February 7, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2013-02-07-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2013-02-07
Sunshine Act Meetings: February 2013
Document Number: 2013-02882
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: National Labor Relations Board, Agencies and Commissions
Osage Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
Document Number: 2013-02871
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Osage Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, will meet as indicated in the DATES section of this document.
National Science Board; Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice
Document Number: 2013-02844
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Silicomanganese From India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
Document Number: 2013-02822
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On October 1, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') initiated the second sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela. The Department finds that revocation of these antidumping duty orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the rates identified in the ``Final Results of Reviews'' section of this notice.
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Massachusetts; Revisions to Fossil Fuel Utilization and Source Registration Regulations and Boiler Industrial Standards
Document Number: 2013-02812
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is proposing to approve several State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions submitted by the State of Massachusetts. The revisions add new monitoring, inspection, maintenance and testing requirements for certain fossil fuel utilization facilities, rename and clarify stationary source emission reporting requirements, and establish compliance and certification standards for new boilers. The intended effect of this action is to propose approval of the state's revised fossil fuel utilization facility regulation, source registration regulation, and new industrial performance standards for boilers. This action is being taken under the Clean Air Act.
Adequacy Status of the Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets for Metropolitan Washington DC Area (DC-MD-VA) 1997 8-Hour Ozone Non-Attainment Area's 2009 Attainment Plan and 2010 Contingency Plan
Document Number: 2013-02808
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that the Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) in the 2009 Attainment Plan and 2010 Contingency Plan submitted as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision on June 4, 2007 by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and June 12, 2007 by both the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) and the District of Columbia Department of Health (DCDOH) are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. As a result of EPA's finding, the Washington DC-MD-VA Nonattainment Area for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (the Metropolitan Washington Area) must use the MVEBs from the June 4, 2007 and June 12, 2007 Attainment Plan and Contingency Plan for future conformity determinations for the 1997 8-hour ozone standard.
Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Texas
Document Number: 2013-02804
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Notice is hereby given that the State of Texas is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Texas has adopted three EPA drinking water rules, namely the: (1) Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2), (2) the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBP2), and (3) the Public Notification Rule minor revisions (PN/MR). EPA has determined that the proposed LT2, DBP2, and the PN/MRs submitted by Texas are no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to approve this program revision.
Office of the Secretary
Document Number: 2013-02796
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of the Interior
The Office of the Secretary published a document in the Federal Register of January 28, 2013, announcing that the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform (the Commission) will hold a public meeting on February 12 and 13, 2013; and will host a youth outreach session on February 11, 2013. This notice corrects and clarifies the location of the meetings.
Meeting of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) Federal Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2013-02795
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
This is an announcement of a meeting of DOJ's National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) Federal Advisory Committee to discuss various issues relating to the operation and implementation of NMVTIS.
Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards
Document Number: 2013-02794
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Under section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is required to set the renewable fuel standards each November for the following year. In general the standards are designed to ensure that the applicable volumes of renewable fuel specified in the statute are used. However, the statute specifies that EPA is to project the volume of cellulosic biofuel production for the upcoming year and must base the cellulosic biofuel standard on that projected volume if it is less than the applicable volume set forth in the Act. EPA is today proposing a projected cellulosic biofuel volume for 2013 that is below the applicable volume specified in the Act. EPA is proposing that the applicable volumes of advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel would remain at the statutory levels for 2013. Finally, today's action also proposes annual percentage standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and renewable fuels that would apply to all gasoline and diesel produced or imported in year 2013.
Request for Nominations for Voting Members on Public Advisory Panels or Committees
Document Number: 2013-02793
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting nominations for voting members to serve on the Device Good Manufacturing Practice Advisory Committee, certain device panels of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, the National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee, and the Technical Electronic Products Radiation Safety Standards Committee in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Nominations will be accepted for current vacancies and those that will or may occur through December 31, 2013. FDA seeks to include the views of women and men, members of all racial and ethnic groups, and individuals with and without disabilities on its advisory committees, and therefore encourages nominations of appropriately qualified candidates from these groups.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff, Announces the Following Meeting
Document Number: 2013-02792
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial review
Document Number: 2013-02791
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
Document Number: 2013-02790
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Proposed Information Collection (Conduct the Point-of-Care Research Questionnaire) Activity: Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-02789
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed new collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on information needed to develop and implement a new research protocol in the VA.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-02788
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NARA is giving public notice that the agency proposes to request use of the Identification Card Request, NA Form 6006, which will be used by NARA employees, on-site contractors, volunteers, Foundation members, Interns, and others in order to obtain a NARA Identification Card. The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements
Document Number: 2013-02786
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
We (NMFS) have determined that a final rule to withdraw the alternative tow time restriction and require all skimmer trawls, pusher-head trawls, and wing nets (butterfly trawls) rigged for fishing to use turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in their nets is not warranted at this time. Thus, we are discontinuing our Environmental Review process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and do not intend to prepare a Final Environmental Impact Statement for this Action. We therefore withdraw our proposed rule to require TEDs in these vessels published May 10, 2012, in the Federal Register.
