Federal Register February 20, 2014
View all documents issued on February 20, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.
77 documents were published on this date.
Agencies Publishing on February 20, 2014
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Agriculture Department
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Broadcasting Board of Governors
(1)
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Commerce Department
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Energy Department
(10)
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Environmental Protection Agency
(3)
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Executive Office of the President
(1)
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Farm Credit Administration
(1)
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Federal Communications Commission
(2)
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(1)
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Federal Election Commission
(1)
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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
(1)
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Federal Maritime Commission
(1)
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Federal Reserve System
(2)
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Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
(1)
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Health and Human Services Department
(6)
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Interior Department
(12)
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International Trade Commission
(1)
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Justice Department
(6)
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Labor Department
(1)
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Legal Services Corporation
(1)
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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NNational Science Foundation (1)
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Postal Service
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Securities and Exchange Commission
(2)
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SSelective Service System (1)
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Social Security Administration
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State Department
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Surface Transportation Board
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Transportation Department
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Agriculture Department
Meetings:
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The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on February 27, 2014. The objective of...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Shasta County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Redding, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Fede...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Boise, Idaho. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal A...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Boise, Idaho. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal A...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Trinity County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in Weaverville, California. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110- 343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with th...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Broadcasting Board of Governors
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The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. The Board will vote on a consent agenda consisting of the minutes of the December 18, 2013 meeting and a resolution honoring the 10th anniversary of Alhu...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Commerce Department
Collective Trademarks and Service Marks, Collective Membership Marks, and Certification Marks:
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposes to amend the rules related to collective trademarks, collective service marks, and collective membership marks (together "collective marks"), and certification marks to clarify applicat...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
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NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 95 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). These regulations modify halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) management in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) by establishing halibu...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Meetings:
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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting via webinar to peer review an assessment of the South Atlantic Wreckfish stock.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Rules of Practce; Identification of Attributable Owner:
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) published a notice on January 24, 2014, proposing changes to the rules of practice to require that the attributable owner, including the ultimate parent entity, be identified during the pendency...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Energy Department
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Combined Filings
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Applications:
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FFP Missouri 12, LLC
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Energy Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment:
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is initiating a rulemaking and data collection process to consider amendments to DOE's test procedure for commercial packaged boilers. This rulemaking is intended to fulfill DOE's statutory obligation to review its...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Energy Conservation for Certain Industrial Equipment:
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to revise its existing regulations for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers regarding the use of methods other than testing for certifying compliance and reporting ratings in accordance with energy conserv...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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Proposed Constitution Pipeline and Wright Interconnect Projects; Constitution Pipeline Co., LLC, Iroquois Gas Transmission System, LP
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorization:
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Seminole Retail Energy Services, LLC
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Singer Energy Group, LLC
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Preliminary Permit Applications:
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FFP Project 1, LLC
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Terminations of Licenses (Minor Project) by Implied Surrender:
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Daniel Nelson Evans, Jr.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Environmental Protection Agency
Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:
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On March 11, 2013 the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) submitted a revised plan for particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to ten micrometers (PM<INF>10</INF>) for Northern Ada County for the PM<INF>10</INF...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This revision will implement low sulfur fuel oil provisions that will reduce the amount of sul...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Requests for Nominations:
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointments to fill vacancies on the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (the Board or EFAB). The Board seeks to maintain div...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Executive Office of the President
Government Agencies and Employees:
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Contractors, Minimum Wage; Establishment (EO 13658)
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Presidential Document | Feb 20, 2014 |
Farm Credit Administration
Standards of Conduct:
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The Farm Credit Administration (FCA, we, or our) proposes to amend its regulations governing standards of conduct of directors, employees, and agents of Farm Credit System (System) institutions, excluding the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Communications Commission
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In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Third Report and Order; An Inquiry Into the Commission's...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal ag...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Election Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
Appraisal Subcommittee Rules of Operation:
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The Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council is amending the following section: Section 3.06(e) of the Rules of Operation, which addresses the scheduling of regular meetings of the ASC. As amended, the AS...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Maritime Commission
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Reserve System
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is proposing to amend its Identity Theft Red Flags rule, which implements section 615(e) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 (Clarificati...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is proposing to repeal its Regulation DD, 12 CFR part 230, which was issued to implement the Truth in Saving Act (TISA). Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Health and Human Services Department
Meetings:
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The Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee (DMICC) will hold a meeting on March 12, 2014 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Natcher Conference Center (Building 45) Conference Room E1/E2, on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD. The topic for this...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Pursuant to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public Law 110-134, notice is hereby given of four 1-day Tribal Consultation Sessions to be held between the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children a...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
