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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2012-11-02.xml --- 77 213 Friday, November 2, 2012 Contents Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Commerce Commerce Department See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 66178 2012-26884 2012-26885 Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List;

Additions and Deletions, 2012-26886 66181-66182 2012-26887 Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Adaptation of Regulations to Incorporate Swaps, 66288-66350 2012-25764 Defense Department Defense Department NOTICES TRICARE Over-the-Counter Drug Demonstration Project, 66182 2012-26888 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Applications: Race to the Top — District Competition; Reopening, 66182-66183 2012-26915 Employee Benefits Employee Benefits Security Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, 66186-66187 2012-26875 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances, 66149-66164 2012-26658 NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc., 66183 2012-26876 Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents Federal Election Federal Election Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66183-66184 2012-26942 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency PROPOSED RULES Proposed Flood Elevation Determinations:

Scotland County, NC, and Incorporated Areas, 66165 2012-26746 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Final Federal Agency Actions: Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project in New York, 66215 C1--2012--26799 Limitations of Claims for Judicial Reviews of Actions: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH and Covington, Kenton County, KY, 66215-66216 2012-26874 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Federal Emergency Management Agency Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Federal Properties Suitable as Facilities to Assist Homeless, 66184-66185 2012-26783 Industry Industry and Security Bureau NOTICES Meetings:

Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee, 66178-66179 2012-26871 Interior Interior Department See Ocean Energy Management Bureau International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Membership Applications: Manufacturing Council, 66179-66180 2012-26847 Vacancies on U.S. Section of U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue, 66180-66181 2012-26437 Labor Department Labor Department See Employee Benefits Security Administration National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Fisheries of the Northeastern United States:

Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 19, 66169-66177 2012-26793 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Permits: Antarctic Conservation Act, 66187 2012-26844 Ocean Energy Management Ocean Energy Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Potential Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Massachusetts, 66185-66186 2012-26905 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Annuitants Report of Earned Income, 66190 2012-26868 Documentation in Support of Disability Retirement Application, 66189 2012-26849 It's Time to Sign Up for Direct Deposit or Direct Express, 66190-66191 2012-26866 Reemployment of Annuitants, 66189-66190 2012-26848 Reinstatement of Disability Annuity Previously Terminated Because of Restoration to Earning Capacity, 66188 2012-26870 Request to Disability Annuitant for Information on Physical Condition and Employment, 66188-66189 2012-26850 Rollover Election, Rollover Information, and Special Tax Notice Regarding Rollovers, 66187 2012-26867 Senior Executive Service—Performance Review Board:

Member Appointments, 66191 2012-26615 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Products, 66191-66193 2012-26878 2012-26879 Postal Service Postal Service RULES Retirement of FASTforward Technology, 66149 2012-26697 NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 66193 2012-26982 Product Changes: First-Class Package Service Negotiated Service Agreement, 66193 2012-26872 Parcel Select Negotiated Service Agreement, 66193 2012-26873 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Committees;

Establishment, Renewal, Termination, etc.: White House Homeland Security Partnership Council; Establishment (EO 13629), 66351-66355 2012-27002 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Sudan; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of November 1, 2012), 66357-66359 2012-27035 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Clearing Agency Standards, 66220-66286 2012-26407 NOTICES Applications for Deregistration, 66194 2012-26863 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 66194-66196 2012-26853 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., 66202-66204, 66211-66214 2012-26852 2012-26861 ICE Clear Europe Ltd., 66209-66210 2012-26860 NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., 66204-66207 2012-26858 NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 66197-66202 2012-26857 NYSE MKT LLC, 66207-66209 2012-26859 Options Clearing Corp., 2012-26854 66196-66197 2012-26856 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster Declarations:

Massachusetts, 66214 2012-26846 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board PROPOSED RULES Information Required in Notices and Petitions Containing Interchange Commitments, 66165-66169 2012-26882 NOTICES Corporate Family Merger Exemptions: Union Railroad Co. and McKeesport Connecting Railroad Co., 66216-66217 2012-26880 Lease and Operation Exemptions: Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad, Inc., and Lines of Union Pacific Railroad Co., 66217-66218 2012-26883 Susquehanna Susquehanna River Basin Commission NOTICES Actions Taken at September 20, 2012, Meeting, 66214-66215 2012-26877 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Highway Administration See Surface Transportation Board Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Securities and Exchange Commission, 66220-66286 2012-26407 Part III Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 66288-66350 2012-25764 Part IV Presidential Documents, 66351-66355 2012-27002 Part V Presidential Documents, 66357-66359 2012-27035 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 77 213 Friday, November 2, 2012 Rules and Regulations POSTAL SERVICE 39 CFR Part 111 Retirement of FASTforward Technology AGENCY: Postal Service TM . ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Postal Service will revise the *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 602.5.0 to terminate the use of *FASTforward* TM technology as a Move Update option for commercial First-Class Mail®, First-Class Package Service TM , Standard Mail®, and Parcel Select Lightweight® mailings.

DATES: *Effective date:* January 27, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Hunt at 901-681-4651, or Bill Chatfield at 202-268-7278. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 4, 2012, the Postal Service published a proposed rule in the **Federal Register** (77 FR 53830) to retire *FASTforward* technology. We received no formal comments on the proposal. Therefore, we will proceed as proposed. *FASTforward,* a licensed hardware/software change-of-address system, was developed in 1996 to enable Multi-Line Optical Character Reader (MLOCR) users a means to meet the Move Update requirement for their commercial mailings.

Using the best technology then available, most of the *FASTforward* “black boxes” were 386/486 processors using secured cards and cabling operations. By 2009, many of the original black boxes were failing, and finding replacement parts became difficult. In February 2009, the USPS TM announced its intention to retire the *FASTforward* system by the end of FY2012 and migrate the licensees to the newer more robust NCOALink® MPE (Mail Processing Equipment) licensed software system.

In August 2011, the USPS established an ad hoc workgroup consisting of postal personnel, MLOCR manufacturers and mailers and representatives of the National Association of Presort Mailers (NAPM). The workgroup has resolved the issues to ensure a smooth migration from the antiquated *FASTforward* system to the newer NCOALink MPE system. The termination date for *FASTforward* will be January 27, 2013. Mailers may begin to use the NCOALink MPE system at any time as a method of meeting the Move Update standards.

The Postal Service adopts the following changes to *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), which is incorporated by reference in the *Code of Federal Regulations.* See 39 CFR 111.1. List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service. Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is amended as follows: PART 111—[AMENDED] 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001-3011, 3201-3219, 3403-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3632, 3633, and 5001. 2.

Revise the following sections of the *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM): Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM): 600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services 602 Addressing 5.0 Move Update Standards 5.2 USPS-Approved Methods The following methods are authorized for meeting the Move Update standard: *[Revise item 5.2b as follows:]* b. National Change of Address Linkage System (NCOALink).

This includes both pre-mail NCOALink processing systems and the physical mailpiece processing equipment system: National Change of Address Linkage System Mail Processing Equipment (NCOALink MPE). See the NCOALink page (NCOALink MPE Solutions) on *ribbs.usps.gov* f or more information on the MPE application. *[Delete item 5.2c in its entirety and redesignate current items 5.2d and 5.2e as new 5.2c and 5.2d respectively.]* We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect these changes.

Stanley F. Mires, Attorney, Legal Policy and Legislative Advice. [FR Doc. 2012-26697 Filed 11-1-12; 8:45 am]

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