February 24, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The EPA is hereby granting a project waiver of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of Section1605(b)(2) [manufactured goods are not produced in the United States of a satisfactory quality] to the Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency, for the purchase of coconut fiber (coir) woven mats. This is a project-specific waiver and only applies to the use of the specified product for the ARRA funded project being proposed. Any other ARRA project that may wish to use the same product must apply for a separate waiver based on project-specific circumstances. These coconut fiber woven mats, which are supplied by HD Supply in Charlotte, NC, are manufactured in India and Sri Lanka, and meet Mecklenburg County's performance specifications and requirements. The Acting Regional Administrator is making this determination based on the review and recommendations of EPA Region 4. The County has provided sufficient documentation to support its request. The Assistant Administrator of the Office of Administration and Resources Management has concurred on this decision to make an exception to Section 1605 of ARRA. This action permits the purchase of coconut fiber woven mats for the Torrence Creek Stream Restoration Project being implemented by the Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency that may otherwise be prohibited under Section 1605(a) of the ARRA.

The NRC is soliciting public comment on its Proposed Interim Staff Guidance (ISG) DC/COL-ISG-014 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML091320560). The purpose of this ISG is to provide Combined License (COL) and Design Certification (DC) applicants additional clarity and guidance for the application of Sections 2.4.12 and 2.4.13 of the Standard Review Plan (SRP), NUREG 0800 ``Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants.'' Specifically, this ISG would revise the staff guidance in SRP Sections 2.4.12 and 2.4.13 regarding the assessment of ground water flow and transport of accidental radionuclide releases necessary to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 100 (10 CFR 100) and Appendix B to 10 CFR part 20 on effluent concentration limits. The NRC staff issues DC/COL-ISGs to facilitate timely implementation of current staff guidance and to facilitate activities associated with review of applications for DCs and COLs by the Office of New Reactors. The NRC staff will also incorporate the approved DC/ COL-ISG-014 into the next revision of the SRP and related guidance documents.

This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a product containing the pesticide maneb, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a January 6, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the registrant, Drexel Chemical Company, to voluntarily cancel their product registration. This is not the last product containing this pesticide registered for use in the United States. In the January 6, 2010 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellation, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant withdrew their request within this period. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellation. Any distribution, sale, or use of the product subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.

This is a clarification under which certain activated phosphors that are not on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8(b) Chemical Substance Inventory (TSCA Inventory) will be considered to be new chemical substances under TSCA section 5, and thus will be subject to applicable notification requirements under TSCA section 5. In certain letters and other statements issued by EPA from 1978 to 2003, the Agency erroneously indicated that activated phosphors (otherwise known as doped phosphors) constitute mixtures of phosphors and dopants for purposes of the TSCA Inventory, and thus that they were not separately reportable as chemical substances under TSCA section 5(a) new chemical notification requirements. This clarification is necessary because EPA's statements in this area have not been consistent.

This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of nicosulfuron, [3-pyridinecarboxamide, 2-((((4,6- dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl) aminocarbonyl) aminosulfonyl))-N,N-dimethyl]; in or on Bermudagrass, forage and Bermudagrass, hay. This action is in response to EPA granting crisis exemptions to the Texas Department of Agriculture and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide on Bermudagrass, forage and Bermudagrass, hay. This regulation establishes maximum permissible levels for residues of nicosulfuron in Bermudagrass and hay. The time- limited tolerances expire and are revoked on December 31, 2011.

EPA has authorized contractor, Eastern Research Group (ERG) of Lexington, MA, to access information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).

The Department of the Air Force proposes to alter a system of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.

Subsection (e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 552a) requires agencies to publish advance notice of any proposed or revised computer matching program by the matching agency for public comment. The DoD, as the matching agency under the Privacy Act is hereby giving notice to the record subjects of a computer matching program between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and DoD that their records are being matched by computer. The purpose of this agreement is to verify an individual's eligibility for receipt of benefits under programs administered by the Veterans Benefits Administration.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on January 22, 2010, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Motorola, Inc. of Schaumburg, Illinois. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain wireless communications system server software, wireless handheld devices and battery packs by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,319,712; 5,359,317; 5,569,550; 6,232,970; and 6,272,333. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.

The inventions listed below are assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy. U.S. Patent Application Number 12/606,218 filed on October 27, 2009, Navy Case Number 96899 entitled ``Oxygen monitor''; U.S. Patent Application Number 11/482,303 filed on July 11, 2006, Navy Case Number 97495 entitled ``Hoisting harness assembly tool''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/432,019 filed on April 29, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX06 entitled ``Method for producing Nanoparticles''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/471,607 filed on May 26, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX11 entitled ``Embedded ground proximity warning system for helicopters''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/469,197 filed on May 20, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX14 entitled ``Fast rope''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/433,142 filed on April 30, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX21 entitled ``Improved aircraft pod store separation characteristics''; U.S. Patent Application Number 12/639,476 filed on December 16, 2009, Navy Case Number PAX42 entitled ``Siloxane solvent compositions''; U.S. Patent Number 7,380,467 entitled ``Bond integrity tool'' issued on June 3, 2008; U.S. Patent Number 7,494,670 entitled ``Composition and process for removing and preventing mildew and fungal growth'' issued on February 24, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,523,876 entitled ``Adjustable liquid atomization nozzle'' issued on April 28, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,524,516 entitled ``Corrosion inhibiting mildew remover kit'' issued on April 28, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,548,801 entitled ``Just in time wiring information system'' issued on June 16, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,564,455 entitled ``Global visualization process for personal computer platforms (GVP+)'' issued on July 21, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,568,418 entitled ``Radically compressive rope assembly'' issued on August 4, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,606,411 entitled ``Robotic gesture recognition system'' issued on October 20, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,606,642 entitled ``Just in time wiring information system'' issued on October 20, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,618,580 entitled ``Method for fabrication of a polymeric conductive optical transparency'' issued on November 17, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,626,398 entitled ``Systems for isolating faults between electrical equipment'' issued on December 1, 2009; U.S. Patent Number 7,629,004 entitled ``Composition and process for removing and preventing mildew and fungal growth'' issued on December 8, 2009.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on January 15, 2010, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Apple Inc., f/k/a Apple Computer, Inc. of Cupertino, California. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain mobile communications and computer devices and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,379,431; 5,455,599; 5,519,867; 5,915,131; 5,920,726; 5,969,705; 6,343,263; 6,424,354; and RE 39,486. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.

Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatements of previously approved collections.

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and The Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC)/Recreation RAC will meet as indicated below.

Pursuant to the authority delegated by 18 CFR 375.308(x)(1), the Director of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP) computes and publishes the project cost and annual limits for natural gas pipelines blanket construction certificates for each calendar year.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed land exchange of certain lands owned by the State of Alaska and certain lands owned by the King Cove Corporation and evaluation of a proposed road corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Izembek Wilderness Area. We published a notice in the Federal Register on August 6, 2009, inviting suggestions on the scope of issues to

The Department of Commerce, 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.