January 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Maritime Administration announces that the Coast Guard, in coordination with the Maritime Administration, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) as part of the environmental review of this license application. The application describes a project that would be located approximately 30 statute miles southeast of Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas. Publication of this notice begins a scoping process that will help identify and determine the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the EIS. This notice requests public participation in the scoping process and provides information on how to participate.

The Board of Governors (Board) is amending the routing number guide to next-day availability checks and local checks in Regulation CC to delete the reference to the Charlotte branch office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and to reassign the Federal Reserve routing symbols currently listed under that office to the head office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. These amendments reflect the restructuring of check-processing operations within the Federal Reserve System.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the collection of information (with modifications) under subparts A and D of Part 4043 of its regulations on Reportable Events and Certain Other Notification Requirements (OMB control number 1212-0041; expires February 28, 2009). This notice informs the public of PBGC's request and solicits public comment on the collection of information.

In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2009, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Review Plan,'' this action temporarily delays for 60 days the effective date of the final rule entitled ``Medicaid Program; Premiums and Cost Sharing'' (73 FR 71828). The temporary 60-day delay in effective date is necessary to give Department officials the opportunity for further review and consideration of new regulations. In addition, this action reopens the comment period on the policies set out in the November 25, 2008 final rule.

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 (HHS), is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license worldwide to practice the invention embodied in: United States Provisional Patent Application No. 60/ 619,392, filed October 15, 2004, entitled ``Multi-Domain Amphipathic Helical Peptides and Methods of Their Use'' (HHS Ref. No. E-114-2004/0- US-01), United States Patent Application Serial No. 11/577,259, filed April 13, 2007, entitled ``Multi-Domain Amphipathic Helical Peptides and Methods of Their Use'' (HHS Ref. No. E-114-2004/0-US-07); Australian Patent Application Serial No. 2005295640, filed October 14, 2005, entitled ``Multi-Domain Amphipathic Helical Peptides and Methods of Their Use'' (HHS Ref. No. E-114-2004/0-AU-03); Canadian Patent Application Serial No. 2584048, filed October 14, 2005, entitled ``Multi-Domain Amphipathic Helical Peptides and Methods of Their Use'' (HHS Ref. No. E-114-2004/0-CA-04); European Patent Application Serial No. 05815961.7, filed October 14, 2005, entitled ``Multi-Domain Amphipathic Helical Peptides and Methods of Their Use'' (HHS Ref. No. E-114-2004/0-EP-05); Japanese Patent Application Serial No. 2007- 536912, filed October 14, 2005, entitled ``Multi-Domain Amphipathic Helical Peptides and Methods of Their Use'' (HHS Ref. No. E-114-2004/0- JP-06) to KineMed, Inc., having a place of business in the State of California. The field of use may be limited to FDA or foreign regulatory body approved 5a peptide therapeutic for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The United States of America is the assignee of the patent rights in this invention. The territory may be worldwide. This announcement is the second notice to grant an exclusive license to this technology and supersedes any previous announcements including the Notice published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (70 FR 24832).

The Social Security Administration published in the Federal Register of January 21, 2009, a document announcing the dates and times of the Notice of Inaugural Meeting of the Occupational Information Development Advisory Panel Meeting. This notice serves to correct the beginning time for the meeting on February 23, 2009. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete former Wetland Areas B and C of the Rentokil, Inc. Superfund Site (Site) located in Henrico County, Virginia, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is found at Appendix B of 40 CFR part 300, which is the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, have determined that all appropriate response actions at these identified parcels under CERCLA, other than operation and maintenance and five-year reviews, have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. This partial deletion pertains to the soil and sediment of former Wetland Areas B and C and the ground water at former Wetland Area C. The remaining areas/media will remain on the NPL and are not being considered for deletion as part of this action.

The Leader, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Science and Technology for Sustainability Subcommittee.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the availability of a draft document available for public comment entitled ``NIOSH Criteria Document Update: Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium'' on October 17, 2008, as well as a public meeting to be held on January 22, 2009. The document and instructions for submitting comments can be found at https:// www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/144/. Comments were to be provided to the NIOSH docket by January 31, 2009, as well as given orally at the public meeting. A request has been received to extend the comment period to permit the public more time to gather and submit information. Accordingly, NIOSH is extending the public comment period by 60 days to March 31, 2009.

This notice announces the voting age population estimates, as of July 1, 2008, for each state and the District of Columbia. We are providing this notice in accordance with the 1976 amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act, Title 2, United States Code, Section 441a(e).

The United States Mint is increasing the premium charged to Authorized Purchasers for American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins, a program authorized under 31 U.S.C. 5112(e). Because of the recent price increase for the premium for raw materials silver, the United States Mint will increase the premium charged to Authorized Purchasers for American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins, from $1.40 to $1.50 per coin, for all orders accepted on or after February 9, 2009.

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.