March 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On September 22, 2008, the Department of Commerce published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from Italy, covering the period August 1, 2006, through July 31, 2007. We invited interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the comments received and the results of verification, we have made changes to the margin calculation. The final weighted- average dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

This document affirms an amendment to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adjudication regulations regarding service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that eliminated the requirement of evidence corroborating occurrence of the claimed in- service stressor in claims in which PTSD is diagnosed in service. This amendment is necessary to facilitate proof of service connection in such claims. By this amendment, we intend to more quickly adjudicate claims for service connection for PTSD for these veterans.

NICEATM, in collaboration with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), announces a public meeting of an independent scientific peer review panel (Panel) on alternative ocular safety testing methods. The Panel will evaluate (1) the validation status of a testing strategy that proposes the use of three in vitro test methods to assess the eye irritation potential of antimicrobial cleaning products (AMCPs), (2) the validation status of four in vitro test methods for identifying moderate (EPA Category II, UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) Category 2A) and mild (EPA Category III, GHS Category 2B) ocular irritants and substances not classified as ocular irritants (EPA Category IV, GHS Not Classified), (3) the validation status of the in vivo Low Volume Eye Test, and (4) a proposal for the routine use of topical anesthetics, systemic analgesics, and humane endpoints to avoid and minimize pain and distress during in vivo ocular irritation testing.

The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.

This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(1), 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 United States Patent No. 5,554,603, issued September 10, 1996, entitled ``Orally Active Derivatives of 1, 3, 5(10)-Estratriene'' (HHS Ref. No. E-137-1993/0-US-01); PCT Application No. PCT/US94/10393, filed September 15, 1994, now expired, entitled ``Orally Active Derivatives of 1, 3, 5(10)-Estratriene'' (HHS Ref. No. E-137-1993/0-PCT-02); Australian Patent No. 700576, issued April 22, 1999, entitled ``Orally Active Derivatives of 1, 3, 5(10)-Estratriene'' (HHS Ref. No. E-137- 1993/0-AU-03); Canadian Patent No. 2171740, issued July 26, 2005, entitled ``Orally Active Derivatives of 1, 3, 5(10)-Estratriene'' (HHS Ref. No. E-137-1993/0-CA-04); European Patent No. 719276, issued November 26, 1997, entitled ``Orally Active Derivatives of 1, 3, 5(10)- Estratriene'' (HHS Ref. No. E-137-1993/0-EP-05) and validated in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Belgium, and Great Britain; and Japanese Patent No. 3993228, issued August 3, 2007, entitled ``Orally Active Derivatives of 1, 3, 5(10)-Estratriene'' (HHS Ref. No. E-137-1993/0-JP-06) to Evestra, Inc., having a place of business in San Antonio, Texas. The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the United States of America.

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) republished in full a notice of the existence and character of each TVA system of records. The notices were published at 73 FR 62788-62814, Oct. 21, 2008.

OTS is revising its rules implementing section 19(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA), which prohibits any person who has been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or money laundering (or who has agreed to enter into a pretrial diversion or similar program in connection with a prosecution for such an offense) from holding certain positions with respect to a savings and loan holding company (SLHC). Specifically, OTS is extending the expiration date of a temporary exemption granted to persons who held positions with respect to a SLHC as of the date of the enactment of section 19(e). The revised expiration date for the temporary exemption is September 30, 2009.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

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.

The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting nominations for scientists and engineers with expertise and direct experience in water infrastructure assessment, rehabilitation, and renewal to augment expertise on the SAB Environmental Engineering Committee (EEC).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of the final ``Guidance Document on the Development, Evaluation, and Application of Regulatory Environmental Models,'' EPA/ 100/K-09/003 (hereinafter ``Models Guidance''). EPA's Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling (CREM) developed the Models Guidance and its companion product, the ``Models Knowledge Base'' (hereinafter ``Models KBase,'' https://cfpub.epa.gov/crem/knowledgebase/ knowbase.cfm), to improve the practices associated with the development, evaluation, and application of models for environmental decision making. Furthermore, by providing access to its tools and methods, EPA increases transparency and can improve the public's understanding of how science is used to make environmental decisions.

NMFS is announcing the opening and closing dates of the Amendment 80 cooperative's Atka mackerel directed fishery within the harvest limit area (HLA) in Statistical Areas 542 and 543 (Area 542 and Area 543), and the opening and closing dates of the BSAI Trawl Limited Access Atka mackerel directed fishery within the harvest limit area (HLA) in Statistical Area 542 . This action is necessary to fully use the 2009 A season HLA limits of Atka mackerel in Areas 542 and 543 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI).

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) concerns the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR part 251, Geological and Geophysical (G&G) Explorations of the Outer Continental Shelf.

In July 2007, the Bonneville Power Administration released its Long-Term Regional Dialogue Final Policy (RD Policy) and associated Record of Decision (ROD). The RD Policy proposed specific, related changes to BPA's May 2000 Policy on Determining Net Requirements Under Sections 5(b)(1) and 9(c) of the Northwest Power Act (5(b)/9(c) Policy) that BPA identified as necessary for the successful implementation of the RD Policy. Accordingly, BPA conducted a limited-scope review of its 5(b)/9(c) Policy for the purpose of supporting the implementation of the RD Policy.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is deleting a system of records entitled ``Veterans and Dependents Inactive Award Account RecordsVA'' (39VA047). The system contained information on payments made to or on behalf of an individual veteran and/or dependents. This system of records is being deleted since it is no longer being used by the Department because records pertaining to this system have been incorporated into ``Compensation, Pension, Education, and Rehabilitation RecordsVA'' (58VA21/22).