October 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for International Aero Engines AG (IAE) V2500-A1, V2527E-A5, V2530-A5, and V2528-D5 turbofan engines. This AD requires reducing the published life limit of certain high-pressure compressor (HPC) stage 9-12 disc assemblies. This AD also removes from service those HPC stage 9-12 disc assemblies using a drawdown schedule. This AD results from IAE updating the low-cycle-fatigue (LCF) life analysis for certain HPC stage 9-12 disc assemblies. We are issuing this AD to prevent an uncontained failure of the HPC stage 9-12 disc assembly, resulting in an in-flight engine shutdown and possible damage to the airplane.

The CNO Executive Panel will report on the findings and recommendations of the Navy's Role in Irregular Warfare to the Chief of Naval Operations. The meeting will consist of discussions of current and future Navy strategy, plans, and policies in support of U.S. irregular challenges.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species.

On October 5, 2009, the Export Trading Company Affairs Office, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review (``Certificate'') to Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. (``AIA'').

The proposed information collection request (ICR) described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the proposal.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes changes in annual standard, appeal, overtime, and holiday hourly fee rates for fiscal years 2010-2012 for Science and Technology (S&T) Laboratory Services in order to recover anticipated laboratory program costs. The Agency is proposing to raise these rates to reflect, among other factors, national and locality pay increases for Federal employees and inflation, operating costs, instrumentation and training, equipment maintenance costs, and program and agency administrative overhead costs. This action also proposes miscellaneous changes for clarity.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Investigator ResponsibilitiesProtecting the Rights, Safety, and Welfare of Study Subjects.'' This guidance is intended to assist investigators in meeting their responsibilities with respect to protecting human subjects and ensuring the integrity of data in the conduct of clinical investigations. The guidance also clarifies FDA's expectations concerning the investigator's responsibility for supervising a clinical study in which some study tasks are delegated to employees of the investigator or to outside parties.

This action proposes to establish a high altitude area navigation (RNAV) route, designated Q-37, extending between the Pueblo, CO, very high frequency omnidirectional range/tactical air navigation (VORTAC) navigation aid and the Fort Stockton, TX, VORTAC. The new route would provide pilots and air traffic controllers with an efficient alternative route around potentially constrained airspace during convective weather events in west Texas.

The notice to seek comments on the Agricultural Research Services (ARS) intent to seek approval from OMB to collect information on the National Program 216 Technology Transfer Project End-users' Inputs was published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2009. The document improperly included the National Agriculture Library in the heading as the issueing agency and did not contain the OMB number and expiration date.

On August 11, 2003, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) implemented new Subtitle B of Title II of the Packers and Stockyards Act which was added by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act), by establishing the Swine Contract Library (SCL). The statutory authority for the library lapsed on September 30, 2005. On October 5, 2006, the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Reauthorization Act (Reauthorization Act) reauthorized the 1999 Act until September 30, 2010, and also amended the swine reporting requirements of the 1999 Act. This proposed rulemaking would re- establish the regulatory authority for the library's continued operation and incorporate certain changes contained within the Reauthorization Act that impact the SCL, as well as make other changes to enhance the library's overall effectiveness and efficiency in response to input from regulated entities and the public. We also intend to request a 3-year extension of and revision to the currently approved information collection in support of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements for the SCL program. This approval is required under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

The Helena National Forest's Missouri River (formerly called the Lewis & Clark County Resource Advisory Committee) Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (and Thursday, November 19, 2009, if additional time is needed) from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., in Helena, Montana. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct welcomes and introductions, discuss the status of the RAC charter and committee membership vacancies, review and discuss project proposals, make project approval and funding decisions, set a next meeting date and receive public comment on the meeting subjects and proceedings.

The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an expired information collection. In response to a Congressional directive to conduct a flight attendant fatigue study, FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, has initiated a comprehensive analysis of fatigue in flight attendants across a range of operational conditions.

This action establishes Class E airspace at Noorvik, AK to provide adequate controlled airspace to contain aircraft executing Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). Two SIAPs are being developed for the Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport at Noorvik, AK. Additionally, one textual Obstacle Departure Procedure (ODP) is being developed. This action establishes Class E airspace upward from 700 feet (ft.) above the surface at Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport, Noorvik, AK.