74 FR (12/24/2009)

1. Notice

• Agriculture Department
  • Forest Service
    • E9-30468. North Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee
      • The North Central Idaho RAC will meet in Grangeville, Idaho. The committee is meeting as authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30562. Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)
      • The Mark Twain National Forest is proposing to begin charging a $50 fee for the overnight rental of Sinking Tower Cabin. Rentals of other cabins on other National Forests have shown that people appreciate and enjoy the availability of historic rental …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30566. Umatilla National Forest, Walla Walla Ranger District, OR; North End Sheep Allotment EIS
      • The Forest Service proposes to continue to permit livestock (sheep) grazing on approximately 98,000 acres within the North End Allotment. This action will comply with the Rescission Act of 1995 requiring NEPA analysis for all grazing allotments. The North …
      • Due of Comment: 1/25/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Commerce Department
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • E9-30555. Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Guide for Preparing and Submitting White Papers to the Technology Innovation Program
      • The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as …
      • Due of Comment: 2/22/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Corporation for National and Community Service
  • E9-30558. Information Collection; Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request
    • The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the ``Corporation''), has submitted a public information collection request (ICR) entitled the AmeriCorps NCCC Service Project Application to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for …
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30559. Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
    • The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the ``Corporation''), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal …
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Defense Department
  • E9-30478. Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory Personnel Management Demonstration Project, Department of the Army, Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC)
    • Section 342(b) of Public Law 103-337, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Defense to conduct personnel demonstration projects at Department of Defense (DoD) laboratories designated as Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs). The above- …
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Energy Department
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    • E9-30577. Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District; Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30578. TDX Power Services, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30579. Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30580. Notice of Commission Half-Day Closing
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30582. Combined Notice of Filings #1
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30583. Combined Notice of Filings No. 1
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30584. Combined Notice of Filings No. 2
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30585. Combined Notice of Filings No. 1
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30586. Combined Notice of Filings
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • E9-30588. Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  • E9-30591. Sunshine Notice
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Federal Trade Commission
  • E9-30573. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
    • The information collection requirements described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA''). The FTC is seeking public comments on its proposal to extend …
    • Due of Comment: 2/22/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Housing and Urban Development Department
  • E9-30412. Federal Property Suitable as Facilities To Assist the Homeless
    • This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Justice Department
  • E9-30581. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Securities and Exchange Commission
  • E9-30541. Self-Regulatory Organizations; The Options Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Treasury Futures Traded by ELX Futures LP
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30542. Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by New York Stock Exchange LLC Amending NYSE Rules 312 and 321 and Adopt New Rules 2262 and 2269 Filed by the Financial Industry ...
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30543. Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Designation of NYSE Arca, Inc., as the NYSE's Alternative Trading Facility in an Emergency
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30544. Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by NYSE Amex LLC Amending Rules 312- and 321-NYSE Amex Equities and Adopt New Rules 2262- and 2269-NYSE Amex Equities Filed by the ...
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30545. Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change To Establish a Pilot Program To Modify FLEX Exercise Settlement Values and Minimum Value Sizes
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30546. Notice of Applications for Deregistration Under Section 8(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
    • Applicant, a closed-end investment company, seeks an order declaring that it has ceased to be an investment company. On October 1, 2009, applicant transferred its assets to ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund, based on net asset value. Expenses of …
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • E9-30601. Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Small Business Administration
  • E9-30569. Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review
    • Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a notice in the Federal Register notifying the …
    • Due of Comment: 1/25/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Surface Transportation Board
  • E9-30602. Freedom Rail Management, LLC-Acquisition of Control Exemption-Columbia & Reading Railway Co.
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Transportation Department
  • Federal Highway Administration
    • E9-30561. Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Northwest I-75/I-575 Corridor, Cobb and Cherokee Counties, GA (Atlanta Metropolitan Area)
      • The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the interested parties (public, agencies and tribal governments) that a supplemental draft environmental impact statement (SDEIS) will be prepared for proposed highway improvements on Interstate 75 and Interstate …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
  • Federal Railroad Administration
    • E9-30277. Petition for Waiver of Compliance
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Treasury Department
  • E9-30571. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
    • Due of Comment: 1/25/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Veterans Affairs Department
  • E9-30575. Agency Information Collection (VA/DOD Joint Disability Evaluation Board Claim) Activity Under OMB Review
    • In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the …
    • Due of Comment: 1/25/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009

2. Proposed Rule

• Commerce Department
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • E9-30567. Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Season and Retention Limit Adjustments
      • On November 4, 2009, NMFS published a proposed rule to increase the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category maximum daily retention limit; allow the General category season to remain open until the January subquota is reached; and increase the …
      • Due of Comment: 3/31/2010 Published Date: 12/24/2009

3. Rule

• Agriculture Department
  • Forest Service
    • E9-30510. Special Uses
      • This final rule is making minor, purely technical changes to the Forest Service's special use regulations. The Agency is clarifying a definition of a term in which a phrase was inadvertently omitted from previous versions of the rule and which properly …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Commerce Department
  • Industry and Security Bureau
    • E9-30481. Updated Statements of Legal Authority To Reflect Continuation of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12938 and Changes to the United States Code
      • This rule updates the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) legal authority citations for the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to replace citations to the President's Notice of November 10, 2008-- Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Defense Department
  • Defense Acquisition Regulations System
    • E9-30294. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement; Statutory Waiver for Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf Items (DFARS Case 2008-D009)
      • DoD has adopted as final, without change, an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to conform to the FAR changes implementing the waiver of the component test of the Buy American Act to contracts and …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30295. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Allowability of Costs To Lease Government Equipment for Display or Demonstration (DFARS Case 2007-D004)
      • DoD has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to address limitations on the allowability of contractor costs associated with the leasing of Government equipment for display or demonstration. The rule …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
    • E9-30296. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Definitions of Component and Domestic Manufacture (DFARS Case 2005-D010)
      • DoD is issuing this final rule to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to clarify the definitions of ``component'' and ``domestic manufacture'' as they relate to policy on foreign acquisition.
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Energy Department
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    • E9-30587. Revised Mandatory Reliability Standards for Interchange Scheduling and Coordination
      • Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hereby approves the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's revision of three Commission- approved Reliability Standards, designated INT-005-3, …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Homeland Security Department
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection
    • E9-30570. Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements; Correction
      • This document contains correcting amendments to the interim final rule entitled ``Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements'' published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2008. The interim final rule, which requires the submission …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Interior Department
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Z9-22874. Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• National Credit Union Administration
  • E9-30435. Exception to the Maturity Limit on Second Mortgages
    • On June 24, 2009, the NCUA published an interim final rule amending its lending rules to create a limited exception to the 20-year maturity limit on second mortgage loans. The amendment will permit Federal credit unions participating in the Department of …
    • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• Transportation Department
  • Federal Highway Administration
    • E9-30469. National Bridge Inspection Standards
      • The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Condition Evaluation of Bridges, 1994, second edition (also referred to as ``the Manual''), together with the 2001 and 2003 Interim Revisions, is incorporated by …
      • Published Date: 12/24/2009

4. Significant Document

• E9-30296. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Definitions of Component and Domestic Manufacture (DFARS Case 2005-D010)
  • Published Date: 12/24/2009
• E9-30570. Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements; Correction
  • Published Date: 12/24/2009