March 8, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2010-03-08-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2010-03-08
Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Document Number: C1-2010-3537
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
BNSF Railway Company-Discontinuance of Trackage Rights Exemption-in Peoria and Tazewell Counties, IL
Document Number: 2010-4953
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Environmental Assessment Prepared for Proposed Cape Wind Energy Project in Nantucket Sound, MA
Document Number: 2010-4926
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), in accordance with Federal regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), announces the availability for public review and comment of an EA and Draft FONNSI prepared by MMS for the Cape Wind Energy Project proposed for Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. On January 16, 2009, the MMS announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Cape Wind Energy Project. The FEIS assessed the physical, biological, and social/human impacts of the proposed project and 13 alternatives, including a no-action alternative (i.e., the project is not built), and proposed mitigation.
New Animal Drug Applications; Confirmation of Effective Date
Document Number: 2010-4923
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is confirming the effective date of March 8, 2010, for the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 23, 2009 (74 FR 54749). The direct final rule amends the regulations regarding new animal drug applications (NADAs). Specifically, this direct final rule is being issued to provide that NADAs shall be submitted in the described form, as appropriate for the particular submission. Currently, the regulation requires that all NADAs contain the same informational sections and does not explicitly provide the appropriate flexibility needed to
NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies; Draft for Comment
Document Number: 2010-4878
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC has issued for public comment a document entitled: ``NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, Supplement 3, Guidance for Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies, Draft Report for Comment.''
Notice of Intent To Request Revision From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996
Document Number: 2010-4875
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. Title 49 U.S.C. 44703(h) mandates that all U.S. air carriers operating under 14 CFR parts 121 or 135, and all U.S. air operators under 14 CFR part 125, and certain others, request and receive certain training, safety, and testing records before extending a firm offer of employment to an individual who is applying to their company as a pilot.
Notice of Intent To Request Revision From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Requirements for Turbine Engine Powered Airplanes
Document Number: 2010-4873
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. The date of manufacture and compliance status stamped on a nameplate of each turbojet engine permits rapid determination by FAA inspectors, owners, and operators whether an engine can legally be installed and operated on an aircraft in the United States.
Notice of Intent To Request Revision From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Certification and Operation FAR 125
Document Number: 2010-4872
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. Part A of Subtitle VII of the Revised Title 49 United States Code authorizes the issuance of regulations governing the use of navigable airspace. 14 CFR Part 125 prescribes requirements for leased aircraft, Aviation Service Firms, and Air Travel.
Notice of Intent To Request Revision From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Report of Inspections Required by Airworthiness Directives, Part 39
Document Number: 2010-4871
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. Airworthiness directives are regulations issued to require correct corrective action to correct unsafe conditions in aircraft, engines, propellers, and appliances. Reports of inspections are often needed when emergency corrective action is taken to determine if the action was adequate to correct the unsafe condition. The respondents are aircraft owners and operators.
Certain Potassium Phosphate Salts from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination
Document Number: 2010-4870
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain potassium phosphate salts from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ For information on the estimated subsidy rates, see the ``Suspension of Liquidation'' section of this notice. See the ``Disclosure and Public Comment'' section, below, for procedures on filing comments regarding this preliminary determination.
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2010-4868
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Pricing for 2010 United States Mint America the Beautiful QuartersTM
Document Number: 2010-4866
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The United States Mint is announcing the price of the 2010 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Two-Roll Set and the 2010 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters 100-Coin Bags.
Marine Mammals; File No. 15126
Document Number: 2010-4865
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that NMFS National Marine Mammal Laboratory, (Responsible Party: Dr. John Bengtson, Director), Seattle, WA, has applied for a permit to conduct research on marine mammals in Alaska.
Notice of Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2010-4863
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC), pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Office of Insular Affairs; Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2010 for Watch Producers Located in the United States Virgin Islands
Document Number: 2010-4862
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Department of the Interior
This action allocates calendar year 2010 duty exemptions for watch assembly producers (``program producers'') located in the United States Virgin Islands (``USVI'') pursuant to Public Law 97-446, as amended by Public Law 103-465, Public Law 106-36 and Public Law 108-429 (``the Act'').
Mail Classification Change
Document Number: 2010-4861
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to make a minor modification to the Mail Classification Schedule. The change affects a change in terminology. This notice
Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-4860
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Borrower Rights; Effective Interest Rates; Effective Date
Document Number: 2010-4858
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Farm Credit Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency), through the FCA Board (Board), issued a final rule under part 617 on December 22, 2009 (74 FR 67970) amending FCA's regulations to ensure that borrowers with loans directly tied to a widely publicized external index receive appropriate disclosure of interest rate changes in accordance with statutory requirements while allowing Farm Credit System institutions to provide the notices in a more efficient manner. In accordance with 12 U.S.C. 2252, the effective date of the final rule is 30 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register during which either or both Houses of Congress are in session. Based on the records of the sessions of Congress, the effective date of the regulations is March 2, 2010.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Offshore Component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: 2010-4857
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allocation of the 2010 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod apportioned to vessels catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component of the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Cognitive Radio Technologies and Software Defined Radios
Document Number: 2010-4855
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document dismisses a petition for reconsideration filed by the SDR Forum requesting that the Commission modify the policy statements it made in the Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O) in this proceeding concerning the use of open source software to implement security features in software defined radios (SDRs). While, the Commission dismisses this petition on procedural grounds, it also provides clarification concerning the issues raised therein.
Tribal Self-Governance Program; Negotiation Cooperative Agreement
Document Number: 2010-4854
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
Application To Renew Information Collection Request OMB No. 2105-0551
Document Number: 2010-4852
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department's intention to apply to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew approval of the information collection request (ICR) OMB No. 2105-0551, ``Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related Complaints.'' The current information collection request approved by OMB expires August 31, 2010.
