Agencies and Commissions January 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Digital Trade in the U.S. and Global Economies, Part I; Institution of Investigation and Scheduling of Hearing
Following receipt of a request dated December 13, 2012 (received on December 14, 2012) from the Senate Committee on Finance, (Committee) under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) instituted investigation No. 332-531, Digital Trade in the U.S. and Global Economies, Part I, for the purpose of preparing the first of two reports requested by the Committee.
Massachusetts Disaster # MA-00050
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Massachusetts (FEMA4097DR), dated 12/19/2012. Incident: Hurricane Sandy. Incident Period: 10/27/2012 through 11/08/2012. Effective Date: 12/19/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 02/19/2013. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/19/2013.
Ohio Disaster # OH-00039
This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Ohio (FEMA4098 DR), dated 01/03/2013. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding due to the Remnants of Hurricane Sandy. Incident Period: 10/29/2012 through 10/30/2012. Effective Date: 01/03/2013. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/04/2013. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/03/2013.
Maryland Disaster # MD-00026
This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Maryland dated 01/02/2013. Incident: Hurricane Sandy. Incident Period: 10/26/2012 through 11/04/2012. Effective Date: 01/02/2013. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 03/04/2013. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 10/02/2013.
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds of the Clayton Act
The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for interlocking directorates required by the 1990 amendment of Section 8 of the Clayton Act. Section 8 prohibits, with certain exceptions, one person from serving as a director or officer of two competing corporations if two thresholds are met. Competitor corporations are covered by Section 8 if each one has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000, with the exception that no corporation is covered if the competitive sales of either corporation are less than $1,000,000. Section 8(a)(5) requires the Federal Trade Commission to revise those thresholds annually, based on the change in gross national product. The new thresholds, which take effect immediately, are $28,883,000 for Section 8(a)(1), and $2,888,300 for Section 8(a)(2)(A).
Virginia Disaster Number VA-00052
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Virginia (FEMA4092DR), dated 11/26/2012 . Incident: Hurricane Sandy Incident Period: 10/26/2012 through 11/08/2012. Effective Date: 01/03/2013. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 01/25/2013. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/26/2013.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
The United States Postal Service[supreg] is proposing to modify a General Privacy Act System of Records. These changes are being made to accommodate new data elements used in the Workplace Environment Tracking System (WETS), a new electronic national database for workplace related inquiries and complaints.
Office of Small Credit Unions (OSCUI) Grant Program Access for Credit Unions
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to invite eligible credit unions to submit applications for participation in the OSCUI Grant Program (a.k.a. Community Development Revolving Loan Fund (CDRLF)), subject to funding availability. The OSCUI Grant Program serves as a source of financial support, in the form of technical assistance grants, for credit unions serving predominantly low-income members. It also serves as a source of funding to help low-income designated credit unions (LICUs) respond to emergencies arising in their communities.
Motorola Mobility LLC and Google Inc.; Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment
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 of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent order embodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Corrected: Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices; Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices, DN 2927; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing under section 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.8(b)).
Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds, et al.; Notice of Application
Summary of Application: The order would permit certain registered closed-end management investment companies to acquire shares of registered open-end management investment companies that are within the same group of investment companies. Applicants: Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (``Opportunity Funds''), Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds (``Commodity Strategy Funds''), Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (``High Yield Bond Fund''), Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund, Inc. (``Income Fund''); Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (``Adviser''), and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (``CSSU'').\1\
Procurement List, Addition
This action adds a product to the Procurement List that will be furnished by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.
Procurement List; Proposed Addition and Deletion
The Committee is proposing to add a service to the Procurement List that will be provided by a nonprofit agency employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes a product previously furnished by such agency. Comments Must Be Received on or Before: 2/11/2013.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). 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 instrument(s) 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.
Fidelity Commonwealth Trust, et al.; Notice of Application
Summary of Application: Applicants request an order that would permit (a) Certain open-end management investment companies or series thereof to issue shares (``Shares'') redeemable in large aggregations only (``Creation Units''); (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 after 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 Units; (e) certain registered management investment companies and unit investment trusts outside of the same group of investment companies as the series to acquire Shares; and (f) certain series to perform creations and redemptions of Shares in-kind in a master-feeder structure. Applicants: Fidelity Commonwealth Trust (the ``Trust''), Fidelity Management & Research Company (the ``Adviser''), and Fidelity Distributors Corporation (the ``Distributor'').
Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds of the Clayton Act
The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 required by the 2000 amendment of Section 7A of the Clayton Act.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Nomination Letters
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 established the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and gave the Comptroller General responsibility for appointing its members. For appointments to MedPAC that will be effective May 1, 2013, I am announcing the following: Letters of nomination should be submitted between January 15 and March 8, 2013, to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of nominees prior to the appointment of new members.
Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking To Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special Access Services
In this document, the Commission continues the process of reviewing its special access rules to ensure that they reflect the state of competition today and promote competition, investment, and access to dedicated communications services businesses across the country rely on every day to deliver their products and services to American consumers. The Report and Order initiates a comprehensive data collection and specifies the nature of the data to be collected and the scope of respondents. An initial version of the data collection is attached to the Report and Order as an appendix; the Report and Order delegates authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau to review and modify the collection to implement the requirements of the Report and Order.
Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T Corporation Petition for Rulemaking To Reform Regulation of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Interstate Special Access Services
In this document, the Commission seeks comment on: A market analysis that the Commission intends to undertake in the coming months to assist in evaluating competition in the market for special access services; possible changes to the Commission's pricing flexibility rules after the Commission conducts its market analysis; and the reasonableness of terms and conditions offered by incumbent LECs in the special access market.
Relocation of Regulations
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is relocating six Federal Housing Finance Board (Finance Board) regulations to new locations within the FHFA chapter of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The regulations relate to: Community Investment Cash Advance Programs (CICA); Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) collection, settlement, and processing of payment instruments; miscellaneous Bank authorities; Bank requests for information from the federal banking regulators; Financing Corporation (FICO) operations; and Bank assistance for the Resolution Funding Corporation (RefCorp). This final rule relocates those regulations without any substantive modification and removes and designates as reserved several empty subchapters in the Finance Board chapter of the CFR. This final rule also creates a general definitions section to be located at the beginning of the FHFA chapter to facilitate the use of common terms found throughout the chapter.
Auction of FM Broadcast Construction Permits Rescheduled for April 23, 2013; Notice of Filing Requirements, Minimum Opening Bids, Upfront Payments, and Other Procedures for Auction 94
This document announces the auction of certain FM broadcast construction permits. This document is intended to familiarize prospective applicants with the procedures and other requirements for participation in Auction 94.
NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Astrophysics Subcommittee; Meeting
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Astrophysics Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The meeting will be held via teleconference and WebEx for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.
Certain Robotic Toys and Components Thereof; Notice of Receipt of Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Robotic Toys and Components Thereof, DN 2930; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing under section 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 210.8(b)).
Consideration of Approval of Application Containing Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information Regarding Proposed Energy Future Holdings Corporation Internal Restructuring
This document corrects a notice appearing in the Federal Register on January 2, 2013 (78 FR 119). This action is necessary to correct an incorrect Docket ID.
Certain Incremental Dental Positioning Adjustment Appliances and Methods of Producing Same (Enforcement Proceeding); Commission Determination To Review and Reverse an Initial Determination of the Presiding Administrative Law Judge; Termination of the Enforcement Proceeding
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review and reverse an initial determination (``ID'') (Order No. 57) of the presiding administrative law judge in the above-captioned enforcement proceeding. The enforcement proceeding is hereby terminated.
Notice of Telephonic Prehearing Conference
Notice of telephonic prehearing conference for the case: In the Matter of BABY MATTERS LLC, CPSC Docket No.13-1.
Actions Taken at December 14, 2012, Meeting
As part of its regular business meeting held on December 14, 2012, in Annapolis, Maryland, the Commission took the following actions: (1) Approved settlement involving a water resources project; (2) approved or tabled the applications of certain water resources projects; (3) rescinded approvals for two projects and tabled a rescission for another project; and (4) took additional actions, as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
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