July 20, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2010-07-20-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2010-07-20
Sunshine Act Meeting of the Board of Directors
Document Number: 2010-17789
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Legal Services Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2010-17771
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan; Supplemental Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
Document Number: 2010-17762
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This document announces the availability of and request for comments on the Supplemental Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the previously published proposed rule entitled, Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan.
Amendments to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Area Source Standards for Prepared Feeds Manufacturing
Document Number: 2010-17711
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is taking direct final action on three amendments to the regulatory text in the prepared feeds manufacturing area source rule. First, this action corrects the date for new sources to submit a Notification of Compliance Status (NOCS) form. Second, this action corrects information that needs to be included in the Notification of Compliance Report for those small facilities that are not required to install cyclones on their pelleting operations. Third, this action adds language to the regulatory text that was inadvertently left out of the final rule requiring submittal of the annual compliance certification report. These corrections and clarifications will not change the standards established by the rule and not result in the imposition of any costs beyond those included in the final rule.
Amendments to National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Area Source Standards for Prepared Feeds Manufacturing
Document Number: 2010-17710
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing three amendments to the regulatory text in the prepared feeds manufacturing area source rule. First, this action would correct the date for new sources to submit a Notification of Compliance Status (NOCS) form. Second, this action would correct information that needs to be included in the Notification of Compliance Report for those small facilities that are not required to install cyclones on their pelleting operations. Third, this action would add language to the regulatory text requiring submittal of the annual compliance certification report that was inadvertently left out of the final rule. These corrections and clarifications would not change the standards established by the rule. These corrections and clarifications also would not result in the imposition of any costs beyond those included in the final rule.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List the Giant Palouse Earthworm (Driloleirus americanus
Document Number: 2010-17709
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to list the giant Palouse earthworm (Driloleirus americanus) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, (Act) and to designate critical habitat. Based on our review, we find that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that listing the giant Palouse earthworm as threatened or endangered may be warranted. Therefore, with the publication of this notice, we are initiating a review of the status of the species to determine if listing the giant Palouse earthworm is warranted. To ensure that this status review is comprehensive, we are requesting scientific and commercial data and other information regarding this species. Based on the status review, we will issue a 12-month finding on the petition,
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Critical Habitat for Brodiaea filifolia
Document Number: 2010-17708
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the public comment period on our December 8, 2009, proposed revised designation of critical habitat for Brodiaea filifolia (thread-leaved brodiaea) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We also announce the availability of a draft economic analysis (DEA) and an amended required determinations section of the proposal. We are reopening the comment period for an additional 30 days to allow all interested parties an opportunity to comment on all of the above. If you submitted comments previously, you do not need to resubmit them because we have already incorporated them into the public record and will fully consider them in our final determination.
Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 152, Burns Harbor, Indiana
Document Number: 2010-17707
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Small Business Size Standards: Waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule
Document Number: 2010-17705
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is granting a class waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule for Configured Tape Library Storage Equipment, Product Service Code (PSC) 7025 Automated Data Processing (ADP) Input/Output and Storage Devices, PSC 7035 ADP Support Equipment, and PSC 7045 ADP Supplies, under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334112 (Computer Storage Device Manufacturing). The basis for waiver is that no small business manufacturers are supplying these classes of products to the Federal government. The effect of this waiver will be to allow otherwise qualified small businesses to supply the products of any manufacturer on a Federal contract set aside for small businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) small businesses or Participants in SBA's 8(a) Business Development (BD) Program.
Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2010-17704
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on certain tissue paper products (tissue paper) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time, the Department is publishing notice of the continuation of this antidumping duty order.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17703
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Proposed Settlement Agreements, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Document Number: 2010-17700
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby
The Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Advisory Board
Document Number: 2010-17699
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Education
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming open meeting of the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board). The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to attend.
Office on Violence Against Women
Document Number: 2010-17698
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Justice
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
Document Number: 2010-17695
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS closes the northern area Angling category fishery for large medium and giant (``trophy'') BFT for the remainder of 2010. Fishing for, retaining, possessing, or landing large medium and giant BFT (measuring 73 inches (185 cm) curved fork length or greater) north of 39[deg] 18' N. lat. (off Great Egg Inlet, NJ) is prohibited effective at 11:59 p.m., July 18, 2010. This action is being taken to prevent overharvest of the 2010 Angling category quota northern area subquota for large medium and giant BFT.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Pollock Catch Limit Revisions
Document Number: 2010-17693
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this final rule pursuant to its authority to issue emergency measures under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). This emergency action implements new stock status determination criteria for pollock and associated increases in pollock catch limits under the Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP), based on the most recent and best available scientific information. Specifically, this emergency action increases fishing year (FY) 2010 pollock catch levels specified by Framework Adjustment (FW) 44, including Overfishing Levels (OFLs), Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs), Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), ACL components, incidental Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for special management programs, and sector Annual Catch Entitlements (ACEs). The ACL components include sub-ACLs for the common pool and sectors. This action is intended to provide additional fishing opportunities, consistent with the FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Operations of a Liquified Natural Gas Port Facility in Massachusetts Bay
Document Number: 2010-17692
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS has received a request from the Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge\TM\ L.L.C. (Northeast Gateway or NEG) and its partner, Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC (Algonquin), for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to operating a liquified natural gas (LNG) port facility by NEG and Algonquin, in Massachusetts Bay for the period of August 2010 through August 2011. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an authorization to Northeast Gateway and Algonquin to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of marine mammals for a period of 1 year.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch for Catcher Vessels Participating in the Rockfish Entry Level Trawl Fishery in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: 2010-17689
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reopening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch by trawl catcher vessels participating in the rockfish entry level fishery in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2010 directed fishing allowance of Pacific ocean perch for trawl catcher vessels participating in the rockfish entry level fishery in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Notice of Public Meeting, Dakotas Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17687
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
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 (BLM) Dakotas Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17686
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Land Management Bureau
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 (BLM) Eastern Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2010-17685
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Workshop To Review Initial Health Effects Draft Materials for the Ozone (O3
Document Number: 2010-17684
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
As part of the review of the air quality criteria and National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for Ozone (O3), EPA is announcing that a workshop to evaluate initial draft materials for the health effects sections of the O3 Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) is being organized by EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). The workshop will be held on August 6, 2010, in Research Triangle Park, NC, and will be open to attendance by interested public observers on a first-come, first-served basis up to the limits of available space.
