September 9, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2010-09-09-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2010-09-09
Labor Day, 2010
Document Number: 2010-22704
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22630
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: National Council on Disability, Agencies and Commissions
Requirement of a Statement Disclosing Uncertain Tax Positions
Document Number: 2010-22624
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains proposed regulations allowing the IRS to require corporations to file a schedule disclosing uncertain tax positions related to the tax return as required by the IRS. This document also provides notice of a public hearing on these proposed regulations.
Sunshine Act Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22605
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: National Labor Relations Board, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: NOTAM Realignment User Survey
Document Number: 2010-22554
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection. In accordance with FAA Order JO 1030.4, ATO SysOps Services SMS Oversight, the FAA ATO System Operations Management, Safety Assurance Group (SAG) is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Realignment Phase 1 (NRP-1) process to determine if unacceptable hazards exist within the National Airspace System (NAS). Essential to the assessment is a survey of airline and corporate pilots and dispatchers as well as airport operators and general aviation pilots. The SAG survey will be compared with results of a similar survey conducted in 2008 by the FAA Office of Safety (AJS).
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations
Document Number: 2010-22550
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Document Number: 2010-22547
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ultra Deepwater Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2010-22540
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces cancellation of an open meeting of the Ultra Deepwater Advisory Committee. The Committee was organized pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). This notice is provided in accordance with the Act.
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2010-22539
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision
Document Number: 2010-22538
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
FMCSA announces its denial of 97 applications from individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal vision standard applicable to interstate truck and bus drivers and the reasons for the denials. FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from the vision requirement if the exemptions granted will not compromise safety. The Agency has concluded that granting these exemptions does not provide a level of safety that will be equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability for HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program
Document Number: 2010-22537
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the applicant information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and other requirements for the FY2010 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program NOFA. Approximately $110 million is made available through this NOFA, by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, approved December 16, 2009). The purpose of these programs is to assist states, Native American Tribes, cities, counties/parishes, or other units of local government undertake comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing. The Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program is targeted, however, to urban jurisdictions with the greatest lead-based paint hazard control needs. The notice providing information regarding the application process, funding criteria and eligibility requirements can be found using the Department of Housing and Urban Development agency link on the Grants.gov/Find Web site at https://www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. A link to Grants.gov is also available on the HUD Web site at https:// www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program is 14.900. The CFDA number for the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program is 14.905. Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.
Statutorily Mandated Designation of Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2011
Document Number: 2010-22535
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This document designates ``Difficult Development Areas'' (DDAs) for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) (26 U.S.C. 42). The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) makes new DDA designations annually. The designations of ``Qualified Census Tracts'' (QCTs) under IRC Section 42 published October 6, 2009, remain in effect.
Census Advisory Committees
Document Number: 2010-22534
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a joint meeting, the Census Advisory Committees (CACs) on the African American Population, the American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, the Asian Population, the Hispanic Population, and the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Populations. The Committees will address issues related to the 2010 Decennial Census, including the Integrated Communications Campaign, 2010 Partnerships, and other decennial activities. The five Census Advisory Committees on Race and Ethnicity will meet in plenary and concurrent sessions on October 6-8, 2010. Last-minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-22533
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Eddie Floyd, Licensee of FM Translator Station K273AF, Carson City, NV, Facility ID No. 13529; Application of Eddie Floyd and Wilks License Company-Reno LLC for Assignment of License, File No. BALFT-20070904ACU; Application of Eddie Floyd for Modification of License, File No. BMLFT-20071218ABH
Document Number: 2010-22532
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document designates a hearing to determine whether Eddie Floyd is qualified to be and remain the licensee of FM Translator Station K273AF, Carson City, NV, or whether his license should be revoked and the pending applications for consent to assignment and modification of the license should be dismissed. Mr. Floyd's qualifications are under review based on his felony conviction relating to money laundering and his apparent failure to inform the Commission about such misconduct in the pending applications. The document also provides notice of apparent liability against Mr. Floyd for failure to disclose such information in the pending applications.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22531
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22529
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22528
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22527
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Agency Information Collection Extension
Document Number: 2010-22525
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, intends to extend for three years, an information collection request (ICR) with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concerning the Occupational Radiation Protection Program, OMB Control Number 1910-5105. The Office of Worker Safety and Health Policy ensures that adequate policies are in place for the protection of workers at DOE sites and operations. The Office of Worker Safety and Health Policy uses the information collected from the contractors to evaluate the adequacy of DOE policies for the protection of workers from exposure to ionizing radiation. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the extended collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this Notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22524
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Clinical Center; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2010-22523
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #9, #10, and #11
Document Number: 2010-22520
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Fisheries announces three inseason actions in the ocean salmon fisheries. Inseason actions 9 and 11 modified the commercial fishery in the area from U.S./Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon. Inseason action 10 modified the recreational fishery in the areas from U.S. Canada Border to Cape Alava (Neah Bay Subarea), Cape Alava to Queets River (La Push Subarea), and Queets River to Leadbetter Point (Westport Subarea).
Agency Information Collection Extension
Document Number: 2010-22509
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted an information collection request to the OMB for extension under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection requests a three-year extension of its Contractor Legal Management Requirements, OMB Control Number 1910-5115. The proposed collection provides information necessary to aid contractors and DOE personnel in making determinations regarding the reasonableness of all outside legal costs, including the costs of litigation.
Buy American Exceptions Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Document Number: 2010-22508
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-05, approved February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and implementing guidance of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), this notice advises that certain exceptions to the Buy American requirement of the Recovery Act have been determined applicable for work using Capital Fund Recovery Formula and Competition (CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, an exception was granted to the Greene County Housing Authority, in White Hall, IL, for the purchase and installation of 50-amp range receptacles and thermostats for the conversion from gas to electric modification project.
