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(g) of this section, no RD employee or
spouse or minor child of an RD
employee, may knowingly: Purchase an
interest in or sell real property to; lease
real property to or from; sell to, lease to
or from, or purchase personal property
from; seek or accept credit from RDfinanced cooperative associations; or
employ for compensation a person
whom the RD employee or spouse or
minor child of the RD employee, knows
or reasonably should know is an RD
program participant directly affected by
decisions of the particular RD office in
which the RD employee serves.
(2) Exceptions. Paragraph (e)(1) of this
section does not apply to a sale, lease,
or purchase of personal property, if it
involves goods available to the general
public at posted prices that are
customary and usual within the
community. (f) Prohibited outside
employment. No RD employee may
provide personal consulting services for
any person or entity with an application
on file with, grant from, or outstanding
loan or loan guaranty with RD, if the
application, grant, or outstanding loan
or loan guaranty could be affected
directly by decisions of the particular
RD office in which the RD employee
serves.
(g) Waiver—(1) Approving officials. A
written request for an exception to the
prohibitions found in paragraphs (d)
and (e) of this section may be submitted
in advance of the transaction by the RD
employee (whether on his or her own
behalf, or on behalf of the employee’s
own spouse or minor child) to:
(i) The RD State Director, for RD Statelevel employees; or
(ii) The Deputy Administrator for
Operations and Management, for RD
State Directors and National Office
employees.
(2) Standards. The RD State Director
or Deputy Administrator for Operations
and Management may grant a written
waiver from this prohibition based on a
determination made with the
concurrence of the USDA Office of
Ethics that all three of the following
conditions are satisfied:
(i) The waiver is not inconsistent with
part 2635 of this title, this part, or 7
U.S.C. 1986, nor otherwise prohibited
by law, and that, under the particular
circumstances, application of the
prohibition is not necessary to avoid the
appearance of misuse of position or loss
of impartiality or otherwise to ensure
confidence in the impartiality and
objectivity with which agency programs
are administered;
(ii) The transaction:
(A) Appears free of duress or
favoritism;
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(B) Does not involve a contractual
relationship or obligation that exceeds
365 consecutive calendar days; and
(C) Is in the best interests of the RD
program participant; and
(iii) A denial of the request would
likely cause significant hardship to the
RD program participant.
(3) Additional conditions. A waiver
under this paragraph may impose
appropriate conditions, such as
requiring execution of a written
disqualification. Approval of a waiver
under this paragraph does not exempt
the employee from complying with
other applicable programmatic
requirements under 7 CFR part 3550.9.
(h) Additional prior approval
requirement for outside employment. (1)
Any RD employee wishing to engage in
outside employment as defined in
paragraph (b) of § 8301.102 and who is
not otherwise required to obtain
approval therefor under that section,
shall obtain prior written approval in
accordance with the procedures set
forth in paragraphs (c) and (d) of
§ 8301.102 if the outside employment is
covered under paragraph (h)(2) or
paragraph (h)(3) of this section.
(2) Outside employment is subject to
the prior approval requirement of this
paragraph if it involves any of the
following activities, if conducted in the
area serviced by the RD office in which
the employee serves:
(i) Sale, appraisal, or assessment of
real estate;
(ii) Performance of real estate
brokerage services;
(iii) Service as a title attorney or title
insurance representative;
(iv) Real estate development,
including the construction of houses or
other buildings;
(v) Service as an officer or on the
board of directors of a bank or savings
and loan association;
(vi) Service as an officer, member of
the board of directors or trustees, or as
an employee of an RD-financed entity;
(vii) Service as an officer, employee,
or member of a governing board of a
State, county, municipal, or other local
political jurisdiction having the power
to tax or zone real estate;
(viii) Membership in grazing
associations, un-incorporated Economic
Opportunity cooperatives, rental
housing groups, and closely-held labor
housing organizations;
(ix) Insurance sales; or
(x) Land speculation.
(3) Outside employment is also
subject to the prior approval
requirements of this paragraph if it is
with or for a person whom the RD
employee knows, or reasonably should
know, is both:
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(i) An RD program participant; and
(ii) Directly affected by decisions
made by the particular RD office in
which the RD employee serves.
Dated: August 8, 2010.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary.
Approved: August 13, 2010.
Robert I. Cusick,
Director, Office of Government Ethics.
