This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Parts 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, and 72 

[NRC–2011–0286] 

Guidance for Decommissioning 

Planning During Operations 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Draft regulatory guide; reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On December 13, 2011 (76 FR 

77431), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) re-issued Draft 

Regulatory Guide, DG–4014, 

‘‘Decommissioning Planning During 

Operations’’ in the Federal Register 

with a public comment period ending 

on February 10, 2012. The NRC is reopening the public comment period for 

DG–4014 from February 10, 2012 to 

March 30, 2012. DG–4014 describes a 

method that the NRC staff considers 

acceptable for use in complying with 

the NRC’s Decommissioning Planning 

Rule. 

DATES: Submit comments by March 30, 

2012. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the NRC is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received on or before this date. 

Although a time limit is given, 

comments and suggestions in 

connection with items for inclusion in 

guides currently being developed or 

improvements in all published guides 

are encouraged at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Please include Docket ID 

NRC–2011–0286 in the subject line of 

your comments. Comments submitted in 

writing or in electronic form will be 

posted on the NRC Web site and on the 

Federal rulemaking Web site, http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Because your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

the NRC cautions you against including 

any information in your submission that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed. 

The NRC requests that any party 

soliciting or aggregating comments 

received from other persons for 

submission to the NRC inform those 

persons that the NRC will not edit their 

comments to remove any identifying or 

contact information, and therefore, they 

should not include any information in 

their comments that they do not want 

publicly disclosed. You may submit 

comments by any one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for documents filed under Docket ID 

NRC–2011–0286. Address questions 

about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher, 

telephone: 301–492–3668; email: 

Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. 

• Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, 

Chief, Rules, Announcements, and 

Directives Branch (RADB), Office of 

Administration, Mail Stop: TWB–05– 

B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001. 

• Fax comments to: RADB at 301– 

492–3446. 

You can access publicly available 

documents related to this regulatory 

guide using the following methods: 

• NRC’s Public Document Room 

(PDR): The public may examine and 

have copied, for a fee, publicly available 

documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1– 

F21, One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): Publicly available documents 

created or received at the NRC are 

available online in the NRC Library at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. From this page, the public 

can gain entry into ADAMS, which 

provides text and image files of the 

NRC’s public documents. If you do not 

have access to ADAMS or if there are 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s 

PDR reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft 

regulatory guide is available 

electronically under ADAMS Accession 

Number ML110960051. 

• Federal Rulemaking Web site: 

Public comments and supporting 

materials related to this regulatory guide 

can be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching on 

Docket ID NRC–2011–0286. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James C. Shepherd, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington, 

DC 20555–0001, telephone: 301–492– 

6712, email: James.Shepherd@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 13, 2011 (76 FR 77431), the 

NRC published a notice of issuance and 

availability of Draft Regulatory Guide 

DG–4014, ‘‘Decommissioning Planning 

During Operations.’’ This DG refers to 

NUREG–1757 Volume 3, Revision 1, 

‘‘Financial Assurance, Recording 

Keeping, and Timeliness,’’ that provides 

guidance on the financial aspects of the 

Decommissioning Planning Rule. The 

NUREG is scheduled for publication on 

February 27, 2012. Therefore the 

comment submittal period for DG–4014 

is extended from the original date of 

February 10, 2012 to March 30, 2012. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day 

of February 2012. 

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

Thomas H. Boyce, 

Chief, Regulatory Guide Development Branch, 

Division of Engineering, Office of Nuclear 

Regulatory Research. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3522 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

16 CFR Chapter II 

[Docket No. CPSC–2011–0074] 

Table Saw Blade Contact Injuries; 

Reopening of the Comment Period 

AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘CPSC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’ 

or ‘‘we’’) is considering whether a new 

performance safety standard is needed 

to address an unreasonable risk of injury 

associated with table saws. We are 

conducting this proceeding under the 

authority of the Consumer Product 

Safety Act (‘‘CPSA’’), 15 U.S.C. 2051– 

2084. In the Federal Register of October 

11, 2011 (76 FR 62678), we published 

an advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking (‘‘ANPR’’), inviting written 

comments concerning the risk of injury 

associated with table saw blade contact, 

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1The Commission voted 3–1 to publish this 

notice in the Federal Register. Chairman Inez M. 

