[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 30, 2009)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 69231-69242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31098]


 
 
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  Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 30, 2009 / 
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                Executive Order 13525 of December 23, 2009

                
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the laws cited herein, it is hereby 
                ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic 
                pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as 
                defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 
                U.S.C. 5303 and section 744 of Division C of the 
                Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-
                117, December 16, 2009), are set forth on the schedules 
                attached hereto and made a part hereof:

                    (a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at 
                Schedule 1;
                    (b) The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) 
                at Schedule 2; and
                    (c) The schedules for the Veterans Health 
                Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
                (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 
                102-40) at Schedule 3.

                Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The ranges of rates 
                of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior 
                Executive Service, as established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
                5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and 
                made a part hereof.

                Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial 
                Salaries. The rates of basic pay or salaries for the 
                following offices and positions are set forth on the 
                schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:

                    (a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312-5318) at 
                Schedule 5;
                    (b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the 
                Congress (2 U.S.C. 31) at Schedule 6; and
                    (c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 
                252, and 461(a), and section 140 of Public Law 97-92) 
                at Schedule 7.

                Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. The rates of monthly basic 
                pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed 
                services, as adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009, and section 
                601 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
                Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84, October 28, 2009), 
                and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 
                U.S.C. 203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached 
                hereto and made a part hereof.

                Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments.

                    (a) Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
                States Code, and section 744 of Division C of the 
                Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-
                117, December 16, 2009), locality-based comparability 
                payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9 
                attached hereto and made a part hereof.
                    (b) The Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management shall take such actions as may be necessary 
                to implement these payments and to publish appropriate 
                notice of such payments in the Federal Register.

                Sec. 6. Administrative Law Judges. The rates of basic 
                pay for administrative law judges, as adjusted under 5 
                U.S.C. 5372(b)(4), are set forth on Schedule 10 
                attached hereto and made a part hereof.

                Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective 
                January 1, 2010. The other schedules contained herein 
                are effective on the first day of the first applicable 
                pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2010.

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                Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13483 
                of December 18, 2008, is superseded.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    December 23, 2009.

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[FR Doc. E9-31098
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                  CONTENTS
 
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 249 / Wednesday, December 30, 2009 / 
Contents  

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Air Force Department
NOTICES
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
    Basing of F-35A Aircraft, 69080
    Military Housing Privatization Initiative at Eglin AFB, FL and 
            Hurlburt Field, FL, 69078-69080
Meetings:
    US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 69080-69081


Army Department
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69078


Census Bureau
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69061-69065


Coast Guard
RULES
Drawbridge Operation Regulations:
    Inner Harbor Navigational Canal, New Orleans, LA, 69027-69028
    Sacramento River, Knights Landing, CA, 69028
PROPOSED RULES
Regulated Navigation Areas:
    Port of Portland Terminal 4, Willamette River, Portland, OR, 69046-
            69049
Special Local Regulations:
    Ironman 70.3 California; Oceanside Harbor, Oceanside, CA, 69044-
            69046


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See Foreign-Trade Zones Board
See International Trade Administration
See Minority Business Development Agency
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Commodity Futures Trading Commission
RULES
Electronic Filing of Financial Reports and Notices, 69004-69009
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69076-69077


Defense Department
See Air Force Department
See Army Department
See Navy Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    DOD Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed 
            Forces, 69077-69078


Education Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Race to the Top Assessment Program, 69081-69084


Employee Benefits Security Administration
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69148-69149


Energy Department
PROPOSED RULES
Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products:
    Framework Document for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures; Availability, 
            Meetings, 69036-69038
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Paducah, 
            69085
    Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee, 69085-69086
    State Energy Advisory Board, 69084-69085


Engraving and Printing Bureau
NOTICES
Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 69190-69191


Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Hazardous Waste Management System:
    Exclusion for Identifying and Listing Hazardous Waste, 69028-69035
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area 
          Sources:
    Chemical Preparations Industry, 69194-69217
PROPOSED RULES
Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans:
    Utah; Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan for Salt Lake 
            County; Utah County; Ogden City PM10 Nonattainment Area, 
            69049-69050
Revisions to Lead Ambient Air Monitoring Requirements, 69050-69059
NOTICES
Draft 2009 Update Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for 
          Ammonia - Freshwater, 69086-69087
Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General 
          Permit for the Eastern Portion of Outer Continental Shelf 
          (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico:
    Availability of Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) 
            and Environmental Assessment, 69088-69090
Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide 
          Registrations, 69090-69092
Regional Project Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American) of the American 
          Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:
    Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, 69092-69093
    North Conway, New Hamsphire Water Precinct, 69093-69095


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness Directives:
    Boeing Company Model 737-200, 300, 400, and 500 Series Airplanes, 
            69040-69042

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    Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-400 Series Airplanes, 69038-69040


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Television Broadcasting Services:
    High Point, NC, 69035
PROPOSED RULES
Television Broadcasting Services:
    Atlantic City, NJ, 69060
    Seaford, DE, 69059-69060
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69095-69098
Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 69098-69100


Federal Emergency Management Agency
NOTICES
Disaster Declarations:
    Arkansas, 69129
Major Disaster and Related Determinations:
    Alaska, 69132
    Nebraska, 69133


Federal Maritime Commission
NOTICES
Filing of Complaint and Assignment:
    SSA Terminals, LLC and SSA Terminals (Oakland), LLC, 69101-69102
Ocean Transportation Intermediary Licenses; Applicants, 69102-69103


Federal Railroad Administration
NOTICES
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
    California High-Speed Train Project from Merced to Sacramento, CA, 
            69186-69189


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 
          Holding Companies, 69100-69101
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 
          69101
Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire 
          Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 
          Activities, 69101


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Charges for Certain Disclosures, 69103


Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Marine Mammal Protection Act; Stock Assessment Report, 69136-69143


Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69106-69111
Meetings:
    Advisory Committees; Tentative Schedule (for 2010), 69119-69122
    Medical Device Interoperability; Public Workshop, 69125-69126
    Second Annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop, 69122


Foreign-Trade Zones Board
NOTICES
Approval of Manufacturing Authority:
    Foreign-Trade Zone 79; Tampa, Florida; Tampa Ship, LLC 
            (Shipbuilding), 69067-69068


Geological Survey
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69134-69135


Health and Human Services Department
See Food and Drug Administration
See Indian Health Service
See National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Decision to Evaluate a Petition to Designate a Class of Employees to be 
          included in the Special Exposure Cohort:
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 69103
    Westinghouse Electric Corp., Bloomfield, NJ, 69103-69104
Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special 
          Exposure Cohort, 69104-69105
Meetings:
    National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 69105-69106


Homeland Security Department
See Coast Guard
See Federal Emergency Management Agency
See U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Indian Health Service
NOTICES
List of Recipients of Indian Health Scholarships under the Indian 
          Health Scholarship Program, 69111-69116


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Geological Survey
See Land Management Bureau
See National Park Service
NOTICES
National Park System Advisory Board Re-establishment, 69134


Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Use of Controlled Corporations to Avoid the Application of Section 
          (304), 69021-69023
PROPOSED RULES
Use of Controlled Corporations to Avoid the Application of Section 
          (304), 69043


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value:
    Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of 
            China, 69065-69067
Clarification of the 2009 Calculation of Expected Non-Market Economy 
          Wages, 69068
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review:
    Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Italy, 69071

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International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Investigations:
    Certain Products Advertised as Containing Creatine Ethylester, 
            69146-69147
    Silicon Microphone Packages, 69145-69146


Justice Department
NOTICES
Consent Decrees:
    United States v. Ausimont Industries, Inc., et al., 69147-69148


Labor Department
See Employee Benefits Security Administration
See Labor-Management Standards Office


