January 12, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2009-01-12-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2009-01-12
Establishment of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
Document Number: E9-505
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
Document Number: E9-500
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
Document Number: E9-496
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: E9-481
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Broadcasting Board of Governors, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: E9-432
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Election Assistance Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance Procedures-Eligible Industries
Document Number: E9-407
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
SBA is reopening the comment period for an additional 60 days.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: E9-388
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Order of Succession for the Office of Policy Development and Research
Document Number: E9-387
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
In this notice, the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research designates the Order of Succession for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research. This Order of Succession supersedes the Order of Succession for the Office of Policy and Development, published on July 28, 2003.
National Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E9-375
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program-Contract Rent Annual Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2009
Document Number: E9-374
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The United States Housing Act of 1937 requires that assistance contracts signed by owners participating in the Department's Section 8 housing assistance payments programs provide for annual adjustment in the monthly rentals for units covered by the contract. This notice announces revised Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for adjustment of contract rents on assistance contract anniversaries. The factors are based on a formula using data on residential rent and utilities cost changes from the most current annual Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI) survey. These factors are applied at Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract anniversaries for those calendar months commencing after the effective date of this notice.
SES Performance Review Board
Document Number: E9-373
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Trade and Development Agency, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given of the appointment of members of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency's Performance Review Board.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Amendments to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plans for the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
Document Number: E9-372
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Caribbean FMP) prepared by the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Caribbean Council) and Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (Gulf and South Atlantic FMP) prepared by the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (Gulf and South Atlantic Councils). This final rule establishes two minimum size restrictions for importation of spiny lobster into the United States -one applicable to spiny lobster imported into any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States other than Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a more restrictive minimum size limit that applies to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, this final rule prohibits importation of egg-bearing spiny lobsters and importation of spiny lobster tail meat that is not in whole tail form with the exoskeleton attached. The intended effect of this final rule is to enhance the conservation of the spiny lobster resource and improve effectiveness of law enforcement related to such conservation.
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy Training in the Hawaii Range Complex
Document Number: E9-37
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, upon application from the U.S. Navy (Navy), is issuing regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to training activities conducted within the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC) for the period of January 2009 through January 2014. The Navy's training activities are considered military readiness activities pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2004 (NDAA). These regulations, which allow for the issuance of ``Letters of Authorization'' (LOAs) for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and specified timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of affecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Advisory Board for Exceptional Children
Document Number: E9-368
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs Bureau
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is announcing that the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children will hold its next meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The purpose of the meeting is to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 on Indian children with disabilities.
Meeting To Discuss Women's Health
Document Number: E9-367
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Arbitration Panel Decision Under the Randolph-Sheppard Act
Document Number: E9-365
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) gives notice that on August 2, 2008, an arbitration panel rendered a decision in the matter of Janet Dickey v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Case no. R-S/07-10). This panel was convened by the Department under 20 U.S.C. 107d-1(a), after the Department received a complaint filed by the petitioner, Janet Dickey.
Disaster Relief Emergency Grant Instructions
Document Number: E9-361
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Legal Services Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
On occasion, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has available special funding to help meet the emergency needs of programs in disaster areas. This Notice sets forth instructions for current LSC grant recipients who have experienced needs due to a disaster in a federally-declared disaster area and who wish to apply for disaster relief funding, when such funds are available. This information is also posted to the LSC Web site at www.lsc.gov.
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee
Document Number: E9-358
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, EPA gives notice of a meeting of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC). The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA on environmental issues and programs that impact, or are of concern to, farms, ranches, and rural communities. The FRRCC is a part of EPA's efforts to expand cooperative working relationships with the agriculture industry and others who are interested in agricultural issues and to achieve greater progress in environmental protection. The purpose of the meeting is to further advance: (1) Discussion of the impacts of Agency agriculture-related programs, policies, and regulations regarding climate change and renewable energy; (2) identification and development of a comprehensive environmental strategy for livestock operations; and (3) development of a constructive approach or framework to address areas of common interest between sustainable agriculture and protection of the environment. A copy of the meeting agenda will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/ocem/ frrcc.
Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Final Results and Final Rescission in Part of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: E9-356
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On July 8, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. See Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part, 73 FR 38972 (July 8, 2008) (``Preliminary Results''). The merchandise covered by the order is certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan as described in the ``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice. The period of review (``POR'') is June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007. We provided interested parties an opportunity to comment on our Preliminary Results. Based upon our analysis of the comments received, we made changes to the margin calculation. The final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in the section titled ``Final Results of Review.''
Notice of Availability of the Final White Paper on Integrated Modeling for Integrated Environmental Decision Making
Document Number: E9-355
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of the final White Paper on Integrated Modeling for Integrated Environmental Decision Making (EPA 100/R-08/010, November 2008. In pursuing its mission to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency often relies on environmental models. The EPA defines a model as a ``simplification of reality that is constructed to gain insights into select attributes of a particular physical, biological, economic, or social system.'' While traditionally environmental modeling has focused on considering a single pollutant in a single environmental medium, this approach is no longer viewed as sufficient for effective environmental management decision support. It is increasingly recognized that a holistic approach to modeling the environment and the mechanisms governing the fate and transport of pollutants through the different environmental media as well as the multiple exposure pathways and the consequent responses of humans and ecosystems, is required to adequately assess and address environmental problems. Integrated modeling is thus of importance to helping EPA consider the environment as a ``single, interrelated system''. Integrated modeling encompasses a broad range of approaches and configurations of models, data and assessment methods to describe and analyze complex environmental problems, often in a multimedia and multidisciplinary manner. This staff white paper recommends a commitment to a new direction in environmental modeling and decision making, one that adopts a systems thinking approach. This approach EPA will be able to significantly improve its ability to conduct scientific analyses in support of integrated decision making. The result will be implementing more efficient, effective and equitable policies and programs to advance environmental protection as well as economic prosperity. This white paper: (1) Outlines the need for and value of integrated modeling for EPA science and decision-making; (2) analyzes the state of the art and practice of integrated modeling and include examples of how this approach has been successfully applied and the lessons learned; (3) identifies the challenges to more fully implementing this approach in the future; and (4) presents a plan to create an enabling environment to facilitate a concerted, systematic, and stable approach to the development and application of integrated modeling for integrated decision making.
