March 8, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2013-03-08-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2013-03-08
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2013-05532
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Agency Information Collection Activities: Ship's Store Declaration
Document Number: 2013-05501
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Ship's Stores Declaration (CBP Form 1303). This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13).
Request for Nominations of Experts for a Science Advisory Board Panel To Review EPA's Draft Science Synthesis Report on the Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters
Document Number: 2013-05500
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public nominations of scientific experts to form an SAB panel to review the Agency's draft science synthesis report on the connectivity of streams and wetlands to downstream waters.
Bishop Paiute Tribe-Liquor Control Ordinance No. 2012-07
Document Number: 2013-05499
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
This notice publishes the Liquor Control Ordinance No. 2012-07 of the Bishop Paiute Tribe. The Ordinance regulates and controls the possession, sale and consumption of liquor within the Indian Country of the Bishop Paiute Tribe. The land is trust land and this Ordinance allows for the possession and sale of alcoholic beverages within the jurisdiction of the Bishop Paiute Tribe. This Ordinance will increase the ability of the tribal government to control the distribution and possession of liquor within their jurisdiction, and at the same time will provide an important source of revenue, the strengthening of the tribal government and the delivery of tribal services.
Extension, Without Changes of Agency Information Collection for Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Contracts
Document Number: 2013-05498
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, which requires 60 days for public comment on proposed information collection projects, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS) are publishing for comment, a summary of a proposed information collection, titled ``Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR part 900,'' to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The information is collected to process contracts, grants or cooperative agreements (contracts) for award by BIA and IHS, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), as amended (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). This previously approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1076-0136) expires May 31, 2013.
Extension of Deadline; Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)-College Savings Account Research Demonstration Project
Document Number: 2013-05497
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Education
On January 23, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 4838) a notice inviting applications for the GEAR UP College Savings Account Research Demonstration Project. The notice established March 11, 2013, as the deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for funding under the program. To allow applicants additional time to respond to program requirements regarding college savings accounts and financial counseling, we are extending the deadline date for transmittal of applications to May 1, 2013.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Request for Public Comments for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Loving Support Award of Excellence
Document Number: 2013-05496
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a new collection for awarding local agencies for excellence in WIC breastfeeding services and support. Section 231 of the Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111-296, requires that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish a program to recognize WIC local agencies and clinics that demonstrate exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support activities.
Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Federal Acknowledgment of Tribes
Document Number: 2013-05495
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for Federal Acknowledgment of Tribes authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0104. This information collection expires July 31, 2013.
Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission; 2011-2012
Document Number: 2013-05494
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes (graphite electrodes) from the People's Republic of China (PRC), covering the period February 1, 2011, through January 31, 2012. The Department has preliminarily determined that during the period of review (POR) certain companies covered by this review have not made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value, and that other companies are now part of the PRC-wide entity.
Applications for New Awards; Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP); Correction
Document Number: 2013-05493
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Education
On February 26, 2013, the Office of Vocational and Adult Education in the U.S. Department of Education published in the Federal Register (78 FR 13030) a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2013 for NACTEP. This notice corrects inconsistent deadlines given for transmittal of the applications. The correct deadline is March 28, 2013.
Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Navajo Partitioned Lands Grazing Permits
Document Number: 2013-05492
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking comments on the renewal of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the collection of information for Navajo Partitioned Lands Grazing Permits authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0162. This information collection expires May 31, 2013.
License Renewal Application for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Tennessee Valley Authority
Document Number: 2013-05491
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) an application for renewal of Facility Operating Licenses DPR-77 and DPR-79 for an additional 20 years of operation at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (SQN). Sequoyah Nuclear Plant is located in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee. The current operating license for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 expires on September 17, 2020, and Unit 2 expires on September 15, 2021.