Tenenbaum, Commissioner Nancy A. Nord, and 

Commissioner Anne M. Northup voted to grant the 

request for an extension and to direct the staff to 

issue a notice in the Federal Register. 

Commissioner Robert S. Adler voted to deny the 

request. Commissioner Adler issued a statement. 

The web address for Commissioner Adler’s 

statement is: http://www.cpsc.gov/pr/ 

statements.html. 

means to address this risk, and other 

topics or issues. In response to a request 

from the Power Tool Institute, Inc. 

(‘‘PTI’’), on December 2, 2011, we 

granted a 60-day extension of the 

comment period until February 10, 2012 

(76 FR 75504). PTI has requested an 

additional 30-day extension of the 

comment period and we are reopening 

the comment period for 30 days.1

DATES: Submit comments by March 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2011– 

0074, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

To ensure timely processing of 

comments, the Commission is no longer 

accepting comments submitted by 

electronic mail (email), except through: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following way: 

Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper, disk, or CD–ROM submissions), 

preferably in five copies, to: Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, Room 502, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814; telephone (301) 504–7923. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

petition number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information, trade secret information, or 

other sensitive or protected information 

electronically. Such information should 

be submitted in writing. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroleene Paul, Directorate for 

Engineering Sciences, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 5 Research 

Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone 

(301) 987–2225; fax (301) 869–0294; 

email: cpaul@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

15, 2003, Stephen Gass, David Fanning, 

and James Fulmer, et al. (‘‘petitioners’’) 

requested that we require performance 

standards for a system to reduce or 

prevent injuries from contact with the 

blade of a table saw. The petitioners 

cited estimates of 30,000 annual injuries 

involving table saws, with 

approximately 90 percent of the injuries 

occurring to the fingers and hands, and 

10 percent of the injuries resulting in 

amputation. The petitioners alleged that 

current table saws pose an unacceptable 

risk of severe injury because they are 

inherently dangerous and lack an 

adequate safety system to protect the 

user from accidental contact with the 

blade. 

In the Federal Register of July 9, 2003 

(68 FR 40912) and September 5, 2003 

(68 FR 52753), we invited comments on 

the issues raised by the petition 

(Petition No. CP03–2). We received 69 

comments. CPSC staff’s initial briefing 

package regarding the petition is 

available on the CPSC Web site at: 

http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia06/ 

brief/tablesaw.pdf. On July 11, 2006, the 

Commission voted (2–1) to grant the 

petition and directed CPSC staff to draft 

an ANPR. On July 15, 2006, the 

Commission lost its quorum and was 

unable to move forward with 

publication of an ANPR at that time. 

However, CPSC staff continued to 

evaluate table saws and initiated a 

special study from January 2007 to 

December 2008, to gather more accurate 

estimates on table saw injuries and 

hazard patterns related to table saw 

injuries. Based on CPSC staff’s updated 

information on blade contact injuries 

associated with table saw use and CPSC 

staff’s evaluation of current technologies 

on table saws, we issued an ANPR on 

table saw blade contact injuries in the 

Federal Register of October 11, 2011 (76 

FR 62678). CPSC staff also updated its 

briefing package, which supplements 

the initial briefing package, and the 

updated briefing package is available on 

the CPSC Web site at: http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia11/brief/ 

tablesaw.pdf. 

