May 29, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2012-05-29-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2012-05-29
Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13079
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2012-13069
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13063
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13062
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13061
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13060
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13059
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice-June 14, 2012 Board of Directors Meeting
Document Number: 2012-13058
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Reducing Regulatory Burden
Document Number: 2012-13054
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces that the period for submitting comments on the Department of Energy's (DOE) request for information (RFI) issued as part of its implementation of Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' is extended to June 19, 2012.
Airworthiness Directives; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes
Document Number: 2012-13034
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Model G-1159, G-1159A, and G-1159B airplanes. This AD requires, for certain airplanes, a measurement to determine the clearance (gap) of the exposed rounded portion of the doubler and clothespin fitting at the wing-to-fuselage attachment, and repair if necessary. This AD also requires, for certain other airplanes, determining if a certain aircraft service change has been incorporated, and for affected airplanes, a measurement to determine the clearance (gap) of the exposed rounded portion of the doubler and clothespin fitting at the wing-to-fuselage attachment, and repair if necessary. This AD was prompted by a report of an improper structural modification that had excessive gaps in the wing-to-fuselage attachment fittings. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct excessive gaps in the wing-to-fuselage attachment fittings, which could result in reduced structural integrity at the wing-to-fuselage attachment and consequent separation of the wing from the airplane.
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2012-13024
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Availability of a Treatment Evaluation Document; Methyl Bromide Fumigation of Cottonseed
Document Number: 2012-13016
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public that we have determined that it is necessary to immediately add to the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual a treatment schedule for methyl bromide fumigation of cottonseed for the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV). We have prepared a treatment evaluation document that describes the new treatment schedule and explains why we have determined that it is effective at neutralizing FOV, certain strains of which are quarantine pests. We are making the treatment evaluation document available to the public for review and comment.
In the Matter of Indocan Resources, Inc.; Order of Suspension of Trading
Document Number: 2012-13012
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Texas Gamma Ray, LLC, Pasadena, TX; Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately)
Document Number: 2012-12989
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Improving Mail Management Policies, Procedures, and Activities
Document Number: 2012-12985
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued Federal Management Regulation (FMR) Bulletin G-03 which provides guidance to Executive Branch agencies for improving mail management policies, procedures, and activities. FMR Bulletin G-03 and all other FMR Bulletins may be found at https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/ 102955#MailManagement.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-12984
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Agriculture
The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Meeting of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Document Number: 2012-12983
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
The National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will hold a meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The open meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and will be open to the public via conference call. The meeting will take place at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. The Council was chartered on November 10, 2009 to advise the Secretary of Commerce on matter related to innovation and entrepreneurship in the United States.
Medicare Program; Public Meeting in Calendar Year 2012 for New Clinical Laboratory Tests Payment Determinations
Document Number: 2012-12982
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces a public meeting to receive comments and recommendations from the public on the appropriate basis for establishing payment amounts for new or substantially revised Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes being considered for Medicare payment under the clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) for calendar year (CY) 2013.
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part
Document Number: 2012-12981
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with April anniversary dates. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews. The Department also received requests to revoke two antidumping duty orders in part.
Stainless Steel Bar From Japan: Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances Review, and Intent To Revoke Order in Part
Document Number: 2012-12980
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On February 14, 2012, in accordance with section 751(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and section 351.216(b) of the Department of Commerce's (the Department) regulations, Suruga USA Corp. (Suruga), a U.S. importer of subject merchandise, filed a request for a changed-circumstances review of four types of stainless steel bar (SSBar) \1\ that are subject to the antidumping duty order on SSBar from Japan (the Order).
Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review, and Revocation of Order, in Part
Document Number: 2012-12979
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On April 16, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation and preliminary results of the antidumping duty (``AD'') changed circumstances review with intent to revoke, in part, the AD order on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ Given that Anvil International and Ward Manufacturing (``Petitioners'') \2\ are no longer interested in seeking antidumping relief from imports of a particular brake fluid tube connector (``connector''), we are revoking this AD order, in part, with regard to this particular connector.
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the SunZia Southwest 500 kV Transmission Line Project in New Mexico and Arizona, and Prospective Draft Land Use Plan Amendments
Document Number: 2012-12978
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft Resource Management Plan (Draft RMP) Amendment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Line Project and by this notice is announcing the opening of the comment period.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures
Document Number: 2012-12976
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering the inclusion of Gulf of Mexico blacktip sharks in an amendment to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan that is currently under development. This amendment process began in October 2011 to address the results of recent stock assessments for scalloped hammerhead, dusky, sandbar, and blacknose sharks. A new stock assessment is ongoing for Gulf of Mexico blacktip sharks, and is expected to be complete and available before the amendment process is completed. Therefore, we are considering including Gulf of Mexico blacktip sharks in the amendment to ensure any changes in the shark fisheries as a result of recent stock assessments are considered at the same time for public clarity and for administrative efficiency.
Executive-Led Trade Mission to South Africa and Zambia
Document Number: 2012-12974
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Document Number: 2012-12969
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this notice to inform interested parties that the Oregon Pink Shrimp sub-loan in the fishing capacity reduction program for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery has been repaid. Therefore, buyback fee collections on Oregon pink shrimp will cease.
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Coastal Commercial Fireworks Displays at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA
Document Number: 2012-12964
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, upon request of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS), hereby issues regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to authorizing professional fireworks displays within the MBNMS in California waters, for the period of July 4, 2012, through July 3, 2017. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and specified timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Marine Mammals; File No. 16388
Document Number: 2012-12962
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that Mark Baumgartner, Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS33 Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA 02543, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), blue whales (B. musculus), sei whales (B. borealis), bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus), North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), North Pacific right whales (E. japonica), and Eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus).
