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Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Cedar Rapids, IA
Document Number: E9-30187
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Cedar Rapids, IA. Additional controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at The Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids, IA. The FAA is taking this action to enhance the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Battle Mountain, NV
Document Number: E9-30182
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, NV, to accommodate aircraft using the VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range (VOR)/Distant Measuring Equipment (DME) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at the airport. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, NV.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska, Steller Sea Lions; Correction
Document Number: E9-30181
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This action makes a correction to regulations at 50 CFR part 679. It corrects a final rule that erroneously removed regulations in 50 CFR part 679 concerning the harvest limit area for Atka mackerel in the Aleutian Islands. NMFS intended this final rule to modify regulations detailing management of Atka mackerel total allowable catch. However, due to incorrect instructions in the regulatory text, NMFS inadvertently removed the regulations governing Atka mackerel management in the harvest limitation area. This correcting amendment reinstates those regulations.
Proposed Amendment of Class E Airspace; Hoquiam, WA
Document Number: E9-30180
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Hoquiam, WA. Controlled airspace would be amended to have Class E surface area airspace continuous at Bowerman Airport, Hoquiam, WA. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at the airport. This action also would correct the airport name.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West The Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting Allocation; Pacific Whiting Seasons
Document Number: E9-30175
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This document announces the reapportionment of 1,325 mt of Pacific whiting from the shore-based sector to the catcher/processor sector.
National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning
Document Number: E9-30171
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Department of Agriculture (the Department) is issuing this final rule to comply with a June 30, 2009, Federal District Court order that has the effect of reinstating the National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning Rule of November 9, 2000, as amended (2000 rule). This action announces the court's decision and takes the ministerial (formal) action of reinstating the rule in the Code of Federal Regulations. This action also makes technical amendments to that rule, including the interpretative rules issued in 2001 and 2004, to update transition provisions that will be in effect until a new planning rule is issued, as announced elsewhere in today's Federal Register.
Corporate Reorganizations; Distributions Under Sections 368(a)(1)(D) and 354(b)(1)(B)
Document Number: E9-30170
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations under section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). The regulations provide guidance regarding the qualification of certain transactions as reorganizations described in section 368(a)(1)(D) where no stock and/or securities of the acquiring corporation is issued and distributed in the transaction. This document also contains final regulations under section 358 that provide guidance regarding the determination of the basis of stock or securities in a reorganization described in section 368(a)(1)(D) where no stock and/or securities of the acquiring corporation is issued and distributed in the transaction. This document also contains final regulations under section 1502 that govern reorganizations described in section 368(a)(1)(D) involving members of a consolidated group. These regulations affect corporations engaging in such transactions and their shareholders.
Revisions to the California State Implementation Plan, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Document Number: E9-30169
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD) portion of the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). Under authority of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (CAA or the Act), we are proposing to
Endothall; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30150
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for indirect or inadvertent combined residues of endothall in or on multiple commodities identified and discussed elsewhere in this document. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) in cooperation with the registrant, United Phosphorus, Inc., requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30131
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of dinotefuran in or on Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B and turnip, greens. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas
Document Number: E9-30130
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the Karnal bunt regulations to remove certain areas or fields in Riverside County, CA, from the list of regulated areas based on our determination that those areas or fields meet our criteria for release from regulation of Karnal bunt, a fungal disease of wheat. This interim rule relieved restrictions on certain areas or fields that are no longer necessary.
Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Designations; Michigan
Document Number: E9-30128
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are amending the bovine tuberculosis regulations to adjust the boundaries of the modified accredited and modified accredited advanced tuberculosis risk classification zones for the State of Michigan. We have determined that Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, and Otsego Counties, MI, which are currently designated as modified accredited, now meet our requirements for modified accredited advanced status. Therefore, we are removing these six counties from the list of modified accredited zones and adding them to the list of modified accredited advanced zones. This action lessens restrictions on the interstate movement of cattle and bison from these areas of Michigan.