The ANPR contained information 

describing the product, the market for 

table saws, the incident data, economic 

considerations, existing standards, and 

regulatory alternatives (76 FR at 62679 

through 62683). The ANPR identified 

three regulatory alternatives: (1) A 

voluntary standard addressing risks 

associated with table saw blade contact 

injuries; (2) a mandatory rule 

establishing performance requirements 

that would address table saw blade 

contact injuries; or (3) a labeling rule 

requiring specified warnings and 

instructions to address table saw blade 

contact injuries (76 FR at 62683). The 

ANPR also invited comment on 25 

topics or issues. For the reader’s 

convenience, we list those topics or 

issues here: 

1. Written comments with respect to 

the risk of injury identified by the 

Commission, the regulatory alternatives 

being considered, and other possible 

alternatives for addressing the risk; 

2. Any existing standard or portion of 

a standard that could be issued as a 

proposed regulation; 

3. A statement of intention to modify 

or develop a voluntary standard to 

address the risk of injury discussed in 

this notice, along with a description of 

a plan (including a schedule) to do so; 

4. Studies, tests, or surveys that have 

been performed to analyze table saw 

blade contact injuries, severity of 

injuries, and costs associated with the 

injuries; 

5. Studies, tests, or surveys that 

analyze table saw use in relation to 

approach/feed rates, kickback, and 

blade guard use and effectiveness; 

6. Studies, tests, or descriptions of 

new technologies, or new applications 

of existing technologies that can address 

blade contact injuries, and estimates of 

costs associated with incorporation of 

new technologies or applications; 

7. Estimated manufacturing cost, per 

table saw, of new technologies or 

applications that can address blade 

contact injuries; 

8. Expected impact of technologies 

that can address blade contact injuries 

on wholesale and retail prices of table 

saws; 

9. Expected impact of technologies 

that can address blade contact injuries 

on utility and convenience of use; 

10. Information on effectiveness or 

user acceptance of new blade guard 

designs; 

11. Information on manufacturing 

costs of new blade guard designs; 

12. Information on usage rates of new 

blade guard designs; 

13. Information on U.S shipments of 

table saws prior to 2002, and between 

2003 and 2005; 

14. Information on differences 

between portable bench saws, contractor 

saws, and cabinet saws in frequency and 

duration of use; 

15. Information on differences 

between saws used by consumers, saws 

used by schools, and saws used 

commercially—in frequency and 

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16. Studies, research, or data on entry 

information of materials being cut at 

blade contact (i.e., approach angle, 

approach speed, and approach force); 

17. Information that supports or 

disputes preliminary economic analyses 

on the cost of employing technologies 

that reduce blade contact injuries on 

table saws; 

18. Studies, research, or data on 

appropriate indicators of performance 

for blade-to-skin requirements that 

mitigate injury; 

19. Studies, research, or data that 

validates human finger proxies for skinto-blade tests; 

20. Studies, research, or data on 

detection/reaction systems that have 

been employed to mitigate blade contact 

injuries; 

21. Studies, research, or data on the 

technical challenges associated with 

developing new systems that could be 

employed to mitigate blade contact 

injuries; 

22. Studies, research, or data on 

guarding systems that have been 

employed to prevent or mitigate blade 

contact injuries; 

23. Studies, research, or data on 

kickback of a work piece during table 

saw use; 

24. The costs and benefits of 

mandating a labeling or instructions 

requirement; and 

25. Other relevant information 

regarding the addressability of blade 

contact injuries. 

The ANPR requested comments by 

December 12, 2011. 

On November 3, 2011, the Power Tool 

Institute, Inc. (‘‘PTI’’) requested a 60-day 

extension of the comment period. We 

granted their request and, in the Federal 

Register of December 2, 2011 (76 FR 

75504), we extended the comment 

period to February 10, 2012. 

