June 21, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

DoD is issuing an interim rule to implement section 828 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Section 828 authorizes the Secretary of Defense to enter into a contract for a period not to exceed 10 years for the purchase of electricity from sources of renewable energy.

DoD is issuing a technical amendment to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to change a DoD Directive number for DoD Directive 8570.01 Information Assurance Training, Certification, and Workforce Management, certified current as of April 23, 2007.

Under the provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Trident Oil & Gas LLC for competitive oil and gas lease WYW175014 for land in Niobrara County, Wyoming. The petition was timely filed and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tuscarora Field Office, Elko, Nevada intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Arturo Mine Project (Project) and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.

A Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act application for lease and/or conveyance of approximately 807.5 acres of public land in Elko County, Nevada, has been filed with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) by the City of Elko (City). The City proposes to use the land for a waste water reclamation facility. The BLM proposes to classify the lands as suitable for lease and/or conveyance, as specified below.

The Bureau of Land Management published a Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Staff Assessment (SA) and Possible Amendment to the California Desert Conservation Area Plan for the Calico Solar Project, San Bernardino County, California in the Federal Register on April 19, 2010 (75 FR 20376). Today's Federal Register notice provides information inadvertently omitted on how the public can submit comments.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for three members to the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (Board). The Board provides advice concerning the management, protection, and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros on the public lands administered by the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of Agriculture, through the Forest Service. The BLM is changing the makeup of the Board by replacing one of the two livestock positions with an additional public interest position.

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information collection as described below.

Under the provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement from Medallion Exploration for competitive oil and gas lease WYW146295 for land in Sheridan County, Wyoming. The petition was timely filed and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the lease terminated under the law.

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

This notice announces meetings of the International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) to start preparations for the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the 2011 ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) World Radiocommunication Conference Preparatory Meeting.

Under the Class II provisions of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) received a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases TXNM 107307 and TXNM 107313 from the lessee, Southern Bay Energy, LLC, for lands in Burleson and Washington Counties, Texas. The petition was filed on time and was accompanied by all the rentals due since the date the leases terminated under the law.

The Federal Reserve Board will conduct four public hearings on potential revisions to the Board's Regulation C, which implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). HMDA requires mortgage lenders to provide detailed information about their mortgage lending activity to federal agencies and the public. Consumers, consumer advocacy organizations, mortgage lenders, and other interested parties will be invited to participate in the hearings. The Board also invites members of the public to attend the hearings and to comment on the issues that will be the focus of the hearings. Additional information about the hearings will be posted to the Board's Web site at https:// www.federalreserve.gov.

In this action, under the Clean Air Act, we are: Approving into the State Implementation Plan (SIP) certain regulation revisions within Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 3745-21 (Carbon Monoxide, Photochemically Reactive Materials, Hydrocarbons, and related Materials Standards) which have been adopted by the State; recognizing various emission control exemptions that have been granted for miscellaneous metal coating operations under OAC 3745-21-09(U)(2)(f); and taking no action on certain regulation revisions. We proposed to take these actions in a document published on January 22, 2010, and received no comments.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the following public information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person is required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Tennessee (FEMA-1909-DR), dated 05/04/2010.

The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Salt Lake City, Utah. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Secure Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose is to hold the first meeting of the newly formed committee.

The Defense Science Board 2010 Summer Study on Enhancing Adaptability of our Military Forces will meet in closed session from August 2-13, 2010, in Lexington and Dedham, MA.

This notice announces an open meeting of the Disposal Subcommittee. The Disposal Subcommittee is a subcommittee of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (the Commission). The establishment of subcommittees is authorized in the Commission's charter. The Commission was organized pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice is provided in accordance with the Act.