March 10, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice of Realty Action: Recreation and Public Purposes Lease, Anchorage, AK
Document Number: Z9-4488
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
Allegheny National Forest, PA; Reserved and Outstanding Oil and Gas Design Criteria
Document Number: Z9-3862
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Privacy Act of 1974; Republication of Systems of Records Notices
Document Number: Z8-31458
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2009-03-10-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2009-03-10
Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors
Document Number: E9-5265
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: E9-5224
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA): Rule To Simplify and Improve the Process of Obtaining Mortgages and Reduce Consumer Settlement Costs; Further Deferred Applicability Date for the Revised Definition of “Required Use” and Solicitation of Public Comment on Withdrawal of Required Use Provision
Document Number: E9-5221
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This final rule delays the effective date of the definition of ``required use'' as revised by HUD's November 17, 2008, final rule amending its RESPA regulations, until July 16, 2009. The November 17, 2008, final rule revised HUD's RESPA regulations to further the purposes of RESPA by requiring more timely and effective disclosures related to mortgage settlement costs for federally related mortgage loans to consumers. The final rule revised the existing definition of ``required use,'' which revision was directed to enhancing protections for consumers from certain practices conducted by affiliated business arrangements. The revised definition of ``required use'' would have become effective on January 16, 2009. However, on January 15, 2009, HUD published a final rule that delayed the effective date of the definition of ``required use'' from January 16, 2009, to April 16, 2009, due to litigation by the National Association of Home Builders, et al., around the time of issuance of the final rule. For this same reason, HUD is further delaying the effective date of required use until July 16, 2009. In this rule, HUD also solicits comment on withdrawing the revised definition of ``required use'' from the November 17, 2008, final rule. HUD will consider these comments before pursuing new rulemaking process on this definition. Since promulgating the rule on November 17, 2008, HUD has determined to reevaluate the scope and operation of the required use provision. New rulemaking would give HUD the opportunity to present for public consideration a new proposal based upon HUD's reevaluation of the required use provision to help ensure better consumer protections.
Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: E9-5170
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) and its Administrative Committee will hold meetings.
In the Matter of International Business Ventures Group, Inc.; File No. 500-1; Order of Suspension of Trading
Document Number: E9-5169
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Trinidad and Tobago: Amended Final Results Pursuant to a Court Decision
Document Number: E9-5114
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On December 3, 2008, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') affirmed the Department of Commerce's (``Department'') final results of redetermination pursuant to the Department's voluntary remand, wherein the Department calculated credit expenses from the date of invoice, rather than the date of shipment for Mittal Steel Point Lisas Ltd. (``Mittal'').\1\ The Court also affirmed the Department's classification of Mittal's composite wire rod as non- prime merchandise. The period of review (``POR'') is October 1, 2003, through September 30, 2004. The Department is amending the final results of the second administrative review of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (``wire rod'') from Trinidad and Tobago to reflect the U.S. Court of International Trade's (``CIT'') decision.
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: E9-5094
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
Document Number: E9-5089
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
Section 2707 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act) establishes the Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) by amending Section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 [16 U.S.C. 3843]. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the authority for CCPI to the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), who is a Vice President of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). NRCS is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Congress established CCPI to assist potential partners with focusing conservation assistance in defined project areas to achieve high-priority natural resource objectives. In fiscal year (FY) 2009, NRCS will make Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) funds available to owners and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial private forest lands who will participate in CCPI projects. The purpose of this notice is to inform potential partners and producers that include nonindustrial private forest landowners of the availability of CCPI funds and other assistance and to solicit proposals from potential partners who seek to enter into partnership agreements with NRCS to enhance conservation outcomes on agricultural and nonindustrial private forest land. Additionally, NRCS requests public comment on how CCPI can contribute to the Nation's efforts on energy, climate change, and carbon sequestration within the framework of the Initiative.
Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review of Antidumping Duty Order.
Document Number: E9-5086
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On November 3, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') initiated a sunset review of the antidumping duty order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). On the basis of a notice of intent to participate, and an adequate substantive response from domestic interested parties, as well as a lack of response from respondent interested parties, the Department conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review. As a result of the sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The dumping margins are identified in the Final Results of Review section of this notice.
Solicitation of Applications for the FY 2009 EDA American Recovery Program Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, 123 Stat. 115 (2009)
Document Number: E9-5081
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, EDA announces general policies and application procedures for grant-based investments for the EDA American Recovery Program under the auspices of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, that will promote comprehensive, entrepreneurial and innovation-based economic development efforts to enhance the competitiveness of regions, resulting in increased private investment and higher-skill, higher-wage jobs in regions that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5080
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Education
The Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Conducting Precision Strike Weapons Testing and Training by Eglin Air Force Base in the Gulf of Mexico
Document Number: E9-5079
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization (LOA) to take four species of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to testing and training during Precision Strike Weapons (PSW) tests in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), a military readiness activity, has been issued to Eglin Air Force Base (AFB).
Office of the Secretary; Renewal of Information Collection: OMB Control Number 1084-0010, Claim for Relocation Payments-Residential, DI-381 and Claim for Relocation Payments-Nonresidential, DI-382
Document Number: E9-5078
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of the Interior
In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Acquisition and Property Management announces that it has submitted a request for renewal of approval of this information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and requests public comments on this submission.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5077
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service
To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 202, 204, and 206. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements. We changed the title of this ICR to reflect the consolidation of two ICRs relating to Federal oil and gas valuation. The new title of this ICR is ``30 CFR Parts 202, 204, and 206, Federal Oil and Gas Valuation.'' In this extension, we are consolidating the following ICRs, which allow programwide review of Federal oil and gas leases: 1010-0136, previously titled ``30 CFR Part 202Royalties, Subpart CFederal and Indian Oil and Subpart DFederal Gas; and Part 206Product Valuation, Subpart CFederal Oil and Subpart DFederal Gas;'' and 1010-0155, previously titled ``30 CFR Part 204 Alternatives for Marginal Properties, Subpart CAccounting and Auditing Relief.''
Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and Gas Leases, Utah
Document Number: E9-5076
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
In accordance with Title IV of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (Pub. L. 97-451), Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation timely filed a petition for reinstatement of oil and gas leases UTU76054 for lands in San Juan County, Utah, and it was accompanied by all required rentals and royalties accruing from September 1, 2008, the date of termination.
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for the Import of Halon-1301 Aircraft Fire Extinguishing Vessels
Document Number: E9-5073
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking final action to grant a specific exemption from requirements to petition the Agency in order to import used ozone-depleting substances. The exemption would apply to entities that import spherical pressure vessels containing halon 1301 for aircraft fire extinguishing (``aircraft halon bottles'') for purposes of hydrostatic testing. This final rule reduces the administrative burden on entities that are importing aircraft halon bottles for the purpose of maintaining these bottles to meet commercial safety specifications and standards set forth in airworthiness directives of the Federal Aviation Administration. This action does not exempt entities that import bulk quantities of halon-1301 in containers that are being imported for other purposes.
Rescission of the Regulation Entitled “Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law”; Proposal
Document Number: E9-5067
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services proposes to rescind the December 19, 2008 final rule entitled ``Ensuring That Department of Health and Human Services Funds Do Not Support Coercive or Discriminatory Policies or Practices in Violation of Federal Law.'' The Department believes it is important to have an opportunity to review this regulation to ensure its consistency with current Administration policy and to reevaluate the necessity for regulations implementing the Church Amendments, Section 245 of the Public Health Service Act, and the Weldon Amendment.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 15
Document Number: E9-5066
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 15 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) which was approved by NMFS on June 18, 2008. Amendment 15 revised the FMP to include provisions for a vessel license limitation program for the non- tribal sectors of the Pacific whiting fishery. Amendment 15 is intended to serve as an interim measure to limit potential participation in the Pacific whiting fishery within the U.S. West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone until implementation of a trawl rationalization program under Amendment 20 to the Groundfish FMP.
United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Improvements to the Rio Grande Rectification Project in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, TX
Document Number: E9-5065
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Council on Environmental Quality Final Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508), and the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission's (USIBWC) Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the USIBWC hereby gives notice of availability of the Final Environmental Assessment and FONSI for Improvements to the Rio Grande Rectification Project (RGRP) located in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas are available.
Delegations of Authority: Regulation Policy and Management
Document Number: E9-5063
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations that delegate authority to manage, direct, and coordinate VA's rulemaking activities to certain officials. The amendments reflect the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' decisions to designate the General Counsel as the Department's Regulatory Policy Officer and to transfer the Office of Regulation Policy and Management to the Office of the General Counsel. These amendments are intended to provide VA with a single point of contact who can respond to the Secretary's rulemaking concerns.
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330-200, A330-300, A340-200, and A340-300 Series Airplanes
Document Number: E9-5062
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated 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: * * * * * [B]ogie beam internal paint has been degraded, leading to a loss of cadmium plating and thus allowing development of corrosion pitting. If not corrected, this situation under higher speed could result in the aircraft departing the runway or in the bogie [beam] detaching from the aircraft or [main landing] gear collapses, which would constitute an unsafe condition. * * * * * The proposed AD would require actions that are intended to address the unsafe condition described in the MCAI.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5060
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
Television Broadcasting Services; Scranton, PA
Document Number: E9-5059
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Local TV Pennsylvania License, LLC, the licensee of station WNEP-DT, to substitute DTV channel 50 for post-transition DTV channel 49 at Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E9-5058
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5056
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5055
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007
Document Number: E9-5054
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007 is available for public review. Annual U.S. emissions for the period of time from 1990 through 2007 are summarized and presented by source category and sector. The inventory contains estimates of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions. The inventory also includes estimates of carbon fluxes in U.S. agricultural and forest lands. The technical approach used in this report to estimate emissions and sinks for greenhouse gases is consistent with the methodologies recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and reported in a format consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting guidelines. The Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007 is the latest in a series of annual U.S. submissions to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: E9-5053
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Availability of an Environmental Assessment for a Biological Control Agent for Yellow Starthistle
Document Number: E9-5052
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to the control of yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis (Asteraceae). The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternatives to, the release of a weevil, Ceratapion basicorne, into the environment for use as a biological control agent to reduce the severity of yellow starthistle infestations in the continental United States. We are making the environmental assessment available to the public for review and comment.
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Document Number: E9-5051
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an appealable decision approving the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Doyon, Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of Chicken, Alaska, and are located in:
Pentagon Technologies Group, Inc. Portland, OR; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E9-5050
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Horton Mfg. Co. LLC, Tallmadge, OH; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E9-5049
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
United States Steel Great Lakes Works, Ecorse, MI; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E9-5048
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Eaton Corporation, Mentor, OH; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E9-5047
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Everett Charles Technologies, Inc., Fixture and Services Group, Longmont, CO; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Document Number: E9-5046
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Availability of an Environmental Assessment for a Biological Control Agent for Russian Thistle
Document Number: E9-5043
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared an environmental assessment relative to the control of Russian thistle, Salsola tragus. The environmental assessment considers the effects of, and alternatives to, the release of a nonindigenous blister mite, Aceria salsolae, for the biological control of Russian thistle in the continental United States. We are making the environmental assessment available to the public for review and comment.
Hafner USA, Inc., New York, NY; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration
Document Number: E9-5042
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-03-10
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
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