June 23, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2009-06-23-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2009-06-23
National Science Board; Committee on Programs and Plans; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice
Document Number: E9-14914
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: 504 Loan Program Debt Refinancing
Document Number: E9-14886
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This interim final rule implements section 504 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), which authorizes projects approved for financing under Title V of the Small Business Investment Act to include a limited amount of debt refinancing if the project involves the expansion of a small business concern and meets certain other conditions. This interim final rule makes the existing 504 Loan Program rules consistent with section 504 of the Recovery Act.
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: E9-14803
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Hearing: Reconsideration of Disapproval of Washington State Plan Amendment (SPA) 08-019
Document Number: E9-14776
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces an administrative hearing to be held on August 4, 2009, at the CMS Seattle Regional Office, 2201 Sixth Avenue, MS/RX-43, Seattle, Washington 98121, to reconsider CMS' decision to disapprove Washington SPA 08-019.
Public Meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics; Cancellation
Document Number: E9-14775
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
A notice was published in the Federal Register on Friday, May 29, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 102, to announce that a meeting of the President's Council on Bioethics was scheduled to be held on Thursday, June 25, 2009, and Friday, June 26, 2009. This meeting has been cancelled in its entirety. Currently, there are no plans to reschedule this meeting.
Relocation of 2 GHz Broadcast Auxiliary Service
Document Number: E9-14760
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document the Commission waives the deadline by which Sprint Nextel must complete relocation of the broadcast auxiliary service (BAS) to frequencies above 2025 MHz until February 8, 2010. The Commission also eliminates the requirement that MSS entrants to the 2000-2020 MHz band may not begin operations until the BAS incumbents in the top 30 markets by population and all fixed BAS links in the 1990- 2025 MHz band have been relocated. MSS entrants will be allowed to conduct operations in markets where the BAS incumbents have not been relocated only if they successfully coordinate with the BAS incumbents. In addition, the Commission waives the requirement that New ICO Satellite Services G.P. must first make available to the public commercial satellite service throughout its satellite's coverage area before it may commercially operate Ancillary Terrestrial Service (ATC) in conjunction with it satellite system.
Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band
Document Number: E9-14757
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document the Commission proposes to modify our cost sharing requirements for the 2 GHz BAS band because the circumstances surrounding the BAS transition are very different than what was expected when the cost sharing requirements were adopted. The Commission believes that the best course of action is to propose new
Determination Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability Provision of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR Agreement)
Document Number: E9-14754
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (``CITA'') has determined that certain cotton stretch woven fabric, as specified below, is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement in unrestricted quantities.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: E9-14751
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Education
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 of Information Collection Under OMB Review
Document Number: E9-14748
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
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)).
Public Water Supply Supervision Program; Program Revision for the State of Idaho
Document Number: E9-14746
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given that the State of Idaho has revised its approved State Public Water Supply Supervision Primacy Program. Idaho has adopted regulations analogous to EPA's Variance and Exemptions Rule, Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Ground Water Rule, and Lead and Copper Short-Term Regulatory Revisions and Clarifications Rule. EPA has determined that these revisions are no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve these State program revisions. By approving these rules, EPA does not intend to affect the rights of Federally recognized Indian tribes within ``Indian country'' as defined by 18 U.S.C. 1151, nor does it intend to limit existing rights of the State of Idaho.
Notice of Information Collection
Document Number: E9-14745
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
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)).
Notice of Information Collection Under OMB Review
Document Number: E9-14742
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
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)).
Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of Corps Personnel Obligated Under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
Document Number: E9-14741
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that the listing of entities, and their Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) scores, that will receive priority for the assignment of National Health Service Corps (NHSC) scholarship recipients (Corps Personnel, Corps members) during the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, is posted on the NHSC Web site at https:// nhscjobs.hrsa.gov/. This list specifies which entities are eligible to receive assignment of Corps members who are participating in the NHSC Scholarship Program. A separate Federal Register Notice pertaining to sites eligible to receive NHSC Loan Repayment Program participants and non-obligated individuals was published on May 28, 2009 (74 FR 25568). Please note that not all vacancies associated with sites on the list described below will be for Corps members, but could be for NHSC Scholarship Program participants serving their obligation through the Private Practice Option.
Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request
Document Number: E9-14738
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the ``Corporation''), has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled ``AmeriCorps State and National Application and Reporting Instructions for Recovery Act Funding'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling the Corporation for National and Community Service, Ms. Amy Borgstrom at (202) 606-6930. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY-TDD) may call (202) 565-2799 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Emergency Clearance: Public Information Collection Requirements Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Document Number: E9-14736
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jointly Owned Invention Available for Non-Exclusive, Royalty-Free Licensing for Advanced Encryption Standard S-box Applications
Document Number: E9-14734
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
The invention listed below is jointly owned by the U.S. Government, as represented by the Department of Commerce, and the University of Southern Denmark. The Department of Commerce's interest in the invention is available for non-exclusive, royalty-free licensing in the Field of Use of Advanced Encryption Standard S-box applications, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded research and development.
Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board
Document Number: E9-14733
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is hereby given that the Technology Innovation Program Advisory Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will meet Tuesday, July 7, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) Advisory Board is composed of ten members appointed by the Director of NIST who are eminent in such fields as business, research, science and technology, engineering, education, and management consulting. The purpose of this meeting is to review and make recommendations regarding general policy for the Technology Innovation Program, its organization, its budget, and its programs within the framework of applicable national policies as set forth by the President and the Congress. The agenda will include a TIP Update. Agenda may change to accommodate Board business.
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests Norwood Ranger District; Alta Town-site Road and Utilities Access, “Alta Access Project,” Hinsdale County, CO
Document Number: E9-14732
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
A application for access to the town-site of Alta, Colorado under Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) has been submitted for approval. The Forest Service (USFS) will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess and disclose the environmental effects of improved road and utilities access to the private inholdings at Alta, Colorado.
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: INTERNational Connections, Form DS-5103
Document Number: E9-14731
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of State
The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment in the Federal Register preceding submission to OMB. We are conducting this process in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14729
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Determination Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability Provision of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR Agreement)
Document Number: E9-14728
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (``CITA'') has determined that certain yarn dyed, plaid poplin fabric, as specified below, is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement in unrestricted quantities.
Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14724
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
Document Number: E9-14722
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that the subject exempted fishing permit (EFP) application contains all the required information and warrants further consideration. Therefore, NMFS announces that the Assistant Regional Administrator proposes to recommend that an EFP be issued that would allow four commercial fishing vessel to conduct fishing operations that are otherwise restricted by the regulations governing the fisheries of the Northeastern United States. The EFP, which would enable the applicants to land more than one standard tote of female red crabs and to conduct at-sea sampling and tagging, would allow for exemptions for up to four vessels from the Atlantic Deep-sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: E9-14720
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Offshore Exploratory Drilling in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska
Document Number: E9-14719
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) has withdrawn its application for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA). The following action is related to a proposed IHA to Shell for the take of small numbers of marine mammals, by Level B harassment, incidental to conducting open-water offshore exploratory drilling on outer continental shelf (OCS) oil lease blocks in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska during the 2008/2009 open-water season.
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; National Animal Health Monitoring System; Catfish 2010 Study
Document Number: E9-14717
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate an information collection to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System Catfish 2010 Study.
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Certification Program for Imported Articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. to Prevent the Introduction of Potato Brown Rot
Document Number: E9-14716
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with regulations for a certification program for imported articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. to prevent the introduction of potato brown rot into the United States.
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Beetle Busters Survey; Asian Longhorned Beetle Cooperative Eradication Program
Document Number: E9-14715
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval of an information collection associated with the Asian longhorned beetle cooperative eradication program.
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; National Animal Health Monitoring System; Poultry 2010 Study
Document Number: E9-14714
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to initiate an information collection to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System; Poultry 2010 Study.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
Document Number: E9-14713
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee to provide advice on EPA's implementation of the Ecosystem Services Research Program.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); NOx
Document Number: E9-14712
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and Sulfur Oxides (SOx) Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review Panel (CASAC Panel) to peer review EPA's Risk and Exposure Assessment for Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft (EPA-452/P-09-004a). The chartered CASAC will subsequently hold a public teleconference to review and approve the Panel's report.
W.R. Grace Superfund Site, Wilder, Campbell County, KY; Notice of Settlement
Document Number: E9-14711
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under Section 122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency has entered into a settlement for reimbursement of past response costs concerning the W.R. Grace Superfund Site located in Wilder, Campbell County, Kentucky for publication.
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Document Number: E9-14710
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14708
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14707
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Proposed Approval of the Central Characterization Project's Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Characterization Program at General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center
Document Number: E9-14706
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is announcing the availability of, and soliciting public comments for 45 days on, the proposed approval of the radioactive, remote-handled (RH), transuranic (TRU) waste characterization program implemented by the Central Characterization Project (CCP) at General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Sunol, California. This waste is intended for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14705
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14704
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: E9-14701
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
Document Number: E9-14700
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the period from April 27, 2009 through May 22, 2009, consists of the PMNs and TME, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA section 5 during this time period.
National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: E9-14699
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: E9-14698
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Document Number: E9-14697
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: E9-14696
Type: Notice
Date: 2009-06-23
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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