Proposed Priorities-National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program-Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers
Document Number: 2013-05490
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Education
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes four priorities for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). Specifically, this notice proposes a priority for a Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on each of: Rehabilitation Strategies, Techniques, and Interventions (priority 1); Information and Communication Technologies (priority 2); Individual Mobility and Manipulation (priority 3); and Physical Access and Transportation (priority 4). The Assistant Secretary may use one or more of these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2013 and later years. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of national need. We intend the priorities to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability
Document Number: 2013-05489
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request: Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles (Renewal); Control of Evaporative Emissions From New and In-Use Portable Gasoline Containers (Renewal); and Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal)
Document Number: 2013-05487
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit three information collection requests (ICRs), ``Information Requirements for Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles (Renewal)'', EPA ICR No. 0010.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0095; ``Control of Evaporative Emissions from New and In-Use Portable Gasoline Containers (Renewal)'', ICR 2213.04, OMB 2060-0597; and ``Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Program Fees (Renewal)'', EPA ICR 2080.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0545 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.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described below. These are proposed extensions of the ICRs, which is currently approved through September 30, 2012. 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.
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for a Public Meeting; New Mexico
Document Number: 2013-05485
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and Budget proposes to withdraw 5,670.71 acres of public lands to protect special status plant and animal species, cultural resources, and scenic values contained within the areas designated as the Wind Mountain, Cornudas Mountain, and Alamo Mountain Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). This notice segregates the lands for up to 2 years from settlement, sale, location, and entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws.
Fresh Tomatoes From Mexico: Suspension of Antidumping Investigation
Document Number: 2013-05483
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce has suspended the antidumping investigation involving fresh tomatoes from Mexico. The basis for the suspension of the antidumping investigation is an agreement between the Department of Commerce and producers/exporters accounting for substantially all imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico wherein each signatory producer/exporter has agreed to revise its prices to eliminate completely the injurious effects of exports of this merchandise to the United States.
Wireline Competition Bureau Releases Further Discussion Topics and Seeks Additional Comment in Connect America Cost Model Virtual Workshop
Document Number: 2013-05480
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau seeks public input on three newly added virtual workshop discussion topics and further comment on two existing topics.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Andean Trade Preferences Act
Document Number: 2013-05478
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning the Andean Trade Preferences. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).
Group Lotus plc; Grant of Petition for a Temporary Exemption From an Advanced Air Bag Requirement of FMVSS No. 208
Document Number: 2013-05477
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice grants the petition of Group Lotus plc (Lotus) for a temporary exemption of the front passenger position of its Evora model from one advanced air bag requirement of FMVSS No. 208, i.e., the higher maximum speed (56 km/h (35 mph)) belted test requirement using 5th percentile adult female dummies. The agency finds that achieving compliance with that requirement would cause substantial economic hardship to Lotus and that the company has tried to comply with the requirement in good faith.
Domestic Baggage Liability
Document Number: 2013-05475
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
In accordance with existing regulations, this final rule raises the minimum limit on domestic baggage liability applicable to air carriers to reflect inflation since July 2008, the basis month of the most recent previous revision to the liability limit. DOT regulations require that the Department of Transportation periodically revise the limit to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). This revision adjusts the minimum limit of liability from the current amount of $3,300, set by the Department in November 2008, to $3,400, to take into account the changes in consumer prices since the prior revision.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee Call for Working Group Nominations
Document Number: 2013-05473
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health and the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) are seeking nominations for membership of five working groups established to support efforts to create a comprehensive, population health level strategy for pain prevention, treatment, management, and research as recommended in the 2011 Institute of Medicine report titled ``Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research.''
Food and Drug Administration Prescription Drug User Fee Act V Benefit-Risk Plan; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2013-05471
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft 5-year plan describing the Agency's approach to further developing and implementing a structured framework for benefit-risk assessment in the human drug and biologic review process and the opportunity for public comment on the draft plan. This plan is part of FDA's commitments that were made as part of the fifth authorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA V). FDA has published the draft plan on its Web site at https:// www.fda.gov/downloads/ForIndustry/UserFees/PrescriptionDrugUs erFee/ UCM329758.pdf.
