19154 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 62 / Friday, March 30, 2012 / Proposed Rules 

on this NPRM at this time. Therefore, 

we are withdrawing this NPRM. 

Michael J. Astrue, 

Commissioner of Social Security. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

24 CFR Part 1000 

[Docket No. FR–5275–N–12] 

Native American Housing Assistance 

and Self-Determination 

Reauthorization Act of 2008: 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting of negotiated 

rulemaking committee. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a twoday session of the negotiated 

rulemaking committee that developed 

HUD’s November 18, 2011, proposed 

rule to revise the regulations governing 

the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) 

Program and Title VI Loan Guarantee 

Program. HUD’s proposed rule was 

developed, as required by statute, by 

negotiated rulemaking. The public 

comment period on the proposed rule 

closed on January 17, 2012. The purpose 

of the two-day session is to provide the 

negotiated rulemaking committee 

members the opportunity to review and 

consider responses to the public 

comments received on the November 

18, 2011, proposed rule. 

DATES: The session will be held on 

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, and Wednesday, 

May 2, 2012. On each day, the session 

will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m., 

and will adjourn at approximately 6 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The sessions will take place 

in the Brooke Mondale Auditorium, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington DC, 20410. Members of the 

public wishing to enter the HUD Weaver 

Building to attend the sessions must 

present a current photo identification 

card, such as a valid driver’s license, 

military ID, work related ID, or passport, 

at the Southeast lobby security 

reception desk. To expedite entrance 

into the building, the public is 

encouraged to RSVP to 

Emily.Wright@hud.gov by April 27, 

2012. A visitor pass will be issued and 

must remain visible at all times. Visitors 

to the HUD Weaver Building will be 

required to pass through the 

magnetometer and have their packages 

X-rayed or inspected by the security 

staff. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rodger J. Boyd, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Native American 

Programs, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Room 4126, Washington, DC 

20410, telephone number 202–401–7914 

(this is not a toll-free number). Hearingor speech-impaired individuals may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 18, 2011 (76 FR 71474), HUD 

published a proposed rule to revise the 

regulations governing the IHBG and 

Title VI Loan Guarantee programs, 

codified in 24 CFR part 1000. HUD’s 

proposed rule would implement 

statutory amendments to the Native 

American Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

4101 et seq.) (NAHASDA) enacted by 

the Native American Housing 

Assistance and Self-Determination 

Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 

110–411, approved October 14, 2008). 

Specifically, HUD’s proposed rule 

would amend subpart A of 24 CFR part 

1000 regarding the guiding principles of 

NAHASDA, definitions, labor standards, 

environmental review procedures, 

procurement, tribal and Indian 

preference, and program income. 

Proposed changes to subpart B of 24 

CFR part 1000 would address eligible 

families, useful life of properties, and 

criminal conviction records. Proposed 

changes to subpart C of 24 CFR part 

1000 would address the tribal program 

year, Indian Housing Plan (IHP) 

requirements, administrative and 

planning expenses, reserve accounts, 

local cooperation agreements, and 

exemption from taxation. Proposed 

changes to subpart D of part 24 would 

address certain formula information that 

must be included in the IHP and Annual 

Performance Report (APR), as well as 

the date by which HUD must provide 

data used for the formula and projected 

allocation to a tribe or Tribally 

Designated Housing Entity. Proposed 

changes to subpart E of 24 CFR part 

1000 would address financing 

guarantees. Finally, proposed changes to 

subpart F of 24 CFR part 1000 would 

address HUD monitoring, APRs, APR 

review, HUD performance measures, 

recipient comments on HUD reports, 

remedial actions in the event of 

substantial noncompliance, audits, 

submission of audit reports, and records 

retention. Additional explanation of 

HUD’s proposed regulatory revisions are 

provided in the preamble to the 

November 18, 2011, proposed rule. The 

public comment period on the proposed 

rule closed on January 17, 2012. 

As required by section 106 of 

NAHASDA, as amended, HUD 

negotiated the November 18, 2011, 

proposed rule with active tribal 

participation under the procedures of 

the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990 

(5 U.S.C. 561–570). HUD’s proposed 

rule reflects the consensus decisions 

reached by HUD and the tribal 

representatives. 

This notice announces a two-day 

session of the negotiated rulemaking 

committee that developed the November 

18, 2011, proposed rule. The purpose of 

the two-day session is to provide the 

negotiated rulemaking committee 

members the opportunity to review and 

consider responses to the public 

comments received on the November 

18, 2011, proposed rule. 

The two-day session will take place as 

described in the DATES and ADDRESSES

section of this document. The two-day 

session will be open to the public; 

however, public attendance may be 

limited to the space available. Members 

of the public may be allowed to make 

statements during the meeting to the 

extent time permits. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Rodger J. Boyd, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native 

American Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–113903–10] 

RIN 1545–BJ59 

Allocation and Apportionment of 

Interest Expense; Hearing Cancellation 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Cancellation of notice of public 

hearing on proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document cancels a 

public hearing on proposed rulemaking 

that provides guidance relating to the 

allocation and apportionment of interest 

expense. 