Public Availability of the National Endowment for the Humanities FY 2012 Service Contract Inventory
Document Number: 2013-02785
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is publishing this notice to advise the public of the availability of the FY 2012 Service Contract Inventory. This inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were made in FY 2012. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on November 5, 2010 and December 19, 2011 by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance is available at www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ procurement-service-contract-inventories. NEH has posted its FY 2012 inventory on its Web site at the following link: www.neh.gov/about/ legal/reports.
Texas (Splenetic) Fever in Cattle
Document Number: 2013-02784
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are amending the Texas (Splenetic) Fever regulations by updating the scientific names for the ticks that transmit the disease, listing additional names for the disease, and removing all products except coumaphos from the list of dips permitted for use on cattle in interstate movement. These actions are necessary to update and clarify the regulations.
Interstate Movement of Sharwil Avocados From Hawaii
Document Number: 2013-02781
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are proposing to amend the Hawaii quarantine regulations to allow the interstate movement of untreated Sharwil avocados from Hawaii into the continental United States. As a condition of movement, Sharwil avocados from Hawaii would have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that would include requirements for registration and monitoring of places of production and packinghouses, an orchard trapping program, grove sanitation, limits on harvest periods and distribution areas, and harvesting and packing requirements to ensure that only intact fruit that have been protected against infestation are shipped. This action would allow for the interstate movement of Sharwil avocados from Hawaii into other States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests.
Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2013-02780
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of State
The information regarding the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation on February 25-26 has changed from that provided in the previous Federal Register Notice at 78 FR 1298, January 8, 2013. The Committee's sessions in the morning and afternoon of Monday, February 25, 2013 will be closed in accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463). The agenda calls for discussions of agency declassification decisions concerning the Foreign Relations series and other declassification issues. These are matters properly classified and not subject to public disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and the public interest requires that such activities be withheld from disclosure. The Committee will meet in open session from 10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, in the Department of State, 2201 ``C'' Street NW., Washington, DC, in Conference Room 1205, to discuss declassification and transfer of Department of State records to the National Archives and Records Administration and the status of the Foreign Relations series. Prior notification and a valid government-issued photo ID (such as driver's license, passport, U.S. government or military ID) are required for entrance into the building. Members of the public planning to attend the meeting on February 26, 2013, RSVP to Colby Prevost, Office of the Historian (202-663-1147) no later than February 18, 2013. When responding, please provide date of birth, valid government-issued photo identification number and type (such as driver's license number/ state, passport number/country, or U.S. government ID number/agency or military ID number/branch), and relevant telephone numbers. If you cannot provide one of the specified forms of ID, please consult with Colby Prevost for acceptable alternative forms of picture identification. In addition, any requests for reasonable accommodation should be made no later than February 18 for the February 26th meeting. Requests for reasonable accommodation received after those dates will be considered, but might be impossible to fulfill. Personal data is requested pursuant to Public Law 99-399 (Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), as amended; Public Law 107-56 (USA PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 13356. The purpose of the collection is to validate the identity of individuals who enter Department facilities. The data will be entered into the Visitor Access Control System (VACS-D) database. Please see the Security Records System of Records Notice (State-36) at https://www.state.gov/documents/ organization/103419.pdf, for additional information. Questions concerning the meeting should be directed to Stephen P. Randolph, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, Department of State, Office of the Historian, Washington, DC, 20520, telephone (202) 663-1123, (email history@state.gov).
Rusk County Rural Rail District-Abandonment Exemption-in Rusk County, TX
Document Number: 2013-02779
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Update of Existing Privacy Act-NASA Regulations
Document Number: 2013-02778
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
This document contains corrections to the final regulations (NASA-2012-0005), which were published in the Federal Register of Thursday, October 4, 2012 (77 FR 60620). The regulations relate to requests to access individual Privacy Act records.
Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Revising the Exemption for Digger Derricks
Document Number: 2013-02777
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA published a direct final rule and a companion notice of proposed rulemaking on November 9, 2012, to broaden the exemption for digger derricks in its construction standard for cranes and derricks. OSHA received a significant adverse comment on the direct final rule and is, therefore, withdrawing the direct final rule. OSHA will issue a final rule at a later date based on the notice of proposed rulemaking.
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Litchi, Longan, and Rambutan From the Philippines Into the Continental United States
Document Number: 2013-02776
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation into the continental United States of fresh litchi, longan, and rambutan fruit from the Philippines. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh fruit of litchi, longan, and rambutan from the Philippines.
Importation of Fresh Bananas From the Philippines into the Continental United States
Document Number: 2013-02775
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are amending the regulations concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables to allow the importation of fresh bananas from the Philippines into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the bananas will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that will include requirements for importation of commercial consignments, monitoring of fruit flies to establish low- prevalence places of production, harvesting only of hard green bananas, and inspection for quarantine pests by the national plant protection organization of the Philippines. The bananas will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that they were grown, packed, and inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the proposed requirements. This action will allow the importation of bananas from the Philippines while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the United States.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: 2013-02774
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2013 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
Notice of Availability of a Swine Brucellosis and Pseudorabies Proposed Action Plan
Document Number: 2013-02772
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
We are making a proposed action plan describing a potential new approach to managing swine brucellosis and pseudorabies available for public review and comment. Swine brucellosis and pseudorabies have been eliminated from commercial swine herds within the United States, but potential sources of introduction of these diseases exist and we believe program modifications are necessary to address these risks. The proposed action plan presents our current thinking about the program modifications that we are considering.
