) Model 525 airplanes equipped with certain part number (P/N) air conditioning (A/C) compressor motors. This AD was prompted by reports of smoke and/or fire...
Rule Apr 25, 2013
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Tracor (Convair) Model 340 and 440 airplanes and certain Military Model C-131B, C-131D, C-131E, and C131F/R4Y-1 airplanes. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the lower skin of the...
Rule Apr 25, 2013
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Model R22, R22 Alpha, R22 Beta, and R22 Mariner helicopters with certain fuel shut-off valves installed. This proposed AD would require replacing the fuel shut-off valve with a newer design f...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
We are revising the proposals in an earlier notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for certain Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) Model S-61A, D, E, L, N, NM (serial number 61454), R, and V; Croman Corporation Model SH-3H, Carson Helicopters, Inc...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 737-900 and -900ER series airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of early fatigue cracks at chem-mill areas on the crown skin panels. This AD requires repetit...
Rule Apr 25, 2013

Petitions for Decision of Eligibility for Importation:

Title Type Published
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that nonconforming 2005-2007 BMW 5 Series passenger cars manufactured before September 1, 2006 that were not originally manufac...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
This document announces receipt by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a petition for a decision that 2011 Thule 3008BL boat trailers that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Property:

Title Type Published
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is removing the name of 1 individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011, "Blocking Property of Certain Persons w...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Financial Institutions of Primary Money Laundering Concern:

Title Type Published
This document provides notice that the Director of FinCEN found on April 22, 2013, that Halawi Exchange Co. ("Halawi Exchange") is a financial institution operating outside the United States that is of primary money laundering concern.
Notice Apr 25, 2013
This document provides notice that the Director of FinCEN found on April 22, 2013, that reasonable grounds exist for concluding that Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For Exchange ("Rmeiti Exchange") is a financial institution operating outside the United States t...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Recordkeeping and Reporting Obligations on Certain U.S. Financial Institutions of Primary Money Laundering Concern:

Title Type Published
The Director of FinCEN found on April 22, 2013, that Halawi Exchange Co. ("Halawi Exchange") is a financial institution operating outside the United States that is of primary money laundering concern. The Director of FinCEN is issuing an order imposi...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
The Director of FinCEN found on April 22, 2013 that Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For Exchange ("Rmeiti Exchange") is a financial institution operating outside the United States that is of primary money laundering concern. The Director of FinCEN is issuing an...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

Special Measures Against Financial Institutions of Primary Money Laundering Concern:

Title Type Published
In a finding, notice of which is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Director of FinCEN found that Halawi Exchange Co. ("Halawi Exchange") is a financial institution operating outside of the United States that is of primary...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013
In a finding, notice of which is published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, the Director of FinCEN found that Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For Exchange ("Rmeiti Exchange") is a financial institution operating outside of the United States that...
Proposed Rule Apr 25, 2013

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

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

Title Type Published
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal a...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
The Office of Human Resources and Administration (HRA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Apr 25, 2013
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal a...
Notice Apr 25, 2013

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