October 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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Regulated Navigation Area; Chelsea Street Bridge Construction, Chelsea, MA
Document Number: 2011-27126
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is clarifying that the public comment period on its July 19, 2011, temporary interim rule remains open for the duration of the rule's effective period. The rule established a Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) on the navigable waters of the Chelsea River under and surrounding the Chelsea Street Bridge (CSB) that crosses the Chelsea River between East Boston and Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Petition for Approval of Alternate Odometer Disclosure Requirements
Document Number: 2011-27089
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The State of New York has petitioned for approval of alternate odometer requirements to certain requirements under Federal odometer law. New York's proposed program would apply to vehicles that have been transferred to New York motor vehicle dealers. Ultimately, the proposed program would generate the issuance of a non-secure paper odometer disclosure receipt when a vehicle is transferred from a licensed New York dealer to a person other than a licensed New York dealer, such as an out-of-state person. In view of the nature of this receipt as an odometer disclosure for vehicle titling, NHTSA preliminarily denies New York's petition. This notice is not a final agency action.
Expansion of Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Regulatory Changes, and Sanctuary Name Change
Document Number: 2011-27007
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to add five additional discrete geographical areas to the sanctuary and change the name of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary (FBNMS or sanctuary) to the American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA also proposes to amend existing sanctuary regulations and apply these regulations to activities in the sanctuary.
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless
Document Number: 2011-26924
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for use to assist the homeless.
Certain High Production Volume Chemicals; Test Rule and Significant New Use Rule; Fourth Group of Chemicals
Document Number: 2011-26894
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is proposing to issue a test rule under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 4(a)(1)(B) to require manufacturers and processors of 23 high production volume (HPV) chemical substances to develop screening-level health, environmental, and fate data based on the potential for substantial exposures of workers and consumers to these chemicals. EPA is also proposing to issue simultaneously a significant new use rule (SNUR) for another 22 HPV chemical substances under TSCA section 5(a)(2). The SNUR would require persons to file a significant new use notice (SNUN) with EPA prior to manufacturing, importing, or processing any of these chemical substances for use in a consumer product or for any use, or combination of uses, that is reasonably likely to expose 1,000 or more workers at a single corporate entity. The required notification would provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs. EPA is also soliciting comment on a number of issues with regard to both the test rule and the SNUR.
Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Common Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees
Document Number: 2011-26826
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission is initiating a review of its policies and procedures that apply to foreign ownership of common carrier, aeronautical en route and aeronautical fixed radio station licensees. The Commission seeks to reduce to the extent possible the regulatory costs and burdens imposed on common carrier, aeronautical en route and aeronautical fixed radio station applicants, licensees, and spectrum lessees; provide greater transparency and more predictability with respect to the Commission's foreign ownership filing requirements and review process; and facilitate investment from new sources of capital, while continuing to protect important interests related to national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade policy.
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Kentucky; Redesignation of the Kentucky Portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton 1997 Annual Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area to Attainment
Document Number: 2011-26773
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
On January 27, 2011, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Air Quality (DAQ), submitted a request to redesignate the Kentucky portion of the Cincinnati-Hamilton, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana (hereafter referred to the ``Tri-state Cincinnati-Hamilton Area'') fine particulate matter (PM2.5) nonattainment area to attainment for the 1997 Annual PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS); and to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for the Kentucky portion of the Tri-state Cincinnati- Hamilton Area. The Tri-state Cincinnati-Hamilton Area is comprised of Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties in Kentucky (hereafter referred to as the ``Northern Kentucky Area'' or ``Area''); Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties in Ohio; and a portion of Dearborn County in Indiana. EPA is proposing to approve the redesignation request for Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties, along with the related SIP revision, including the Commonwealth's plan for maintaining attainment of the PM2.5 standard in the Northern Kentucky Area. EPA is also proposing to approve Kentucky's nitrogen oxides (NOX) and PM2.5 Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for 2015 and 2021 for the Northern Kentucky Area. On December 9, 2010, and January 25, 2011, respectively, Ohio and Indiana submitted requests to redesignate their portion of the Tri-state Cincinnati-Hamilton Area to attainment for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. EPA is taking action on the requests from Ohio and Indiana in an action separate from these proposed actions.
Drawbridge Operation Regulation; Passaic River, Harrison, NJ
Document Number: 2011-26549
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-10-21
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard has changed the drawbridge operation regulations that govern the operation of the Amtrak's Dock Bridge across the Passaic River, mile 5.0, at Harrison, New Jersey. The owner of the bridge has requested relief from crewing the bridge at all times because the bridge has received few requests to open during past years. It is expected that an advance notice requirement for bridge openings will provide relief to the bridge owner while continuing to meet the reasonable needs of navigation.
Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2011-10-20-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2011-10-20
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect To Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered In Colombia
Document Number: 2011-27422
Type: Administrative Order
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-27321
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Department of Justice
Blind Americans Equality Day, 2011
Document Number: 2011-27320
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
National Forest Products Week, 2011
Document Number: 2011-27319
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
National Character Counts Week, 2011
Document Number: 2011-27314
Type: Proclamation
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2011-27309
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Federal Election Commission, Agencies and Commissions
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2011-27241
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Guidance Regarding the Treatment of Stock of a Controlled Corporation Under Section 355(a)(3)(B)
Document Number: 2011-27240
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains final regulations regarding the distribution of stock of a controlled corporation acquired in a transaction described in section 355(a)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). This action is necessary in light of amendments to section 355(b). These final regulations will affect corporations and their shareholders.
Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews; Correction of Comment Period Closing Date
Document Number: 2011-27237
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is announcing that the period for providing public comments on the August 23, 2011, ``Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews,'' closes on October 31, 2011. This notice does not address the requests the EPA has received for extending this period.
Indian Gaming
Document Number: 2011-27233
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs Bureau
This notice publishes an Approval of the Gaming Compact between the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the State of Oregon.
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2011-27224
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-27223
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-27222
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Recovery of Delinquent Debts-Treasury Offset Program Enhancements
Document Number: 2011-27221
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are amending our Tax Refund Offset (TRO) and Administrative Offset regulations. We are conforming our regulations to those of the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) for the following reasons: Treasury removed the 10-year limitation to collect delinquent debts owed the United States by reducing eligible Federal payments, and more States are participating in reciprocal agreements with Treasury to offset State payments, including tax refunds to reduce or extinguish a federally owed debt. These changes will allow us to collect additional Federal debt.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Forsyth County, NC
Document Number: 2011-27220
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Request for Public Comments on How the Department of Defense Can Improve the Way It Procures Defense Items and Defense Services in Support of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Programs
Document Number: 2011-27218
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Defense
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) subpart 225.73Acquisition for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) implements 22 U.S.C. 2762 of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) that authorizes DoD to enter into contracts for resale to foreign countries or international organizations. In a recent report signed by the Secretary of Defense titled ``Security Cooperation Reform Phase 1'', a requirement directs the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSD(AT&L)) to seek information from industry on how to improve the FMS process. The report is available at https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/ic/docs/Signed_SCRTF_ Report_Phase_1July%202011.pdf.
``100,000 Strong'' Initiative Federal Advisory Committee: Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-27214
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of State
The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State hereby gives notice of a public meeting of the ``100,000 Strong'' Initiative Federal Advisory Committee. The ``100,000 Strong'' Federal Advisory Committee, composed of prominent China experts and leaders in business, academic, and non-profit organizations, serves a critical advisory role in achieving the Administration's goal, announced in May 2010, of seeing 100,000 Americans study in China by 2014. Agenda: Implementation of the 100,000 Strong Initiative in the private sector. Time and Place: The meeting will take place on Friday, November 4, 2011, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT at the Department of State, Washington, DC. Participants should arrive by 12:30 p.m. at 2201 C Street, NW., C Street Lobby, and will be directed to the meeting room. Public Participation: This Advisory Committee meeting is open to the public, subject to the capacity of the meeting room. Access to the building is controlled; persons wishing to attend should contact Kim McClure of the Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at mcclurekm@state.gov and provide their name, affiliation, date of birth, country of citizenship, government identification type and number, e-mail address, and mailing address no later than October 28, 2011. Data from the public is requested pursuant to Public Law 99- 399 (Omnibus Act of 1986) as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT ACT); and Executive Order 13356. The primary purpose for collecting this information is to validate the identity of individuals who enter Department facilities. Please see the Privacy Impact Assessment for VACS-D at https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/100305.pdf for additional information. Persons who cannot participate in the meeting but who wish to comment are welcome to do so by e-mail to Kim McClure at mcclurekm@state.gov. A member of the public needing reasonable accommodation should advise the contact person identified above not later than October 21, 2011. Requests made after that date will be considered, but might not be able to be fulfilled. Members of the public who are unable to attend the Advisory Committee meeting in person but would like to participate by teleconferencing can contact Kim McClure at 202-647-7059 to receive the conference call-in number and the relevant information.