Adopted Proposal for Available Alternative Site-Designation and Management Framework
Document Number: E9-352
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
The Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board has adopted a final staff proposal to make available an alternative framework (for grantees that choose to participate) for designating and managing general-purpose FTZ sites. An initial proposal was published for comment on May 8, 2008 (73 FR 26077-26078). Based on comments received, a revised proposal was published on September 11, 2008 (73 FR 52817-52822). The final staff proposal takes into account comments received on the revised proposal. The comments received on the revised proposal and the FTZ Staff's analysis of legal and practical aspects of the proposal are contained in a staff report available on the FTZ Board's web site, which can be accessed via www.trade.gov/ftz. The final proposal is delineated below.
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board; Regular Meeting
Document Number: E9-351
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board (Board). Date and Time: The meeting of the Board will be held at the offices of the Farm Credit Administration in McLean, Virginia, on January 15, 2009, from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board concludes its business.
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC-UMS Revision 5, Confirmation of Effective Date
Document Number: E9-346
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of January 12, 2009 for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on October 27, 2008 (73 FR 63621). This direct final rule amended the NRC's regulations to revise the NAC- UMS cask system listing to include Amendment No. 5 to Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1015.
Notice of Availability of Model Application Concerning Technical Specification Improvement To Revise Containment Isolation Valve Completion Times (TSTF-498, Revision 1, for Babcock & Wilcox Plants)
Document Number: E9-345
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has prepared a model safety evaluation (SE) relating to the modification of technical specification (TS) 3.6.3, Containment Isolation Valves associated with implementation of BAW- 2461-A, ``Risk-Informed Justification for Containment Isolation Valve Allowed Outage Time Change.'' The NRC staff has also prepared a model license amendment request and a model no-significant-hazards consideration (NSHC) determination relating to this matter. The purpose of these models is to permit the NRC to efficiently process amendments that propose to modify TS Completion Times (CTs) for CIVs. Licensees of nuclear power reactors to which the models apply can then request amendments after confirming the applicability of the SE and NSHC determination to their reactors. Licensees of nuclear power reactors to which the model applies may request amendments using the model application.
Quarterly IRS Interest Rates Used in Calculating Interest on Overdue Accounts and Refunds on Customs Duties
Document Number: E9-344
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This notice advises the public of the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 2009, the interest rates for overpayments will be 4 percent for corporations and 5 percent for non-corporations, and the interest rate for underpayments will be 5 percent. This notice is published for the convenience of the importing public and Customs and Border Protection personnel.
Enhanced Bonding Requirement for Certain Shrimp Importers
Document Number: E9-343
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection
This notice proposes to end the designation of shrimp subject to antidumping or countervailing duty orders as a special category or covered case subject to an enhanced bonding requirement (EBR). A recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body Report has found that CBP's application of this requirement to shrimp from Thailand and India is inconsistent with U.S. WTO obligations. In response to this report, CBP proposes to end the designation of shrimp subject to antidumping or countervailing duty orders as a special category or covered case subject to the EBR. CBP proposes that shrimp importers affected by this requirement may request termination of any existing continuous bonds pursuant to 19 CFR 113.27(a) and submit a new bond application pursuant to 19 CFR 113.12(b). CBP seeks comment on this proposal.
Agency Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval
Document Number: E9-342
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) revision of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on October 24, 2008, vol. 73, no. 207, page 63541. The rule allows experienced pilots who would otherwise qualify as flight instructors or check airmen, but who are not eligible to hold the requisite medical certificate, to perform flight instructor or check airmen functions in a simulator.
Agency Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval
Document Number: E9-340
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) revision of a current information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on October 24, 2008, vol. 73, no. 207, page 63541. Information to be collected supports FAA in determining the amount of required liability insurance for a reentry operator after examining the risk associated with a reentry vehicle, its operational capabilities, and its designated reentry site.
Notice of Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: E9-339
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, as amended (Pub. L. 110-343), the Boise and Payette National Forests' Southwest Idaho Resource Advisory Committee will conduct a business meeting. The meeting is open to the public.
Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC; Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Amended Certificate
Document Number: E9-338
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Petition for Waiver of National Grid USA; Notice of Filing
Document Number: E9-336
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Southwestern Power Administration; Notice of Filing
Document Number: E9-335
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Request Under Blanket Authorization
Document Number: E9-334
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation; Copano Field Services/Central Gulf Coast, L.P.; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-333
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Augusta Canal Authority; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment
Document Number: E9-332
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-331
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce
Notice of Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for Modification Granted in Whole or in Part
Document Number: E9-330
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforces mine operator compliance with mandatory safety and health standards that protect miners and improve safety and health conditions in U.S. Mines. This Federal Register Notice (FR Notice) notifies the public that it has investigated and issued a final decision on certain mine operator petitions to modify a safety standard.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-329
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce
Special Conditions: Boeing Model 757 Series Airplanes; Seats with Non-Traditional, Large, Non-Metallic Panels
Document Number: E9-328
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-01-12
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
These special conditions are issued for Boeing Model 757 series airplanes. These airplanes, as modified by American Airlines, Inc., will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with seats that include non-traditional, large, non-metallic panels that would affect survivability during a post-crash fire event. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
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