Application for Conversion From: (a) OTS-Regulated, State-Chartered Savings Association to Federal Savings Association; (b) National Bank, Commercial Bank, State Savings Bank, or Credit Union to Federal Savings Association; (c) State Mutual Holding Company to a Federal Mutual Holding Company
Document Number: 2010-4851
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision, Thrift Supervision Office, Department of Treasury
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.
Noise Exposure Map Notice for Chandler Municipal Airport, Chandler, AZ
Document Number: 2010-4849
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its determination that the noise exposure maps submitted by City of Chandler, for Chandler Municipal Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act) and 14 CFR part 150 are in compliance with applicable requirements.
Notice of Intent to Request Revision From the Office of Management and Budget of a Currently Approved Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules
Document Number: 2010-4848
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a current information collection. This information collection is required for compliance with the final rule that codifies special flight rules and airspace and flight restrictions for certain operations in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. OMB has granted this collection a six-month clearance expiring in August, 2010, in order for FAA to provide clarifying details about the collection methods; this notice is to correspond with an immediate resubmission to OMB for full three-year clearance.
Sixth Meeting-RTCA Special Committee 217: Joint With EUROCAE WG-44 Terrain and Airport Mapping Databases
Document Number: 2010-4847
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 217: Joint with EUROCAE WG-44 Terrain and Airport Mapping Databases.
Alternate Fracture Toughness Requirements for Protection Against Pressurized Thermal Shock Events; Correcting Amendment
Document Number: 2010-4846
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is revising its regulations to add a table that was inadvertently omitted in a correction document published on February 3, 2010 (75 FR 5495). The February 3, 2010 document corrected a final rule published on January 4, 2010 (75 FR 13), that amends the NRC's regulations to provide alternate fracture toughness requirements for protection against pressurized thermal shock (PTS) events for pressurized water reactor (PWR) pressure vessels.
Information Security Oversight Office; National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC)
Document Number: 2010-4844
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR 101-6, announcement is made for a meeting of the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee. The meeting will be held to discuss National Industrial Security Program policy matters.
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
Document Number: 2010-4842
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA is reopening the record and extending the deadline for submitting nominations for membership on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) until March 31, 2010.
International Conference on Harmonisation; Guidance on S9 Nonclinical Evaluation for Anticancer Pharmaceuticals; Availability
Document Number: 2010-4841
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled ``S9 Nonclinical Evaluation for Anticancer Pharmaceuticals.'' The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The guidance provides recommendations for nonclinical studies for the development of pharmaceuticals, including both drugs and biotechnology derived products, intended to treat patients with advanced cancer. The recommendations describe the type and timing of nonclinical studies to support an investigational new drug application (IND) and the submission of a new drug application (NDA) or biologics license application (BLA). The guidance is intended to provide information on internationally accepted recommendations for nonclinical studies to facilitate the development of anticancer pharmaceuticals.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-4840
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-4839
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Researcher Identification Card
Document Number: 2010-4838
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NARA is amending its regulations to require researchers using original records, NARA microfilm, and public use computers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, to obtain a researcher identification card. Under the new requirements, researchers at regional archives are also required to obtain a researcher identification card when there is no separate research room for the use of microfilm and public access computers.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-4837
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-4836
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to Chapter 116 Which Relate to the Application Review Schedule
Document Number: 2010-4833
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is taking a direct final action to approve revisions to the applicable State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the State of Texas which relate to the Application Schedule regulations submitted to EPA on September 25, 2003 and January 24, 2008. The portions of the SIP revision approved today would revise and recodify existing SIP
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Texas; Revisions to Chapter 116 Which Relate to the Application Review Schedule
Document Number: 2010-4832
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve revisions to the Texas State Implementation Plan (SIP) submitted by the State of Texas to EPA on September 25, 2003 and January 24, 2008. The portions of the SIP
In the Matter of Mr. Lawrence E. Grimm; Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities
Document Number: 2010-4831
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Nebraska Public Power District, Cooper Nuclear Station; Exemption
Document Number: 2010-4830
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Draft Report to Congress: Study of Discharges Incidental to Normal Operation of Commercial Fishing Vessels and Other Non-Recreational Vessels Less Than 79 Feet
Document Number: 2010-4828
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This notice provides the public with notification that EPA has prepared a draft Report to Congress: Study of Discharges Incidental to Normal Operation of Commercial Fishing Vessels and Other Non- Recreational Vessels Less than 79 feet. EPA conducted the study required by Public Law 110-299 and is publishing this draft report to seek public comment prior to finalizing the report. This draft report presents the information required by Public Law 110-299 on the types of wastewater discharged from commercial fishing vessels and non- recreational vessels less than 79 feet in length. The draft report can be accessed in its entirety at https://www.epa.gov/npdes/vessels. This notice is being issued to obtain public comment on the draft report.
Nuclear Energy Institute; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking
Document Number: 2010-4827
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) (the petitioner). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend the compliance date for specific requirements in the NRC's regulations. The NRC decided to deny PRM-73-14 for the reasons stated in this document.
Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement: Sherwood Motors, Inc.; West Site/Hows Corner Superfund Site, Plymouth, ME
Document Number: 2010-4826
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement of past response costs concerning the West Site/Hows Corner Superfund Site in Plymouth, Maine with the following settling party: Sherwood Motors, Inc. The settling party agrees to reimburse the Agency $5,000 in past costs. This settlement amount is based on the ability to pay of the settling party. This settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
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