2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In this document, the Commission seeks comment on a proposed requirement that each television station's public inspection file be made available in an online public file to be hosted on the Commission's Web site.

EPA (or the Agency) is taking final action to amend the date by which farms must prepare or amend, and implement their Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans to May 10, 2013. The date is being amended because a large segment of the continental U.S. was affected by flooding during the spring and summer of 2011, and other areas were impacted by devastating fires and drought conditions. In addition, despite the targeted farm outreach efforts by EPA over the past ten months, the sheer number of farms throughout the U.S. makes it a challenge to reach those owners and operators of farms that may be subject to the SPCC Plan regulations. As a result, the Agency believes that farms need additional time to come into compliance with the requirements to prepare or amend and implement a SPCC Plan.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is amending its regulations to make miscellaneous administrative changes, including updating the street address for its Region IV office and correcting an authority citation and typographical and spelling errors, and other edits and conforming changes. This document is necessary to inform the public of these changes to the NRC's regulations.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) amends the rules governing practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board or BPAI) in ex parte patent appeals. The Office amends the rules to: Remove several of the briefing requirements for an appeal brief, provide for the Board to take jurisdiction over the appeal earlier in the appeal process, no longer require examiners to acknowledge receipt of reply briefs, create specified procedures under which an appellant can seek review of an undesignated new ground of rejection in either an examiner's answer or in a Board decision, provide that the Board will presume that the appeal is taken from the rejection of all claims under rejection unless cancelled by an applicant's amendment, and clarify that, for purposes of the examiner's answer, any rejection that relies upon Evidence not relied upon in the Office action from which the appeal is taken shall be designated as a new ground of rejection. The Office also withdraws a previously published final rule that never went into effect.

In compliance with mandate of Section 3(d)(4) of the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, the Agency announces the renewal of the Export Import Bank Advisory Committee. The committee will advise the Bank's leadership and shall prepare and submit with the Bank's annual competitiveness report to the U.S. Congress its comments on the extent to which the Bank is meeting its mandate to provide competitive financing to expand United States exports, and any suggestions for improvements in this regard.

In this document, the Commission announces that certain rules adopted in the Service Rules for the 698-806 MHz Band proceeding, to the extent they contained information collection requirements that required approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), were approved, October 28, 2011.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL for an approximately 4.6-acre parcel of land on the campus of the VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System, Grand Island Community Living Center and Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Grand Island, Nebraska. As consideration, the selected lessee will be required to finance, design, develop, construct, operate and maintain a permanent supportive housing facility. The lessee will be required to provide preference and priority placement for senior Veterans and their families, and provide on-site supportive services.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL on an approximately 3.7-acre parcel of land at the Cheyenne VA Medical Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. As consideration for the lease, the lessee will be required to construct, operate, and maintain a permanent housing facility; provide preference and priority placement for senior Veterans and their families; and provide a supportive services program.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL on an approximately 28.9-acre parcel of land and 60 buildings at the Perry Point VA Medical CenterVA Maryland Health Care System in Perryville. As consideration for the lease, the selected lessee will finance, design, develop, renovate, construct, maintain and operate a permanent housing development. The lessee will provide preference and priority placement for Veterans and their families, and a supportive services program.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL on an approximately 4.0-acre parcel of land at the Memphis VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee. As consideration for the lease, the lessee will be required to finance, design, develop, construct, manage, operate, and maintain a mixed-use parking development, whereby VA will receive negotiated lease consideration likely to include increased parking capacity. The development may also include a professional medical office building, a hotel, and general use retail space.

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is making available a document regarding two consolidated determinations with respect to the current methods used to calculate manufacturer and importer assessments that fund the Tobacco Transition Payment Program (TTPP). It is in response to challenges raised in two lawsuitsPrime Time International Co. v. Vilsack et al. and Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Vilsack et al. involving the terms and construction of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (FETRA). Both matters involve the question of what is a ``share of gross domestic volume'' within the meaning of FETRA and the question of what is to be done with those ``shares'' in calculating program liabilities. Because the outcomes of these two lawsuits have the potential to affect not only the plaintiffs, but also all other importers and manufacturers, public availability of a USDA determination is warranted.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL for an approximately 4.0-acre parcel of land and seven buildings on the Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center campus of the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System in Topeka, Kansas. As consideration, the selected lessee will be required to finance, design, develop, construct, maintain and operate a permanent supportive housing facility. The lessee will also be required to provide preference and priority placement for senior Veterans and their families, and provide on-site supportive services for resident Veterans.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL of three buildings and three parcels totaling approximately 17.5 acres of land at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. As consideration for the EUL, the lessee will be required to construct, renovate, operate, and maintain permanent and transitional housing with on-site supportive services. The lessee will also be required to provide preference and priority placement for senior, disabled, homeless and/or at-risk Veterans and their families.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL on an approximately 59.4-acre parcel of land which includes 8 historic structures at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (Lincoln Community-Based Outpatient Clinic) in Lincoln, Nebraska. As consideration for the lease, the lessee will be required to construct, renovate, operate, and maintain a mixed-use development. A permanent housing facility will be included in the development, which will offer preference and priority placement for Veterans and their families, and a supportive services program.

The Secretary of VA intends to enter into an EUL on two parcels of land of approximately 5.5 acres and 15.0 acres at the VA Illiana Health Care System, Danville Campus in Danville, Illinois. As consideration for the EUL, the lessee will be required to finance, construct, operate and maintain a permanent housing development, provide preference and priority placement for Veterans and their families, and provide a supportive services program.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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. The information collection applies to applicants seeking HUD financial assistance for their project proposals and is used by HUD for the performance of the Department's compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and related federal environmental laws and authorities in accordance with HUD environmental regulations at 24 CFR part 50.

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been 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. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Challenge Planning Grant Program fosters reform and reduces barriers to achieving affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities. Such efforts may include amending or replacing local master plans, zoning codes, and building codes, either on a jurisdiction-wide basis or in a specific neighborhood, district, corridor, or sector to promote mixed-use development, affordable housing, the reuse of older buildings and structures for new purposes, and similar activities with the goal of promoting sustainability at the local or neighborhood level. This Program also supports the development of affordable housing through the development and adoption of inclusionary zoning ordinances and other activities to support plan implementation.

NMFS has received an application from the United States Navy (Navy) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting physical oceanographic studies in the southwest Indian Ocean, January through February, 2012. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an IHA to the Navy to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, 29 species of marine mammals during the specified activity.