Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 155 / Friday, August 10, 2012 / Proposed Rules 47797 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers and Titles 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance program numbers and titles 

for this rule are 64.109, Veterans 

Compensation for Service-Connected 

Disability; and 64.110, Veterans 

Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation for Service-Connected 

Death. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. John 

R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on April 5, 2012, for 

publication. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 3 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Claims, Disability benefits, 

Health care, Pensions, Radioactive 

materials, Veterans, Vietnam. 

Dated: August 7, 2012. 

Robert C. McFetridge, 

Director, Regulation Policy and Management, 

Office of the General Counsel, Department 

of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, VA proposes to amend 38 

CFR part 3 as follows: 

PART 3—ADJUDICATION 

Subpart A–Pension, Compensation, 

and Dependency and Indemnity 

Compensation 

1. The authority citation for part 3, 

subpart A continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501(a), unless 

otherwise noted. 

2. In § 3.307(a)(6)(ii), remove the term 

‘‘acute and subacute peripheral 

neuropathy’’ and add, in its place, 

‘‘early-onset peripheral neuropathy’’. 

3. Amend § 3.309(e) by: 

a. Removing the term ‘‘Acute and 

subacute peripheral neuropathy’’ and 

adding, in its place, ‘‘Early-onset 

peripheral neuropathy’’. 

b. Removing Note 2. 

c. Redesignating Note 3 as Note 2. 

4. Amend § 3.816(b)(2) by: 

a. In the introductory text, removing 

‘‘before October 1, 2002.’’ 

b. In the introductory text, removing 

the period after ‘‘chloracne’’ and all that 

follows through the end of the 

introductory text and adding, in its 

place, ‘‘, as provided in § 3.309(e).’’ 

c. Removing paragraphs (i) through 

(ix). 

[FR Doc. 2012–19634 Filed 8–9–12; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R06–RCRA–2010–0307; FRL–9713–2] 

Arkansas: Final Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program Revisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The State of Arkansas has 

applied to EPA for Final authorization 

of the changes to its hazardous waste 

program under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 

EPA proposes to grant Final 

authorization to the State of Arkansas. 

In the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section 

of this Federal Register, EPA is 

authorizing the changes by a direct final 

rule. EPA did not make a proposal prior 

to the immediate final rule because we 

believe this action is not controversial 

and do not expect comments that 

oppose it. We have explained the 

reasons for this authorization in the 

preamble to the immediate final rule. 

Unless we get written comments which 

oppose this authorization during the 

comment period, the immediate final 

rule will become effective on the date it 

establishes, and we will not take further 

action on this proposal. If we receive 

comments that oppose this action, we 

will withdraw the immediate final rule 

and it will not take effect. We will then 

respond to public comments in a later 

final rule based on this proposal. You 

may not have another opportunity for 

comment. If you want to comment on 

this action, you must do so at this time. 

DATES: Send your written comments by 

September 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Alima Patterson, Region 6, Regional 

Authorization Coordinator, (6PD–O), 

Multimedia Planning and Permitting 

Division, at the address shown below. 

You can examine copies of the materials 

submitted by the State of Arkansas 

during normal business hours at the 

following locations: Arkansas 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

8101 Interstate 30, Little Rock, Arkansas 

72219–8913, (501) 682–0876, and EPA, 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 

Texas 75202–2733, phone number (214) 

665–8533; or Comments may also be 

submitted electronically or through 

hand delivery/courier; please follow the 

detailed instructions in the ADDRESSES

section of the immediate final rule 

which is located in the Rules section of 

this Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alima Patterson (214) 665–8533. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

additional information, please see the 

immediate final rule published in the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of this 

Federal Register. 

Dated: July 10, 2012. 

Samuel Coleman, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19306 Filed 8–9–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Part 19 and 35 

[FAR Case 2012–015; Docket 2012–0015; 

Sequence 1] 

RIN 9000–AM33 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Small 

Business Set Asides for Research and 

Development Contracts 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

proposing to amend the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to clarify 

that contracting officers shall set aside 

acquisitions for research and 

development, when there is also a 

reasonable expectation, as a result of 

market research, that there are small 

businesses capable of providing the best 

scientific and technological approaches. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat at one of the addressees 

shown below on or before October 9, 

2012 to be considered in the formation 

of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in 

response to FAR Case 2012–015 by any 

of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching for ‘‘FAR Case 2012–015.’’ 

Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 


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