Agencies and Commissions March 24, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-7145
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-7143
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-7130
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Technical Correction for Neurological Listing Cross-Reference
Document Number: 2011-6983
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are making a technical correction to a listing in the neurological body system in the Listing of Impairments. We are correcting a cross-reference that became outdated when we published revisions elsewhere in the Listing of Impairments in 2010. This technical correction will provide an updated cross-reference to conform to the 2010 revisions.
Risk Management Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations; Correction
Document Number: 2011-6976
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document corrects incorrect text published in the Federal Register of January 20, 2011, regarding Risk Management Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations.
Risk Management Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations
Document Number: 2011-6972
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is reopening the comment period for a proposed rule that would require derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) to report end-of-day positions for each clearing member, by customer origin and house origin, and for customer origin, separately, the gross positions of each beneficial owner.
Statutory Provisions Affecting State Appraiser Regulatory Programs
Document Number: 2011-6969
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Agencies and Commissions
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act) contains a number of provisions addressing the authority of the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) and requirements for States' appraiser regulatory programs. The ASC is issuing Bulletin No. 2011-01 to provide information to the State appraiser regulatory officials on certain changes to the ASC's review process for monitoring State Appraiser Regulatory Programs which will be implemented July 1, 2011, and the statutory provisions that States must implement by July 1, 2013. To provide sufficient time for States to amend their rules, regulations, or operating procedures, the ASC is providing States with a two-year implementation period for requirements addressed in the bulletin.
Federal Travel Regulation (FTR); Relocation Allowances-Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) Tables
Document Number: 2011-6968
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The purpose of this notice is to inform agencies of FTR Bulletin 11-05, which provides the annual changes to the RIT allowance tables necessary for calculating the amount of a transferee's increased tax burden due to an employee's official permanent change of station is now available. FTR Bulletin 11-05 and all other FTR Bulletins can be found at https://www.gsa.gov/ftrbulletin. The RIT allowance tables are located at https://www.gsa.gov/relocationpolicy.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2011-6964
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The NRC invites public comment about our intention to request the OMB's approval for renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Information pertaining to the requirement to be submitted: 1. The title of the information collection: Design Information QuestionnaireIAEAN71 and associated Forms N-72, N-73, N-74, N-75, N-91, N-92, N-93, N-94. 2. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0056. 3. How often the collection is required: Annually. 4. Who is required or asked to report: Licensees of facilities on the U.S. eligible list who have been notified in writing by the NRC to submit the form. 5. The number of annual respondents: 1.3. 6. The number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 300 reporting hours. 7. Abstract: In order for the United States to fulfill its responsibilities as a participant in the U.S./International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards Agreement, the NRC must collect information from licensees about their installations and provide it to the IAEA. Licensees of facilities that appear on the U.S. eligible list and have been notified in writing by the NRC are required to complete and submit a Design Information Questionnaire, IAEA Form N-71 (and the appropriate associated IAEA Form) or Form N-91, to provide information concerning their installation for use of the IAEA. Submit, by May 23, 2011, comments that address the following questions: 1. Is the proposed collection of information necessary for the NRC to properly perform its functions? Does the information have practical utility? 2. Is the burden estimate accurate? 3. Is there a way to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected? 4. How can the burden of the information collection be minimized, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology? The public may examine and have copied, for a fee, publicly available documents, including the draft supporting statement, at the NRC's Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC worldwide Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/public- involve/doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments submitted in writing or in electronic form will be made available for public inspection. Because your comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information, the NRC cautions you against including any information in your submission that you do not want to be publicly disclosed. Comments submitted should reference Docket No. NRC-2011-0035. You may submit your comments by any of the following methods. Electronic comments: Go to https:// www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. NRC-2011-0360. Mail comments to NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Questions about the information collection requirements may be directed to the NRC Clearance Officer, Tremaine Donnell (T-5 F53), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, by telephone at 301- 415-6258, or by e-mail to INFOCOLLECTS.Resource@NRC.GOV.
Certain Glassware; Notice of Investigation
Document Number: 2011-6959
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 18, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Boston Beer Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts. A supplement to the complaint was filed on March 14, 2011. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain glassware by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent No. D582,213 (``the `213 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. D569,189 ('' the `189 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Certain Ink Cartridges and Components Thereof; Institution of Consolidated Advisory Opinion and Modification Proceedings
Document Number: 2011-6953
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has instituted consolidated advisory opinion and modification proceedings.
Combined Mailings of Standard Mail and Periodicals Flats
Document Number: 2011-6912
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service is proposing to revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) 705.14 and 708.1.1 to provide a new option for mailers to combine Standard Mail[supreg] flats and Periodicals flats within the same bundle, when placed on pallets, and to combine bundles of Standard Mail flats and bundles of Periodicals flats on the same pallet. The Postal Service also proposes to revise section 121.2 of title 39, Code of Federal Regulations to reflect that the Standard Mail service standards apply to all Periodicals flats pieces entered in such combined mailings.
Combined Mailings of Standard Mail and Periodicals Flats
Document Number: 2011-6911
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
The Postal Service is withdrawing a final rule that would have provided a new option for mailers to combine mailings of Standard Mail [reg] flats and Periodicals flats within the same bundle, when placed on pallets, and to combine bundles of Standard Mail flats and bundles of Periodicals flats on the same pallet. The Postal Service also withdraws the Code of Federal Regulations revision to reflect that Standard Mail service standards apply to all Periodicals flats pieces entered in such combined mailings.
Notice of Public Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
Document Number: 2011-6905
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
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, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) 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 (e) 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.
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted for Review and Approval to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Comments Requested
Document Number: 2011-6904
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Comments are requested concerning: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) 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 (e) ways to further reduce the information collection burden for 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a currently valid OMB control number.
NASA Advisory Council; Aeronautics Committee; Meeting
Document Number: 2011-6897
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting from the aeronautics community and other persons research and technical information relevant to program planning.
Southern Nuclear Operating Company; Notice of Availability of Application for a Combined License
Document Number: 2011-6844
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
ESBWR Design Certification
Document Number: 2011-6839
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) proposes to amend its regulations to certify the Economic Simplified Boiling-Water Reactor (ESBWR) standard plant design. This action is necessary so that applicants or licensees intending to construct and operate an ESBWR design may do so by referencing this design certification rule (DCR). The applicant for certification of the ESBWR design is GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH). The public is invited to submit comments on this proposed DCR, the generic design control document (DCD) that would be incorporated by reference into the DCR, and the environmental assessment (EA) for the ESBWR design.
Interest Rate Risk
Document Number: 2011-6752
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-03-24
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
NCUA proposes to amend its regulations to require Federally insured credit unions to have a written policy addressing interest rate risk (IRR) management and an effective IRR program as part of their asset liability management. NCUA also is proposing draft guidance in the form of an appendix to its regulations to assist credit unions in meeting the proposed regulatory requirement. NCUA believes a written IRR policy and an effective IRR program is key to maintaining safe and sound operations. NCUA believes credit unions will find the guidance helpful in addressing this important area of their operations.
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