October 10, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Helena National Forest (HNF) is submitting a corrected Notice of Intent (NOI) in regard to the Blackfoot Travel Plan Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that is being prepared. This NOI includes the correction of the previous Blackfoot Travel Plan NOI and includes a new alternative, alternative 3 and a potential programmatic plan amendment to the Helena National Forest Plan regarding the standard for elk hiding cover/open road density index. The plan amendment would be signed as a separate decision to the Blackfoot Travel Plan EIS. The proposed programmatic plan amendment would establish a new standard for elk security for the herd units located within the project area. As a result, HNF Forest Plan Standard 4a would be amended as it relates to the Blackfoot travel planning area. This programmatic plan amendment was not explicitly stated in the previous two Federal Register notices. All other aspects of the proposal are the same as those described in the previous Federal Register notices. The Helena National Forest is preparing an EIS to analyze the effects of proposed changes to existing motorized public access routes and prohibitions within the Blackfoot travel planning area. Consistent with Forest Service travel planning regulations, the resulting available public motorized access routes and areas would be designated on a Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM). Upon publishing the MVUM, public use of a motor vehicle other than in accordance with those designations would be prohibited.

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) concerns the paperwork requirements in the regulations under ``Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.''

The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) announces availability of an Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) test method evaluation report (TMER) that provides recommendations for identifying chemical eye hazards with fewer animals. ICCVAM concludes that using a classification criterion of one or more positive animals in a three-animal test to identify chemicals and products that are eye hazards will maintain hazard classification equivalent to that provided by current testing procedures, while using up to 50% to 83% fewer animals. ICCVAM recommends consideration of this classification criterion together with eye safety testing procedures that use a maximum of three animals per test substance. This recommendation also harmonizes the number of animals used for eye safety testing across U.S. regulatory agencies and international test guidelines. The report and recommendations have been transmitted to Federal agencies for their review and response to ICCVAM.

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act'' (EPA ICR No. 1428.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0078) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2012. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (77 FR 34037) on June 8, 2012 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

This document announces the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order granting interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a one- year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 5,454,779.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement concerning bid guarantees, performance and payment bonds, and alternative payment protections. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-4081-DR), dated 09/ 01/2012. Incident: Hurricane Isaac. Incident Period: 08/26/2012 Through 09/11/2012. Effective Date: 09/28/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/31/2012. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 05/30/2013.

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that sixteen meetings of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506 as follows (ending times are approximate): Arts Education (application review): In room 627. This meeting will be closed. Dates: October 29-30, 2012; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT each day. Design (application review): In room 714. This meeting will be closed. Dates: October 30, 2012; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Design (application review): In room 714. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 1, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Opera (application review): In room 716. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 1, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Arts Education (application review): In room 627. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 8, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. Presenting (application review): In room 714. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 8-9, 2012; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST on November 8th and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST on November 9th. Theater & Musical Theater (application review): In room 716. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 8-9, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST on November 8th and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST on November 9th. Theater & Musical Theater (application review): In room 714. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 13-14, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST on November 13th and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST on November 14th. Local Arts Agencies (application review): In room 627. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 14, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST. Arts Education (application review): In room 716. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 15, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. Dance (application review): In room 627. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 15, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. Folk and Traditional Arts (application review): In room 714. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 15, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST. Museums (application review): In room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 15, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST. Dance (application review): In room 627, by teleconference. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 16, 2012. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST. Folk and Traditional Arts (application review): In room 714. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 16, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST. Museums (application review): In room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: November 16, 2012. From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST.

This is a notice of the Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (MREIDL), dated 10/01/2012.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of OKLAHOMA dated 10/01/2012. Incident: Luther Wildfire. Incident Period: 08/03/2012 Through 08/10/2012. Effective Date: 10/01/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/30/2012. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/01/2013.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Louisiana (FEMA-4080-DR), dated 09/12/2012. Incident: Hurricane Isaac. Incident Period: 08/26/2012 through 09/10/2012. Effective Date: 10/01/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 11/13/2012. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 06/12/2013.