[FR Doc. 2010–20722 Filed 8–19–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
31 CFR Part 215
RIN 1510–AB06
Withholding of District of Columbia,
State, City and County Income or
Employment Taxes by Federal
Agencies; Technical Amendment
Financial Management Service,
Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Technical amendment.
AGENCY:
This document contains a
technical amendment to the final
regulation (31 CFR 215.3), published in
the Federal Register of Friday, January
13, 2006, (71 FR 2150). The regulation
provides procedures for entering into a
withholding agreement, including
providing an address for the Secretary of
the Treasury for withholding agreement
consent letters. This document corrects
the address to which the letters are sent.
DATES: Effective on August 23, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Agency Enterprise Solutions Division,
202–874–9428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The procedures for entering into a
withholding agreement provided in 31
CFR § 215.3 include an address to the
Secretary of the Treasury for
withholding agreement consent letters.
The address provided in the published
regulations indicates the Assistant
Commissioner, Federal Finance, as the
recipient. The address is amended to
indicate the Assistant Commissioner,
Payment Management, as the recipient
of the letters.
II. Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations
contain an inaccurate address which
may cause delay delivery and
processing.
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 161 / Friday, August 20, 2010 / Rules and Regulations
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 215
State and local tax withholding,
Federal employees.
■ Accordingly, 31 CFR part 215 is
corrected by making the following
technical amendments:
PART 215—WITHHOLDING OF
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE, CITY
AND COUNTY INCOME OR
EMPLOYMENT TAXES BY FEDERAL
AGENCIES
1. The authority citation for part 215
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5516, 5517, 5520; E.O.
11997,42 FR 31759.
2. Revise the third sentence of
paragraph (a) of § 215.3 to read as
follows:
■
§ 215.3 Procedures for entering into a
Withholding Agreement.
(a) * * * The letter shall be sent to
the Secretary by addressing the request
to: Assistant Commissioner, Payment
Management, Financial Management
Service, Department of the Treasury,
401 14th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20227. * * *
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Dated: August 16, 2010.
Sheryl R. Morrow,
Assistant Commissioner, Payment
Management.
[FR Doc. 2010–20684 Filed 8–19–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Parts 150 and 165
[Docket No. USCG–2009–0589]
RIN 1625–AA00, RIN 1625–AA11
Regulated Navigation Areas, Safety
Zones, Security Zones; Deepwater
Ports in Boston Captain of the Port
Zone, MA
Coast Guard, DHS.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is
establishing regulated navigation areas
(RNAs) and safety and security zones
around the recently constructed
Neptune Deepwater Port Facility, and
modifying RNA and safety zone
regulations for the existing Northeast
Gateway Deepwater Port (NEGDWP),
both of which are located in the waters
of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of
Gloucester, Massachusetts. The purpose
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of these regulated areas is to protect
vessels and mariners from the potential
safety hazards associated with
deepwater port operations, and to
protect the liquefied natural gas carriers
(LNGCs) and deepwater port
infrastructure from security threats or
other subversive acts. All vessels, with
the exception of LNGCs and deepwater
port support vessels, will be prohibited
from anchoring within 1,000 meters of
the submerged turret loading (STL)
buoys associated with the deepwater
port, and prohibited from entering
waters within 500 meters of the
deepwater port STL buoys or the LNGCs
using them. Additionally, vessels will
be prohibited from deploying
equipment which could become
entangled in submerged infrastructure
within 1,000 meters of STL buoys.
DATES: This rule is effective September
20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments and material
received from the public, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, are part
of docket USCG–2009–0589 and are
available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG–
2009–0589 in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and
then clicking ‘‘Search.’’ This material is
also available for inspection or copying
at the Docket Management Facility (M–
30), U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this rule, call or
e-mail LCDR Pamela Garcia, Coast
Guard Sector Boston, 427 Commercial
St., Boston, MA; telephone 617–223–
3028; e-mail Pamela.P.Garcia@uscg.mil.
If you have questions on viewing the
docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone
202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulatory Information
On April 1, 2010, we published a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
entitled ‘‘Regulated Navigation Areas,
Safety Zones, Security Zones;
Deepwater Ports in Boston Captain of
the Port Zone, MA’’ in the Federal
Register (75 FR 16370). We received no
comments on the proposed rule. No
public meeting was requested, and none
was held.
