April 3, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Reader Aids
Document Number: FR-2013-04-03-ReaderAids
Type: Reader Aids
Date: 2013-04-03
Environmental Impact and Related Procedures
Document Number: C2-2013-04678
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2013-07896
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2013-07895
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Department of Justice
Sunshine Act Meetings: April 2013
Document Number: 2013-07881
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: National Labor Relations Board, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2013-07861
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Marine Mammal Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Establishment of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
Document Number: 2013-07837
Type: Executive Order
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Executive Office of the President
Meeting of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel; Cancellation
Document Number: 2013-07830
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Defense, Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy announces the cancellation of the Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel's partially closed meeting on April 18, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., as published in the Federal Register, March 28, 2013.
Extension of Application Period for Seats for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Document Number: 2013-07821
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The ONMS is extending the deadline and seeking applications for the following vacant seats on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: Commercial Fishing. Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying; community and professional affiliations; philosophy regarding the protection and management of marine resources; and possibly the length of residence in the area affected by the sanctuary. Applicants who are chosen should expect to serve until February 2016.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing and Designation of Critical Habitat for Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly, Streaked Horned Lark, and Four Subspecies of Mazama Pocket Gopher
Document Number: 2013-07792
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on our October 11, 2012 (77 FR 61938), proposal to list Taylor's checkerspot butterfly as endangered and streaked horned lark as threatened and to designate critical habitat, and on our December 11, 2012 (77 FR 73770), proposal to list four subspecies of Mazama pocket gopher (Olympia, Tenino, Yelm, and Roy Prairie) and to designate critical habitat, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We also announce the availability of a draft economic analysis (DEA) of the proposed critical habitat designations and an amended required determinations section of the proposed designations. The draft economic analysis addresses the potential economic impacts of critical habitat designation for all six subspecies (collectively, the ``prairie species'') under consideration in these rulemakings. In addition, we are providing information that we inadvertently omitted from the preamble to the October 11, 2012, proposed rule (77 FR 61938) to list Taylor's checkerspot butterfly as endangered and streaked horned lark as threatened and to designate critical habitat. We are reopening the comment periods to allow all interested parties an opportunity to comment simultaneously on the proposed rules, the associated DEA, and our amended required determinations. Comments previously submitted on these proposed rulemakings do not need to be resubmitted, as they will be fully considered in preparation of the final rules. We also announce a public hearing and three public information workshops on our proposed rules and associated documents.
Adequacy of Oregon Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit Program
Document Number: 2013-07782
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
This action approves a modification to the State of Oregon's approved Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (MSWLF) permit program. The approved modification allows the State to issue Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) Permits to owners and operators of MSWLF units in accordance with its State law. On March 22, 2004, the EPA issued final regulations allowing RD&D Permits to be issued to certain municipal solid waste landfills by approved states. On June 14, 2012, Oregon submitted an application to EPA Region 10 seeking Federal approval of its RD&D Permit requirements. After thorough review, EPA Region 10 is determining that Oregon's RD&D Permit requirements are adequate through this direct final action.
Credit for Renewable Electricity Production, Refined Coal Production, and Indian Coal Production, and Publication of Inflation Adjustment Factors and Reference Prices for Calendar Year 2013
Document Number: 2013-07773
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
The 2013 inflation adjustment factors and reference prices are used in determining the availability of the credit for renewable electricity production, refined coal production, and Indian coal production under section 45.
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions
Document Number: 2013-07771
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Reformulated Gasoline Commingling Provisions'' (EPA ICR No.2228.04, OMB Control No. 2060- 0587) 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 collection as described below. This is a ``RENEWAL'' of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2013. 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.
Adequacy of Oregon's Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Permit Program
Document Number: 2013-07769
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Region 10 proposes to approve a modification to the State of Oregon's approved Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Program. On March 22, 2004, EPA issued final regulations allowing research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) permits to be issued to certain municipal solid waste landfills by approved states. On June 14, 2012, Oregon submitted an application to EPA Region 10 seeking Federal approval of its RD&D requirements.
Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic and Interventional X-Ray Procedures
Document Number: 2013-07765
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is announcing the availability of, and soliciting public comments for 60 days, on Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic and Interventional X-Ray Procedures. This document is Federal Guidance Report No. 14. It replaces Federal Guidance Report No. 9, ``Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic X-rays,'' which was released in October 1976. The recommendations contained in this report represent consensus judgment of an interagency Medical Work Group for the practice of diagnostic and interventional imaging by Federal agencies.
Proposed Priority-National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)-Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERCs)-Technologies To Support Successful Aging With Disability
Document Number: 2013-07763
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Education
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services proposes one priority for the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program administered by NIDRR. Specifically, this notice proposes one priority for an RERC: Technologies to Support Successful Aging with Disability. The Assistant Secretary may use this priority for a competition in fiscal year (FY) 2013 and later years. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of national need. We intend to use this priority to improve rehabilitation services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
Document Number: 2013-07762
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes an existing collection of information for an existing regulation for the aftermarket modification of vehicles to accommodate people with disabilities, for which NHTSA intends to seek renewed OMB approval.
