June 8, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is proposing guidance on safe and sound banking practices in connection with deposit-related consumer credit products. Such products include automated overdraft protection and direct deposit advance programs.

In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eugene District Office, Eugene, Oregon, intends to prepare a Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West Eugene Wetlands Planning Area and by this notice is announcing the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues. The West Eugene Wetlands Planning Area comprises approximately 1,340 acres of acquired lands that do not have an existing RMP.

The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.

This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the notice published in the May 19, 2011 Federal Register entitled ``Medicare Program; Accelerated Development Sessions for Accountable Care OrganizationsJune 20, 21, and 22, 2011.''

This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the notice published in the May 20, 2011 Federal Register entitled ``Medicare Program; Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model: Request for Applications.''

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested concerning (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will submit the information collection abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission will describe the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use.

On Thursday, September 9, 2010, there was published in the Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 174, on page 54910 a notice entitled ``Eastern States: Filing of Plats of Survey''. Said notice referenced the stay of the plat of the dependent resurvey of a portion of the South and West boundaries, a portion of the subdivisional lines, and the subdivision of Sections 28-33, and the survey of a tract of land in Section 31 and adjusted record meanders in Sections 31 and 32, in Township 114 North, Range 15 West, of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in the State of Minnesota. This survey was accepted June 22, 2010. The protest against the survey was dismissed on April 6, 2011 and the plat of survey accepted June 22, 2010, was officially filed in Eastern States Office, Springfield, Virginia, at 7:30 a.m., on May 23, 2011. Copies of the plat will be made available upon request and prepayment of the reproduction fee of $7.50 per copy.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is confirming the effective date of June 13, 2011, for the direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2011 (76 FR 17019). This direct final rule amended the NRC's spent fuel storage regulations to add the Holtec HI-STORM Flood/Wind cask system to the ``List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks'' as Certificate of Compliance Number 1032.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of grant funds for the support of a cooperative agreement between the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). The goal of the cooperative agreement for CFSAN is to have NACCHO conduct work that will strengthen the role of local health departments and help FDA/CFSAN promote effective city and county regulatory programs responsible for retail food protection in the United States.

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) gives notice of the proposed establishment of seven new Privacy Act systems of records, the adoption of a government-wide Privacy Act system of records, the removal of four existing Privacy Act systems of records, and notice of twenty-one government-wide Privacy Act systems of records previously adopted by FHFA. The proposed new systems are: ``Mail, Contact, Telephone, and Other Lists'' (FHFA-7); ``Federal Home Loan Bank Directors'' (FHFA-8); ``Administrative Grievance Records'' (FHFA-9); ``Employee Benefits Records'' (FHFA-10); ``Transit Subsidy Program Records'' (FHFA-11); ``Parking Program Records'' (FHFA-12); and ``Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Records'' (FHFA-13). Two of the proposed new systems, (FHFA-8) and (FHFA-9), will replace systems of records issued by one of FHFA's predecessor agencies, the Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB) titled ``FHFB-4 Federal Home Loan Bank Appointive Director Certification Forms'' and ``FHFB-3 Administrative Grievance Files.'' The new adopted system of records, ``Personal Identity Verification Identity Management System'' (GSA/GOVT-7), will replace systems of records issued by FHFA's predecessor agencies FHFB and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), titled ``FHFB-8 Personal Identify Verification Management System'' and ``OFHEO-03 Employee Identification Card System.'' Notice is given that FHFA previously adopted the following government-wide systems of records: EEOC/GOVT-1 Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government Complaint and Appeals Records; DOL/GOVT-1 Office of Worker's Compensation Programs, Federal Employees' Compensation Act File; DOL/GOVT-2 Job Corps Student Records; DOT/ALL-8 Employee Transportation Facilitation; GSA/GOVT-2 Employment Under Commercial Activities Contracts; EPA/GOVT-2Federal Docket Management System (FDMS); GSA/GOVT-3 Travel Charge Card Program; GSA/GOVT-4 Contracted Travel Services Program; GSA/GOVT-6 GSA SmartPay Purchase Charge Card Program; GSA/GOVT-8 Excluded Parties List System (EPLS); MSPB/GOVT1 Appeal and Case Records; OGE/GOVT-1 Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Reports and Other Ethics Program Records; OGE/GOVT-2 Confidential Statements of Employment and Financial Interests; OPM/GOVT-1 General Personnel Records; OPM/GOVT-2 Employee Performance File System Records; OPM/GOVT-3 Records of Adverse Actions; OPM/GOVT-5 Recruiting, Examining and Placement Records; OPM/GOVT-6 Personnel Research and Test Validation Records; OPM/GOVT-7 Applicant Race, Sex, National Origin and Disability Status Records; OPM/GOVT-9 File on Position Classification Appeals, Job Grading Appeals, and Retained Grade or Pay Appeals, and Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) Claims and Complaints; OPM/GOVT-10 Employee Medical File System Records; and OSC/GOVT-1 OSC Complaint Litigation and Political Activity Files. Two of the proposed new systems, (FHFA-11) and (FHFA-12), will replace the system of records previously adopted by FHFA titled ``DOT/ ALL-8 Employee Transportation Facilitation'' as these two new systems more accurately reflect the systems of records that FHFA maintains. Upon the effective date of this notice, the replaced FHFB systems, ``FHFB-3'' published at 60 FR 46120 (September 5, 1995) and further amended, ``FHFB-4'' published at 64 FR 14919 (March 29, 1999) and further amended, and ``FHFB-8'' published at 71 FR 61052 on October 17, 2006; and the replaced OFHEO system ``OFHEO-3'' published at 63 FR 9007 on February 23, 1998, will be removed.

The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications to fill two vacant positions on the Manufacturing Council (Council). The purpose of the Council is to advise the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sector and to provide a forum for regular communication between Government and the manufacturing sector.

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95). 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This program helps ensure that requested data is provided in the desired format, that the reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, that the collection instruments are clearly understood, and that the impact of collection requirements on respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is soliciting comments on its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the Construction Information Collection. You can obtain a copy of the proposed information collection request by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.

This notice solicits public comment on certain key issues that will be addressed in HUD's forthcoming guidance on the Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) program. HUD will consider all comments as it updates its guidebook entitled ``Energy Performance Contracting for Public and Indian Housing'' (Greenbook). This notice also clarifies existing guidance related to EPCs.

In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010. We have preliminarily determined that Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (``TMI''), the sole respondent in this administrative review, has not made sales in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (``POR''). If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of review, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (``POR'') for which the importer-specific assessment rates are above de minimis. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. Parties who submit comments are requested to submit with each argument a summary of the argument. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days from the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 6, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Linex Technologies, Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on May 25, 2011. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain wireless communication devices and systems, components thereof, and products containing same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,757,322 (``the `322 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. RE42,219 (``the `219 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.