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2013-02771
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2013-02770
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Document Number: 2013-02769
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Comment Request: National Science Foundation Proposal/Award Information-Grant Proposal Guide
Document Number: 2013-02768
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request renewed clearance of this collection. In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting OMB clearance of this collection for no longer than 3 years. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Document Number: 2013-02767
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Document Number: 2013-02766
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
Electricity Advisory Committee Meeting
Document Number: 2013-02764
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces a meeting of the Electricity Advisory Committee (EAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Willingness To Pay Survey for Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load: Instrument, Pre-Test, and Implementation
Document Number: 2013-02763
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``Willingness to Pay Survey for Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load: Instrument, Pre-test, and Implementation'' (EPA ICR No. 2456.01, OMB Control No. 2010-NEW) 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 request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (77 FR 31006) on May 24, 2012 during a 60-day comment period, which was later extended for an additional 30 days (77 FR 43822). 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.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants (Renewal)
Document Number: 2013-02762
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses
Document Number: 2013-02761
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
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.
Meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel
Document Number: 2013-02759
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended) and the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the following Federal Advisory Committee Meeting of the Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel (hereafter referred to as the Panel).
Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in Confinement Facilities; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2013-02757
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
This action extends the comment period for an NPRM that DHS published on December 19, 2012. In that document, DHS proposed to issue regulations setting standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and assault in DHS confinement facilities. DHS is extending the comment period for one week due to projected outages at the Federal eRulemaking Portal, https://www.regulations.gov, and the Federal Document Management System. This extension is to ensure that all interested parties have an opportunity to present their views on the proposed rulemaking.
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination of Commercial and Industrial Compressors as Covered Equipment
Document Number: 2013-02755
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Energy
This notice announces that the period for submitting comments to the notice of proposed determination, published December 31, 2012, about commercial and industrial compressors is reopening to February 28, 2013.
Request for Information (RFI) for Commercial Building Energy Asset Score
Document Number: 2013-02753
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a preliminary commercial building energy asset score (hereinafter ``score''). The score provides information regarding the efficiency of a building's major energy consuming systems and is intended to enable greater understanding of building performance and potential savings. DOE is developing this voluntary program as part of its effort to achieve a 20 percent improvement in the energy efficiency of commercial buildings by 2020.
Notice of Petition for Waiver of BSH Corporation From the Department of Energy Residential Dishwasher Test Procedure, and Grant of Interim Waiver
Document Number: 2013-02751
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
This notice announces receipt of and publishes the BSH Corporation (BSH) petition for waiver (hereafter, ``petition'') from specified portions of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure for determining the energy consumption of dishwashers. Today's notice also grants an interim waiver of the dishwasher test procedure. Through this notice, DOE also solicits comments with respect to the BSH petition.
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests; ID; Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project
Document Number: 2013-02750
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
This is a corrected notice. This notice updates information about proposed actions in the Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The DEIS will include two site- specific, nonsignificant amendments of the Nez Perce Forest Plan (1987). The proposed amendments would clarify the Forest's interpretation of old growth standards found in the Nez Perce Forest Plan, and would adopt the Regional soils standard for the Clear Creek Integrated Restoration project area. The original notice was published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2012, pages 775 and 776. The Forest Service gives notice of its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Clear Creek Integrated Restoration Project. The Proposed action would use a combination of timber harvest, pre- commercial thinning, prescribed fire and reforestation to achieve the desired range of age classes, size classes, vegetative species distributions, habitat complexity (diversity) and landscape patterns across the forested portions of the project area. Road decommissioning, culvert replacements and road improvements are also proposed to improve watershed health. The EIS will analyze the effects of the proposed action and alternatives. The Nez Perce-Clearwater Forest invites comments and suggestions on the issues to be addressed. The agency gives notice of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and decision making process on the proposal so interested and affected members of the public may participate and contribute to the final decision.
Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Residential Clothes Dryers
Document Number: 2013-02749
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its test procedures for residential clothes dryers established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The proposed amendments would clarify the installation conditions for console lights, the method for measuring the drum capacity, the maximum allowable scale range, and the allowable use of a relative humidity meter.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Submission for OMB Review: Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report
Document Number: 2013-02748
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-02-07
Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) hereby gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year extension of an existing collection (Elementary-Secondary Staff Information Report (EEO-5). On July 2, 2012, the EEOC published a notice stating it was requesting approval from OMB for a revision to the previously approved EEO-5 under the PRA's emergency processing procedures. 77 FR 39238 (July 2, 2012). At that time, EEOC requested approval to revise the race and ethnicity categories on the EEO-5 report to conform to OMB's Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. OMB has approved the revised EEO-5 through February 2013. EEOC is now requesting a regular extension without change of the revised EEO-5. The Commission has requested an extension of an existing collection as listed below.
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