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Exempted Fishing Permit
Document Number: 2012-12961
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces the receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from Florida Sea Grant. If granted, the EFP would exempt Florida Sea Grant agents from regulations at Sec. 622.41(m)(3), requiring the use of venting tools when releasing regulatory discarded fish back to the water from July 1, 2012, through July 1, 2013. This study, to be conducted in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) off Florida, is intended to better document the efficacy and practicality of various recompression gear methods.
Endangered Species; File No. 16556
Document Number: 2012-12960
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given that NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC; Responsible Party: Frank Almeida), 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA, 02543 has applied in due form for a permit to take loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research.
Intent To Request Approval From OMB of One New Public Collection of Information: Highway Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) Program
Document Number: 2012-12957
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invites public comment on a new Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The ICR will assess the current security practices in the highway and motor carrier industry by way of its Highway Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement (BASE) program, which encompasses site visits and interviews, and is part of the larger domain awareness, prevention, and protection program supporting TSA's and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) missions. This voluntary collection allows TSA to conduct transportation security-related assessments during site visits with security and operating officials of surface transportation entities.
Consumer Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2012-12956
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission announces the next meeting date, time, and agenda of its Consumer Advisory Committee (Committee). The purpose of the Committee is to make recommendations to the Commission regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission and to facilitate the participation of all consumers in proceedings before the Commission.
Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation; Child Labor Violations-Civil Money Penalties
Document Number: 2012-12954
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is withdrawing its proposed rule published on September 2, 2011, 76 FR 54836, which provided the public with notice of and the opportunity to submit written comments on its proposal to amend its child labor regulations which protect children from employment in particularly hazardous occupations.
Eighth Coast Guard District Annual Marine Events and Safety Zones; Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival; Santa Rosa Sound; Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Document Number: 2012-12951
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce a Special Local Regulation and a Safety Zone for the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival in the Santa Rosa Sound, Ft. Walton Beach, FL on June 1 and June 2, 2012. This action is necessary to safeguard participants and spectators, including all crews, vessels, and persons on navigable waters during the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival. During the enforcement period, entry into, transiting or anchoring in the regulated area is prohibited to all vessels not registered with the sponsor as participants or official patrol vessels, unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port (COTP) Mobile or a designated representative.
Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support
Document Number: 2012-12950
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission reconsiders and modifies certain provisions of its rules that were adopted in the USF/ICC Transformation Order. The Commission grants a Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification of the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies and Western Telecommunications Alliance. The Commission grants in part and denies in part a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance and a Petition for Reconsideration and/or Clarification filed by Frontier Communications Corp. and Windstream Communications, Inc. Finally, the Commission denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the United States Telecom Association.
Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, TX
Document Number: 2012-12947
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise federal, state, and local government agencies and the public that the FAA is withdrawing its Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed capacity improvements at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The Houston Airport System (HAS), the sponsor of the proposed improvements, has requested that the EIS be terminated because the need for the proposed capacity improvements no longer exists. The HAS noted that arrival and departure delays at IAH have been decreasing and stated that IAH is currently one of the least delayed large hub airports in the United States.
Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Chenega Bay, AK
Document Number: 2012-12943
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Chenega Bay Airport, Chenega Bay, AK, to accommodate aircraft using new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures at Chenega Bay Airport, Chenega Bay, AK. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at the airport.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Institute of Education Sciences; What Works Clearinghouse
Document Number: 2012-12942
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Education
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) was established to develop, maintain, and make accessible a system of high-quality reviews of studies of the effectiveness of education-related interventions.
Equity and Excellence Commission
Document Number: 2012-12941
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Education
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an up- coming meeting of the Equity and Excellence Commission (Commission). The notice also describes the functions of the Commission. Notice of this meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to attend.
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-12940
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
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.
Federal Need Analysis Methodology for the 2013-2014 Award Year: Federal Pell Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan, and TEACH Grant Programs
Document Number: 2012-12939
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Education
The Secretary announces the annual updates to the tables that will be used in the statutory ``Federal Need Analysis Methodology'' to determine a student's expected family contribution (EFC) for award year 2013-2014 for the student financial aid programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). An EFC is the amount that a student and his or her family may reasonably be expected to contribute toward the student's postsecondary educational costs for purposes of determining financial aid eligibility. The title IV programs include the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan, and the Teach Grant Programs (title IV, HEA programs).
Renewal of Cultural Property Advisory Committee Charter
Document Number: 2012-12937
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of State
The Charter of the Department of State's Cultural Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) has been renewed for an additional two years. The Charter of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee is being renewed for a two-year period. The Committee was established by the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act of 1983, 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. It reviews requests from other countries seeking U.S. import restrictions on archaeological or ethnological material the pillage of which places a country's cultural heritage in jeopardy. The Committee makes findings and recommendations to the President's designee who, on behalf of the President, determines whether to impose the import restrictions. The membership of the Committee consists of private sector experts in archaeology, anthropology, or ethnology; experts in the international sale of cultural property; and representatives of museums and of the general public.
Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2012-12936
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
Notice of Effective Date of Modifications to a Rule of Origin of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Document Number: 2012-12935
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-05-29
Agency: Office of the United States Trade Representative
In Proclamation 8334 of December 31, 2008, the President modified the rules of origin for certain goods of Australia under the USAFTA. While these modifications were incorporated in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (the ``HTS'') at that time, the proclamation stated that the modifications would be effective on a date that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced in the Federal Register. This notice announces that the effective date for the modifications is June 1, 2012. This notice also makes a technical correction to the rule of origin as set out in proclamation 8334.
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