March 15, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Restrictions on Private Carriage of Letters
Document Number: 2010-5622
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
This rule amends the Postal Service regulations on the enforcement and suspension of the Private Express Statutes to correct
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Commercial King and Spanish Mackerel Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Control Date
Document Number: 2010-5603
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This notice announces that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering additional management measures to further limit the number of participants or levels of participation in the commercial king and Spanish mackerel components of the coastal migratory pelagic fishery operating in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico. If such management measures are implemented, the Council is considering June 30, 2009, as a possible control date for king mackerel and March 31, 2010, as a possible control date for Spanish mackerel. These dates may serve to determine eligibility of catch histories in the commercial king and Spanish mackerel fisheries. NMFS invites comments on the revision of these control dates.
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery
Document Number: 2010-5601
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this final rule to amend the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to allow projects funded through the Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program to carryover unused monkfish RSA days- at-sea (DAS) into the following fishing year. This final rule also makes minor technical changes to the monkfish regulations. The changes are purely technical amendments to ensure consistency with the operations of the Monkfish RSA Program and to clarify the intent of the regulations implementing this program.
Extended Operations (ETOPS) of Multi-Engine Airplanes; Technical Amendment
Document Number: 2010-5589
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Aviation Administration is making a minor amendment to a previously published final rule. That final rule applied to air carrier, commuter, and on-demand turbine powered multi-engine airplanes used in passenger-carrying, and some all-cargo, extended- range operations. This technical amendment corrects an incorrect citation reference.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions From Industrial Boilers and Process Heaters at Petroleum Refineries
Document Number: 2010-5583
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Delaware. The revision adds a new section, Section 2Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Industrial Boilers and Process Heaters at Petroleum Refineries to Delaware's Regulation No. 1142/SIP Regulation No. 42 Specific Emission Control Requirements for controlling nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions from industrial boilers. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection; Fuel System Integrity; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection
Document Number: 2010-5575
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This document comprises the agency's second of two responses to petitions for reconsideration of a September 11, 2007, final rule that upgraded Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, ``Side impact protection.'' The final rule incorporated a vehicle-to- pole test into the standard, adopted technically-advanced test dummies and enhanced injury criteria, and incorporated the advanced dummies into the standard's moving deformable barrier test. An earlier response
Establishment of Class E Airspace; Marianna, AR
Document Number: 2010-5574
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Marianna/Lee County Airport-Steve Edwards Field, Marianna, AR, to accommodate new Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at Marianna/Lee County Airport-Steve Edwards Field. This action would enhance the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations for SIAPs at the airport.
Class E Airspace; Batesville, AR
Document Number: 2010-5572
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Batesville, AR. Decommissioning of the Independence County non-directional beacon (NDB) at Batesville Regional Airport has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Class E Airspace; Mountain View, AR
Document Number: 2010-5571
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Mountain View, AR. Decommissioning of the Wilcox non-directional beacon (NDB) at Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field Airport has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Class E Airspace; Beatrice, NE
Document Number: 2010-5569
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Beatrice, NE. Decommissioning of the Shaw non-directional beacon (NDB) at Beatrice Municipal Airport has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Class E Airspace; Manila, AR
Document Number: 2010-5567
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to amend Class E airspace at Manila, AR. Decommissioning of the Manila non-directional beacon (NDB) at Manila Municipal Airport has made this action necessary for the safety and management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces
Document Number: 2010-5564
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a public meeting to discuss and receive comments on the product classes that DOE plans to analyze for purposes of amending energy conservation standards for certain residential furnaces, and the analytical approach, models, and tools that DOE is using to evaluate amended standards for these products. DOE also encourages written comments on these subjects. A detailed discussion of these topics can be found in the rulemaking analysis plan (RAP) for residential furnaces, which is available at: https://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/resi dential/ furnaces_boilers.html.
Airworthiness Directives; Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. Propeller Governors, Part Numbers C210776, T210761, D210760, and J210761
Document Number: 2010-5549
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain serial numbers (S/Ns) of Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing, Inc. propeller governors, part numbers (P/Ns) C210776, T210761, D210760, and J210761. This proposed AD would require removal of the affected propeller governors from service. This proposed AD results from three reports received of failed propeller governors. We are proposing this AD to prevent loss of propeller pitch control, damage to the propeller governor, and internal damage to the engine, which could prevent continued safe flight or safe landing.
Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans; Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assumptions for Valuing and Paying Benefits
Document Number: 2010-5541
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulations on Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer Plans and Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans prescribe interest assumptions for valuing and paying certain benefits under terminating single-employer plans. This final rule amends the asset allocation regulation to adopt interest assumptions for plans with valuation dates in the second quarter of 2010 and amends the benefit payments regulation to adopt interest assumptions for plans with valuation dates in April 2010. Interest assumptions are also published on PBGC's Web site (https:// www.pbgc.gov).
Airworthiness Directives; Short Brothers PLC Model SD3 Airplanes
Document Number: 2010-5516
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above that would supersede an existing AD. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc. Model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440), CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700, 701 & 702), CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) Airplanes
Document Number: 2010-5515
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
Airworthiness Directives; BAE SYSTEMS (Operations) Limited Model Avro 146-RJ and BAe 146 Airplanes
Document Number: 2010-5513
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
Airworthiness Directives; PILATUS Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-7 Airplanes
Document Number: 2010-5508
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Regulations-Disposition of Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains
Document Number: 2010-5283
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior
This final rule implements the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act by adding procedures for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in the possession or control of museums or Federal agencies. This rule also amends sections related to purpose and applicability of the regulations, definitions, inventories of human remains and related funerary objects, civil penalties, and limitations and remedies.
Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act; Public Accommodation
Document Number: 2010-5130
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission'' or ``CPSC'') is issuing this proposed rule to interpret the term ``public accommodation'' as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.
Capital Magnet Fund
Document Number: 2010-5026
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The Department of the Treasury is issuing this proposed rulemaking, and requesting comment on this proposed rule, for the implementation of the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF), administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of the Treasury. The mission of the CDFI Fund is to increase the capacity of financial institutions to provide capital, credit and financial services in underserved markets. Its long-term vision is an America in which all people have access to affordable credit, capital and financial services. The CMF was established through the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which added section 1339 to the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992.
Truth in Lending
Document Number: 2010-4859
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-03-15
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board proposes to amend Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation in order to implement provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 that go into effect on August 22, 2010. In particular, the proposed rule would require that penalty fees imposed by card issuers be reasonable and proportional to the violation of the account terms. The proposed rule would also require credit card issuers to reevaluate at least every six months annual percentage rates increased on or after January 1, 2009.
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