July 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This Notice is published in accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). The topic of the meeting on September 13, 2011 is to review new start research and development projects related to the Environmental Restoration and Weapons System and Platforms program areas. These projects are requesting Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program funds in excess of $1M. This meeting is open to the public. Any interested person may attend, appear before, or file statements with the Scientific Advisory Board at the time and in the manner permitted by the Board.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-1981-DR), dated May 10, 2011, and related determinations.

We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection request (ICR) for the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP). As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this ICR. This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2011.

On September 25, 2008, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 73 FR 55469. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Henderson County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the flooding sources Canoe Creek, Canoe Creek Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Cash Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Elam Ditch, Elam Ditch Tributary 1, Elam Ditch Tributary 1.1 (backwater effects from Elam Ditch Tributary 1), Elam Ditch Tributary 2, Elam Ditch Tributary 3, Elam Ditch Tributary 4 (backwater effects from Elam Ditch), Elam Ditch Tributary 8 (backwater effects from Elam Ditch), Grane Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Grane Creek Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Grane Creek Tributary 5 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Kimsey Lane Left Tributary, Kimsey Lane Right Tributary, Lick Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Lick Creek Tributary 2 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Lick Creek Tributary 2.1 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Lick Creek Tributary 4 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Middle Canoe Creek, North Fork Canoe Creek, Ohio River, Old Knoblick Road Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Pond Creek (overflow effects from Ohio River), Pond Creek Tributary 6 (overflow effects from Ohio River), Race Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sellers Ditch, Sputzman Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sputzman Creek Tributary 1 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sputzman Creek Tributary 2 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sugar Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Tiger Ditch (formerly Highway 812 Tributary), Tiger Ditch Tributary 1, and Upper Canoe Creek.

On March 25, 2009, FEMA published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that contained an erroneous table. This notice provides corrections to that table, to be used in lieu of the information published at 74 FR 12804. The table provided here represents the flooding sources, location of referenced elevations, effective and modified elevations, and communities affected for Livingston County, Kentucky, and Incorporated Areas. Specifically, it addresses the following flooding sources: Bayou Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Bayou Creek Tributary 20 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Bissell Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Buck Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Claylick Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Cooper Creek (backwater effects from Tennessee River), Cumberland River (backwater effects from Ohio River), Cypress Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Deer Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Dry Branch (backwater effects from Tennessee River), Dry Fork (backwater effects from Ohio River), Dyer Hill Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Ferguson Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Givens Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Guess Creek (backwater effects from Tennessee River), Guess Creek Tributary 9 (backwater effects from Tennessee River), Hickory Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Jones Creek (backwater effects from Tennessee River), Kentucky Lake, Lake Barkley, Lee Creek (backwater effects from Tennessee River), McCormick Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), McGilligan Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Ohio River, Phelps Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Phelps Creek Tributary 2 (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sandy Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Smith Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Snglin Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sugar Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sugarcamp Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River), Sugarcamp Creek Tributary 3 (backwater effects from Ohio River), the Tennessee River, and Turkey Creek (backwater effects from Ohio River).

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Montana (FEMA-1996-DR), dated 06/17/2011. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 04/03/2011 through 07/22/2011. Effective Date: 07/22/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/16/2011. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/19/2012.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (FEMA-1994-DR), dated 06/15/2011. Incident: Severe Storms and Tornadoes. Incident Period: 06/01/2011.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Wyoming (FEMA- 4007-DR), dated 07/22/2011. Incident: Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides. Incident Period: 05/18/2011 through 07/08/2011. Effective Date: 07/22/2011. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/20/2011. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/23/2012.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled In Re Certain Wireless Devices with 3G Capabilities and Components Thereof, DN 2835; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint.

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 12-month period to begin no later than September 1, 2011. Work under this cooperative agreement will involve organizing two hearings of the NIC Advisory Board. The hearings will assist the Board in providing directions to NIC and the corrections field on the subject of organizational culture (hearing 1) and cost containment (hearing 2). The first hearing will be held on November 2-3, 2011 in San Diego, California. The second hearing will be held in April or May 2012 in Aurora, Colorado (note that the site for hearing 2 will be the National Correctional Academy in Aurora, Colorado).

As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, the Office of the Secretary, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), HHS has submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR): ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

The State of Alaska (State) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest from the United States in those lands underlying Whitefish Lake and its outlet in southwestern Alaska. The State asserts that Whitefish Lake and its outlet were navigable and unreserved at the time of statehood; therefore, title to the submerged lands passed to the State at the time of statehood (1959). The lake and its outlet are partially within the exterior boundaries of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, created by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487 of December 2, 1980, and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

This document responds to petitions for reconsideration of a final rule issued by this agency on June 14, 2010. This final rule amended the electrical shock protection requirements to facilitate the development and introduction of fuel cell vehicles (a type of electric- powered vehicle) and the next generation of hybrid and battery electric powered vehicles. This document addresses issues raised in the petitions for reconsideration relating to the scope and applicability of the standard, the definitions in the standard, the retention requirements for electric energy storage/conversion systems, the electrical isolation requirements, the test specifications and requirements for electrical isolation monitoring, the state-of-charge of electric energy storage devices prior to the crash tests, a proposed protective barrier compliance option for electrical safety, the use of alternative gas to crash test hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and a proposed low-energy compliance option for electrical safety.

As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will issue an appealable decision to Calista Corporation. The decision will approve the conveyance of the surface and subsurface estates in certain lands pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The lands are located south west of Sheldon Point, Alaska, and contain 20.55 acres. Notice of the decision will also be published four times in the Anchorage Daily News.

The Board of Visitors, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center meeting scheduled for August 3 and 4, 2011 published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 (76 FR 39076) has been cancelled.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received, from Swallow Creek Ranch (Applicant), an application for an enhancement of survival permit for the Federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii), under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This permit application includes a proposed Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreement) between the Applicant and the Service. The Agreement and permit application are available for public comment.

The Ozark-Ouachita RAC will meet in Waldron, Arkansas. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with the title II of the Act. The meeting is open to the public. The purpose of the meeting is to review Title II project proposals from eligible counties in Arkansas.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) for public review and comment. The Draft CCP/ EA describes our proposal and alternatives for managing the Refuge for the next 15 years.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

This action adds products and a service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.