75362 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: December 11, 2012. 

Edward J. DeMarco, 

Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30481 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8070–01–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 615 

Funding and Fiscal Affairs, Loan 

Policies and Operations, and Funding 

Operations 

CFR Correction 

■ In Title 12 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 600 to 899, revised as 

of January 1, 2012, on page 209, Subpart 

S, consisting of § 615.5570, is reinstated 

to read as follows: 

Subpart S—Federal Agricultural 

Mortgage Corporation Securities 

§ 615.5570 Book-entry procedures for 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 

Securities. 

(a) The Federal Agricultural Mortgage 

Corporation (Farmer Mac) is a Federally 

chartered instrumentality of the United 

States and an institution of the Farm 

Credit System, subject to the 

examination and regulation of the Farm 

Credit Administration. 

(b) Farmer Mac, either in its own 

name or through an affiliate controlled 

or owned by Farmer Mac, is authorized 

by section 8.6 of the Act: 

(1) To issue and/or guarantee the 

timely payment of principal and interest 

on securities representing interests in or 

obligations backed by pools of 

agricultural real estate loans (guaranteed 

securities); and 

(2) To issue debt obligations (which, 

together with the guaranteed securities 

described in paragraph (b)(1) of this 

section, are referred to as Farmer Mac 

securities). Farmer Mac may prescribe 

the forms, the denominations, the rates 

of interest, the conditions, the manner 

of issuance, and the prices of Farmer 

Mac securities. 

(c) Farmer Mac securities shall be 

governed by §§ 615.5450, and 615.5452 

through 615.5460. In interpreting those 

sections for purposes of this subpart, 

unless the context requires otherwise, 

the term ‘‘Farmer Mac securities’’ shall 

be read for ‘‘Farm Credit securities,’’ 

and ‘‘Farmer Mac’’ shall be read for 

‘‘Farm Credit banks’’ and ‘‘Funding 

Corporation.’’ These terms shall be read 

as though modified where necessary to 

effectuate the application of the 

designated sections of subpart O of this 

part to Farmer Mac. 

[61 FR 31394, June 20, 1996, as 

amended at 61 FR 67195, Dec. 20, 1996] 

[FR Doc. 2012–30804 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

13 CFR Part 117 

Nondiscrimination in Federally 

Assisted Programs or Activities of 

SBA—Effectuation of the Age 

Discrimination Act of 1975, as 

Amended 

CFR Correction 

■ In Title 13 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, revised as of January 1, 

2012, on page 215, in § 117.1, in the last 

sentence, after the word ‘‘programs’’, 

add the phrase ‘‘or activities’’. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30797 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

29 CFR Part 1612 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

Regulations 

CFR Correction 

■ In Title 29 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 900 to 1899, revised 

as of July 1, 2012, on page 266, in 

§ 1612.6 (b) the words ‘‘2401 E Street 

NW., Washington, DC, 20506’’ are 

corrected to read ‘‘131 M Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20507’’. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30802 Filed 12–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

New Mailing Standards for Domestic 

Mailing Services Products 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In October 2012, the Postal 

Service filed a notice of mailing services 

price adjustments with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission (PRC), effective 

in January 2013. This final rule contains 

the revisions to Mailing Standards of 

the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) that we 

will adopt to implement the changes 

coincident with the price adjustments. 

DATES: Effective date: January 27, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill 

Chatfield, 202–268–7278. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prices will 

be available under Docket Number 

R2013–1 on the Postal Regulatory 

Commission’s Web site at www.prc.gov. 

The Postal Service’s final rule includes 

a summary of comments received and 

responses to those comments, several 

mail classification changes, 

modifications to mailpiece 

characteristics, and changes in 

classification terminology. 

Comments 

Summary 

The Postal Service received nine 

formal responses to our proposed rule as 

comments, two of which included 

comments about more than one issue. 

There were three responses by mailers, 

two by vendors, and four by 

associations. 

Changes to Proposed Revisions 

One comment by an association 

requested that the USPSTM withdraw a 

proposed change that would limit the 

extrusion of an insert; that change has 

been withdrawn. Three comments 

regarding wrappers on Periodicals 

requested that the proposed change to 

require a return address on all copies 

with wrappers be limited to opaque 

wrappers; that change has been 

modified to only apply to opaque 

wrappers. 

Clarifications 

It was requested that we clarify that 

the minimum number of 300 pieces per 

route and the rule that multiple pieces 

per delivery address can count toward 

the new high density plus prices will 

apply to both Standard Mail® letters and 

flats; that will be the case. 

It was requested that we clarify the 

names for Standard Mail parcels. There 

will be Marketing parcels, mailable at 

presorted (noncarrier route) prices. 

There will continue to be irregular and 

machinable parcels mailable only at 

Nonprofit prices. Carrier route parcels 

will be called Product Samples (or 

Simple Samples). 

One response questioned if the new 

handling charges for inbound First-Class 

Mail® will apply to First-Class Mail 

nonmachinable letters. Nonmachinable 

letters are not authorized for this entry. 

The Postal Service’s current plan is for 

the handling charge to apply only to 

First-Class Mail Machinable Letters, 

Single-Piece Postcards, Single-Piece 

Flats, and Parcels under an 

authorization arrangement between the 

Postal Service and a foreign postal 

operator. A more complete response can 

be found at this link, starting on page 

23: http://prc.gov/Docs/85/85452/


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