May 16, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2011-05-16-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2011-05-16
Medicare Program; Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2012
Document Number: C1-2011-10689
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency Meeting
Document Number: 2011-12070
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-12040
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2011-12022
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-12018
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; Moving To Work Demonstration
Document Number: 2011-12000
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
Grant of Authority; Establishment of a Foreign-Trade Zone; Greenup and Boyd Counties, KY
Document Number: 2011-11988
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 51 Under Alternative Site Framework; Duluth, MN
Document Number: 2011-11986
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Certain Lined Paper Products From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of Administrative Review Pursuant to Court Decision
Document Number: 2011-11985
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On April 27, 2011, the United States Court of International Trade (``CIT'') sustained the Department of Commerce's (``the Department's'') results of redetermination as applied to Shanghai Lian Li Paper Products Co., Ltd. (``Lian Li'') pursuant to the CIT's order granting the Department's voluntary remand request in Shanghai Lian Li Paper Products Co., Ltd. v. United States, 09-00198, (April 15, 2010). See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand, Court No. 09- 00198, dated September 3, 2010 (``Remand Results''), and Shanghai Lian Li Paper Products Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 09-00198, Slip Op. 11-48 (April 27, 2011). The Department is notifying the public that the final CIT judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's final determination and is amending the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products (``CLPP'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') covering the period of review April 17, 2006, through August 31, 2007, with respect to Lian Li.
UChicago Argonne, LLC, et al.; Notice of Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Document Number: 2011-11984
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection
Document Number: 2011-11976
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on August 19, 2010. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
Document Number: 2011-11974
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on September 3, 2010, at 75 FR 54217.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2011-11960
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
Document Number: 2011-11959
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on September 3, 2010, at 75 FR 54217.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-11958
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2011-11957
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2011-11956
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Petition for Rulemaking Submitted by the Nuclear Energy Institute
Document Number: 2011-11955
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has decided to consider the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by Anthony R. Pietrangelo, on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the petitioner, in the planned ``Quality Control/Quality Verification'' (QC/QV) rulemaking (Docket ID: NRC-2009-0090). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations regarding its fitness-for-duty programs to refine existing requirements based on experience gained since the regulations were last amended in 2008.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-11953
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request reinstatement and approval of this data collection. In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this information collection. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; 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.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Arrival and Departure Record (Forms I-94 and I-94W) and Electronic System for Travel Authorization
Document Number: 2011-11952
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the CBP Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record), CBP Form I-94W (Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver Arrival/Departure), and the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Science Advisory Board Panel for the Oil Spill Research Strategy Review Panel
Document Number: 2011-11951
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the SAB Panel to Review EPA's Draft Oil Spill Research Strategy.
Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-11949
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
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 Tennessee Valley Authority-Paradise Fossil Fuel Plant; Muhlenberg County, KY
Document Number: 2011-11948
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Pursuant to Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed an Order, dated May 2, 2011, denying a petition to object to a CAA title V operating permit issued by the Kentucky Division for Air Quality to Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for its Paradise Fossil Fuel Plant located near Drakesboro in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. This Order constitutes a final action on the petition submitted by Sierra Club (Petitioner) on January 9, 2010. Pursuant to sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the CAA, a petition for judicial review of those parts of the Order that deny issues in the petition may be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate circuit within 60 days from the date this notice appears in the Federal Register.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive Patent License; Hadal, Inc.
Document Number: 2011-11947
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to Hadal, Inc. a revocable, non-assignable, exclusive license to practice in the United States, the Government-owned inventions described in Navy Case No. 98,709: Attitude Estimation Using Ground Imagery//Navy Case No. 98,801: Apparatus and Method For Grazing Angle Independent Signal Detection//Navy Case No. 98,946: Apparatus and Method For Compensating Images For Differences In Aspect//Navy Case No. 98,947: System and Method For Spatially Invariant Signal Detection//Navy Case No. 98,984: Correlation Image Detector//Navy Case No. 99,033: Holographic Map//Navy Case No. 99,067: Holographic Navigation//Navy Case No. 99,413: Coherent Image Correlation//Navy Case No. 100,287: Facemask Display//.
[NRC-2009-0482]
Document Number: 2011-11946
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has decided to consider the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by Robert Meyer, on behalf of the Professional Reactor Operator Society (PROS), the petitioner, in the planned ``Quality Control/Quality Verification'' (QC/QV) rulemaking (Docket ID: NRC-2009-0090). The petitioner asked the NRC to amend the regulations that govern fitness- for-duty programs. Specifically, the petitioner asked the NRC to change the term ``unit outage'' to ``site outage'' and that the definition of ``site outage'' read ``up to one week prior to disconnecting the reactor unit from the grid and up to 75-percent turbine power following reconnection to the grid.''
Meeting of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel
Document Number: 2011-11945
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Executive Panel will deliberate on the findings and proposed recommendations of the Resource Sponsorship Subcommittee study. The meeting will consist of discussions regarding the current Navy functional organization and the effectiveness and efficiency of its resulting Program Objective Memorandum (POM) versus other previous and potential future organizational structures.