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17683
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Hydraulic Fracturing Review Panel
Document Number: 2010-17682
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting public nominations for technical experts to form an SAB Ad Hoc Panel to review EPA's draft Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan to investigate the potential public health and environmental protection research issues that may be associated with hydraulic fracturing.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17681
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Michigan; Redesignation of the Allegan County Area to Attainment for Ozone
Document Number: 2010-17680
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to approve Michigan's request to redesignate the Allegan County, Michigan 8-hour ozone nonattainment area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard, because the request meets the statutory requirements for redesignation under the Clean Air Act (CAA). The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (MDNRE) submitted this request on May 24, 2010 and supplemented it on June 16, 2010.
National Center on Minority and Health Disparities; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17679
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petition for Objection to State Operating Permit for JP Pulliam Power Plant
Document Number: 2010-17678
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This document announces that the EPA Administrator has granted a petition from the Sierra Club asking EPA to object to a Title V operating permit for the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation's, JP Pulliam Power Plant (JP Pulliam) issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR).
National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17677
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Chequamegon Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2010-17676
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Nicolet Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Crandon, Wisconsin. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose is to hold the first meeting of the newly formed committee.
National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17675
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities
Document Number: 2010-17674
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Restoration Center, Southwest Region, for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction of the Parson's Slough Project, a tidal wetlands restoration project on the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in northern Monterey County, California. In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as amended, we request comments on our proposed authorization for the applicant to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of southern sea otters for a period of 6 months beginning on September 1, 2010, and ending on March 1, 2011. We anticipate no take by injury or death and include none in this proposed authorization, which would be for take by harassment only.
National Library of Medicine; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17673
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17672
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17671
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-17670
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education Application
Document Number: 2010-17669
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Office of Biotechnology Activities; Recombinant DNA Research: Proposed Action Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines)
Document Number: 2010-17668
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Under the NIH Guidelines, experiments involving the generation of transgenic rodents by recombinant DNA technology must be registered with the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). Specifically, Section
Treatment of Letters Stating That the USPTO's Patent Term Adjustment Determination Is Greater Than What the Applicant or Patentee Believes Is Appropriate
Document Number: 2010-17667
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is clarifying its treatment of letters submitted by applicants and patentees stating that the USPTO's patent term adjustment determination indicated on a notice of allowance, issue notification, or patent, is greater than what the applicant or patentee believes is appropriate. The USPTO will place these letters in the file of the application or patent without further review. The USPTO will no longer review these letters or issue certificates of correction on the basis of a review of these letters. If the applicant or patentee wants the USPTO to reconsider its patent term adjustment determination, the applicant or patentee must use the procedures set forth in 37 CFR 1.705 for requesting reconsideration of a patent term adjustment determination. A patentee may also file a terminal disclaimer disclaiming any period considered in excess of the appropriate patent term adjustment. However, the USPTO does not require an applicant or patentee to file either a request for reconsideration under 37 CFR 1.705 or a terminal disclaimer when the patent term adjustment indicated on a notice of allowance, issue notification, or patent is greater than what the applicant or patentee believes is appropriate.
Federal Management Regulation; Home-to-Work Transportation
Document Number: 2010-17666
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The General Services Administration is amending the Federal Management Regulation (FMR) to clarify existing Home-to-Work Transportation policy. This final rule updates and clarifies who is not covered by 41 CFR part 102-5.
Regulated Navigation Areas; Bars Along the Coasts of Oregon and Washington; Amendment
Document Number: 2010-17665
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is making a change to the Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) covering the Umpqua River Bar in Oregon so that it does not include those waters between ``Navigation Aid Number 8'' and ``Navigation Aid Number 6'' on the Umpqua River. The change has been requested by a number of individuals and organizations that believe they are able to safely use those waters when the bar is restricted or closed.
Oklahoma Disaster #OK-00041
Document Number: 2010-17664
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-07-20
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Oklahoma dated 07/13/2010.
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