December 16, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') is, for one year, reducing Investment Adviser Registration Depository annual and initial filing fees that will be charged beginning January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

This document provides two revisions to the rules governing proceedings before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (Board), published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2008. First, the Board is correcting the heading for Chapter 61. Upon publication of the rules in the Code of Federal Regulations, the heading for Chapter 61 was erroneously changed. This document corrects that error. In addition, a sentence that became surplusage upon issuance of the rules is being removed.

The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, DoD announces that the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing will meet on January 21 and 22, 2010, to review planned changes and progress in developing computerized and paper-and-pencil enlistment tests. Subject to the availability of space, the meeting is open to the public.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on 192 species from a petition to list 475 species in the southwestern United States as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). For 125 of the 192 species, we find that the petition did not present substantial information indicating that listing may be warranted. Based on our review, we find that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that listing may be warranted for 67 of the 192 species. Therefore, with the publication of this notice, we are initiating a status review of the 67 species to determine if listing is warranted. To ensure that the status review is comprehensive, we are requesting scientific and commercial data and other information regarding these 67 species. Based on the status review, we will issue a 12-month finding on the petition, which will

On November 20, 2009, the Maritime Administration, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard, published in the Federal Register a Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the amended TORP Terminal LP Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET) Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port license application. Comments on the DSEIS are due by January 4, 2010, 45 days from issuance of the DSEIS. Please note that the DSEIS contained two references to a 30 day comment period, which should be corrected as follows: (1) On the front signature page of the BOET DSEIS, the correct date by which comments must be received should be January 4, 2010; (2) on page 1-10, the correct duration of the comment period should be 45 days.