Agencies and Commissions December 20, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan Policies and Operations, and Funding Operations
Document Number: 2012-30804
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Farm Credit Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Government in the Sunshine Act Regulations
Document Number: 2012-30802
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Request for Information (RFI): Use of National Science Foundation Overseas Offices in Paris, Tokyo, Beijing by Broader Stakeholder Community
Document Number: 2012-30697
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Purpose: As part of an assessment investigating the function of the three National Science Foundation overseas offices, this RFI seeks to solicit input from as large a set of stakeholders as possible.
Publication of State Plan Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act
Document Number: 2012-30685
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Election Assistance Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to Sections 254(a)(11)(A) and 255(b) of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Public Law 107-252, as amended by Section 622 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) hereby causes to be published in the Federal Register this notice in reference to the changes made to the HAVA State plan previously submitted by American Samoa. The revised State plan will be posted on the EAC Web site at www.eac.gov.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-30679
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on September 5, 2012 (77 FR 54617). 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension. 2. The title of the information collection: NRC Form 398, ``Personal Qualification StatementLicensee.'' 3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0090. 4. The form number if applicable: NRC Form 398. 5. How often the collection is required: Upon application for an initial or upgrade operator license and every 6 years for the renewal of operator or senior operator licenses. 6. Who will be required or asked to report: Facility licensees who are tasked with certifying that the applicants and renewal operators are qualified to be licensed as reactor operators and senior reactor operators. 7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 1,436. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1,436. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 3,680.25. 10. Abstract: NRC Form 398 is used to transmit detailed information required to be submitted to the NRC by a facility licensee on each applicant applying for new and upgraded licenses or license renewals to operate the controls at a nuclear reactor facility. This information is used to determine that each applicant or renewal operator seeking a license or renewal of a license is qualified to be issued a license and that the licensed operator would not be expected to cause operational errors and endanger public health and safety. The public may examine and have copied for a fee, publicly available documents, including the final supporting statement, at the NRC's Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC's Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC's home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by January 22, 2013. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date. Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0090), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments can also be emailed to Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov or submitted by telephone at 202-395-4718. The NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, 301-415-6258.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-30678
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The NRC published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period on this information collection on August 17, 2012 (77 FR 49833). 1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension. 2. The title of the information collection: NRC's Policy Statement on Cooperation with States at Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Other Nuclear Production and Utilization Facilities. 3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0163. 4. The form number if applicable: N/A. 5. How often the collection is required: On occasion, when a State wishes to observe NRC inspection or perform inspections for the NRC. 6. Who will be required or asked to report: Nuclear Power Plant Licensees, Materials Security Licensees and those States interested in observing or performing inspections. 7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 70. 8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 55. 9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to complete the requirement or request: 1,000. 10. Abstract: States are involved and interested in monitoring the safety status of nuclear power plants and radioactive materials. This involvement is, in part, in response to the States' public health and safety responsibilities and, in part, in response to their citizens' desire to become more knowledgeable about the safety of nuclear power plants and radioactive materials. States have identified NRC inspections as one possible source of knowledge for their personnel regarding plant and materials licensee activities, and the NRC, through the policy statement on Cooperation with States, has been amenable to accommodating the States' needs in this regard. Additionally, the NRC has entered into reimbursable Agreements with certain States under Section 274i of the Act, as amended, to employ their resources to conduct radioactive materials security inspections against NRC Orders. The public may examine and have copied for a fee, publicly available documents, including the final supporting statement, at the NRC's Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The OMB clearance requests are available at the NRC's Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/ doc-comment/omb/. The document will be available on the NRC's home page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice. Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer listed below by January 22, 2013. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date. Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (3150-0163), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Comments can also be emailed to Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov, or submitted by telephone at 202-395-4718. The NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, 301-415-6258.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
Document Number: 2012-30636
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to collection of information requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the Board under conditions set forth in 5 CFR part 1320 Appendix A.1. Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of information instruments are placed into OMB's public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Certain Light-Emitting Diodes and Products Containing the Same; Commission Determination To Grant the Joint Motion To Terminate the Investigation on the Basis of Settlement; Termination of Investigation
Document Number: 2012-30629
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to grant the joint motion to terminate the above-referenced investigation based upon settlement.
New International Mail Contract
Document Number: 2012-30607
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service request to enter into an additional international mail contract. This document invites public comments on the request and addresses several related procedural steps.
Product List Update
Document Number: 2012-30605
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Postal Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Commission is updating the postal product lists. This action reflects the disposition of recent dockets, as reflected in Commission orders, and a publication policy adopted in a recent Commission order. The referenced policy assumes periodic updates. The updates are identified in the body of this document. The product lists, which are re-published in their entirety, include these updates.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
Document Number: 2012-30601
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
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. Comments are requested concerning 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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.
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
Document Number: 2012-30596
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
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. Comments are requested concerning 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 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 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.
Radio Broadcasting Services; AM or FM Proposals To Change the Community of License
Document Number: 2012-30594
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The following applicants filed AM or FM proposals to change the community of license: CHEHALIS VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, Station KACS, Facility ID 10685, BPED-20121009ABE, From RAINIER, WA, To CHEHALIS, WA; CHRISTOPHER FALLETTI, Station NEW, Facility ID 190424, BMPH-20121018ABU, From PHILLIPSBURG, KS, To WAKEENEY, KS; GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Station WDJR, Facility ID 25575, BPH-20121119AOD, From ENTERPRISE, AL, To HARTFORD, AL; GULF SOUTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Station WDBT, Facility ID 62206, BPH-20121119AOG, From HARTFORD, AL, To HOPE HULL, AL; HUNT COUNTY RADIO, LLC, Station KIKT, Facility ID 21597, BPH-20121126ABU, From GREENVILLE, TX, To COOPER, TX; JER LICENSES, LLC, Station NEW, Facility ID 190381, BNPH-20120529ALI, From PEACH SPRINGS, AZ, To SPRINGDALE, UT; MCC RADIO, LLC, Station KWOK, Facility ID 68057, BP-20121114AGE, From HOQUIAM, WA, To ABERDEEN, WA; MCC RADIO, LLC, Station KDUX-FM, Facility ID 52676, BPH-20121114AGF, From ABERDEEN, WA, To HOQUIAM, WA; TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Station KTIA-FM, Facility ID 6417, BPH-20121113AMW, From BOONE, IA, To HUXLEY, IA.
Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
Document Number: 2012-30591
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission extends the deadline for filing reply comments on the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding, which was published in the Federal Register. The extension will facilitate the development of a full record given the importance of the issues in this proceeding.
New Mailing Standards for Domestic Mailing Services Products
Document Number: 2012-30256
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-12-20
Agency: Postal Service, Agencies and Commissions
In October 2012, the Postal Service filed a notice of mailing services price adjustments with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective in January 2013. This final rule contains the revisions to Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]) that we will adopt to implement the changes coincident with the price adjustments.
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