Adequacy Status of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Maintenance Plan 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes
Document Number: 2011-11944
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is notifying the public that it has found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEB) in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Redesignation Request/Maintenance Plan State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision, submitted on August 31, 2010 and February 14, 2011, by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the Baton Rouge area must use these budgets for future conformity determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
National Institute on Aging; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2011-11943
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Delta-Bienville Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2011-11942
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Delta-Bienville Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Forest, Mississippi. 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 of the meeting is to review and approve project proposals.
Petition for Rulemaking Submitted by Mr. Erik Erb and 91 Cosigners
Document Number: 2011-11941
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has decided to consider the issues raised in a petition for rulemaking (PRM) submitted by Erik Erb, the petitioner, and 91 cosigners, in the planned ``Quality Control/Quality Verification'' (QC/QV) rulemaking (Docket ID: NRC-2009- 0090). The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations to decrease the minimum days off requirement for security officers working 12 hour shifts from an average of 3 days per week to 2.5 or 2 days per week.
Cancellation of the Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2011-11940
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR) is issuing this notice to cancel the May 18-19, 2011 Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) Meeting. The notice of this meeting was previously published in the Federal Register on Thursday, April 21, 2011 (76 FR 22394).
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Resource Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2011-11939
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest Resource Advisory Committee will conduct a meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 continue the review of project submittals.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2011-11938
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2011-11936
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2011-11935
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Hours of Service of Drivers
Document Number: 2011-11933
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This document corrects the docket number referenced in the Addresses and Instructions paragraphs to a proposed rule's notice of availability of supplemental documents published in the Federal Register of May 9, 2011, regarding Hours of Service of Drivers. This correction replaces an incorrect docket number with the correct docket number for the public to submit comments to the reopened docket about the four additional documents and FMCSA's possible consideration of the studies' findings in the development of the final rule.
Notice Pursuant to Executive Order 12600 of Receipt of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests for Access to the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database
Document Number: 2011-11930
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This notice provides submitters notice pursuant to Executive Order 12600 that the General Services Administration, Office of Governmentwide Policy, Acquisition Systems Division (ASD) has received several FOIA requests for certain data elements (CCR extracts) within the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. This notice describes each data element contained in CCR, and its exemption status under FOIA. The following information applies to CCR data fields 250 through 254 only, which are marked with a ``*'': Information posted in data fields 250 to 254 prior to April 15, 2011, regardless of which Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision or clause it is posted under, will be subject to release in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act procedures at 5 U.S.C. 552, including, where appropriate, procedures promulgated under E.O. 12600, ``Predisclosure Notification Procedures for Confidential Commercial Information.'' Information posted in data fields 250 to 254 (or subsequently on the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)), on or after April 15, 2011, will be available to the public, as required by Section 3010 of Public Law 111-212 (see 41 U.S.C. 417b, as codified, 41 U.S.C. 2313) and in accordance with FAR clause 52.209-9 (version dated JAN 2011). Federal contractors must NOT post information required under FAR clause 52.209-7 (version dated JAN 2011) on or after April 15, 2011. Any contractors with a contract containing clause 52.209-7 (version dated JAN 2011) that requires update of information on or after April 15, 2011, should contact their contracting officer immediately to discuss a modification. The following information applies to CCR data fields 255 through 260, which are marked with ``**'': Any information entered in data fields 255 to 260 before April 15, 2011, is only available to authorized individuals in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act procedures at 5 U.S.C. 552. Information posted on or after April 15, 2011, will be available to the public, as required by Section 3010 of Pub. L. 111-212 (see 41 U.S.C. 417b, as codified, 41 U.S.C. 2313) and in accordance with FAR clause 52.209-9 (version dated JAN 2011). Federal contractors must not post information to data fields 255 to 260 under FAR clause 52.209-7 (version dated JAN 2011) on or after April 15, 2011. Any contractors with a contract containing clause 52.209-7 (version dated JAN 2011) that requires update of information on or after April 15, 2011, should contact their contracting officer immediately to discuss a modification.
Notice of Intent To Reestablish the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council, and Request for Nominations
Document Number: 2011-11926
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture
The USDA intends to reestablish the National Genetic Resources Advisory (Council). The purpose of the Council is to formulate recommendations on actions and policies for the collections, maintenance, and utilization of genetic resources; to make recommendations for coordination of genetic resources plans of several domestic and international organizations; and to advise the Secretary of Agriculture and the National Genetic Resources Program Director of new and innovative approaches to genetic resources conservation.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Privacy Protections of Information From Applicant Households
Document Number: 2011-11924
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is revising Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program regulations that cover the privacy protections for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households and applicants. The change is to comply with a new provision of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
Amendments to Material Control and Accounting Regulations
Document Number: 2011-11923
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) is making available for comment preliminary proposed rule language concerning the NRC's proposed amendments to the material control and accounting (MC&A) regulations. These regulations apply to NRC licensees who are authorized to hold special nuclear material (SNM) and to certain licensees within the jurisdiction of the Agreement States that hold SNM and submit material status reports to the NRC. The goal of this rulemaking is to revise and consolidate the MC&A requirements. This Notice briefly summarizes the proposed amendments. After the Commission has reviewed and approved the proposed rule, it will be formally published for comment.
Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Hanford
Document Number: 2011-11922
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.
Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-11921
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-05-16
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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