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Swordfish Retention Limits
Document Number: 2011-27212
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS proposes regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to modify retention limits for swordfish, Xiphias gladius, harvested in the U.S. West Coast-based deep-set tuna longline (DSLL) fishery. The DSLL fishery is managed under the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP). The proposed rule would implement the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) recommendation to modify HMS FMP regulations governing the possession and landing limits of swordfish captured in the DSLL fishery, contingent on hook type and fisheries observer presence. If a vessel without an observer onboard uses any J[hyphen]hooks (tuna hooks), the trip limit would be 10 swordfish. If a vessel without an observer onboard uses only circle hooks, the trip limit would be 25 swordfish. If the vessel carries a NMFS-approved observer during the entire fishing trip, there would be no limit on swordfish retained. Regulations prohibiting the use of shallow[hyphen]set longline gear to target swordfish would remain in place.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits
Document Number: 2011-27211
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that an exempted fishing permit application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. This permit would allow two commercial fishing vessels to test the economic viability of using electric rod and reel gear to target pollock in the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area and to temporarily retain undersized catch for measurement and data collection. The study would be conducted by the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act require publication of this notification to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for proposed exempted fishing permits.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests
Document Number: 2011-27210
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (the Department), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the reporting burden on the public and helps the public understand the Department's information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. The Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and Records Management Services, Office of Management, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee: Notice of Postponement of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-27209
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is postponing the meeting of the General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee scheduled for December 1, 2011. The meeting was announced in the Federal Register of Friday, October 7, 2011 (76 FR 62419). The meeting is postponed so that FDA can review and consider additional information that was submitted. A future meeting date will be announced in the Federal Register.
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2011-27208
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has decided to extend the time limit for the preliminary results of the sixth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'') to January 30, 2012. The period of review (``POR'') is February 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011.
Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Partial Preliminary Results, Rescission of, and Intent To Rescind, in Part, the 2009-2010 Administrative Review
Document Number: 2011-27204
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
In response to requests from interested parties, the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering the period of review (POR) of November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010. The Department initiated this review for 112 producers/exporters (companies).\1\ The Department is issuing partial preliminary results for the PRC-wide entity only, which includes the seven companies listed in Appendix III. Based on timely withdrawals of requests for review, the Department is now rescinding the review with respect to 84 companies which are listed in Appendix I. The Department also preliminarily determines that a rescission of the administrative review is warranted with respect to 14 companies which each timely submitted a ``no shipment'' certification. The intent to rescind is applicable to the companies listed in Appendix II. In addition, there are seven companies which the Department determines are subject to the PRC-wide entity rate and which are subject to these partial preliminary results. These seven companies are listed in Appendix III. Accordingly, 21 companies are subject to these partial preliminary results and the intent to rescind the administrative review and are listed in Appendix IV.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment for the South Atlantic
Document Number: 2011-27203
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted the Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit Amendment (Comprehensive ACL Amendment) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. The Comprehensive ACL Amendment amends the Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region, the Golden Crab Fishery of the South Atlantic Region, the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery off the Atlantic States, and the Pelagic Sargassum Habitat of the South Atlantic Region. The Comprehensive ACL Amendment proposes actions to specify annual catch limits (ACLs), allowable biological catch (ABC), ABC control rules, and accountability measures (AMs) for species in the FMPs for Snapper- Grouper, Dolphin and Wahoo, Golden Crab, and Sargassum. The Comprehensive ACL Amendment proposes to specify ABC, and describe the current terminology and measures in place in the Sargassum FMP that are consistent with an ACL and AMs. For Sargassum, this amendment would not specifically set an ACL because there is currently a commercial quota in place which functions as an ACL, and there are commercial closure provisions in the event the quota is met or projected to be met which functions as an AM. Sector allocations, annual catch targets (ACTs), and management measures are also proposed for species in the Snapper- Grouper and Dolphin and Wahoo FMPs. In addition, the Comprehensive ACL Amendment proposes actions to the snapper-grouper fishery management unit (FMU), including the removal of some species, designation of ecosystem component (EC) species, and the development of species groups.
Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting
Document Number: 2011-27202
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, and in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of Public Law, a Defense Health Board (DHB) meeting is announced:
Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GIV-X Airplane; Isolation or Aircraft Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized Internal Access
Document Number: 2011-27198
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GIV-X airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features associated with connectivity of the passenger domain computer systems to the airplane critical systems and data networks. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for these design features. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Special Conditions: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Model GIV-X Airplane; Aircraft Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External Access
Document Number: 2011-27196
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-10-20
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
These special conditions are issued for the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model GIV-X airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features associated with the architecture and connectivity capabilities of the airplane's computer systems and networks, which may allow access by external computer systems and networks. Connectivity by external systems and networks may result in security vulnerabilities to the airplane's systems. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for these design features. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
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