Specially Adapted Housing and Special Home Adaptation
Document Number: E9-30096
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its adjudication regulations regarding specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grants. The proposed regulations would incorporate certain provisions from the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004, the Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006, and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The proposed amendments are necessary to conform the regulations to the statutory provisions.
Board of Veterans' Appeals: Remand or Referral for Further Action; Notification of Evidence Secured by the Board and Opportunity for Response
Document Number: E9-30094
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend the Appeals Regulations of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board or BVA) to articulate the Board's practice of referring unadjudicated claims to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) for appropriate action, and to describe when it is appropriate for the Board to remand a claim to the AOJ for the limited purpose of issuing a Statement of the Case (SOC). We also propose to amend the Board's Rules of Practice to outline the procedures the Board must follow when supplementing the record with a recognized medical treatise, and to remove the notice procedures the Board must currently follow when considering law not considered by the AOJ. The purpose of these amendments is to codify existing practices derived from caselaw, enhance efficiency, and provide guidance and clarification.
Federal Tort Claim Delegation
Document Number: E9-30093
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations concerning delegation of authority to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, compromise, and settle claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act where the amount of settlement does not exceed $300,000, and the Secretary's redelegation of such authority to certain personnel within the Office of the General Counsel. The amendments will facilitate the timely processing of claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act by expanding VA's settlement authority and clarifying the delegation of such authority within the Department.
Facilitating Shareholder Director Nominations
Document Number: E9-30076
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In June 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed changes to the federal proxy rules in ``Facilitating Shareholder Director Nominations,'' Release Nos. 33-9046; 34-60089; IC-28765; File No. S7-10-09 (June 10, 2009), 74 FR 29024 (June 18, 2009) (the ``Proposal''). The Commission is re-opening the comment period to permit interested persons to comment on additional data and related analyses that have been included in the public comment file.
Glyphosate; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30053
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes a new tolerance for a plant commodity, and revises other tolerances for glyphosate and its metabolite N-acetyl-glyphosate and revises one tolerance for glyphosate per se. These changes are detailed in Unit II. of this document. E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30045
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation amends tolerances for residues of rimsulfuron in or on corn, field, forage and corn, field, stover and establishes tolerances in or on grain, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, hulls; and soybean, seed. E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; Update to Materials Incorporated by Reference; Correction
Document Number: E9-30041
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document corrects errors in the part 52 Identification of Plan tables for Virginia published on July 13, 2009 which summarizes the applicable regulatory, source-specific, and non-regulatory requirements which comprise the current EPA-approved Virginia State Implementation Plan (SIP).
Prometryn; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30040
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for the residues of prometryn in or on celeriac, roots; celeriac, tops; cilantro, leaves; coriander, dried leaves; leaf petioles subgroup 4B; okra; parsley, leaves; parsley, dried leaves; and increases the tolerance level for carrot, root. Additionally, the tolerance for celery is removed since it is included in the leafy petioles subgroup 4B and the regional tolerance for parsley leaves is removed since it is superseded by the tolerance established in this action. Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Fluoxastrobin; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30039
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of fluoxastrobin and its Z isomer in or on berry, low growing, subgroup 13-07G; corn, field, grain; corn, field, forage; corn, field, stover; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; soybean, hulls; soybean, seed; and aspirated grain fractions. Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Tribenuron methyl; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30035
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of tribenuron methyl and its metabolites and degradates in or on grain, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; soybean, hay; and soybean, hulls; and revises existing tolerances for residues for tribenuron methyl and its metabolites and degradates in or on corn, field, forage; corn, field, grain; corn, field, stover; and soybean, seed. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Mesotrione; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30034
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of mesotrione in or on soybean, seed. Syngenta Crop Protection requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30033
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of quinclorac in or on grass, forage at 150 ppm and grass, hay at 130 ppm. BASF Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chlorimuron Ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances
Document Number: E9-30032
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of chlorimuron ethyl, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on corn, field, forage; corn, field grain; corn, field, stover; grain, aspirated fractions; soybean, forage; and soybean, hay. In addition, the presently established tolerance term, ``soybean'' is being revised to ``soybean, seed.'' E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Make Inoperative Exemptions; Head Restraints
Document Number: E9-29889
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice of proposed rulemaking is being issued in response to a petition from Bruno Independent Living Aids to expand and update existing exemptions to the ``make inoperative'' prohibition with respect to the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on head restraints. These exemptions are included in a regulation that provides exemptions for the ``make inoperative'' provision for, among other things, vehicle modifications to accommodate people with disabilities. NHTSA is proposing two substantive changes to the regulation. The first is to expand the exemption from the minimum height requirements listed in the head restraint standard to include the right front passenger position in addition to the driver position. The second is to update the exemption to include relevant provisions of a new version of the head restraint standard. Additionally, this document proposes to update an existing reference in the exemption to reflect the current numbering in the Code of Federal Regulations. Finally, we are denying other requests to expand the exemption to certain other requirements of the head restraint standard.