On February 1, 2012, PTI requested 

another 30-day extension in order for 

PTI to review Freedom of Information 

Act requests submitted to the CPSC. On 

February 8, 2012, the Commission voted 

(3–1) to grant the request. Through this 

notice, we are reopening the comment 

period to give all interested parties 

additional time to prepare their 

responses to the ANPR. Thus, the 

comment period for the ANPR is 

reopened until March 16, 2012. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3529 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[REG–124791–11] 

RIN 1545–BK37 

Furnishing Identifying Number of Tax 

Return Preparer 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

proposed regulations that provide 

guidance on the eligibility of tax return 

preparers to obtain a preparer tax 

identification number (PTIN). These 

proposed regulations expand the list of 

tax return preparers who may obtain 

and renew a PTIN. The proposed 

regulations additionally provide 

guidance concerning those tax forms 

submitted to the Internal Revenue 

Service that are considered returns of 

tax or claims for refund of tax for 

purposes of the requirement to obtain a 

PTIN and related provisions. This 

document also invites comments from 

the public regarding these proposed 

regulations. 

DATES: Written or electronic comments 

and requests for a public hearing must 

be received by May 15, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send submissions to: 

CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–124791–11), Room 

5205, Internal Revenue Service, P.O. 

Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, 

Washington, DC 20044. Submissions 

may be hand-delivered Monday through 

Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 

4 p.m. to CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–124791– 

11), Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue 

Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or sent 

electronically via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations. 

gov (IRS REG–124791–11). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Concerning the proposed regulations, 

Stuart Murray at (202) 622–4940; 

concerning submissions of comments 

and requests for a hearing, 

Oluwafunmilayo (Funmi) Taylor at 

(202) 622–7180 (not a toll-free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This document contains proposed 

amendments to regulations under 

section 6109 of the Internal Revenue 

Code (Code) relating to the identifying 

number of a tax return preparer and 

furnishing a tax return preparer’s 

identifying number on tax returns and 

claims for refund of tax. The 

Department of Treasury and the Internal 

Revenue Service published in the 

Federal Register on September 30, 2010 

(75 FR 60309) final regulations under 

section 6109 that prescribe certain 

requirements relating to the identifying 

number of tax return preparers. 

In particular, the final regulations 

provided that for tax returns or claims 

for refund of tax filed after December 31, 

2010, the identifying number of a tax 

return preparer is a PTIN or other 

identifying number that the IRS 

prescribes in forms, instructions, or 

other guidance. The final regulations 

also provided that after December 31, 

2010, a tax return preparer must have a 

PTIN that is applied for and renewed in 

the manner the IRS prescribes. The final 

regulations added § 1.6109–2(d) to the 

regulations under title 26, providing 

that to obtain a PTIN or other prescribed 

identifying number, a tax return 

preparer must be an attorney, certified 

public accountant, enrolled agent, or 

registered tax return preparer authorized 

to practice before the IRS under 

Treasury Department Circular No. 230, 

31 CFR part 10 (which Treasury and the 

IRS amended in final regulations 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 3, 2011 (76 FR 32286)). For 

purposes of these requirements, a tax 

return preparer means any individual 

who is compensated for preparing, or 

assisting in the preparation of, all or 

substantially all of a tax return or claim 

for refund of tax. The final regulations 

under section 6109 additionally added 

§ 1.6109–2(f), which provides that the 

IRS may conduct a Federal tax 

compliance check on a tax return 

preparer who applies for or renews a 

PTIN or other prescribed identifying 

number. 

Although the rules in the final 

regulations under section 6109 went 

into effect on January 1, 2011, § 1.6109– 

2(h) allows Treasury and the IRS to 

prescribe, through forms, instructions, 

or other appropriate guidance, 

exceptions to the rules in § 1.6109–2, as 

necessary, in the interest of effective tax 

administration. Section 1.6109–2(h) also 

provides that the IRS may specify 

through other appropriate guidance 

‘‘specific returns, schedules, and other 

forms that qualify as tax returns or 

claims for refund for purposes of these 

regulations.’’ 

After § 1.6109–2 was amended, 

Treasury and the IRS issued Notice 

2011–6 (2011 IRB 315 January 17, 2011) 

(see § 601.601(d)(2)(ii)(b) of this 

chapter), which provides additional 

guidance on the implementation of 

§ 1.6109–2. Specifically, Notice 2011–6, 


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