DATES: The public hearing, originally 

scheduled for April 3, 2012 at 10 a.m. 

is cancelled. 


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1For lap belt only anchorages, the seat belt 

anchorage must withstand force as it is increased 

to 22,241 N (5,000 pounds) over thirty seconds and 

withstand that force as it is held for 10 seconds. 

2The particular pelvic body block used depends 

on the type of seat. Typically the body block in 

Continued 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Funmi Taylor of the Publications and 

Regulations Branch, Legal Processing 

Division, Associate Chief Counsel 

(Procedure and Administration) at (202) 

622–7180 (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of proposed rulemaking by crossreference to temporary regulations and a 

notice of public hearing that appeared 

in the Federal Register on Tuesday 

January 17, 2012 (77 FR 2240) 

announced that a public hearing was 

scheduled for April 3, 2012, at 10 a.m. 

in the IRS Auditorium, Internal Revenue 

Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC. The subject of 

the public hearing is under section 861 

of the Internal Revenue Code. 

The public comment period for the 

proposed rulemaking expired on March 

13, 2012. The notice of proposed 

rulemaking by cross-reference to 

temporary regulations and a notice of 

public hearing instructed those 

interested in testifying at the public 

hearing to submit an outline of the 

topics to be addressed. As of Monday, 

March 26, 2012, no one has requested to 

speak. Therefore, the public hearing 

scheduled for April 3, 2012, is 

cancelled. 

LaNita VanDyke, 

Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, 

Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief 

Counsel (Procedure and Administration). 

[FR Doc. 2012–7609 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0036] 

RIN 2127–AL05 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Seat Belt Assembly 

Anchorages; Incorporation by 

Reference 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This NPRM proposes to 

amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages,’’ to specify a new force 

application device for use as a testing 

interface to transfer loads onto the seat 

belt anchorage system during 

compliance tests of anchorage strength. 

The device represents a human torso 

and pelvis. The new device comes in 

two sizes, one representative of a midsize adult male, and the other of a small 

occupant. We propose both sizes be 

used in FMVSS No. 210. We believe that 

the devices provide a consistent test 

configuration and load path to the seat 

belt assembly anchorages. We are 

proposing this amendment because the 

devices are significantly easier to use 

than the current body blocks. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, you should mention the 

docket number of this document. 

You may call the Docket at 202–366– 

9324. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act discussion below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

non-legal issues: Ms. Carla Rush, Office 

of Crashworthiness Standards, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202– 

366–4583, fax 202–493–2739). 

For legal issues: Ms. Deirdre Fujita, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202– 

366–2992, fax: 202–366–3820). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. FMVSS No. 210 

II. Proposed New Force Application Device 

a. FAD1 and FAD2 

b. Positioning the FAD 

c. Drawing Package 

III. Data From Use of the FADs 

a. Consistent Positioning of the FADs on a 

Vehicle Seat 

b. Repeatability of Force Measurement 

c. Vehicle Tests 

1. FADs Do Not Appear To Affect the 

Stringency of the Test 

2. FADs Appear To Offer Advantages 

IV. Lead Time 

V. Miscellaneous Issues 

a. Metric Units 

b. Note—Testing Motorcoach Seat Belt 

Anchorages 

c. Note—Figure 3 in FMVSS No. 210 

d. Note—Side-Facing Seats Correction 

VI. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices 

VII. Public Participation 

I. FMVSS No. 210 

FMVSS No. 210, ‘‘Seat belt assembly 

anchorages,’’ applies to passenger cars, 

multipurpose passenger vehicles 

(MPVs), trucks, and buses. The standard 

establishes requirements for seat belt 

assembly anchorages to ensure the 

anchorages are properly located for 

effective occupant restraint and to 

reduce the likelihood of their failure. As 

to the latter, the standard requires seat 

belt anchorages to withstand specified 

forces to increase the likelihood that the 

belts will remain attached to the vehicle 

structure in a crash. Under the standard, 

seat belt anchorage assemblies for lap/ 

shoulder belts must withstand a 13,345 

Newton (N) (3,000 pounds (lb)) force 

applied to the lap belt portion of the 

seat belt assembly simultaneously with 

a 13,345 N force applied to the shoulder 

belt portion of the seat belt assembly. 

The anchorage assemblies must 

withstand the force as it is increased 

over thirty seconds, and withstand that 

force as it is held for 10 seconds.1 These 

forces are applied to the shoulder 

portion of the belt (for a lap/shoulder 

belt) by an upper torso body block 

(Figure 3 in FMVSS No. 210) and the 

lap belt portion of the belt by a pelvic 

body block 2 (Figures 2A and 2B in 


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