April 13, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will help to fill gaps in wireless coverage and expand broadband in rural and difficult-to serve areas, while protecting wireless networks from harm. 6.................. CONSUMER & GOVERNMENTAL TITLE: Structure and AFFAIRS. Practices of the Video Relay Service Program (CG Docket No. 10-51). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that will adopt rules to detect and prevent fraud and abuse in the provision of video relay service (``VRS''). Also, a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Proposes to require all VRS providers to obtain certification from the FCC under new, tighter certification procedures in order to receive compensation from the TRS Fund.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites interested parties to attend a pre-consortium meeting on June 2-3, 2011 to be held on the NIST campus. The goal of the one-day meeting is to evaluate industry interest in creating a NIST/industry consortium focused on advanced neutron-based probes for soft materials. The goals of such a consortium would include the development of neutron-based measurements that would address critical needs for manufacturers of soft materials such as polymers, complex fluids, and protein-based materials. Advances in neutron-based measurement science are anticipated through the development of sample environments that closely mimic manufacturing processes, measurement methods to probe and analyze complex mixtures, and data analysis models that support routine measurements with high information content. The consortium would be administered by NIST. Consortium research and development would be conducted by NIST staff members along with at least one technical representative from each participating member company. CRADA contributions for participation in the consortium would be on the order of Twenty Thousand ($20,000) per year. The initial term of the consortium is intended to be three years.

The Central Montana Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Stanford, Montana. 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.

Pursuant to the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007, Public Law 110-134, notice is hereby given of one-day Tribal Consultation Sessions to be held between the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head Start leadership and the leadership of Tribal Governments operating Head Start (including Early Head Start) programs. The purpose of these Consultation Sessions is to discuss ways to better meet the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children and their families, taking into consideration funding allocations, distribution formulas, and other issues affecting the delivery of Head Start services in their geographic locations [42 U.S.C. 9835, Section 640(l)(4)].

Pursuant to our authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act), EPA is proposing to disapprove the portion of the Texas CAA section 110(a)(2) ``Infrastructure'' State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal addressing significant contribution to nonattainment or interference with maintenance in another state with respect to the 2006 24-hour fine particle (PM2.5) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). On November 23, 2009, the State of Texas, through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), submitted a SIP to EPA intended to address the requirements of CAA section 110(a)(2) for ``infrastructure.'' In this action, EPA is proposing to disapprove the portion of the Texas' SIP revision submittal that intended to address the section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) requirements prohibiting a state's emissions from significantly contributing to nonattainment or interfering with maintenance of the NAAQS in any other state. The rationale for the disapproval action of the SIP revision is described in this proposal. This action is being taken under section 110 of the CAA.

This notice is a request for comments from the public to assist the Secretary of Labor and the United States Trade Representative in preparing a report on labor capacity-building efforts under Chapter 16 (``the Labor Chapter'') and Annex 16.5 of the Dominican RepublicCentral AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement (``the CAFTA-DR''), as well as efforts made by the CAFTA-DR countries to implement the recommendations contained in the report entitled ``The Labor Dimension in Central America and the Dominican RepublicBuilding on Progress: Strengthening Compliance and Enhancing Capacity'' (``the White Paper''). This report is required under the Dominican Republic Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (``the CAFTA-DR Implementation Act''). The reporting function and the responsibility for soliciting public comments required under this Act were assigned to the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative.

This notice lists the projects approved or rescinded by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in DATES.

EPA is proposing to approve, as part of Ohio's State Implementation Plan (SIP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA), a revised rule 3745-21-07, ``Control of emissions of organic materials from stationary sources (i.e., emissions that are not regulated by rule 3745-21-09, 3745-21-12, 3745-21-14, 3745-21-15, 3745-21-16, or 3745-21-18 of the Administrative Code).'' This rule has been revised because the prior version of 3745-21-07, in Ohio's SIP, has inadequate compliance test methods and definitions. The most significant problem with the prior version is the definition of ``photochemically reactive material,'' which is different than the definition of ``volatile organic compounds'' (VOC), upon which EPA's reasonably available control technology (RACT) regulations are based. The revised rule is approvable because it satisfies the requirements for RACT under the CAA.

U.S. Federal agency responses to ICCVAM test method recommendations on alternative testing methods and strategies proposed to further reduce and refine the use of animals for assessing the ocular hazard potential of chemicals and products are now available. ICCVAM recommended a pain management procedure that should always be used to avoid pain and distress when it is determined necessary to conduct the rabbit eye test for regulatory safety purposes. ICCVAM also recommended the Cytosensor Microphysiometer (CM) test method as a screening test (1) to identify some types of substances that will not cause sufficient injury to require eye hazard labeling and (2) to identify some types of substances that may cause permanent or severe eye injuries. ICCVAM previously forwarded recommendations to Federal agencies and made these recommendations available to the public (75 FR 57027). In accordance with the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 285l-3), agencies have notified ICCVAM in writing of their findings and ICCVAM is making these responses available to the public. Federal agency responses are available on the NICEATM-ICCVAM Web site at https://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/ocutox/Transmit-2010.htm. The ICCVAM recommendations are provided in ICCVAM test method evaluation reports that are available on the NICEATM-ICCVAM Web site at https:// iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/ocutox/OcuAnest-TMER.htm, https:// iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/ocutox/MildMod-TMER.htm, https:// iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/ocutox/AMCP-TMER.htm, and https:// iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/ocutox/LVET.htm.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is amending Rule 19b-4(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ``Exchange Act'') so that references to ``business day'' in Section 19(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 19b-4 thereunder refer to a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Federal holiday, a day that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (``OPM'') has announced that Federal agencies in the Washington, DC area are closed to the public, a day on which the Commission is subject to a Federal government shutdown in the event of a lapse in appropriations, or a day on which the Commission's Washington, DC office is otherwise not open for regular business.