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FR, December 23, 2011

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Transportation Department

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highways in Montana

This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the Russell Street/South 3rd Street Project, located in the city of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Pretreatment Program (Renewal)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

Interior Department

Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Maricopa Sun Solar Complex Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan, Kern County, CA

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Maricopa Sun Solar Complex Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) under development by Maricopa Sun, LLC. The draft EIS will evaluate the impacts of several alternatives related to the HCP being proposed by Maricopa Sun, LLC in support of its anticipated application for an Endangered Species Act permit for incidental take of fiv...

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Fuel Quality Regulations for Diesel Fuel Sold in 2001 & Later Years; for Tax-Exempt (Dyed) Highway Diesel Fuel; & Non-Road Locomotive & Marine Diesel Fuel (Renewal)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

Transportation Department

Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor

The Board has approved the first quarter 2012 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 2012 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.169. The first quarter 2012 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.514. The first quarter 2012 RCAF-5 is 0.488. The Board noted an error in the fourth quarter 2011 Labor index, which will be accounted for using the second quarter 2012 forecast error calculation.

Veterans Affairs Department

VASRD Forum-Improving VA's Disability Evaluation Criteria for Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Organs of Special Sense, Gynecological Conditions and Disorders of the Breast, and Skin

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) will co-host the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) Forum--Improving VA's Disability Evaluation Criteria for the Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Organs of Special Sense, Gynecological Conditions and Disorders of the Breast, and Skin. The purpose of this VASRD Improvement Forum is to capture public comment and current medical science information from p...

Securities and Exchange Commission

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Interior Department

Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. Disposition of the human remains to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional ...

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI

The University of Michigan has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the University of Michigan, Office of the Vice President for Research. Disposition of the human remains and as...

Labor Department

Notice of a Change in Status of the Payable Periods in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) Program for Texas

Texas will trigger ``on'' to Tier Four of Emergency Unemployment Compensation 2008 (EUC08) for weeks of unemployment beginning December 11, 2011. Public law 111-312 extended provisions in public law 111-92 which amended prior laws to create a Third and Fourth Tier of benefits within the EUC08 program for qualified unemployed workers claiming benefits in high unemployment states. The Department of Labor produces a trigger notice indicating which states qualify for EUC08 benefits within Tiers T...

National Park Service

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, MT

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, has determined that the cultural items meet the definition of sacred objects and repatriation to the lineal descendant stated below may occur if no additional claimants come forward. Any other individuals who believe they are lineal descendants of the individual who owned these sacred objects and who wish to claim the items should contact Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Pendency of Request for Approval of Special Withdrawal Liability Rules; the Cultural Institutions Pension Plan

This notice advises interested persons that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``PBGC'') has received a request from The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan for approval of a plan amendment providing for special withdrawal liability rules. Under Sec. 4203(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and PBGC's regulation on Extension of Special Withdrawal Liability Rules, a multiemployer pension plan may, with PBGC approval, be amended to provide for special withdrawal liab...

Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

Procurement List; Additions

This action adds services to the Procurement List that will be provided by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. Disposition of the human remains to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional ...

Housing and Urban Development Department

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP)

This notice informs the public that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval of the information collection requirement described below, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. Interested persons are invited to submit comments to OMB regarding this information collection. This is correction reporting burden hours were incorrect.

Environmental Protection Agency

Notice of a Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to the Sussex County, DE

The EPA is hereby granting a waiver of the Buy American Requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of Section 1605(b)(2) [manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality] to Sussex County, DE (``County''), for the purchase of one ductless split heating/air conditioning (HVAC) system, manufactured in Japan by Fujitsu General American, Inc. This is a project specific waiver and only applies to th...

Securities and Exchange Commission

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Environmental Protection Agency

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under Clean Water Act (Renewal)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Privacy Act of 1974: Systems of Records

In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (11)), the Department of Commerce is issuing this notice of its intent to delete the system of records entitled ``COMMERCE/NTIA-1, Applications Related to Coupons for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes.'' The Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program has been terminated and this system of records is to be deleted to comply with the applicable Disposition Authority.

Indian Health Service

Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American Requirement) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

The IHS is hereby granting waivers of the Buy American requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of Section 1605(b)(1) [applying the Buy American provision would be inconsistent with the public interest] to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) for the specific Alaska projects listed in this notice for the purchase of a foreign manufactured equipment to be installed on those sanitation facilities construction projects. This is a project specific waiver and only applie...

Postal Regulatory Commission

Post Office Closing

This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Mt. Sterling, Wisconsin 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.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Highland Capital Management, L.P., et al.; Notice of Application

Summary of Application: Applicants request an order that permits: (a) Certain open-end management investment companies or series thereof to issue shares (``Shares'') redeemable in large aggregations only (``Creation Unit Aggregations''); (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 from the tender of Shares for redemption; (d) certain affiliated persons of the ...

Defense Department

Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Proposed Berths 302-306 American President Lines (APL) Container Terminal Project, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District Regulatory Division (Corps), in coordination with the Los Angeles Harbor Department/Port of Los Angeles, has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Berths 302-306 American Presidents Line (APL) Container Terminal Project. This Notice serves as the Public Notice/Notice of Availability for the Draft EIS/EIR for the project. Berths 302-305 are currently operational and encompass approxi...

Labor Department

Notice of Funding Opportunity and Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA) for Workforce Innovation Fund Grants

Through this notice, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $98.5 million in Workforce Innovation Fund grants authorized by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 112-10) to support innovative approaches to the design and delivery of employment and training services that generate long-term improvements in the performance of the public workforce system, both in terms of outcomes for job seeker and e...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Draft Supplement 2 to Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Tennessee Valley Authority

On November 10, 2011, the NRC published in the Federal Register (76 FR 70169) an opportunity for public comment on NUREG-0498, ``Final Environmental Statement, Supplement 2, Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant [WBN], Unit 2--Draft Report for Comment'' (draft SFES). The draft SFES related to the review of the operating license application for WBN Unit 2 had been prepared in accordance with Section 51.92 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In response to requests fro...

Energy Department

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee (ERAC)

The purpose of ERAC is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on the research, development, demonstration and deployment priorities within the field of energy efficiency and renewable energy. The Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that agencies publish notice of an advisory committee meeting in the Federal Register.

Personnel Management Office

National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations Meeting

The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations plans to meet on the following dates: Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Wednesday, March 21, 2012.

Postal Regulatory Commission

Post Office Closing

This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Freeport, Kansas 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.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

Postal Regulatory Commission

Post Office Closing

This document informs the public that an appeal of the closing of the Alplaus, New York 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.

Housing and Urban Development Department

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Additional On-Site Data Collection for the Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative Fee Study

The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. This request is for the clearance of on-site data collection from public housing agencies (PHAs). The purpose of the proposed data collection is to identify a sample of PHAs that are verified to be operating high-performing and efficient HCV p...

Securities and Exchange Commission

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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