Agencies and Commissions November 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Federal Advisory committee Act, Public Law 92-462, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Science Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Committee reports to the NAC. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

The Copyright Office is extending the deadline for filing reply comments regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning regulations for reporting Monthly and Annual Statements of Account for the making and distribution of phonorecords under a compulsory license.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is considering an application for the renewal of Facility Operating License No. R-84 (Application), which currently authorizes the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (the licensee) to operate the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFFRI) TRIGA Reactor at a maximum steady-state thermal power of 1.1 megawatts (MW). The renewed license would authorize the licensee to operate the AFFRI TRIGA Reactor up to a steady-state thermal power of 1.1 MW for an additional 20 years from the date of issuance.

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given that 10 meetings of the Humanities Panel will be held during December, 2012 as follows. The purpose of the meetings is for panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendation of applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and the destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of New Jersey (FEMA-4086-DR), Dated 10/30/ 2012. Incident: Hurricane Sandy. Incident Period: 10/26/2012 And Continuing. Effective Date: 11/01/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 12/31/2012. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/31/2013.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of UTAH (FEMA-4088- DR), dated 11/03/2012. Incident: Severe Storm and Flooding. Incident Period: 09/11/2012. Effective Date: 11/03/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/02/2013. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/05/2013.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of New York (FEMA- 4085-DR), dated 11/03/2012. Incident: Hurricane Sandy. Incident Period: 10/27/2012 and continuing. Effective Date: 11/03/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/02/2013. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/05/2013.