Basis and Purpose
The basis for this rulemaking is the
Coast Guard’s authority to establish
security zones, safety zones, and
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regulated navigation areas, under 33
U.S.C. 1226, 1231; 46 U.S.C. Chapter
701, 3306, 3703; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33
CFR 1.05–1, 6.04–1, 6.04–6, 160.5;
Public Law 107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; and
Department of Homeland Security
Delegation No. 0170.1. Generally, a
security zone is an area of water, land,
or both, designated for a certain time to
protect vessels, harbors, ports, and
waterfront facilities from sabotage,
damage, or injury due to subversive
acts, accidents, or other causes of a
similar nature. A safety zone is an area
of water, land, or both designated for a
certain time for safety or environmental
purposes. A regulated navigation area is
a water area within a defined boundary
for which regulations for vessels
navigating within the area have been
established, to control vessel traffic in a
place determined to have hazardous
conditions. 33 CFR 165.10; U.S.C.G.
Commandant Instruction Manual
M16704.3A, 1–5, 1–6.
The purpose of this rulemaking is to
protect mariners from the hazards
associated with submerged deepwater
port infrastructure and to ensure safety
at and around LNGCs engaged in
regasification and transfer operations at
the Neptune and Northeast Gateway
deepwater ports. The Neptune RNAs
will prohibit vessels from anchoring or
otherwise deploying equipment that
could become entangled in submerged
infrastructure within 1,000 meters of
Neptune’s STL buoys, and will prohibit
vessels from commercial fishing or other
activities on or below the waterway
using nets, dredges, traps, or remotely
operated vehicles (ROVs). Diving in the
Neptune RNAs will be prohibited
without the permission of the COTP.
This diving prohibition will also be
extended to the existing RNAs for the
Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port.
Background
On March 23, 2007, the Maritime
Administration (MARAD) in accordance
with the Deepwater Port Act of 1974
(DPA), as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq., issued a license to Suez Energy to
own, construct, and operate a natural
gas deepwater port. This port, Neptune
Deepwater Port (Neptune), is located in
the Atlantic Ocean, approximately eight
nautical miles south-southeast of
Gloucester, Massachusetts, in Federal
waters. The coordinates for the two
submerged turret loading buoys are: STL
Buoy A, Latitude 42°29′12.3″ N,
Longitude 70°36′29.7″ W and STL Buoy
B, Latitude 42°27′20.5″ N, Longitude
70°36′7.3″ W. Neptune can
accommodate the mooring, connecting,
and offloading of two (2) LNGCs at one
time. Neptune’s operator plans to
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[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-20684]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
31 CFR Part 215
RIN 1510-AB06
Withholding of District of Columbia, State, City and County
Income or Employment Taxes by Federal Agencies; Technical Amendment
AGENCY: Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a technical amendment to the final
regulation (31 CFR 215.3), published in the Federal Register of Friday,
January 13, 2006, (71 FR 2150). The regulation provides procedures for
entering into a withholding agreement, including providing an address
for the Secretary of the Treasury for withholding agreement consent
letters. This document corrects the address to which the letters are
sent.
DATES: Effective on August 23, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency Enterprise Solutions Division,
202-874-9428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The procedures for entering into a withholding agreement provided
in 31 CFR Sec. 215.3 include an address to the Secretary of the
Treasury for withholding agreement consent letters. The address
provided in the published regulations indicates the Assistant
Commissioner, Federal Finance, as the recipient. The address is amended
to indicate the Assistant Commissioner, Payment Management, as the
recipient of the letters.
II. Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations contain an inaccurate address
which may cause delay delivery and processing.
[[Page 51374]]
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 215
State and local tax withholding, Federal employees.
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Accordingly, 31 CFR part 215 is corrected by making the following
technical amendments:
PART 215--WITHHOLDING OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, STATE, CITY AND
COUNTY INCOME OR EMPLOYMENT TAXES BY FEDERAL AGENCIES
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1. The authority citation for part 215 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5516, 5517, 5520; E.O. 11997,42 FR 31759.
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2. Revise the third sentence of paragraph (a) of Sec. 215.3 to read as
follows:
Sec. 215.3 Procedures for entering into a Withholding Agreement.
(a) * * * The letter shall be sent to the Secretary by addressing
the request to: Assistant Commissioner, Payment Management, Financial
Management Service, Department of the Treasury, 401 14th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20227. * * *
* * * * *
Dated: August 16, 2010.
Sheryl R. Morrow,
Assistant Commissioner, Payment Management.
[FR Doc. 2010-20684 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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