Labor-Management Standards Office
RULES
Trust Annual Reports, 69023-69027


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Western Montana Resource Advisory Council, 69143-69144


Minority Business Development Agency
NOTICES
Solicitation of Applications for the Minority Business Enterprise 
          Center (MBEC) Program, 69072-69076


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Center for Scientific Review, 69118, 69124
    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human 
            Development, 69117-69118
    National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 69122-69123
    National Cancer Institute, 69118-69119, 69123-69124
    National Center for Research Resources Council, 69123
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 69117, 69126
    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculosketal and Skin 
            Diseases, 69125
    National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 69117
    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
            69116-69117
    National Institute of Mental Health, 69118
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 69124


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69062-69063
Endangered and Threatened Species:
    Take of Anadromous Fish, 69068-69070
Meetings:
    Pacific Fishery Management Council, 69070-69071


National Park Service
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69135-69136
National Register of Historic Places:
    Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 69144-
            69145
    Weekly Listing of Historic Properties, 69145


Navy Department
NOTICES
Availability of Government-Owned Inventions:
    Available for Licensing, 69078


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Confirmatory Order Modifying License:
    U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority, et al., 69149-69152
Consent to Indirect Change of Control and Issuance of License Amendment 
          to Materials License:
    Cogema Mining, Inc, Irigaray and Christensen Ranch Facilities, 
            69152-69153
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69153-69154


Personnel Management Office
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69154-69155
Excepted Service, 69156-69157
Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 69157-69158


Postal Service
PROPOSED RULES
Unpaid and Shortpaid Information-Based Indicia Postage Meters and PC 
          Postage Products; Comment Period Extended, 69049


Presidential Documents
PROCLAMATIONS
Trade:
    African Growth and Opportunity Act, Beneficiary Country 
            Designations and Modifications (Proc. 8468), 69229-69230
    Generalized System of Preferences Duty-Free Treatment, 
            Modifications (Proc. 8467), 69219-69228
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Government Agencies and Employees:
    Rates of Pay; Adjustment (EO 13525), 69231-69242


Securities and Exchange Commission
RULES
Temporary Rule Regarding Principal Trades with Certain Advisory 
          Clients, 69009-69015
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 69158
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
     Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 69184-69185
    Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 69168-69169
    Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 69173-69175
    International Securities Exchange, LLC, 69180-69182
    NASDAQ OMX BX, Inc., 69172-69173
    NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc, 69185-69186
    NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 69159-69161
    National Stock Exchange, Inc., 69158-69159
    New York Stock Exchange LLC, 69163-69172
    NYSE Amex LLC;, 69161-69163
    NYSE Arca, Inc., 69175-69180, 69182-69183

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State Department
NOTICES
Review of the Designation of al-Jihad AKA Egyptian Islamic Jihad, et 
          al., as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, 69186


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Federal Railroad Administration
RULES
Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections, 68983-69004


Treasury Department
See Engraving and Printing Bureau
See Internal Revenue Service
RULES
Remote Location Filing, 69015-69021
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69189-69190


U.S. Customs and Border Protection
RULES
Remote Location Filing, 69015-69021
NOTICES
Accreditation and Approval as a Commercial Gauger and Laboratory:
    Inspectorate America Corp., 69127
    Pan Pacific Surveyors, Inc., 69127
    SGS North America, Inc., 69126-69127
Accreditation as a Commercial Laboratory:
    R. Markey and Sons, Inc., 69127-69128
Approval as a Commercial Gauger:
    Amspec Services LLC, 69128
    Inspectorate America Corp., 69128
Filing and Processing of AD/CVD Entries and Case Management:
    National Customs Automation Program Test Concerning Automated 
            Commercial Environment Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue 
            Capabilities, 69129-69132
Request for Applicants for Appointment:
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection Airport and Seaport Inspections 
            User Fee Advisory Committee, 69133-69134


Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 69191-69192

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Environmental Protection Agency, 69194-69217


Part III
Presidential Documents, 69219-69242

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