New Drug and Abbreviated New Drug Applications:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing approval of 13 new drug applications (NDAs) and 7 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for products containing phenylpropanolamine. The basis for the withdrawals is that the products are no l...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Physical Medicine Devices:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to reclassify the shortwave diathermy (SWD) for all other uses, a preamendments class III device, into class II (special controls), and to rename the device "nonthermal shortwave therapy (SWT)." FDA...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is withdrawing the proposed rule the Agency issued in the Federal Register of July 6, 2012. In that document, FDA proposed to require the filing of a premarket approval application (PMA) or a notice of completio...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Requests for Information:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is establishing a public docket to receive information and comments on standards for the interoperable exchange of information associated with transactions involving human prescription drugs in a finished dosage...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Interior Department
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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 (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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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 (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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This notice lists programs or portions of programs that are eligible for inclusion in Fiscal Year 2014 funding agreements with self-governance Indian tribes and lists programmatic targets for each of the non-Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) bureaus in...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for the "Financial Assistance and S...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Open and Nondiscrimin...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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We, the Department of the Interior (Department) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the record of decision (ROD) for the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed land exchange/road corridor...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as lead agency, in cooperation with the Campo Band of Mission Indians (Campo Band), Campo Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), intends...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Meetings:
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In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coos Bay District Resource Advisory Committee will meet...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The Bureau of Land Management, Oregon/Washington, published a document in the Federal Register on February 6, 2014, regarding a public meeting of the Coos Bay Resource Advisory Council which was scheduled for March 13, 2014. The meeting has been canc...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public meeting and teleconference of the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group (TAMWG). The TAMWG is a Federal advisory committee that affords stakeholders the opportunity to give policy, managem...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Plats of Surveys:
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The plats of survey of lands described below are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management California State Office, Sacramento, California, thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this publication.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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The plats of survey of the following described lands are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office, Portland, Oregon, 30 days from the date of this publication.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
International Trade Commission
Investigations; Terminations, Modifications and Rulings:
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("the Commission") has determined to review in part the final initial determination ("ID") issued by the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ") on December 13, 2013.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Justice Department
Membership Changes under National Cooperative Research and Production Act:
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Cooperative Research Group on Numerical Propulsion System Simulation
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Odva, Inc.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Petroleum Environmental Research Forum
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Petroleum Environmental Research Forum Project 201106
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Telemanagement Forum
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Labor Department
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
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OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements contained in the regulation on Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illne...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Legal Services Corporation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Organizations, Procedures and Availabilities of Information:
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National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities > NEA, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, FCAH
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) are amending their joint Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations, to remove any reference to the...
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Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
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National Science Foundation
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Meetings; Sunshine Act
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Postal Service
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This notice sets forth changes in rates of general applicability for a competitive product.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
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International Securities Exchange, LLC
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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Selective Service System
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Notice.
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Social Security Administration
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We propose to clarify our regulations to require you to inform us about or submit all evidence known to you that relates to your disability claim, subject to two exceptions for certain privileged communications. This requirement would include the dut...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
State Department
Applications for Presidential Permits to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities on the Border of the United States and Canada:
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Notice is hereby given that on December 20, 2013, the Department of State (DOS) received from Plains Pipeline, L.P. ("Plains Pipeline") notice that it has acquired the rights to operate and maintain a portion of the Poplar Pipeline (formerly the Wasc...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Meetings:
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Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
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U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Surface Transportation Board
Trackage Rights Exemptions; Discontinuances:
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Illinois Central Railroad Co.; Madison, Yazoo, Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Tallahatchie, Panola, Tate, and Desoto Counties, MS
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Transportation Department
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FMCSA proposes to establish the Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse), a database under the Agency's administration that will contain controlled substances (drug) and alcohol test result information for the holder...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
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This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Bucks County, PA, and Mercer County, NJ. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Airworthiness Directives:
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We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain GROB-WERKE Models G115EG and G120A airplanes. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another countr...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Badging:
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NHTSA is proposing to require badges, labels and owner's manual information for new passenger cars, low speed vehicles (LSVs) and light-duty trucks rated at not more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight in order to increase consumer awareness regar...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 20, 2014 |
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
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This notice announces that Federal actions taken by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) pursuant to its assigned responsibilities under 23 U.S.C. 327 are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139 (l)(1). FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans...
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Notice | Feb 20, 2014 |
Trackage Rights Exemptions; Discontinuances:
No documents available.
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