July 28, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve the information collection listed below. This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2010, pages 27789-27790, and allowed 60 days for public comment. One comment was received on 6/25/2010. The public respondent requested that eligibility for this program be offered to American citizens only. As stated in A.1., Justification, of the Supporting Statement A, applicants for this program must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States who have been awarded a terminal degree, or who have been certified by a university as meeting all the requirements leading to a doctorate may be hired as PRAT Fellows. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet economy. The Department seeks comments from all stakeholders, including the commercial, academic and civil society sectors, on measures to improve cybersecurity while sustaining innovation. Preserving innovation, as well as private sector and consumer confidence in the security of the Internet economy, are important for promoting economic prosperity and social well-being overall. In particular, the Department seeks to develop an up-to-date understanding of the current public policy and operational challenges affecting cybersecurity, as those challenges may shape the future direction of the Internet and its commercial use, both domestically and globally. After analyzing comments on this Notice, the Department intends to issue a report that will contribute to the Administration's domestic and international policies and activities in advancing both cybersecurity and the Internet economy.

This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive patent license to practice the invention embodied in U.S. Patent Application No. 60/336,394, filed on October 22, 2001 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-US-01); PCT Application No. PCT/US02/033875, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-PCT-02); U.S. Patent Application No. 10/279,129, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E- 064-2004/0-US-03); Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-537565, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-JP-04); Mexican Patent No. 250445, filed on October 22, 2002 and granted on October 16, 2007 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-MX-05); Polish Patent Application No. P- 374301, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-PL-6); Canadian Patent Application No. 2464277, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-CA-07); European Patent Application No. 02793811.7, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-EP- 08); U.S. Patent No. 7,183,254, filed on July 18, 2003 and granted on 2/27/2007 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-US-09); U.S. Patent Application No. 11/606,805, filed on October 29, 2006 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0- US-10); Mexican Patent Application No. 2007/006095, filed on May 14, 2007 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-MX-11); Australian Patent Application No. 2002359288, filed on October 22, 2002 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0- AU-12); Hong Kong Patent Application No. 4106574.7, filed on September 1, 2004 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-HK-13); European Patent Application No. 10165256.8, filed on June 8, 2010 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-EP- 14); and Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-137501, filed on June 16, 2010 (HHS Ref. No. E-064-2004/0-JP-15), all entitled ``Use of Leptin for Treating Human Lipoatrophy and Method of Determining Predisposition to Said Treatment'', to Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., having a place of business in San Diego, California, U.S.A. The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United States of America, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and Amgen, Inc.

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Research Set-Aside Committee (RSA), its Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee, its Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish (SMB) Committee, and its Executive Committee will hold public meetings.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is extending the comment period on its notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluating the environmental impacts of funding a combination of hazardous fuel reduction projects within the East Bay Hills area in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by Port of Portland for Portland International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements.

The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of Joint RTCA Special Committee 213: EUROCAE WG-79: Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems (EFVS/SVS).

This order revokes a withdrawal created by a Public Law insofar as it affects a 5-acre parcel of land reserved on behalf of the United States Air Force in Owyhee County, Idaho for the Juniper Butte Range. This order also opens the land to all forms of appropriation under the general land laws, including the mining, mineral, and geothermal leasing laws.

In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice (NIJ) will make available to the general public the draft ``NIJ Criminal Justice Restraints Selection and Application Guide.'' The opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to industry technical representatives, criminal justice agencies and organizations, research, development and scientific communities, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft documents under consideration are directed to the following Web site: https:// www.justnet.org.

The Board adopts its 2010 User-Fee Update and revises its fee schedule to reflect increased costs associated with the January 2010 government salary increases, to reflect government fringe benefits, and to consider changes to the Board's overhead costs.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings, August 16-19, 2010.

After carefully weighing the operational and environmental consequences of the Proposed Action, the Department of Defense (DoD) Representative Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau (DoD REP), announces his decision to support and conduct current, emerging, and future military training and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) activities in the Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC), while enhancing training resources through investment in the MIRC. These training and RDT&E activities are conducted by the Department of the Navy (DoN), the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, Guam National Guard, the United States Coast Guard and other users based and deployed in the Western Pacific. The DoN is the Executive Agent for management of the MIRC.

Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) receives documentation that the community has adopted the required floodplain management measures prior to the effective suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will not occur and a notice of this will be provided by publication in the Federal Register on a subsequent date.