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Vol. 76 Tuesday, No. 192 October 4, 2011 Pages 61249–61554 OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:01 Oct 03, 2011 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\04OCWS.LOC 04OCWS sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with RULES II Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 4, 2011 The FEDERAL REGISTER (ISSN 0097–6326) is published daily, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND COPIES Monday through Friday, except official holidays, by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records PUBLIC Administration, Washington, DC 20408, under the Federal Register Subscriptions: Act (44 U.S.C. Ch. 15) and the regulations of the Administrative Paper or fiche 202–512–1800 Committee of the Federal Register (1 CFR Ch. I). The Assistance with public subscriptions 202–512–1806 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 is the exclusive distributor of the official General online information 202–512–1530; 1–888–293–6498 edition. 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VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:01 Oct 03, 2011 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4710 Sfmt 4710 E:\FR\FM\04OCWS.LOC 04OCWS sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with RULES III Contents Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 192 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Agricultural Marketing Service Definition of Qualifying Country End Product, 61282– RULES 61284 Increased Assessment Rates: PROPOSED RULES Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements: Valley in Texas, 61249–61251 Contracting With the Canadian Commercial Corp., 61296–61298 Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service Defense Department See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Defense Acquisition Regulations System See Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards NOTICES Administration Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board; See Rural Business-Cooperative Service Membership, 61346 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board RULES NOTICES Tuberculosis in Cattle and Bison; State and Zone Meetings; Sunshine Act, 61346–61347 Designations: Minnesota, 61253–61254 Education Department New Mexico, 61251–61253 NOTICES NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Importation Authorizations: Submissions, and Approvals, 61347–61348 Dragon Fruit From Thailand, 61340 Meetings: Importation Authorizations: Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Fresh Apricot, Sweet Cherry, and Plumcot Fruit from Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students South Africa, 61340–61341 with Disabilities, 61349–61350 Presidents Advisory Commission on Asian Americans Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Pacific Islanders, 61348–61349 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Employment Standards Administration Submissions, and Approvals, 61362–61364 See Wage and Hour Division Meetings: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, 61364 Energy Department Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES NOTICES Liquid-Immersed and Medium- and Low-Voltage Dry-Type Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, 61365 Distribution Transformers: Meetings: Negotiated Rulemaking Subcommittee/Working Group Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education, 61365–61366 Meeting, 61288–61289 Coast Guard NOTICES RULES Meetings: Safety Zones: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Annual Firework Displays Within the Captain of the Port, Board, Paducah, 61350 Puget Sound Area of Responsibility, 61263–61266 Response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board IJSBA World Finals; Lower Colorado River, Lake Havasu, Request for Clarification: Arizona, 61261–61263 Safety Culture at the Waste Treatment and Monte Foundation Fireworks Extravaganza, Aptos, CA, Immobilization Plant, 61350–61351 61259–61261 NOTICES Environmental Protection Agency Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, RULES Submissions, and Approvals, 61369–61370 Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Meetings: Significant New Alternatives Policy Program, 61269– Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee, 61370–61371 61278 PROPOSED RULES Commerce Department Approvals and Promulgations of Air Quality See Foreign-Trade Zones Board Implementation Plans: See International Trade Administration West Virginia; Ohio; Determination of Clean Data for See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Standard for Steubenville-Weirton Area, 61291–61293 Defense Acquisition Regulations System Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: RULES Electronics Manufacturing and Petroleum and Natural Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplements: Gas SystemsTechnical Revisions; Extension of Public Defense Cargo Riding Gang Member, 61279–61282 Comment Period, 61293–61294 VerDate Mar<15>2010 20:02 Oct 03, 2011 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4748 Sfmt 4748 E:\FR\FM\04OCCN.SGM 04OCCN sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with RULES IV Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 4, 2011 / Contents NOTICES Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, NOTICES Submissions, and Approvals: Combined Filings, 61351–61353 Fuel and Fuel Additives, 61354–61355 Petitions for Rate Approvals: Requests for Nominations: Acadian Gas Pipeline System, 61353–61354 National Drinking Water Advisory Council, 61355 Federal Highway Administration Executive Office of the President NOTICES See Trade Representative, Office of United States Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Federal Aviation Administration Walton and Bay Counties, FL, 61475–61476 RULES Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Airworthiness Directives: Utah, 61476 Honeywell International Inc. TPE331 Model Turboprop Engines With Certain Dixie Aerospace, LLC Main Federal Railroad Administration Shaft Bearings, 61255–61257 NOTICES Amendment to Description of VOR Federal Airway V–299: Petitions for Waivers of Compliance, 61476–61477 California, 61257–61258 Revisions of Class E Airspace:
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