October 5, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The United States Mint has revised the requirements to become an Authorized Purchaser of American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins. The revised qualification requirements are documented in the revised ``Procedures to Qualify for Bulk Purchase of Silver Bullion Coins.'' This document can be accessed at https://www.usmint.gov/ consumer/index.cfm?action=AmericanEagles. These changes apply to new applications effective immediately. Significant modifications include the addition of the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin\TM;\ Program to the Background section, clarifications to the ``Purpose'' section and ``Marketing Support'' section, and adjustments to the ``Experienced Market-Maker in Silver Bullion Coins'' section and ``Tangible Net Worth'' section. Changes to the accounting certification requirements and agreement terms and conditions are also incorporated. A new section has been added entitled ``Right to Temporarily Refrain from the Review of New Applications'' during periods in which the allocation of a bullion product is required. Other minor changes have been made that provide further clarifications to various production descriptions and/or the silver bullion coin program in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 5112(e)&(f).

The Bridger-Teton Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Cokeville, Wyoming. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the proposal to create additional tailings and waste rock disposal capacity and related infrastructure at the Greens Creek Mine on northern Admiralty Island on the Admiralty Island National Monument, Tongass National Forest. The proposed action provides for an expansion of the existing tailings facility area to the south for an increase of approximately 200 acres. This would include an increase of about 60 acres for tailings placement and an addition of approximately 140 acres for supporting infrastructure.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces its intention to accept and consider a single source application for a cooperative agreement to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The OIE is the intergovernmental organization responsible for improving animal health worldwide and is recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a reference for international sanitary rules, with 175 Member Countries and Territories. The purpose of this agreement is to continue outreach that began in fiscal year (FY) 2009 to expand capacity building to support OIE's services and activities that are needed to carry out OIE's Veterinary International Conference on Harmonization (VICH) Global Outreach to disseminate and implement VICH guidelines at the country level.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its intention to accept and consider a single source application to award a cooperative agreement to the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AGISAR) and in support of the WHO Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN) and to provide guidance to the WHO on a framework for the development of an international network to promote and enhance collaboration on harmonization and data sharing among countries with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) surveillance programs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published in the Federal Register of September 29, 2010, a document amending its adjudication regulations concerning presumptive service connection for certain diseases. In the regulatory text of that document, VA inadvertently omitted a comma following the word ``etiology'' in the first sentence of Sec. 3.317(a)(2)(ii). This document corrects that omission.

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. Today, the Office of Thrift Supervision within the Department of the Treasury solicits comments on proposed changes to the Thrift Financial Report (TFR), Schedule SCConsolidated Statement of Condition, Schedule SOConsolidated Statement of Operations, Schedule VAConsolidated Valuation Allowances and Related Data, Schedule PDConsolidated Past Due and Nonaccrual, Schedule LDLoan Data, Schedule CCConsolidated Commitments and Contingencies, Schedule CFConsolidated Cash Flow Information, Schedule DIConsolidated Deposit Information, Schedule SIConsolidated Supplemental Information, Schedule FSFiduciary and Related Services, and Schedule CCRConsolidated Capital Requirement, and on a proposed new Schedule VIEVariable Interest Entities. The changes are proposed to become effective in March 2011. At the end of the comment period, OTS will analyze the comments and recommendations received to determine if it should modify the proposed revisions prior to giving its final approval. OTS will then submit the revisions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

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 (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the new information collection, Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) and Firefighter Property (FFP) program Cooperative Agreements.

The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $9.5 million through a cooperative agreement(s) to one or more qualifying organizations to combat exploitative child labor, particularly the worst forms of child labor, in Egypt. Projects funded under SGA 10-09 must combat child labor by seeking to achieve the following five goals: 1. Reducing exploitative child labor, especially the worst forms through the provision of direct educational services and by addressing root causes of child labor, including innovative strategies to promote sustainable livelihoods of target households; 2. Strengthening policies on child labor, education, and sustainable livelihoods, and the capacity of national institutions to combat child labor, address its root causes, and promote formal, nonformal and vocational education opportunities to provide children with alternatives to child labor; 3. Raising awareness of exploitative child labor and its root causes, and the importance of education for all children and mobilizing a wide array of actors to improve and expand education infrastructures; 4. Supporting research, evaluation, and the collection of reliable data on child labor, its root causes, and effective strategies, including educational and vocational alternatives, microfinance and other income generating activities to improve household income; and 5. Ensuring the long-term sustainability of these efforts. Application and Submission Information: The full-text version of SGA 10-09 is available on https://www.grants.gov and USDOL/ILAB's Web site at https://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm. Applications in response to this solicitation may be submitted in hard copy to USDOL or electronically via https://www.grants.gov. Applications submitted by other means, including e-mail, telegram, or facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. Key Dates: The deadline for submission of applications is 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 22, 2010. Applicants are advised to submit their applications in advance of the deadline. All technical questions regarding SGA 10-09 must be sent to USDOL by October 15, 2010 in order to receive a response. USDOL will make all cooperative agreement awards on or before December 31, 2010. Agency Contacts: All technical questions regarding SGA 10-09 should be sent to Georgiette Nkpa, U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Procurement Services, via e-mail (e-mail address: nkpa.georgiette@dol.gov) no later than October 15, 2010; telephone: (202-693-4570)please note that this is not a toll-free-number).

Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents in those buildings.

Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once finalized, will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents in those buildings.

The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or the Board) is amending its practices and procedures regulations to make clear that the Board may, in its discretion, include discussion of issues raised in an appeal in a nonprecedential Final Order.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing additional identifying information associated with the eight individuals listed in the Annex to the Executive Order of September 28, 2010, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions,'' whose property and interests in property are therefore blocked.