March 25, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-06721
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Commerce
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-06711
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as Amended by Public Law 104-13; Proposed Collection, Comment Request
Document Number: 2013-06710
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Tennessee Valley Authority, Agencies and Commissions
The proposed information collection described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). The Tennessee Valley Authority is soliciting public comments on this proposed collection as provided by 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). Requests for information, including copies of the information collection proposed and supporting documentation, should be directed to the Agency Clearance Officer: Mark Winter, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street (MP-3C), Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801; (423) 751-6004. Comments should be sent to the Agency Clearance Officer no later than May 24, 2013.
Awards for Information Relating to Detecting Underpayments of Tax or Violations of the Internal Revenue Laws
Document Number: 2013-06709
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document extends the due date to submit outlines of testimony on proposed regulations that provide comprehensive guidance for the award program authorized under Internal Revenue Code section 7623, as amended. The regulations provide guidance on submitting information regarding underpayments of tax or violations of the internal revenue laws and filing claims for award, as well as on the administrative proceedings applicable to claims for award under section 7623. The regulations also provide guidance on the determination and payment of awards, and provide definitions of key terms used in section 7623. Finally, the regulations confirm that the Director, officers, and employees of the Whistleblower Office are authorized to disclose return information to the extent necessary to conduct whistleblower administrative proceedings.
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Document Number: 2013-06708
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #2
Document Number: 2013-06707
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Arts Advisory Panel Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06706
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that five 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): Design (application review): In Room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 18, 2013; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Design (application review): In Room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 19, 2013; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Design (application review): In Room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 23, 2013; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Design (application review): In Room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 25, 2013; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Design (application review): In Room 730. This meeting will be closed. Dates: April 26, 2013; 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT.
Safety Zone; Desert Storm Shootout; Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, AZ
Document Number: 2013-06705
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the navigable waters of the Colorado River in Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, Arizona in support of the Desert Storm Shootout. This temporary safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of the participants, crew, spectators, participating vessels, and other vessels and users of the waterway. 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.
Medical Waivers for Merchant Mariner Credential Applicants With a History of Seizure Disorders
Document Number: 2013-06704
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is seeking public comment regarding criteria for granting medical waivers to merchant mariners with a history of seizure disorders. Coast Guard regulations provide that convulsive disorders (also known as seizure disorders) are conditions that may lead to disqualification for a merchant mariner credential (MMC). Because a significant number of merchant mariner applicants have suffered from seizure disorders, it is important for the Coast Guard to develop and publish clear guidance regarding how such MMC applicants are evaluated. Prior to issuing a policy change on when waivers should be granted for seizure disorders, the Coast Guard will accept comments from the public on whether the proposed criteria adequately address safety concerns.
Noncompensatory Partnership Options; Correction
Document Number: 2013-06703
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to final regulations (TD 9612) that were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 (78 FR 7997) relating to the tax treatment of noncompensatory options and convertible instruments issued by a partnership. The final regulations generally provide that the exercise of a noncompensatory option does not cause the recognition of immediate income or loss by either the issuing partnership or the option holder. The final regulations also modify the regulations under section 704(b) regarding the maintenance of the partners' capital accounts and the determination of the partners' distributive shares of partnership items. The final regulations also contain a characterization rule providing that the holder of a noncompensatory option is treated as a partner under certain circumstances.
Shared Responsibility Payment for Not Maintaining Minimum Essential Coverage; Correction
Document Number: 2013-06702
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing (REG-148500-12) that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, February 1, 2013 (78 FR 7314). The proposed regulations relate to the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, as amended by the TRICARE Affirmation Act and Public Law 111-173. These proposed regulations provide guidance on the liability for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential coverage.
U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06691
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App 2, Section 1), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces the following closed meeting notice pertaining to the following federal advisory committee: U.S. Strategic Command Strategic Advisory Group.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Application for Grants Under the Predominantly Black Institutions Program
Document Number: 2013-06690
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is proposing a revision of a previously approved information collection.
Center for Scientific Review; Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2013-06689
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute Amended; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06688
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06687
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering; Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06686
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2013-06685
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Determination Under the Textile and Apparel Commercial Availability Provision of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (“CAFTA-DR Agreement”)
Document Number: 2013-06681
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements, Agencies and Commissions
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (``CITA'') has determined that certain three-thread fleece fabric with soft hand pigment, as specified below, is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA-DR countries. The product will be added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR Agreement in unrestricted quantities.
Draft of SWGDOC Standard for Indentation Examinations
Document Number: 2013-06677
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
In an effort to obtain comments from interested parties, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, Scientific Working Group for Forensic Document Examination will make available to the general public a draft document entitled, ``SWGDOC Standard for Indentation Examinations''. The opportunity to provide comments on this document is open to forensic document examiners, law enforcement agencies, organizations, and all other stakeholders and interested parties. Those individuals wishing to obtain and provide comments on the draft document under consideration are directed to the following Web site: https://www.swgdoc.org.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies
Document Number: 2013-06676
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2013-06675
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Alfaxalone into Schedule IV
Document Number: 2013-06651
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposes the placement of 5[alpha]-pregnan-3[alpha]-ol-11,20-dione (alfaxalone) including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible, into Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This proposed action is pursuant to the CSA which requires that such actions be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing through formal rulemaking.
EPA Responses to State and Tribal 2010 Sulfur Dioxide Designation Recommendations: Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period
Document Number: 2013-06649
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is announcing the reopening of the public comment period for the EPA's responses to state and tribal designation recommendations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide National Ambient Air Quality Standard. The EPA sent the responses directly to the states and tribes on or about February 7, 2013. On February 15, 2013, the EPA published a notice of availability in the Federal Register that the EPA had posted the responses on its Internet Web site and the EPA invited public comment. In the notice of availability, the EPA stated that public comments must be received on or before March 18, 2013. The EPA has received several requests from stakeholders for additional time to prepare their comments. Some of the requesters asserted that they needed additional time to review the EPA's response to state's proposed designation and prepare their responses due to the complexity of the issues impacting their area. Taking that into consideration, the EPA is reopening the comment period until April 8, 2013. The EPA intends to make final the designation determinations for the areas of the country addressed by these responses in June 2013.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Distinct Population Segment of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
Document Number: 2013-06458
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to designate specific areas in the terrestrial environment as critical habitat for the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Distinct Population Segment of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) under the Endangered Species Act (Act). The proposed critical habitat is located in coastal counties in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. The intended effect of this regulation is to assist with the conservation of the loggerhead sea turtle's habitat under the Act.
Airworthiness Directives; PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Airplanes
Document Number: 2013-06169
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We are rescinding an airworthiness directive (AD) for all PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD. Models PC-12, PC-12/45, and PC-12/47 airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. We issued that AD to mandate new life limits for the pitch trim actuator and pitch trim actuator attachment parts. If these new limitations were not mandated, the pitch trim actuator and the pitch trim actuator components could fail. This failure could lead to an unsafe flying configuration. Since we issued that AD, we have determined that the unsafe condition addressed in that AD is now addressed in another AD.
Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity
Document Number: 2013-05888
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-03-25
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is proposing Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (``Regulation SCI'') under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') and conforming amendments to Regulation ATS under the Exchange Act. Proposed Regulation SCI would apply to certain self-regulatory organizations (including registered clearing agencies), alternative trading systems (``ATSs''), plan processors, and exempt clearing agencies subject to the Commission's Automation Review Policy (collectively, ``SCI entities''), and would require these SCI entities to comply with requirements with respect to their automated systems that support the performance of their regulated activities.
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