June 9, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Director, 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.

The Director, 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.

The Director, 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.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 17, 2009, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Blackboard Inc. of Washington, DC. Supplements to the complaint were filed on May 6 and May 14, 2009. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain course management system software products that infringe certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,988,138. The complaint, as supplemented, further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA/ CFSAN) are holding a public meeting to present the background, approach, scope, and data needs for a recently initiated interagency risk assessment of the public health impact of foodborne Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) in some ready-to-eat foods that are sliced, prepared, or packaged in retail facilities. The purpose of this ``Interagency Retail L. monocytogenes Risk Assessment'' is to ascertain the effect on the public health of current practices and potential interventions that reduce or prevent L. monocytogenes contamination in ready-to-eat foods. FSIS and FDA invite interested individuals, organizations, and other stakeholders to participate in the meeting and comment on this topic.

We (The Department of the Interior) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Information Collection (IC) described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled ``Q8(R1) Pharmaceutical Development.'' The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The ICH Q8(R1) guidance includes the previously published parent guidance entitled ``Q8 Pharmaceutical Development'' (Q8 parent guidance) (71 FR 29344; May 22, 2006) and a newly added annex. The annex provides further clarification of key concepts outlined in the Q8 parent guidance and describes the principles of quality by design (QbD). The annex is intended to show how concepts and tools (e.g., design space) outlined in the Q8 parent guidance could be put into practice by the applicant for all dosage forms.

The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of three bridges; the Ferry Street Bridge and the Grand Avenue Bridge across the Quinnipiac River, and the Chapel Street Bridge across the Mill River, all at New Haven, Connecticut. This deviation will test a change to the drawbridge operation schedule to determine whether a permanent change to the schedule is needed.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information collection on the American Indian/Alaska Native Population and Labor Force Estimate Report for review and reinstatement as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB Control Number is 1076-0147. This collection expired while we were revising the report to be more accurate.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is issuing a final rule to supplement the current definition of ``blasting cap'' in its regulations under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The final rule simply uses the term ``detonator'' in addition to the term ``blasting cap'' to reflect the current usage of those terms in the explosives industry.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is developing its agenda and priorities for Commission attention during fiscal year 2011, which begins October 1, 2010, and considering revisions to its current strategic plan, pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). The Commission seeks written comments concerning the Commission's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2011 and revisions to the strategic plan.