March 9, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in the navigable waters of the San Pablo Bay, CA for training purposes. This safety zone is established to ensure the safety of the public and participating crews from potential hazards associated with fast-moving Coast Guard smallboats taking part in the exercise. Unauthorized persons or vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or remaining in the safety zone without permission of the Captain of the Port San Francisco or his designated representative.

NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (< 18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the A season apportionment of the 2009 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod to be harvested.

Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Gloria Car, EPA, at (228) 688-2421 or car.gloria@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Gloria Car, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on March 25, 2009, during the public comment period for the external review draft document entitled, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)''. This listening session is a new step in EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on April 10, 2008, for development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The purpose of the listening session is to allow all interested parties to present scientific and technical comments on draft IRIS health assessments to EPA and other interested parties during the public comment period and prior to the external peer review meeting. EPA welcomes the scientific and technical comments that will be provided to the Agency by the listening session participants. The comments will be considered by the Agency as it revises the draft assessment in response to the independent external peer review and public comments. All presentations will become part of the official and public record. The EPA's draft assessment and peer review charge are available via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's (NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea.

Applicants request an order to permit certain registered open- end investment companies in the same group of investment companies to enter into a special servicing agreement (``Special Servicing Agreement'').

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for public assistance only for the state of Oklahoma (FEMA-1823-DR), dated 02/17/2009. Incident: Severe winter storm. Incident Period: 01/26/2009 through 01/28/2009. Effective Date: 03/03/2009. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/20/2009. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/17/2009.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Washington (FEMA- 1825-DR), dated 03/02/2009. Incident: Severe winter storm and record and near record snow. Incident Period: 12/12/2008 through 01/05/2009. Effective Date: 03/02/2009. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/01/2009. Economic Injury (Eidl) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/02/2009.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA- 1820-DR), dated 02/25/2009. Incident: Severe storms and tornadoes. Incident Period: 02/10/2009 through 02/11/2009. Effective Date: 02/25/2009. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/27/2009. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/25/2009.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Oregon. Incident: Severe Winter Storm, Flooding and Landslides. Incident Period: 01/01/2009 through 01/04/2009. Effective Date: 03/03/2009. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/04/2009. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/03/2009.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected costs and burden; it includes the actual data collection instruments.

Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes one collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval concerning vehicle safety features for consumer information purposes (OMB Control number 2127-0629).

This notice announces Federal Travel Regulation (FMR) Bulletin 09-04 which provides the 2008 Federal State, and Puerto Rico tax tables needed for calculating the relocation income tax (RIT) allowance. FTR Bulletin 09-04 and all other FTR Bulletins may be found at https:// www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletins. The tax tables may also be found at https:// www.gsa.gov/relo.

The Director, Office of Administration, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Conductor and Control Cable (Aluminum); Conductor and Control Cable (Copper); Truck Trailer; All terrain vehicles (ATV's), wheeled or tracked; Snowmobiles and parts; Off-road All terrain vehicles (ATV's), wheeled or tracked; Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing, dead end tees and connectors, guy strain and link assemblies, bolts, washers, turnbuckles, twisted clips, steel angle assemblies, yoke plates, compression T connectors, press dies, anchor shackles, Y clevis ball and Y clevis sockets, yoke plates, and grounding clamps. According to a request, no small business manufacturers supply these classes of products to the Federal government. If granted, the waiver would allow otherwise qualified nonmanufacturer to supply the products of any manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, or participants in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development Program.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.