Nutrition Labeling of Single-Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products
Document Number: E9-29323
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing this supplemental proposed rule that, if finalized, will amend the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to require nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products, unless an exemption applies.
State Technical Committees
Document Number: E9-30055
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is publishing a final rule that sets forth the policies for State Technical Committees at 7 CFR part 610, subpart C. NRCS published the State Technical Committee interim final rule in the Federal Register on November 25, 2008. NRCS published standard operating procedures for State Technical Committees as a notice in the Federal Register on April 7, 2009. The public was invited to comment on both the interim final rule and the standard operating procedures. This final rule incorporates changes made to 7 CFR part 610, subpart C, in response to public comments received on the interim final rule and the standard operating procedures. Subsequent to the publication of this final rule, and utilizing the comments received, NRCS will make further updates to its standard operating procedures.
Vehicle Identification Number Requirements
Document Number: E9-30030
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This document denies two petitions for reconsideration of an April 30, 2008, final rule that made certain modifications to 49 CFR part 565, Vehicle Identification Number Requirements, to enable the 17 character vehicle identification number (VIN) system that has been in place for nearly 30 years to continue to function for at least another 30 years. One of the petitions for reconsideration involved the effective date, which NHTSA believes was resolved by the publication of a correction notice on May 16, 2008. The second petition asked for changes to the VIN system so that, among other things, a person looking at the VIN of a motorcycle will be able to tell whether the vehicle was manufactured in the 30 year period beginning with the 1980 model year or in the 30 year period beginning with the 2010 model year. The agency is denying the petition because the issues it raises were outside of the scope of the rulemaking.
New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Ractopamine; Tylosin
Document Number: E9-29998
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a supplemental new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Elanco Animal Health. The supplemental NADA provides for use of two-way combination Type B and C medicated swine feeds formulated with ractopamine hydrochloride and tylosin phosphate following use of tylosin tartrate medicated drinking water consistent with the sequential use approved for single-ingredient tylosin medicated swine feed.
Airworthiness Directives; Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Model G58 Airplanes
Document Number: E9-29984
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Model G58 airplanes. This proposed AD would require inspecting the installation of stand-off hardware between the heater fuel line and the heater over-temperature sensor wires for minimum clearance and installing acceptable stand-off hardware if stand-off hardware is missing or inadequate. This proposed AD would also require inspecting the brake reservoir line and the fuel heater power wire for damage and minimum clearance, replacing any damaged wires and/or lines, and installing stand-off hardware if minimum clearance is not met. This proposed AD results from reports received of a power wire shorting out on the brake reservoir tube. We are proposing this AD to detect and correct inadequate clearance of the brake reservoir tubing and the heater fuel pump wiring, which could result in chafing and shorting out of the electrical wiring and chafing of the tubing carrying flammable fluids. This condition could lead to a fire in the nose wheel well.
Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously The Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes
Document Number: E9-29982
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2009-09- 09, which applies to certain Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) (type certificate previously held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (previously The Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG airplanes. AD 2009-09-09 currently requires repetitive inspections of the rudder hinges and the rudder hinge brackets for damage, i.e., cracking, deformation, and discoloration. If damage is found during any inspection, AD 2009-09-09 also requires replacing the damaged rudder hinge and/or rudder hinge bracket. Since we issued AD 2009-09-09, Cessna has developed a modification that, when incorporated, would terminate the repetitive inspections required by AD 2009-09-09. The FAA has determined that long-term continued operational safety will be better assured by design changes that removed the source of the problem, rather than by repetitive inspections or other special procedures. Consequently, this proposed AD would retain the inspection requirements of AD 2009-09-09 and add a terminating action for the inspection requirements. We are proposing this AD to detect and correct damage in the rudder hinges and the rudder hinge brackets, which could result in failure of the rudder. This failure could lead to loss of control.
Postponement of Certain Tax-Related Deadlines by Reason of a Federally Declared Disaster or Terroristic or Military Action; Correction
Document Number: E9-29978
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9443) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, January 15, 2009 (74 FR 2370) relating to postponement of certain tax-related deadlines either due to service in a combat zone or due to a Federally declared disaster. The regulations reflect changes in the law made by the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001, the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (TEAMTRA), and current IRS practice.
Postponement of Certain Tax-Related Deadlines by Reason of a Federally Declared Disaster or Terroristic or Military Action; Correction
Document Number: E9-29977
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains a correction to final regulations (TD 9443) that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, January 15, 2009 (74 FR 2370) relating to postponement of certain tax-related deadlines either due to service in a combat zone or due to a Federally declared disaster. The regulations reflect changes in the law made by the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001, the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (TEAMTRA), and current IRS practice.
Airworthiness Directives; Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (Type Certificate Previously Held by Raytheon Aircraft Company) Models B300 and B300C Airplanes
Document Number: E9-29975
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (type certificate previously held by Raytheon Aircraft Company) Models B300 and B300C airplanes. This proposed AD would require you to inspect the terminal board on the circuit card rack assembly to determine if the correct bus bar is installed. This proposed AD would also require you to replace the bus bar if necessary and inspect the left and right pitot heat annunciators for proper operation. This proposed AD results from reports of the left and right pitot heat annunciators not illuminating for an inoperative pitot heat condition. We are proposing this AD to detect and correct installation of an incorrect bus bar, which could result in failure of the pitot heat annunciators to illuminate. This failure could lead to the pilot being unaware that moisture has frozen on the pitot tube(s) and cause erroneous flight instrument indication.
Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Jamaica Bay, New York, NY, Maintenance
Document Number: E9-29970
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Commander, First Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the Beach Channel Railroad Bridge at mile 6.7, across Jamaica Bay, at New York City, New York. Under this temporary deviation the Beach Channel Railroad Bridge may remain in the closed position for two weekends in December. This deviation is necessary to facilitate bridge maintenance repairs.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-month Finding on a Petition To Change the Final Listing of the Distinct Population Segment of the Canada Lynx To Include New Mexico
Document Number: E9-29960
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to expand the listing of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) to include the State of New Mexico, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that the petition to change the boundary of the listing of Canada lynx is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions to amend the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. We have determined that Canada lynx are regularly and frequently crossing the State boundary between Colorado and New Mexico. When lynx cross the boundary, their status under the Act changes, leaving lynx in New Mexico without Federal protection. Upon publication of this 12-month petition finding, we will add lynx in New Mexico to our candidate species list with a listing priority number of 12. We will develop a proposed rule to amend the listing of lynx in the lower 48 States as our priorities allow (see section of Preclusion and Expeditious Progress).
Total Inward Leakage Requirements for Respirators
Document Number: E9-29959
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is extending to March 29, 2010, the comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of CDC, entitled ``Total Inward Leakage Requirements for Respirators,'' published in the Federal Register on Friday, October 30, 2009 (74 FR 56141). In the notice of proposed rulemaking, CDC requested comments by December 29, 2009. The Agency is taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested parties additional time to submit comments.
