Agencies and Commissions November 3, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Sunshine Act Meeting-Emergency Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2011-28607
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Corporate Administration Committee Board of Directors Meeting; Sunshine Act
Document Number: 2011-28567
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
Government In The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2011-28566
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Spin Master, Inc. and Spin Master, Ltd., Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order
Document Number: 2011-28558
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with Spin Master, Inc. and Spin Master, Ltd., containing a civil penalty of $1,300,000.00.
Meetings
Document Number: 2011-28540
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, Agencies and Commissions
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) plans to hold its regular Board meeting in Washington, DC, Wednesday, November 9, 2011, from 1:30-3 p.m.
Social Security Rulings, SSR 91-1c and SSR 66-18c; Rescission of Social Security Rulings (SSR) 66-18c and SSR 91-1c
Document Number: 2011-28533
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Social Security Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with 20 CFR 402.35(b)(1), the Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of Social Security Rulings (SSR) 66-18c and SSR 91-1c.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2011-28521
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104- 13, the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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 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 valid control number.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission for Extension Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2011-28520
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104- 13, the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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 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 valid control number.
Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission; Comments Requested
Document Number: 2011-28519
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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 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 OMB 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 valid OMB control number.
Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
Document Number: 2011-28518
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s). 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 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 OMB 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 valid OMB control number.
Post Office Closing
Document Number: 2011-28514
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Ogden, Arkansas post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action.
Post Office Closing
Document Number: 2011-28505
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the McFarlan, North Carolina post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action.
License Renewal Application for Purdue University
Document Number: 2011-28498
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Healthcare Technology Holdings, Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Agreement Containing Consent Orders To Aid Public Comment
Document Number: 2011-28497
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
Document Number: 2011-28495
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities
Document Number: 2011-28494
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products Containing the Same; Determination To Rescind in Part the Limited Exclusion Order Entered on June 12, 2009
Document Number: 2011-28488
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to rescind in part the exclusion order entered on June 12, 2009 against respondent MEMS Technology Berhad (``MemsTech'') in the subject investigation to remove references to claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 6,781,231 (``the `231 patent'') and claims 1, 2, 17, and 20 of U.S. Patent No. 7,242,089 (``the `089 patent'').
Certain Wiper Blades; Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Document Number: 2011-28487
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled In Re Certain Wiper Blades, DN 2852; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint.
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From India, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam; Institution of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Scheduling of Preliminary Phase Investigations
Document Number: 2011-28486
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations Nos. 701-TA-482-485 and 731-TA-1191- 1194 (Preliminary) under sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)) (the Act) to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports from circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from India, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, provided for in subheadings 7306.19, 7306.30, and 7306.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value and alleged to be subsidized by the Governments of India, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Unless the Department of Commerce extends the time for initiation pursuant to sections 702(c)(1)(B) or 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1671a(c)(1)(B) or 1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must reach a preliminary determination in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations in 45 days, or in this case by December 12, 2011. The Commission's views are due at Commerce within five business days thereafter, or by December 19, 2011. For further information concerning the conduct of these investigations and rules of general application, consult the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207).
Certain Navigation Products, Components Thereof, and Related Software; Institution of Investigation
Document Number: 2011-28485
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 30, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. of Japan and Furuno U.S.A., Inc. of Camas, Washington. 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 navigation products, components thereof, and related software by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,084,565 (``the '565 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 7,095,367 (``the '367 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 7,089,094 (``the '094 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 7,161,561 (``the '561 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Post Office Closing
Document Number: 2011-28483
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Glencliff, New Hampshire post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action.
Notice of Intent To Award-Grant Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal Services to Eligible Low-Income Clients Beginning January 1, 2012
Document Number: 2011-28482
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Legal Services Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its intention to award grants and contracts to provide economical and effective delivery of high quality civil legal services to eligible low-income clients, beginning January 1, 2012.
Appraisal Subcommittee Notice of meeting
Document Number: 2011-28463
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Agencies and Commissions
Appraisal Subcommittee; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-28456
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, Agencies and Commissions
Post Office Closing
Document Number: 2011-28455
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Ferguson, Iowa post office has been filed. It identifies preliminary steps and provides a procedural schedule. Publication of this document will allow the Postal Service, petitioners, and others to take appropriate action.
Television Broadcasting Services; Panama City, FL
Document Number: 2011-28454
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (``Gray''), the licensee of WJHG-TV, channel 7, Panama City, Florida, requesting the substitution of channel 18 for channel 7 at Panama City. Gray believes it is best to move to a UHF channel after two power increases and numerous attempts to resolve viewers' reception complaints. The channel substitution will serve the public interest by resolving significant over-the-air reception problems in certain areas of WJHG's predicted service area.
Television Broadcasting Services; Fond du Lac, WI
Document Number: 2011-28452
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission denies a petition for reconsideration of an August 12, 2009 Report and Order changing the allotted channel for station WWAZ-TV, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from channel 44 to channel 5. The petitioner stated that the staff, in granting the original channel change, cited erroneous loss-of-service figures. The petitioner further argues that the primary technical justification for creation of this loss area was not raised until the reply comment stage, and that the record further does not support the technical justification. The order finds that the staff requested a re- engineered proposal that would result in the replacement translators covering the projected analog loss area. The document finds that the re-engineered translators sufficiently address any loss of service, and further finds that the public interest is served by substituting channel 5 for channel 44 at Fond du Lac because it permitted WLS-TV, an ABC network affiliate in Chicago, Illinois, to move from its post-transition channel 7 to channel 44, resulting in the restoration of ABC network service to numerous viewers that had lost service after the transition of WLS-TV to digital operations. Finally, the document notes that the petitioner's own engineer had recognized potential technical problems associated with WWAZ-TV's digital operations on channel 44.
Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
Document Number: 2011-28450
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission published in the Federal Register of September 8, 2011, a document concerning implementation of the Video Description elements of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. Inadvertently the Compliance date was listed as October 1, 2012. This document corrects the Compliance date to reflect the item and rules as adopted and published, which require compliance beginning on July 1, 2012. It also adds a paragraph which was included in the Proposed Rules in this proceeding but inadvertently omitted from the Final Rules.
Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program
Document Number: 2011-28449
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program, Second Report and Order and Order (Second Report and Order and Order). The information collection requirements were approved on October 20, 2011 by OMB.
Notice of Agreements Filed
Document Number: 2011-28417
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Maritime Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions
Document Number: 2011-28048
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-11-03
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
The Board is amending Regulation D, Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions, to reflect the annual indexing of the reserve requirement exemption amount and the low reserve tranche for 2012. The Regulation D amendments set the amount of total reservable liabilities of each depository institution that is subject to a zero percent reserve requirement in 2012 at $11.5 million (up from $10.7 million in 2011). This amount is known as the reserve requirement exemption amount. The Regulation D amendments also set the amount of net transaction accounts at each depository institution that is subject to a three percent reserve requirement in 2012 at $71.0 million (up from $58.8 million in 2011). This amount is known as the low reserve tranche. The adjustments to both of these amounts are derived using statutory formulas specified in the Federal Reserve Act. The Board is also announcing changes in two other amounts, the nonexempt deposit cutoff level and the reduced reporting limit, that are used to determine the frequency at which depository institutions must submit deposit reports.
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