November 23, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Purchase of Certain Debt Securities by Business and Industrial Development Companies Relying on an Investment Company Act Exemption
Document Number: 2012-28456
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is adopting a new rule under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (``Investment Company Act'') to establish a standard of credit- worthiness in place of a statutory reference to credit ratings that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'') removes. The rule will establish the standard of credit quality that must be met by certain debt securities purchased by entities relying on the Investment Company Act exemption for business and industrial development companies.
Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers
Document Number: 2012-28455
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This release makes a technical correction to Release No. 34- 67717 (August 22, 2012), which adopted disclosure rules for resource extraction issuers and was published in the Federal Register on September 12, 2012 (77 FR 56365). We are correcting the release to include the text of a footnote that was omitted when published.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Conventional Cooking Products; Correction.
Document Number: 2012-28451
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of October 31, 2012. The rule established new test procedures for residential dishwashers and dehumidifiers, and amended the currently applicable test procedure for conventional cooking products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13579
Document Number: 2012-28436
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is making available its draft Plan for the retrospective analysis of its existing regulations. The draft Plan describes the processes and activities that the NRC uses to determine whether any of its regulations should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed. This action is part of the NRC's voluntary implementation of Executive Order (E.O.) 13579, ``Regulation and Independent Regulatory Agencies,'' issued by the President on July 11, 2011. The NRC is requesting public comment on the draft Plan at this time. This request for comment is solely for information and program-planning purposes. The NRC will consider the comments submitted and may use them, as appropriate, in the preparation of a final retrospective review plan; however, the NRC does not anticipate responding to individual comments.
Special Local Regulation; Annual Marine Events on the Colorado River Between Davis Dam (Bullhead City, AZ) and Headgate Dam (Parker, AZ) Within the San Diego Captain of the Port Zone
Document Number: 2012-28395
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard will enforce special local regulations during the Lake Havasu City Boat Parade of Lights on December 01, 2012 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. This event occurs on Lake Havasu on the Bridgwater Channel. These special local regulations are necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, spectators, sponsor vessels of the regatta, and general users of the waterway. During the enforcement period, persons and vessels are prohibited from entering into, transiting through, or anchoring within this safety zone unless authorized by the Captain of the Port, or his designated representative.
Delayed Implementation of Certain New Mortgage Disclosures
Document Number: 2012-28341
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is amending Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to, in effect, delay implementation of certain new mortgage disclosure requirements in title XIV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would otherwise take effect on January 21, 2013. Instead, to avoid potential consumer confusion and reduce compliance burden for industry, the Bureau plans to implement these disclosures as part of the integrated mortgage disclosure forms proposed earlier this year, which combine certain disclosures that consumers receive in connection with applying for and closing on a mortgage loan under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. Accordingly, this rulemaking exempts persons from complying with these mortgage disclosure requirements and provides that such exemptions are intended to last only until the integrated mortgage disclosure forms take effect.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Ohio; PBR and PTIO
Document Number: 2012-28329
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Due to the approval of certain terms that were not meant to be approved, EPA is withdrawing the October 1, 2012 direct final rule approving a revision to the Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP). EPA will address the revision in a subsequent final action based upon the proposed rulemaking action, which was also published on October 1, 2012. EPA does not expect to institute a second comment period on this action.
Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing
Document Number: 2012-28207
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board is requesting public comment on a policy statement on the approach to scenario design for stress testing that would be used in connection with the supervisory and company-run stress tests conducted under the Board's Regulations pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act or Act) and the Board's capital plan rule.
Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes
Document Number: 2012-26500
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Cessna Aircraft Company Models 172R and 172S airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of chafed fuel return line assemblies, which were caused by the fuel return line assembly rubbing against the right steering tube assembly during full rudder pedal actuation. This AD requires you to inspect the fuel return line assembly for chafing; replace the fuel return line assembly if chafing is found; inspect the clearance between the fuel return line assembly and both the right steering tube assembly and the airplane structure; and adjust as necessary. We are issuing this AD to correct the unsafe condition on these products.
Capital, Margin, and Segregation Requirements for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants and Capital Requirements for Broker-Dealers
Document Number: 2012-26164
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-11-23
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), is proposing capital and margin requirements for security-based swap dealers (``SBSDs'') and major security-based swap participants (``MSBSPs''), segregation requirements for SBSDs, and notification requirements with respect to segregation for SBSDs and MSBSPs. The Commission also is proposing to increase the minimum net capital requirements for broker-dealers permitted to use the alternative internal model-based method for computing net capital (``ANC broker-dealers'').
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