Guidance for Industry: What You Need To Know About Administrative Detention of Foods; Small Entity Compliance Guide; Availability
Document Number: 2013-05470
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``What You Need to Know About Administrative Detention of Foods; Small Entity Compliance Guide'' (SECG) which updates an earlier guidance of similar title. Previously, this guidance restated the legal requirements of FDA's administrative detention regulation. This document also at one time served as FDA's guidance for administrative detention. In October 2011, FDA revised an earlier version of this guidance document to be consistent with the changes made by an interim final rule (IFR) issued in the Federal Register of May 5, 2011, and to serve as guidance for industry on administrative detention. FDA has since issued a final rule adopting the IFR as final without changes which was published in the Federal Register of February 5, 2013. Accordingly, FDA is further revising the existing guidance document to provide guidance intended to help any entity comply with the requirements in FDA's administrative detention regulation, including the amendments to these requirements made by the final rule. This notice also clarifies that this document continues to serve as FDA's guidance for administrative detention.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Document Number: 2013-05468
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. These actions are necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2013 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From Taiwan: Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2013-05467
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2013-05466
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Document Number: 2013-05465
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; Correction
Document Number: 2013-05464
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2013-05463
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of Public Land in Pinal County, AZ
Document Number: 2013-05461
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Lower Sonoran Field Office (LSFO), proposes a noncompetitive direct sale of one land parcel totaling approximately 160 acres in Pinal County, Arizona. The public land would be sold to the Ak-Chin Indian Community (Community) at not less than the appraised fair market value (FMV). The sale will be subject to the applicable provisions of Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA) and sales and mineral conveyance regulations.
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Document Number: 2013-05460
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
Document Number: 2013-05459
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington
Document Number: 2013-05453
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport under the provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21), now 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Program Change
Document Number: 2013-05452
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This statement describes a policy change to the FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program. The FAA wants to ensure that countries do not remain on this listing when the results of the FAA's IASA determinations as to those countries might no longer be accurate or reasonably current. The FAA is accordingly adopting a procedure to remove a country from the IASA program summary listing when that country's air carriers no longer provide air service to the United States, none of the country's air carriers participates in code- share arrangements with U.S. air carriers, and the country's civil aviation authority (CAA) has ceased interacting with the FAA for an extended period of time. The FAA is making this change to improve the quality of the IASA summary listing. This statement also explains IASA Categories 1 and 2 in terms of what the flying public may reasonably take them to mean. This document modifies the IASA policies previously announced by the FAA.
Renewal of Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 2013-05451
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request approval to continue, the collection of information that assists the BLM in preventing unnecessary or undue degradation of public lands by operations authorized by the mining laws, and in obtaining financial guarantees for the reclamation of public lands. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned control number 1004-0194 to this information collection.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-05450
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Corporation for National and Community Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirement on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, CNCS is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of its VISTA Concept Paper, Application, and Budget Instructions (OMB Control Number 3045-0048) which will expire on September 30, 2015. This revision reflects CNCS's intent to modify the application for inclusion of a new section to collect performance measure data required by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act and recently approved by the Office of Management and Budget.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
Document Number: 2013-05449
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are requested concerning whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
Indiana Southern Railroad, LLC-Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption-Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Document Number: 2013-05446
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
Designation of One (1) Individual Pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism”
Document Number: 2013-05445
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of (1) individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''
Consideration of Withdrawal From Commercial Production and Distribution of the Radioisotope Germanium-68
Document Number: 2013-05444
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Department of Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE) currently produces and distributes the radioisotope germanium-68. DOE is seeking comment and information from the public to assist in its consideration of DOE withdrawal from the commercial production and distribution of germanium-68, based upon private industry expression of interest in and capability to engage in commercial production of germanium-68.
Procurement List; Additions
Document Number: 2013-05443
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
This action adds products and services to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions
Document Number: 2013-05442
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-08
Agency: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee is proposing to add a product and service to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes a product and service previously furnished by such agencies.
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