December 9, 2014 (Volume 79)

Federal Register December 9, 2014

View all documents issued on December 9, 2014. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

114 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on December 9, 2014

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Designations to Provide Official Services:

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Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

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

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The Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the new information collection, Good Neighbor Agreements with State Cooperators.
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Designations to Provide Official Services:

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GIPSA is announcing the designation of Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen); Central Illinois Grain Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois); Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc. (Hastings); John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea); Missouri Department of Ag...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California:

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The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the California Date Administrative Committee (committee) for the 2014-15 and subsequent crop years f...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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

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The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Department of Commerce, 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 collections, a...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

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In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico.\1\ This administrative revi...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order (CVD) order on certain kitchen appliance shelving and racks (kitchen racks) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would be likely to lead to contin...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Melamine from the People's Republic of China and Trinidad and Tobago
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico.\1\ The review covers two producers/ exporters of the subject merchandise, GD Affili...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:

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Melamine from the People's Republic of China and Trinidad and Tobago; Investigations
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Endangered and Threatened Species:

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On December 3, 2014, we, NMFS, published in the Federal Register a proposal to designate critical habitat for the Arctic subspecies (Phoca hispida hispida) of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Due to a clerical e...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014

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

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NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for the commercial porgy complex in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. In the South Atlantic, the porgy complex includes jolthead porgy, knobbed porgy, whitebone porgy, scup, an...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:

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NMFS publishes individual fishing quota (IFQ) standard prices and fee percentage for the IFQ cost recovery program in the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. The fee percentage for 2014 is 2.6%. This action is intended to provide ho...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at the Uni...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Defense Department logo Defense Department

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Defense Media Activity announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Charter Renewals:

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The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the charter for the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council ("the Council").
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Education Department logo Education Department

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

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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 Dec 09, 2014

Energy Department logo Energy Department

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Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Combined Filings
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Complaints:

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Exelon Corporation and Calpine Cooperation v. ISO New England Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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Salem Lateral Project; Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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

License Transfer Applications:

Rate Orders:

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Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing adjustments to the Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) Firm Power Rate and the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates. The SLCA/IP consist...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Requests under Blanket Authorizations:

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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA is announcing its receipt of test data submitted pursuant to test rules issued by EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As required by TSCA, this document identifies each chemical substance and/or mixture for which test data have bee...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine that the South Coast air quality planning area in California has attained the 1997 annual and 24-hour fine particle (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) National Ambient Air Quality Standards. This pr...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a November 14, 2011, request by Indiana to revise the state implementation plan (SIP) to update the open burning provisions in Title 326 of the Indiana Administrative Code (IAC), Article 4, Rule...
Rule Dec 09, 2014
On February 24, 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) submitted revisions to the limits found in its nitrogen oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>) combustion turbine rule for the Milwaukee-Racine area formerly nonattainment for the 1997 ozone...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Greenhouse Gas Reporting:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing revisions and confidentiality determinations for the petroleum and natural gas systems source category of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. In particular, the EPA is proposing to add calculat...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014

Redesignation Requests and Maintenance Plans for PM2.5:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve, as a revision of the California state implementation plan (SIP), the State's request to redesignate the Yuba City-Marysville nonattainment area to attainment for the 2006 24...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Renewable Fuel Standard Program:

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that it will not be finalizing 2014 applicable percentage standards under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program before the end of 2014. In light of this delay in issuing the 2014 RFS standar...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014

Requests for Waivers from Testing:

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EPA denied a request from Nation Ford Chemical (NFC) for a waiver from testing chloranil (2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene- 1,4-dione). Regulations issued by EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) require that specified chemical subs...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Reissuance of a Petition for Exemption :

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Notice is hereby given that a reissuance of an exemption to the land disposal Restrictions, under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, has been denied to Pergan Marshall, LLC for two Class I inj...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

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In this document, the Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on the "Roadmap for Improving E911 Location Accuracy" (Roadmap), filed in the E911 location accuracy proceeding by the Association of Public-Safety C...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014
In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for filing comments and reply comments in response to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on use of spectrum bands above 24 GHz for mobile radio services. This proceeding will allow parties to more thorou...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a revision of a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An ag...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Federal Election Commission logo Federal Election Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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 Dec 09, 2014

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

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The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA"). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend for...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

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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 an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Off...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has taken final action in the following case: Kaushik Deb, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia: Based upon the evidence and findings of an investigation report by the University of...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded researc...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a document entitled "Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Data on Tobacco Products and Communications"...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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

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Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Charter Renewals:

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Board of Regents, National Library of Medicine
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Guidance:

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft document entitled "Bacterial Detection Testing by Blood Collection Establishments and Transfusion Services to Enhance the Safety and Availability of Platelets for Transf...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Drug Supply Chain Security Act Implementation: Annual Reporting by Prescription Drug Wholesale Distributors and Third-Party Logistics Pro...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "General Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for Pediatric Studies for Drugs and Biological Products." The draft guidance is intended to...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for a notice of availability of draft guidance for industry (GFI #227) entitled "Two-Phased Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Technical Sections" that appeared in the Federal...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Prospective Grants of Start-Up Exclusive Evaluation Option License Agreements:

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This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404, that the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of a Start-Up Exclusive Evaluation Option License Agreement to BioInterv...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

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This document announces U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) plan to discontinue publication in the Federal Register of the cancellation of individual and corporate customs broker licenses and permits under section 111.51 of title 19 of the C...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently approved collection of information. In accordanc...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
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 Dec 09, 2014
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 Dec 09, 2014
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Redu...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwor...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
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 Dec 09, 2014
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 Dec 09, 2014

Drawbridge Operations:

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The Coast Guard has issued a temporary deviation from the operating schedule that governs the Illinois Central Railroad Drawbridge, across the Upper Mississippi River, mile 579.9, at Dubuque, Iowa. The deviation is necessary to allow the bridge owner...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Interior Department logo Interior Department

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We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the information collection request (ICR) described below. The extension includes no changes to forms or instructions. To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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

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In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for the Bureau of Indian Education Adu...
Notice Dec 09, 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), notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Grande Natural Area Comm...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications and Rulings, etc.:

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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a limited exclusion order against certain archery products and related marketing materials of Ningbo Topoint Outdoor Sports Co., Ltd. ("Ningbo Topoint"). The investigation...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:

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1,1,1,2Tetrafluoroethane from China
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Justice Department logo Justice Department

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Proposed Consent Decrees
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investigation, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Re...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Labor Department logo Labor Department

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is revising the regulations implementing Executive Order (EO) 11246, as amended, in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 13672, "Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Charter Renewals:

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Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Meetings:

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Pursuant to Section 10 (a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (Public Law 92-463), as amended, and Section 166 (h)(4) of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) [29 U.S.C. 2911(h)(4)], notice is hereby given of the next meeting of the Native...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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National Science Foundation

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Exemptions and Combined License Amendments:

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption to allow a departure from the certification information of Tier 1 of the generic design control document (DCD) and issuing License Amendment No. 19 to Combined Licenses (COL), NPF-...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Facility Operating and Combined Licenses:

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Pursuant to Section 189a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued,...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Prevailing Rate Systems:

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a proposed rule that would abolish the Portland, ME, appropriated fund Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and redefine Androscoggin, Cumberland, and Sagadahoc Counties, ME, to the Portsmouth,...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014

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Postal Regulatory Commission

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The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing concerning the addition of Priority Mail Contract 102 negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Postal Service logo Postal Service

Product Changes:

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The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

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Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2014
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2014
ICE Clear Europe Limited
Notice Dec 09, 2014
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 09, 2014
The Options Clearing Corp.
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

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The FAA is issuing a Final Supplemental Regulatory Impact Analysis (Final SRIA) of its final rule that amended its existing flight, duty and rest regulations applicable to certain certificate holders and their flightcrew members. A copy of the Final...
Rule Dec 09, 2014
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publicati...
Notice Dec 09, 2014
This document sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B). The petition, which was submitted by US SPECS of Havre de Grace, Maryland, a reg...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Airworthiness Directives:

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We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model MD-90-30 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of cracks emanating from the aft-most barrel nut holes of the left and right upper rear spar caps of the horizonta...
Rule Dec 09, 2014

Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

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This Notice announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the America's Marine Highway Program, which designates criteria, eligibility requirements, and information for applicants seeking to establish services on a "s...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Establishment of Class E Airspace:

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This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at the Tucumcari VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range Tactical Air Navigation Aid (VORTAC), Tucumcari, NM, to facilitate vectoring of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aircraft under control of Albuquerque A...
Proposed Rule Dec 09, 2014

Funding Availability:

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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the availability of approximately $5 million in funding provided by the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program (Tribal Transit Program (TTP)), as authorized by 49 U.S.C. Section 5311(j)...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Intents to Dispose of Aeronautical Properties:

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The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public comment on a request by the City of Concord, North Carolina, owner of the Concord Regional Airport, to release for disposal a portion of airport property at the Concord Regional Airport. The re...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Requests to Release Airport Property:

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The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21).
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

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List of Countries Requiring Cooperation with an International Boycott
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Guidance:

Title Type Published
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing Guidance Relating to the Provision of Certain Temporary Sanctions Relief in Order to Implement the Joint Plan Of Action (JPOA) Reached on November 24, 2014, betwee...
Notice Dec 09, 2014

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Meetings:

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National Academic Affiliations Council
Notice Dec 09, 2014

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