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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Confidentiality of Information; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes revisions to existing regulations governing the confidentiality of information submitted in compliance with any requirement or regulation under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act or MSA). The purposes of these revisions are to make both substantive and non-substantive changes necessary to comply with the MSA as amended by the 2006 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthori...

Environmental Protection Agency

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Washington; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

EPA is proposing to approve the Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) determination for the TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC coal-fired power plant in Centralia, Washington (TransAlta). The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) submitted its Regional Haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) on December 22, 2010 to meet the requirements of 40 CFR 50.308. On December 29, 2011 Ecology submitted an update to the SIP submittal containing a revised and updated BART determination for Tr...

Transportation Department

Proposed Amendment of Air Traffic Service Routes; Southwestern United States

This action corrects the description of VOR Federal airway V- 16 to include a previous amendment to the description that was inadvertently omitted in the NPRM.

Homeland Security Department

Safety Zone; A Salute to Our Heroes Fireworks, Hamlin Beach State Park, Hamlin, NY

The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary safety zone on Hamlin Beach State Park, Hamlin, NY. This proposed rule is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of water off Hamlin Beach State Park during the A Salute to Our Heroes on July 07, 2012. The safety zone established by this proposed rule is necessary to protect spectators, participants, and vessels from the hazards associated with firework display.

Safety Zone; Olcott Fireworks, Lake Ontario, Olcott, NY

The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary safety zone on Lake Ontario, Olcott, NY. This proposed rule is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of Lake Ontario during the Olcott fireworks display. The safety zone established by this proposed rule is necessary to protect spectators, participants, and vessels from the hazards associated with firework display.

Safety Zone, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway; Wrightsville Beach, NC

The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary safety zone on the waters of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The safety zone will temporarily restrict vessel movement commencing Sept 1, 2012. The safety zone is necessary to provide for the safety of mariners on navigable waters during maintenance on the U.S. 74/76 Bascule Bridge crossing the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, mile 283.1, at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

Anchorage; Change to Cottonwood Island Anchorage, Columbia River, Oregon and Washington

The Coast Guard is revising its proposed rule to increase the availability of designated anchorages on the Columbia River. In response to comments on its prior proposal, the Coast Guard proposes a smaller extension of the Cottonwood Island Anchorage than that originally proposed, and the creation of a new anchorage area upriver from the center of the City of Prescott, OR.

Environmental Protection Agency

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; State of Oregon; Regional Haze State Implementation Plan

EPA is proposing to approve portions of a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of Oregon on December 10, 2010 and supplemented on February 1, 2011, as meeting the requirements of Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) section 169A and B and Federal Regulations in 40 CFR 51.308. In a previous action on July 5, 2011, EPA approved portions of the December 10, 2010, SIP submittal as meeting the requirements for interstate transport for visibility of CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(II)...

Homeland Security Department

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; Automated Targeting System

The Department of Homeland Security is giving concurrent notice of a updated system of records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for the ``Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection--006--Automated Targeting System (ATS) System of Records'' and this proposed rulemaking. The Department is publishing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to ensure that the exemptions previously published are clearly and appropriately applied to all records in the updated system of records.

Transportation Department

Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Apopka, FL

This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Apopka, FL, to accommodate the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at Orlando Apopka Airport. This action would enhance the safety and airspace management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

In-core Thermocouples at Different Elevations and Radial Positions in Reactor Core

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the Commission) is publishing for public comment a notice of receipt for a petition for rulemaking (PRM), dated February 28, 2012, which was filed with the NRC by Mr. Mark Edward Leyse (the petitioner). The petition was docketed by the NRC on March 2, 2012, and assigned Docket No. PRM-50-105. The petitioner requests that the NRC amend its regulations to ``require all holders of operating licenses for nuclear power plants (``NPP'') to operate NPPs...

Environmental Protection Agency

Notice of Intent To Revise Stormwater Regulations To Specify That an NPDES Permit Is Not Required for Stormwater Discharges From Logging Roads and To Seek Comment on Approaches for Addressing Water Quality Impacts From Forest Road Discharges

The EPA intends to expeditiously propose revisions to its Phase I stormwater regulations to specify that stormwater discharges from logging roads \1\ are not stormwater discharges ``associated with industrial activity.'' This notice of intent is in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which found in Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown that certain logging roads are stormwater point sources ``associated with industrial activity.'' Additionally, EPA is seeking comment on a...

Transportation Department

Proposed Establishment of Class E Airspace; Quakertown, PA

This action proposes to establish Class E Airspace at Quakertown, PA, to accommodate new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures at Quakertown Airport. This action would enhance the safety and airspace management of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

Federal Communications Commission

Petitions for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding

In this document, Petitions for Reconsideration (Petitions) have been filed in the Commission's Rulemaking proceeding by the Consumer Electronics Association, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc., et al., and TVGuardian, LLC.

Environmental Protection Agency

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities

This document announces the Agency's receipt of several initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Wisconsin; Milwaukee-Racine Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment for the 2006 24-Hour Fine Particle Standard

EPA is extending the comment period for a proposed rule published April 24, 2012 (77 FR 24436). On April 24, 2012, EPA proposed to approve a determination of attainment for the Milwaukee-Racine, Wisconsin area for the 2006 24-hour fine particle National Ambient Air Quality Standard submitted by the State of Wisconsin on March 7, 2011. In response to a May 1, 2012, request from David C. Bender, EPA is extending the comment period for 30 days.

Transportation Department

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Electronic Stability Control Systems for Heavy Vehicles

This document proposes to establish a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 136 to require electronic stability control (ESC) systems on truck tractors and certain buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 11,793 kilograms (26,000 pounds). ESC systems in truck tractors and large buses are designed to reduce untripped rollovers and mitigate severe understeer or oversteer conditions that lead to loss of control by using automatic computer- controlled braking and reducing ...

Homeland Security Department

Safety Zone; Alexandria Bay Chamber of Commerce, St. Lawrence River, Alexandria Bay, NY

The Coast Guard proposes to establish a temporary safety zone on the St. Lawrence River, Alexandria Bay, NY. This proposed rule is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of the St. Lawrence River during the Alexandria Bay Chamber of Commerce fireworks display. The safety zone established by this proposed rule is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with a fireworks display.