Land Border Carrier Initiative Program
Document Number: E9-29954
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
This document proposes to amend U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations by removing the provisions pertaining to the Land Border Carrier Initiative Program (LBCIP). The LBCIP is a voluntary industry partnership program under which participating land and rail commercial carriers agree to enhance the security of their facilities and conveyances to prevent controlled substances from being smuggled into the United States.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Monterey Bay Region 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan
Document Number: E9-29891
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Monterey Bay Area portion of the California State Implementation Plan. Submitted by the California Air Resources Board on December 19, 2007, this plan revision consists of a maintenance plan prepared for the purpose of providing for continued attainment of the 8-hour ozone standard in Monterey Bay through the year 2014 and thereby satisfying the related requirements under Section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act and EPA's phase 1 rule implementing the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard. EPA is taking this action pursuant to those provisions of the Clean Air Act that obligate the Agency to take action on submittals of state implementation plans and plan revisions.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; California; Monterey Bay Region 8-Hour Ozone Maintenance Plan
Document Number: E9-29890
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On December 19, 2007, the State of California submitted an 8- hour ozone maintenance plan for the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District and requested that EPA approve the plan as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP). In this action, EPA is proposing to approve the maintenance plan. In the ``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving the State's request for approval of the maintenance plan as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views the maintenance plan and SIP revision as non-controversial and anticipates no adverse comments. A detailed rationale for the approval is set forth in the direct final rule. If no adverse comments are received in response to this proposed rule, no further activity is contemplated in relation to this rule. If EPA receives adverse comments, the direct final rule will
Basis Reporting by Securities Brokers and Basis Determination for Stock
Document Number: E9-29855
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-17
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations relating to reporting sales of securities by brokers and determining the basis of securities. The proposed regulations reflect changes in the law made by the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 that require brokers when reporting the sale of securities to the IRS to include the customer's adjusted basis in the sold securities and to classify any gain or loss as long-term or short-term. This document also contains proposed regulations reflecting changes in the law that alter how taxpayers compute basis when averaging the basis of shares acquired at different prices and that expand the ability of taxpayers to compute basis by averaging. The document also proposes regulations that provide brokers and others until February 15 to furnish certain information statements to customers. This document also contains proposed regulations that implement new reporting requirements imposed upon persons that transfer custody of stock and upon issuers of stock regarding organizational actions that affect the basis of the issued stock. This document also contains proposed regulations reflecting changes in the law that alter how brokers report short sales of securities. Finally, this document provides for a notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations.
Recognition of Breeds and Books of Record of Purebred Animals
Document Number: E9-30036
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Sugar Program Definitions
Document Number: E9-30019
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Document Number: E9-30016
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; North and South Atlantic Swordfish Quotas
Document Number: E9-29939
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This final rule adjusts the North and South Atlantic swordfish quotas for the 2009 fishing year (January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009) to account for underharvests, and transfers 18.8 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) to Canada per the 2006 and 2008 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) recommendations 06-03 and 08-02. In addition, this final rule includes minor regulatory modifications and clarifications, eliminates an existing sunset provision in the Madison-Swanson and Steamboat Lumps time/area closure, and establishes a small time/area closure in the Gulf of Mexico called the ``Edges 40 Fathom Contour.'' These changes could impact fishermen with a commercial swordfish, HMS Angling, or Charter/Headboat (CHB) permit who fish for Atlantic swordfish.
Suspension of Community Eligibility
Document Number: E9-29935
Type: Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) receives documentation that the community has adopted the required floodplain management measures prior to the effective suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will not occur and a notice of this will be provided by publication in the Federal Register on a subsequent date.
Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations
Document Number: E9-29934
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
Comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the proposed regulatory flood elevations for the reach described by the downstream and upstream locations in the table below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are a part of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition, these elevations, once finalized, will be used by insurance agents, and others to calculate appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the contents in those buildings.
Determination of Rates and Terms for Preexisting Subscription Services and Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services
Document Number: E9-29904
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2009-12-16
Agency: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Agencies and Commissions
The Copyright Royalty Judges are publishing for comment proposed regulations governing the rates for the satellite digital audio radio services' use of the ephemeral recordings statutory license under the Copyright Act for the period 2007 through 2012.
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