August 15, 2013 (Volume 78)

Federal Register August 15, 2013

View all documents issued on August 15, 2013. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

93 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on August 15, 2013

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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

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The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that we are reopening the comment period to request comments on the script for interviews of Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs), and on the survey instruments for insurance...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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The Ely Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SETS) on a proposal to authorize continued livestock grazing on National Forest System (NFS) lands within the boundaries admin...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
A Notice of Intent (NOI) was first published for this proposal in the Federal Register on December 27, 2010 (75 FR 81210). A corrected NOI was published in the Federal Register on March 13, 2012 (77 FR 14727). This corrected NOI is being published be...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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On June 14, 2013, NOAA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to revise the regulations for the boundary of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (78 FR 35776). This notice reopens the public comment period stated in that proposed rule...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

Meetings:

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The Bureau of the Census (U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice of a meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (C-SAC). The C-SAC will meet in a plenary session from September 19-20, 2013. The Committee will address policy, research, and tec...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Requests for Nominations:

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ONMS is seeking applications for vacant seats for 8 of its 13 national marine sanctuary advisory councils and for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Council (advisory councils). Vacant seats, including positions (...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Takes of Marine Mammals:

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NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to launching space launch vehicles, intercontinental ballistic and small missiles, aircraft and helicopter operations, and harbor activitie...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Workshops:

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The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Commodity Futures Trading Commission logo Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is adopting final regulations to implement enhanced risk management standards for systemically important derivatives clearing organizations that include increased financial resources r...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Consumer Product Safety Commission logo Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

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As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of a collection of information for the Publicly Availab...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled Peer Reviewer Application Instructions for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Publ...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:

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Authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1945, Lake Lewisville embankment construction began in December 1948 with completion in August 1955. The project includes an earthen embankment that is approximately 32,000 feet in length and has a m...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Exclusive Licenses:

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The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Ridgetop Group, Inc. located at 3580 West Ina Road, Tucson, AZ 85741, a revocable, nonassignable, partially exclusive license in the United States to practice for all fields of...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Combined Filings
Notice Aug 15, 2013

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

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A 60-day notice and request for comments was published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2013 (78 FR 34089). No comments were received in response to this Notice. This subsequent 30-day notice allows public comment on the final version of the inform...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Amendment of Petition For Temporary Waivers:

Commercial Certification Requirements for Commercial HVAC, WH, and Refrigeration Equipment:

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This notice announces the open meetings of the Commercial Heating, Ventilation, and Air-conditioning (HVAC), Water Heating (WH), and Refrigeration Certification Working Group (Commercial Certification Group). The purpose of the Commercial Certificati...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Filings:

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Ameren Corporation
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Meetings:

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This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
This notice announces a combined meeting of the Environmental Monitoring and Remediation Committee, Waste Management Committee, and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Ad Hoc Committee of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), N...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Petitions for Declaratory Orders:

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Williams Olefins Feedstock Pipelines, LLC
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Technical Conferences:

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is proposing to amend the Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to reference a standard practice recently made available by ASTM International, a widely recognized standards development organization. Specifically, EPA is proposing...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013
EPA is taking direct final action to amend the Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to reference a standard practice recently made available by ASTM International, a widely recognized standards development organization. Specifically,...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Disapprovals:

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EPA is correcting the preamble to the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 30, 2013. This final rule partially approved and partially disapproved a portion of Arizona's State Implementation Plan (SIP) to implement the regional haz...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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EPA is approving a State Implementation Plan revision submitted by the State of Wyoming. On December 21, 2012, the Governor of Wyoming's designee submitted to EPA revisions to Wyoming's Air Quality Standards and Regulations Chapter 8, Nonattainment A...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Fuels and Fuel Additives:

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Under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is required to set the renewable fuel percentage standards each November for the following year. Today's action sets the annual percentage standards for cellulosic biofuel...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Implementation Plans; Approval and Promulgations:

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EPA is proposing to approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Connecticut on December 1, 2004. Specifically, EPA is proposing to approve revisions to Connecticut's visible and particulate-matter (PM) emissions, recor...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

Meetings:

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There will be a 1-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review RNAi Technology as a Pesticide: Problem Formulation for Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment.
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a series of teleconference meetings of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council (NEEAC). The NEEAC was created by Congress to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Executive Office of the President logo Executive Office of the President

Defense and National Security:

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Global Signals Intelligence Collection and Communications Technologies; Review (Memorandum of August 12, 2013)
Presidential Document Aug 15, 2013

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Speech-to-Speech and Internet Protocol Speech-to-Speech Telecommunications Relay Services:

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In this document, the Commission amends telecommunications relay services (TRS) mandatory minimum standards applicable to Speech- to-Speech (STS) relay service. This action is necessary to ensure that persons with speech disabilities have access to r...
Rule Aug 15, 2013
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on possible actions to enhance the knowledge and use of Speech-to-Speech (STS) relay service by persons with speech disabilities. It has been estimated by consumer advocates that only one percent of pros...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

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Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations and Terminations
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Changes in Bank Control:

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Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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Early Termination of Waiting Period under the Premerger Notification Rules
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Charter Renewals:

