August 17, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is seeking the views of interested parties on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Section 212(f) of the CBERA, as amended, requires the President to submit a report to Congress regarding the operation of the CBERA and CBTPA (together commonly referred to as the Caribbean Basin Initiative, or CBI) on or before December 31, 2001, and every two years thereafter. The TPSC invites written comments concerning the operation of the CBI, including comments on the performance of each CBERA and CBTPA beneficiary country, as the case may be, under the criteria described in sections 212(b), 212(c), and 213(b)(5)(B) of the CBERA, as amended. This information will be used in the preparation of a report to the U.S. Congress on the operation of the program.

The NRC is issuing the final License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance (LR-ISG) LR-ISG-2007-01, ``License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance Process, Revision 1'' (revised LR-ISG process). This process describes the basic framework for developing and implementing interim changes to certain NRC license renewal guidance documents. These documents facilitate the implementation of and NRC staff review of license renewal applications submitted in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 54, ``Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants,'' and Part 51, ``Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions'' of 10 CFR. The revised LR-ISG process supersedes the existing process issued on December 12, 2003, entitled, ``Process for Interim Staff Guidance.'' An electronic copy of the revised LR-ISG process is available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under Accession No. ML091950069.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance document entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Labeling of Certain Beers Subject to the Labeling Jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration.'' This guidance, when finalized, will provide industry with information on how to label beers that are subject to FDA's labeling laws and regulations. This draft guidance is being issued in light of the recent ruling by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) (formerly The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)) clarifying that certain beers do not meet the definition of a ``malt beverage'' under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act). Because these beers are not subject to the labeling provisions of the FAA Act, they are subject to the labeling provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA). FDA, in this draft guidance, also reminds manufacturers that the labeling of wine beverages containing less than 7 percent alcohol by volume, such as wine coolers, diluted wine beverages, dealcoholized or partially dealcoholized wine and ciders, is also subject to FDA labeling requirements. FDA is also announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency.

In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, announces that it has submitted a request for proposed extension of an information collection to the Office of Management and Budget and requests public comments on this submission.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA1829DR), dated 04/10/2009.

As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a(e), notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the system of records currently entitled ``Compliance Records, Response, and Resolution of Reports of Persons Allegedly Involved in Compliance ViolationsVA'' (106VA17) as set forth in the Federal Register 66 FR 59842 and last amended Nov. 30, 2001. VA is amending the system of records by revising the Routine Uses of Records Maintained in the System Including Categories of Users and the Purpose of Such Uses. VA is republishing the system notice in its entirety.