Meeting of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board
Document Number: 2010-22506
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Justice Programs Office
This is an announcement of a meeting/conference call of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board to vote on recommendations for the 2009-2010 Medal of Valor nominations, review issues relevant to the nomination review process and upcoming activities and other relevant Board issues related thereto. The meeting/conference call date and time is listed below.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22505
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
Document Number: 2010-22504
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued a one-year Letters of Authorization (LOA) to take marine mammals incidental to the explosive removal of offshore oil and gas structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22503
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Science Advisory Board
Document Number: 2010-22502
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the NOAA Science Advisory Board. The members will discuss and provide advice on issues outlined in the agenda below.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22501
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Part C Early Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Document Number: 2010-22500
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
HRSA will be awarding non-competitive Part C funds under The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to support comprehensive primary care services for persons living with HIV/AIDS, including primary medical care, laboratory testing, oral health care, outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment, specialty and subspecialty care, referrals for health and support services and adherence monitoring/ education services to the Tutwiler Clinic to ensure continuity of critical HIV medical care and treatment services, to clients in Marks, Mississippi, and the surrounding counties.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-22499
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Document Number: 2010-22498
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the 2010 pollock incidental catch allowance (ICA) to the directed fisheries in the Bering Sea subarea. This action is necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2010 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP).
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2010-22497
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Determination of Regulatory Review Period for Purposes of Patent Extension; REPEL-CV
Document Number: 2010-22496
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined the regulatory review period for REPEL-CV and is publishing this notice of that determination as required by law. FDA has made the determination because of the submission of an application to the Director of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, for the extension of a patent which claims that medical device.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22495
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Document Number: 2010-22494
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Education
The notice sets forth the schedule and agenda of the meeting of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Commission). The notice also describes the functions of the Commission. Notice of the meeting is required by section 10 (a) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend. Date: September 20, 2010. Time: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT. Date: September 21, 2010. Time: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT.
Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review; Comment Request; Annual Reporting and Disclosure
Document Number: 2010-22493
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the collection of information for annual reporting and disclosure under 29 CFR part 2520 (OMB control number 1212-0057, expires September 30, 2010), without change. This notice informs the public of PBGC's intent and solicits public comment on the collection of information.
Withdrawal of Regulatory Guides 1.38, 1.94, and 1.116
Document Number: 2010-22492
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Document Number: 2010-22491
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Non-Commercial Fisheries Advisory Committee which may make recommendations on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.
Draft Regulatory Guide, DG-1247, “Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants” and Supporting Technical Basis Documents NUREG/CR 7004 and 7005
Document Number: 2010-22490
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
On August 31, 2010 (75 FR 53352), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a notice of issuance and availability of Draft Regulatory Guide (DG)1247, ``Design-Basis Hurricane and Hurricane Missiles for Nuclear Power Plants.'' This Federal Register Notice did not provide all the information regarding the supporting technical basis documents NUREG/CR 7004 and 7005. Due to this correction the comment period has been extended to November 5, 2010.
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List; Partial Deletion of the Denver Radium Superfund Site
Document Number: 2010-22489
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is publishing a direct final Notice of Partial Deletion of the Denver Radium Superfund Site (Site). Specifically, EPA intends to delete from the National Priorities List (NPL) each of the 11 operable units at the Denver Radium Site, located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Groundwater contamination associated with Operable Unit 8 will remain on the NPL. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). This direct final partial deletion is being published by EPA with the concurrence of the State of Colorado, through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, because EPA has determined that all appropriate response actions at these identified parcels under CERCLA, other than operation, maintenance, and five-year reviews, have been completed. However, this partial deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. This partial deletion pertains to each of the 11 operable units of the Denver Radium Superfund Site. Groundwater contamination associated with Operable Unit 8 will remain on the NPL and is not being considered for deletion as part of this action.
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List; Intent for Partial Deletion of the Denver Radium Superfund Site
Document Number: 2010-22488
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is issuing a Notice of Intent to Delete each of the 11 operable units, with the exception of groundwater contamination associated with Operable Unit 8, of the Denver Radium Superfund Site (Site), located in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, from the National Priorities List (NPL) and requests public comments on this proposed action. Groundwater associated with Operable Unit 8 will remain on the NPL. The NPL, promulgated pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is an Appendix of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). The EPA and the State of Colorado, through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, have determined that all appropriate response actions at these identified parcels under CERCLA, other than operations and maintenance and five-year reviews, have been completed. However, this deletion does not preclude future actions under Superfund. This partial deletion pertains to each of the 11 operable units of the Denver Radium Superfund Site. Groundwater contamination associated with Operable Unit 8 will remain on the NPL and is not being considered for deletion at this time.
Privacy Act of 1974: Computer Matching Program
Document Number: 2010-22487
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching Programs, notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to conduct a computer matching program with the Social Security Administration (SSA). Data from the proposed match will be used to verify the earned income of nonservice-connected veterans, and those veterans who are zero percent service-connected (noncompensable), whose eligibility for VA medical care is based on their inability to defray the cost of medical care. These veterans supply household income information that includes their spouses and dependents at the time of application for VA health care benefits.
Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Document Number: 2010-22486
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled In Re Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and Products Containing Same DN 2754; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint.
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) NOX
Document Number: 2010-22485
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-09-09
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee NOX and SOX Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review Panel (CASAC Panel) to peer review EPA's Policy Assessment for the Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for NOX and SOX: Second External Review Draft (September 2010).
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