Notice of Temporary Closure on Public Lands in Boise County, ID
Document Number: 2013-07761
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Notice is hereby given that the Springs Fire closure to all human use is in effect on public lands administered by the Four Rivers Field Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Survey on the Use of Funds under Title II, Part A: Improving Teacher Quality State Grants-State-Level Activity Funds
Document Number: 2013-07760
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
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 new information collection.
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board; Regular Meeting
Document Number: 2013-07759
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given of the regular meeting of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation Board (Board).
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export
Document Number: 2013-07758
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA is adjusting the allowance system controlling U.S. consumption and production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) as a result of a 2010 Court decision vacating a portion of the 2009 final rule titled ``Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export.'' EPA interprets the Court's vacatur as applying to the part of the rule that establishes the company-by-company baselines and calendar year allowances for HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b. On August 5, 2011, EPA published an interim final rule allocating allowances for 2011. Today's action relieves the regulatory ban on production and consumption of these two chemicals following the Court's vacatur by establishing company-by- company HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b baselines and allocating production and consumption allowances for 2012-2014.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Child Care Access Means Parents in School Application Package
Document Number: 2013-07756
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
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 reinstatement of a previously approved information collection.
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Bull Mountain Unit Master Development Plan, Gunnison County, CO
Document Number: 2013-07751
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office, Montrose, Colorado, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze a Master Development Plan (MDP) that proposes to drill up to 150 wells within the Bull Mountain Unit (146 natural gas wells and 4 water disposal wells) and to construct associated access roads, pipelines and infrastructure.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer
Document Number: 2013-07749
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2013 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia and to the State of New Jersey. NMFS is adjusting the quotas and announcing the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for a Public Meeting; Colorado
Document Number: 2013-07748
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and Budget proposes to withdraw, on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 2,214.31 acres of public lands in Chaffee County, Colorado, to protect the scenic, recreational, and other natural resource values along with the capital investments of developed recreational facilities found within the scenic Browns Canyon corridor along the Arkansas River. This notice segregates the public lands for up to 2 years from location and entry under the United States mining laws and gives the public an opportunity to comment on the application and to request a public meeting.
Certain Pasta From Italy: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2013-07746
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Safety Zone; BWRC Spring Classic, Parker, AZ
Document Number: 2013-07745
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone within the Lake Moovalya region of the navigable waters of the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona for the Blue Water Resort and Casino Spring Classic. 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.
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2013-07744
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska
Document Number: 2013-07743
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2013 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2013-07742
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
Document Number: 2013-07741
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2013-07739
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
Document Number: 2013-07736
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2013-07735
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Revocations
Document Number: 2013-07734
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Broad Stakeholder Survey
Document Number: 2013-07732
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C), Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) has submitted the following Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104- 13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). NPPD is soliciting comments concerning the Broad Stakeholder Survey. DHS previously published this ICR in the Federal Register on August 20, 2012, for a 60-day public comment period. DHS received no comments. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments.
Sage Quant Management LLC, et al.; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2013-07729
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Summary of Application: Applicants request an order that permits: (a) Certain open-end management investment companies or series thereof to issue shares (``Shares'') redeemable in large aggregations only (``Creation Unit Aggregations''); (b) secondary market transactions in Shares to occur at negotiated market prices; (c) certain series to pay redemption proceeds, under certain circumstances, more than seven days from the tender of Shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of the series to deposit securities into, and receive securities from, the series in connection with the purchase and redemption of Creation Unit Aggregations; and (e) certain registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the series to acquire Shares.
Ocean Transportation Intermediary License Applicants
Document Number: 2013-07728
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 133 Under Alternative Site Framework; Quad-Cities, Iowa/Illinois
Document Number: 2013-07727
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel BASIC INSTINCT; Invitation for Public Comments
Document Number: 2013-07722
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a brief description of the proposed service, is listed below.
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel SEA GEANIE; Invitation for Public Comments
Document Number: 2013-07721
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a brief description of the proposed service, is listed below.
Requested Administrative Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel GOING GALT; Invitation for Public Comments
Document Number: 2013-07720
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation
As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 12121, the Secretary of Transportation, as represented by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), is authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-build requirement of the coastwise laws under certain circumstances. A request for such a waiver has been received by MARAD. The vessel, and a brief description of the proposed service, is listed below.
Twenty Fourth Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 203, Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Document Number: 2013-07719
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the twenty third meeting of RTCA Special Committee 203, Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Dodd-Frank Investor Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2013-07718
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee, established pursuant to Section 911 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, is providing notice that it will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2013, in Multi-Purpose Room LL-006 at the Commission's headquarters, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) and end at 4:00 p.m. and will be open to the public, except during portions of the meeting reserved for meetings of the Committee's subcommittees. The meeting will be webcast on the Commission's Web site at www.sec.gov. Persons needing special accommodations to take part because of a disability should notify the contact person listed below. The public is invited to submit written statements to the Committee. The agenda for the meeting includes: (i) Approval of minutes; (ii) consideration of a recommendation of the Investor as Purchaser subcommittee regarding target date funds; (iii) subcommittee meetings; and (iv) subcommittee updates.
33rd Meeting: RTCA Special Committee 206, Aeronautical Information and Meteorological Data Link Services
Document Number: 2013-07716
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-04-03
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of the thirty-first meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 206, Aeronautical Information and Meteorological Data Link Services.
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