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The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) has been rechartered.
Notice Aug 15, 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the charter for the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/ AIDS (PACHA; the Council) has been renewed.
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Cooperative Agreements:

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A natural re-emergence of smallpox is not deemed possible, but if it were to occur as a result of a terrorist or deliberate event, it would be a potentially devastating threat to public health worldwide and would constitute a public health emergency...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
A natural re-emergence of smallpox is not deemed possible, but if it were to occur as a result of a terrorist or deliberate event, it would be a potentially devastating threat to public health worldwide and would constitute a public health emergency...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Requests for Nominations:

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Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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

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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Application for E...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Safety Zones:

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The Coast Guard will enforce a segment of the Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, Calumet-Saganashkee Channel on all waters of the Chicago Sanitary and S...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Housing and Urban Development Department logo Housing and Urban Development Department

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On December 10, 2012, HUD published a final rule that amended the HUDAR to implement miscellaneous changes, which included, for example, removing obsolete and redundant provisions, updating provisions that address the organizational structure of HUD,...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Programs:

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On June 20, 2013, HUD published a final rule that amended regulations for the purpose of streamlining the requirements applicable to mixed finance developments in the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202) and the Section 811 Su...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue an appealable decision to convey certain lands to Oceanside Corporation. The decision approves the surface estate in the lands described below...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following application for a recovery permit to conduct activities with the purpose of enhancing the survival of an endangered species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the Florida leafwing (Anaea troglodyta floridalis) and Bartram's scrub-hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami) butterflies under the Endangered Species Act. In tot...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), propose to list the Florida leafwing (Anaea troglodyta floridalis) and Bartram's scrub-hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami) butterflies as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. If we finali...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final comprehensive conservation plan and finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment (Final CCP/ FONSI) for Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) i...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, Rulings, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 5) of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") granting Google, Inc.'s unopposed motion to intervene.
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination ("ID") (Order No. 11) of the presiding administrative law judge granting an amended motion to terminate the remaining respondent...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 in this investigation and has issued a limited exclusion order prohibiting respondents Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. of the Republic of Korea ("SE...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in its entirety a final initial determination ("ID") issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ"), finding no violation of section 337 of the Tar...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

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Judicial Conference of the United States

Meetings:

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The Advisory Committees on Rules of Bankruptcy and Civil Procedure have proposed amendments to the following rules and forms:
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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The fee to cover the average cost of incarceration for Federal inmates in Fiscal Year 2012 was $29,027.46 ($79.31 per day). (Please note: There were 366 days in FY 2012.) The average annual cost to confine an inmate in a Community Corrections Center...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

National Cooperative Research and Production Act; Disclosures:

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collection...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Mandatory Safety Standards:

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Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This notice is a summary of petitions for modification submitted to the Mine Safety...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 30 CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification. This Federal Register Notice notifies the public that MSHA has investigated and iss...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Meetings:

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Pursuant to Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2 Sec. 10), notice is hereby given to announce a public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 and Thursday, Septembe...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

M
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Aug 15, 2013

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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This notice is issued in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive license in the United States to practice the inventions described and claimed in U.S. Patent No. 7,790,7...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

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National Science Foundation

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public or other Feder...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this notice for use of, and to solicit public comment on the draft Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) COL-ISG-025 "Interim Staff Guidance on Changes During Construction." This ISG provides guidance to...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

License Termination Plans:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a notice that was published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2013 (78 FR 48203), that provided notice that the NRC staff will conduct a public meeting to discuss and accept public comment...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation logo Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans:

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This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe interest assumptions under the regulation for valuation dates in September 2013. The interest assumptio...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the modification of Global Plus 1C negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Surface Transportation Board logo Surface Transportation Board

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DOT, STB
The Surface Transportation Board (the Board) will hold a public hearing to explore further the issues surrounding the petition by The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) and the related comments filed in this proceeding.
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Public Hearings:

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The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a public hearing and seek public comment to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the preparation of its annual report to the Congress on China's complia...
Notice Aug 15, 2013
The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a public hearing and seek public comment to assist the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the preparation of its annual report to Congress on Russia's implementa...
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

No documents available.

Airport Property Releases:

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The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land, Lot <greek-i>2, at the Ottumwa Regional Airport, Ottumwa, Iowa, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
Notice Aug 15, 2013

Airworthiness Directives:

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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Hamilton Standard Division model 6/5500/F and 24PF and Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation model 14RF, 14SF, 247F, and 568F series propellers. This AD was prompted by the amount of corrosion detected...
Rule Aug 15, 2013
We are rescinding an airworthiness directive (AD) for PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES S.p.A. Model P-180 airplanes. The rescinded AD resulted from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Special Conditions:

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These special conditions are issued for the Embraer S.A. Model EMB-550 airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with multiple-place and single-place side-facing seats and the installation of airbag systems in the...
Rule Aug 15, 2013

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Notice Aug 15, 2013
This document contains final and temporary regulations that provide guidance to charitable hospital organizations regarding the requirement of a return to accompany payment of the excise tax, enacted as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable C...
Rule Aug 15, 2013
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing regulations requiring hospital organizations liable for the excise tax for failure to meet the community health needs assessment requirements for any taxab...
Proposed Rule Aug 15, 2013

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